The Shogakukan Manga Award (小学館漫画賞, Shōgakukan Mangashō) is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers. The current award categories are: * Children's (Kodomo) * Boy's (Shōnen) * Girl's (Shōjo) * General Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth.