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The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Kōdansha Manga Shō) is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Part 1 -https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6823
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7370
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7371
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9550

Free on Book Walker - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9163
Manga on Comixology Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9505

Manga eBook bundle available on Humblebundle.com from June 9rd 2022 to July 7th 2022 to raise money for The Trevor Project, a charity dedicated to ending suicide among LGBTQ+ youth.

the era of big-eyed shoujo characters

shoujo and josei manga that started publishing in the 1990s

McBling, Y2K fashion, Frutiger Metro, Funky Seasons, pink, kawaii stuff, glittery sparkles, girly shit, whatever would've made the 5-year-old everythinggirl.com fan in me happy ⋆

I'm glad someone came up with a name for this specific aesthetic I've been craving for again, seriously been waiting for years; "Cyber Stylin'" sounds like an interesting name. Also discovering all these after a while start to make me think of magazines like Seventeen for some reason... I guess cuz this unsurprisingly became a retro shoujosei stack lolol


Inspiration: https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Cyber_Stylin%27



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Recommended BGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Np18-m-A4w

Here are some of the best shoujosei mangas I've read so far. Most of them are school romance with comedy and/or drama. I did also include two classics of the magical girl genre and some with minor fantasy/ supernatural themes but no "real" fantasy mangas apart from that.

For my fantasy shoujo list check out the link down below:

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26024

Dark skinned female protagonists/significant main characters (gyarus included!). Largely curated for my own point of reference; you will see mainstream works, but I am trying to focus on lesser-known titles.

Tags: gyaru, ganguro, gal, tan, south asian, south-east asian, african, black, south american, latin american, pacific islander, female lead, FL, dark skin, tanned skin, brown, foreigner, foreign, dark elf

Cansada de shoujos sin terminar?, de esperar la traducción de ese manga que tanto te gusta?
Esta es tu lista :3

From multiple sources, like Drama wiki, Wikipedia, Google research results, @shoujocrave on Twitter, my own memory, the "Adapted from a manga" tag from MyDramaList and this specific list: https://mydramalist.com/list/61GEm7o3


Josei edition: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39613

This should help a few other people out with the manga reading challenge 2024. I'm going to try to only include mangas where the food name is the main character or a supporting character that appears frequently.

Manga with live-action adaptation (stage musical, film, TV series, ONA) and stand-alone anime wherein Mackenyu is one of the leads or voice actors. Supporting and cameo roles included.

Title (Yr) - Role:
• Hana yori Dango | Boys Over Flowers The Musical (2016) - Sōjirō Nishikado
• Chihayafuru Part 1 | Chihayafuru Kami no Ku (2016) - Arata Wataya
• Chihayafuru Part 2 | Chihayafuru Shimo no Ku (2016) - Arata Wataya
• Peach Girl (2017) - Kazuya Toujigamori
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2017) - Okuyasu Nijimura
• Chihayafuru: Connect | Chihayafuru: Tsunagu (2018) - Arata Wataya
• Chihayafuru Part 3 | Chihayafuru Musubi (2018) - Arata Wataya
• Ni no Kuni (2019) - Haru
• Tokyo Ghoul: 'S' (2019) - Souta
• Kaiji: Final Game (2020) - Minato Hirose
• Tonkatsu DJ Age-Taro (2020) - Guest of VIP room/Yashiki's friend
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Final | Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final (2021) - Enishi Yukishiro
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter - The Last Transmutation | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsuhen Saigo no Rensei (2022) - Scar
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter - The Avenger Scar | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsuhen Fukushusha Scar (2022) - Scar
• Knights of the Zodiac (2023) - Seiya/The Pegasus Knight
• One Piece (2023) - Roronoa Zoro

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• Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future (2015) - Tomari Eiji/Kamen Rider Drive (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4731580/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/15063-kamen-rider-drive-surprise-future

• Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories (2015) - Tomari Eiji/Kamen Rider Drive (Main)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4909140/

Based on Kamen Rider by Ishinomori, Shoutarou.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/4751/Kamen_Rider

Note: There's no anime for Kamen Rider Drive but there are a few Kamen Rider-related anime in the DB.

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His other dorama and films are also based on manga and novels (not in the DB); AsianWiki has more info on those.

Titles with manga available in the DB but has no anime:

• Team Astro | Astro Kyudan (2005) - Shin-chan (Guest Role)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4002940
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/7337-team-astro
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Team_Astro

Based on a manga series published from the Weekly Shonen Jump from 1972 to 1976.
*Stars Mackenyu's father Sonny Chiba who played the role of Shuro.

• Oyaji (2007) - Numata (Childhood) (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1786619/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/22565-oyaji
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Oyaji_(2007-Japan)

• Bittersweet | Nigakute Amai (2016) - Atsushi Babazono (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5099660/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/15774-bittersweet
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Bittersweet_(live-action)

Adapted from the manga Nigakute Amai.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/41795/Nigakute_Amai

• We Did It | Fugitive Boys | Boku-tachi ga Yarimashita (Fuji TV-KTV / 2017) - Tetsuto Ichihashi (Main)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6946370/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/23917-bokutachi-ga-yarimashita
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Fugitive_Boys

Adapted from the manga Bokutachi ga Yarimashita by Kaneshiro, Muneyuki (Story) and Araki, Hikaru (Art).
https://myanimelist.net/manga/94919/Bokutachi_ga_Yarimashita

• Detective Yugami | Keiji Yugami (2017) - Kaitori Kappei (Ep. 6) (Guest Role)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7210266
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/24647-keiji-yugami
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Detective_Yugami

Adapted from the manga series Keiji Yugami by Hideo Iura.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/108663/Keiji_Yugami

• Impossibility Defense | Funohan (2018) - Asao Momose (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6207118/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/21388-funouhan
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Impossibility_Defense

Adapted from the manga Funouhan by Kanzaki, Yuuya (Art) and Miyatsuki, Arata (Story).
https://myanimelist.net/manga/75171/Funouhan

• 12 Suicidal Teens | Jyuni Nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi (2019) - Shinjiro/No. 5 (Main)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9214844/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/31308-12-suicidal-children
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/12_Suicidal_Teens

Adapted from the novel Juuni-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi by Ubukata, Tow (manga 12-nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi by Ubukata, Tow (Story) and Kumakura, Takatoshi (Art)).
https://myanimelist.net/manga/106934/12-nin_no_Shinitai_Kodomotachi

• Brave: Gunjyo Senki (2021) - Aoi Nishino (Main)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11354144/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/52665-brave-gunjou-senki
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Brave:_Gunjyo_Senki

Adapted from the manga Gunjou Senki by Kasahara, Masaki.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/75903/Gunjou_Senki

• Ichikei's Crow: The Criminal Court Judges | Ichikei no Karasu (Fuji TV / 2021) - Bunta Ishikura (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14405344/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/682099-ichikei-no-karasu
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Ichikei%27s_Crow:_The_Criminal_Court_Judges

Adapted from the manga Ichikei no Karasu by Asami, Rito.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/119124/Ichikei_no_Karasu

Based on novels (not in the DB):

• Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2014 Fall Special (2014) - Shadow Boxer (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4070966/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/14946-yonimo-kimyona-monogatari-2014-fall-special

• The Kindergarten Detective | Hoiku Tantei 25-ji - Hanasaki Shinichiro wa nemurenai!! (2015) - Kamose Hitoshi (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4272692/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/14764-hoiku-tantei-25-ji-hanasaki-shinichiro-wa-nemurenai

• To Give a Dream | Yume wo Ataeru (WOWOW / 2015) - Masaaki (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4368006/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/13355-yume-wo-ataeru
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/To_Give_a_Dream

Adapted from the novel Yume wo Ataeru by Risa Wataya.

• Sakura Blooms | Sakurasaku (2016) - Takemiya Ippei (Main)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32486281/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/21919-sakurasaku

Adapted from the novel Sakurasaku by Tsujimura Sugi.

• Brass Dreams | Aogeba Toutoshi (TBS / 2016) - Ren Kitora (Main)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5797166/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/19186-aogeba-toutoshi
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Brass_Dreams

Adapted from the nonfiction novels Buraban Kizzu Rapusodi and Buraban Kizzu Odissei by Takako Ishikawa.

• Night's Tightrope | Shojo (2016) - Hikaru Makise (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5323642
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/17397-nights-tightrope
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Night%27s_Tightrope

Adapted from the novel Shojo by Kanae Minato.

• Mission Commander Ayaka Goma | Tokumei Shikikan Goma Ayaka (Fuji TV / 2016) - Suzuki Tatsuya [Police sergeant] (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6983734/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/20820-tokumei-shikikan-goma-ayaka
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Tokumei_Shikikan_Goma_Ayaka

Adapted from the novel Keishicho Sosa Nika Goma Ayaka Tokumei Shikikan by Masashi Kajinaga.

• Two Homelands | Futatsu no Sokoku (TV Tokyo / 2019) - Amoh Isamu (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784036
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/32665-two-homelands
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Two_Homelands

Adapted from the novel Futatsu no Sokoku by Toyoko Yamasaki.

• The End of the Tiny World | Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll (2021) - Sawada Makoto/Onose Makoto (Main)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14393202/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/62411-endless-world-without-a-name
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/The_End_of_the_Tiny_World

• Re: The End of the Tiny World: Half A Year Later | Re: Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll: Half A Year Later (dTV / 2021) - Sawada Makoto/Onose Makoto (Support)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14400040/
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/683715-na-mo-naki-sekai-no-end-roll-half-a-year-later
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Re:_The_End_of_the_Tiny_World:_Half_A_Year_Later
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_Plan_(2021_film)

Adapted from the novel Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll by Kaoru Yukinari.

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Hybrid Live-action/Anime:

• Dragons of Wonder Hatch | Wonder Hatch: Soratobu Ryu no Shima (Disney+ ONA) [2003 8 ep. x 45m] - Akuta (Main)
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23874192/
ANN: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=26667
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/744355-wonderhatch-soratobu-ryu-no-shima
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Dragons_of_Wonder_Hatch

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Video game VA role:
• Assassin's Creed Shadows [2025] | Gennojo
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22040814
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenyu#Video_games

Adapted from the manga Assassin's Creed Shadows: Iga no Monogatari by Reguje.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/178953

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Anime counterpart: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41947

Tags: Mackenyu Maeda, Mackenyu Arata, J-drama, Dorama

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Filmography:
MAL: https://myanimelist.net/people/56267/Mackenyu_Arata
ANN: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=189473
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5018289/ | https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?role=nm5018289&sort=moviemeter,asc&mode=detail&page=1
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenyu
AsianWiki: https://asianwiki.com/Mackenyu_Arata
MDL: https://mydramalist.com/people/10816-mackenyu
TMDB: https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1566805?language=en-US
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/actor/mackenyu/

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Wondering about the stack title "Mackenyu, Teppenyu, Taitenyu"? I got it here 😅:
Mackenyu doing an English skit
https://youtu.be/jmIOU-CFGWg?si=-0t-gQAkIb9kYF9S

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Note: Use JustWatch to check availability in your region.
https://www.justwatch.com/ph/search?q=Mackenyu&person_id=265095

Just a list of all the Shojo and Josei titles that have received official box set releases in English, including those that are Out of Print.

A list of the shojo and josei with some amount of volumes available through Kindle Unlimited. The number of volumes ranges between 1, the first 3, half, or all of a series.

part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56698

A list of all the digital-only english licenses for Shojo and Josei manga by Kodansha. This does include some titles that received print-runs from now-defunct publishers like Old Tokyopop or Del Rey Manga. Depending on what they announce the list will be edited accordingly.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56730
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56738

*The Cloistered Princess and the Royal Groom is also a kodansha Shojo digital-only title, but I didn't have room for it on this list (https://myanimelist.net/manga/146330/Hikikomori_Hakoiri_Reijou_no_Kekkon?q=The%20Cloistered%20Princess%20and%20the%20Royal%20Groom&cat=manga)

*I Don't Want to be killed by you, my crown prince!: set up by the blessed one, I will avoid a second attempt on my life! is also one, but I ran out of room (https://myanimelist.net/manga/149797/Outaishi-sama_Watashi_Kondo_koso_Anata_ni_Korosaretakunai_n_desu__Seijo_ni_Hamerareta_Binbou_Reijou_Nidome_wa_Kushizashi_Kaihi_shimasu)


There are 2 titles which Kodansha publishes as digital-only currently that don't have MAL entries:
- My Ice-Rose Husband Said He Only Wants Me to Play the Role of the Next Duchess, but Now He's Stalking Me at Home!
- Her Majesty Wants a Divorce: Now that a Saint has Come from Another World, I Suppose I'm No Longer Needed, Right?

This list will skew a bit older as Japanese companies can be hit or miss about reporting digital manga sales, whereas they hold physical sales as the gold standard. Even then, they can be inconsistent in reporting sales for manga. Due to this, there could definitely be more Shojo/Josei manga out there that have sold ≥ 10 million volumes, especially if a good chunk of those sales were digital.

I'm not going to write exact numbers since those are in constant flux, but I'll note levels of 10 million+, 20 million+, etc to denote when a manga has surpassed a certain level of sales.

List is arranged in order of MAL members for each title