{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T20:30:50.939Z","story":{"id":"r_0d4a41351b3a4c308e7158b4","slug":"gachiakuta-wins-shonen-prize-at-50th-kodansha-manga-awards","url":"https://yomimono.id/gachiakuta-wins-shonen-prize-at-50th-kodansha-manga-awards","headline":"Gachiakuta Wins Shonen Prize at 50th Kodansha Manga Awards","summary":"Kodansha named the winners of its 50th Manga Awards on May 11, 2026. Gachiakuta, written and drawn by Kei Urana with graffiti art by Hideyoshi Andou, took the Shonen category. The series beat fellow finalists Ichi the Witch, The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, and Utsuranain desu. Urana posted on X that she never expected the honor and would keep working at full speed. The prize includes two million yen, a certificate, and a bronze statue. In the Shojo category, Gin Shirakawa's Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me won. The manga adapts Eiko Mutsuhana's light novel Return from Death, with original illustrations by Yugiri Aika. Shun Umezawa's The Darwin Incident won the General category after being a finalist in two previous years. The series follows Charlie, a half-human half-chimpanzee raised by human parents, who is pulled into an eco-terrorist plot. Judges for the 50th awards included Hiro Mashima, Hikaru Nakamura, and Natsumi Ando.","why_it_matters":"Gachiakuta's win places it alongside past Shonen winners such as Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Blue Lock, a tier that often precedes a sustained boost in readership and adaptation interest.","published_at":"2026-05-16T14:31:39.000Z","source_count":2,"sources":["Anime Trending","Animehunch"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime Trending","title":"gachiakuta among 50th kodansha manga awards winners","url":"https://anitrendz.net/news/2026/05/14/gachiakuta-among-50th-kodansha-manga-awards-winners"},{"source":"Animehunch","title":"Gachiakuta Crowned Best Shonen Manga At Kodansha's 50th Manga Awards","url":"https://animehunch.com/gachiakuta-crowned-best-shonen-manga-at-kodanshas-50th-manga-awards/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Gachiakuta","Ichi the Witch","The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity"],"studios":["Kodansha"],"people":["Kei Urana","Hideyoshi Andou"],"type":"event","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false}}}