| # | Year | Children | Shōnen | Shōjo | General |
| 1 | 1977 | — | Black Jack, Osamu Tezuka
The Three-Eyed One, Osamu Tezuka (tie) | Haikara-san ga Tōru, Waki Yamato
Candy Candy, Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi (tie) | — |
| 2 | 1978 | — | Football Hawk, Noboru Kawasaki | Seito Shokun!, Yōko Shōji | — |
| 3 | 1979 | — | Tonda Couple, Kimio Yanagisawa | The Star of Cottonland, Yumiko Ōshima | — |
| 4 | 1980 | — | Susano Oh, Gō Nagai | Lemon Report, Mayumi Yoshida | — |
| 5 | 1981 | — | Sanshirō of 1, 2, Makoto Kobayashi | Ohayō! Spank, Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi | — |
| 6 | 1982 | — | Gakuto Retsuden, Motoka Murakami | Yōkihi-den, Suzue Miuchi | Karyūdo no Seiza, Machiko Satonaka |
| 7 | 1983 | — | The Kabocha Wine, Mitsuru Miura | Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi, Ryoko Yamagishi | P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei, Fumi Saimon |
| 8 | 1984 | — | Bats & Terry, Yasuichi Ōshima | Lady Love, Hiromu Ono | Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo |
| 9 | 1985 | — | Bari Bari Densetsu, Shuichi Shigeno | Mahiro Taiken, Naomi Nishi | Okashina Futari, Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu |
| 10 | 1986 | — | Kotaro Makaritoru, Tatsuya Hiruta | Yūkan Club, Yukari Ichijō | Adolf, Osamu Tezuka
What's Michael?, Makoto Kobayashi (tie) |
| 11 | 1987 | — | Ironfist Chinmi, Takeshi Maekawa | Nana Iro Majikku, Yū Asagiri | Actor, Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| 12 | 1988 | — | Mister Ajikko, Daisuke Terasawa | Junjō Crazy Fruits, Akemi Matsunae | Bonobono, Mikio Igarashi
Be-Bop High School, Kazuhiro Kiuchi (tie) |
| 13 | 1989 | — | Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu, Toshiyuki Mutsu | Chibi Maruko-chan, Momoko Sakura
Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!, Yumiko Suzuki (tie) | Komikku Shōwa-Shi, Shigeru Mizuki |
| 14 | 1990 | — | Shura no Mon, Masatoshi Kawahara | Pride, Naka Marimura | The Silent Service, Kaiji Kawaguchi
Gorillaman, Harold Sakuishi (tie) |
| 15 | 1991 | — | Hajime no Ippo, George Morikawa | Eien no Nohara, Mieko Ōsaka | Kachō Kōsaku Shima, Kenshi Hirokane
Waru, Jun Fukami (tie) |
| 16 | 1992 | — | Kaze Hikaru: Koshien, Sanbachi Kawa and Tarō Nami | Uchi no Mama ga iu Koto ni wa, Mariko Iwadate | Naniwa Kin'yūdō, Yūji Aoki |
| 17 | 1993 | — | 3×3 Eyes, Yuzo Takada | Sailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi | Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki |
| 18 | 1994 | — | Aoki Densetsu Shoot!, Tsukasa Ōshima | Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite iru, Junko Karube | Tetsujin Ganma, Yasuhito Yamamoto |
| 19 | 1995 | — | The Kindaichi Case Files, Yōsaburō Kanari and Fumiya Sato | Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku, Mari Ozawa | Hanada Shōnen-shi, Makoto Isshiki |
| 20 | 1996 | — | Shōta no Sushi, Daisuke Terasawa | Tennen Kokekkō, Fusako Kuramochi | The Ping Pong Club, Minoru Furuya |
| 21 | 1997 | — | Ryūrōden, Yoshito Yamahara | Eight Clouds Rising, Natsumi Itsuki | Dragon Head, Minetaro Mochizuki |
| 22 | 1998 | — | Great Teacher Onizuka, Tooru Fujisawa | Kodocha, Miho Obana | Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Sōten Kōro, King Gonta (tie) |
| 23 | 1999 | — | Chameleon, Atsushi Kase | Peach Girl, Miwa Ueda | Wangan Midnight, Michiharu Kusunoki |
| 24 | 2000 | — | Legendary Gambler Tetsuya, Fūmei Sai and Yasushi Hoshino | Guru Guru Pon-chan, Satomi Ikezawa | Vagabond, Takehiko Inoue |
| 25 | 2001 | — | Love Hina, Ken Akamatsu | Fruits Basket, Natsuki Takaya | 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa |
| 26 | 2002 | — | Cromartie High School, Eiji Nonaka
Beck, Harold Sakuishi (tie) | Antique Bakery, Fumi Yoshinaga | Zipang, Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| 27 | 2003 | Mirmo!, Hiromu Shinozuka | Kunimitsu no Matsuri, Yūma Andō and Masashi Asaki | Honey and Clover, Chika Umino
Tramps Like Us, Yayoi Ogawa (tie) | Tensai Yanagisawa Kyōju no Seikatsu, Kazumi Yamashita |
| 28 | 2004 | Ultra Ninja Scrolls, Kazuhiko Midō | Shana ou Yoshitsune, Hirofumi Sawada [ja] | Nodame Cantabile, Tomoko Ninomiya | Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Masaki Segawa |
| 29 | 2005 | Sugar Sugar Rune, Moyoco Anno | Capeta, Masahito Soda | Oi Pītan!!, Risa Itō
A Perfect Day for Love Letters, George Asakura (tie) | Dragon Zakura, Mita Norifusa |
| 30 | 2006 | Kitchen Princess, Miyuki Kobayashi and Natsumi Andō | Air Gear, Oh! Great | Life, Keiko Suenobu | Mushishi, Yuki Urushibara |
| 31 | 2007 | Tenshi no Frypan, Etsushi Ogawa | Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, Kōji Kumeta
Dear Boys Act II, Hiroki Yagami (tie) | I.S., Chiyo Rokuhana | Ōkiku Furikabutte, Asa Higuchi |
| 32 | 2008 | Shugo Chara!, Peach-Pit | Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu, Motoyuki Tanaka | Kimi ni Todoke, Karuho Shiina | Moyashimon, Masayuki Ishikawa |
| 33 | 2009 | Meitantei Yumemizu Kiyoshirō Jiken Note, Kaoru Hayamine and Kei Enue | Q.E.D., Motohiro Katou
Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima (tie) | Kiyoku Yawaku, Ryo Ikuemi | Ah! My Goddess, Kōsuke Fujishima |
| 34 | 2010 | Inazuma Eleven, Ten'ya Yabuno | Ace of Diamond, Yūji Terajima | Kuragehime, Akiko Higashimura | Giant Killing, Masaya Tsunamoto |
| 35 | 2011 | Honto Ni Atta! Reibai Sensei, Hidekichi Matsumoto | Attack on Titan, Hajime Isayama | Chihayafuru, Yuki Suetsugu | March Comes in Like a Lion, Chika Umino
Space Brothers, Chūya Koyama (tie) |
| 36 | 2012 | Watashi ni xx Shinasai!, Ema Toyama | Those Snow White Notes, Marimo Ragawa | Shitsuren Chocolatier, Setona Mizushiro | Vinland Saga, Makoto Yukimura |
| 37 | 2013 | Animal Land, Makoto Raiku | Your Lie in April, Naoshi Arakawa | My Love Story!!, Kazune Kawahara and Aruko | Gurazeni, Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi
Prison School, Akira Hiramoto (tie) |
| 38 | 2014 | Yo-kai Watch, Noriyuki Konishi | Baby Steps, Hikaru Katsuki | Taiyō no Ie, Ta'amo | Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Haruko Kumota |
| 39 | 2015 | — | The Seven Deadly Sins, Nakaba Suzuki
Yowamushi Pedal, Wataru Watanabe (tie) | Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu, Tsunami Umino | Knights of Sidonia, Tsutomu Nihei |
| 40 | 2016 | — | Days, Tsuyoshi Yasuda | Kiss Him, Not Me, Junko | Kōnodori, Yū Suzunoki |
| 41 | 2017 | — | Altair: A Record of Battles, Kotono Katō | P and JK, Maki Miyoshi | The Fable, Katsuhisa Minami |
| 42 | 2018 | — | Beastars, Paru Itagaki | Tōmei na Yurikago, Bakka Okita | Sanju Mariko, Yuki Ozawa
Fragile, Saburō Megumi and Bin Kusamizu (tie) |
| 43 | 2019 | — | The Quintessential Quintuplets, Negi Haruba
To Your Eternity, Yoshitoki Ōima (tie) | Perfect World, Rie Aruga | What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Fumi Yoshinaga |
| 44 | 2020 | — | Tokyo Revengers, Ken Wakui | Our Precious Conversations, Robico | Blue Period, Tsubasa Yamaguchi |
| 45 | 2021 | — | Blue Lock, Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura | A Condition Called Love, Megumi Morino | Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito, Kiwa Irie |
| 46 | 2022 | — | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Fuse and Taiki Kawakami | Nina the Starry Bride, Rikachi | Police in a Pod, Miko Yasu |
| 47 | 2023 | — | Shangri-La Frontier, Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji | My Girlfriend's Child, Mamoru Aoi | Skip and Loafer, Misaki Takamatsu |
| 48 | 2024 | — | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe | I See Your Face, Turned Away, Rumi Ichinohe | Medalist, Tsurumaikada |
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