Alice, Doko made mo Wins 2025 Manga Taisho Award

The annual Manga Taisho Award ceremony held in Tokyo today announced that Kiko Urino’s Alice, Doko made mo, which follows a beautiful but shy girl who wants to become Japan’s first astronaut commander, is the 2025 grand prize recipient after earning 102 total points from a panel of largely bookstore employees.

Ten manga with eight or fewer published volumes were nominated, which placed as follows:

1. Alice, Doko made mo by Kiko Urino – 102 points

2. Robou no Fujii by Kurao Nabe – 79 points

3. Girl meets Rock! by Kuwahali, Tetsuo Ideuchi – 75 points

4. Magus of the Library by Mitsu Izumi – 69 points

5. Dokudami no Hana Saku Koro by Shiho Kido – 51 points

6. Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me by Eiko Mutsuhana, Gin Shirakawa, Yugiri Aika – 45 points

7. Onna no Sono no Hoshi by Yama Wayama – 44 points

8. COSMOS by Ryuhei Tamura – 38 points

9. Kono Yo wa Tatakau Kachi ga Aru by Hatsumi Kodama – 37 points

10. Dokakui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san by Kamome Maruyono – 24 points

Source: Comic Natalie