The is the name of a semi-annual award for gag manga by the Japanese publisher

Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...

. The award has been given since 1974 and it aims to reward new

manga artists A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the industry as a pri ...

in the comedy manga category. Its counterpart award, Tezuka Award, awards new manga artists in the Story Manga category. The award was named after

Fujio Akatsuka was a Japanese manga artist. Known as the Master of Gag Manga, he created many popular manga such as ''Osomatsu-kun'', ''Himitsu no Akko-chan'', and ''Tensai Bakabon''. Biography He was born in Rehe Province, Rehe, Manchuria, the son of a Ke ...

, one of the most successful comedy mangaka. Notable entrants and winners include Kyosuke Usuta Kousuke Masuda Shuichi Aso Takeshi Okano, Kazumata Oguri,

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro is a Japanese manga artist. He first gained success with his comedy series '' Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!'' (1997–2002), but is better known for '' Toriko'' which was serialized from 2008 to 2016 and has over 25 million copies in circulatio ...

, Norihiro Yagi and Yusuke Murata. In 2019, the 91st Akatsuka Award was held. This marked the first time that a winner was selected for the award in 29 years.

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