Naniwa Kin'yūdō
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is a Japan
ese manga
series by Yūji Aoki
which has been serialized in Weekly Morning
since 1990. The series was awarded the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award
for general manga and the 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series by Yūji Aoki
Yuji Aoki
was a Japanese manga artist born in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan. He is best known for , for which he won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga and the 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence.Takahiro Kochi was his assistant....
which has been serialized in Weekly Morning
Weekly Morning
is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult men. It debuted in 1982 as and is also known as simply .- Series running every week :- Series running every other week :...
since 1990. The series was awarded the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the...
for general manga and the 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence.