TOKYOPOP has announced that its critically acclaimed one-shot manga, A Smart and Courageous Child, by Miki Yamamoto, has been nominated for a 2025 American Manga Award in the Best One-Shot category.
The single-volume, full-color release is part of TOKYOPOP’s “Comics That Matter” initiative, which highlights social issues through the graphic novel medium. The title is available now in print and digital formats, with a suggested retail price of $13.99. It contains 224 pages and is rated for mature audiences.
- A Smart and Courageous Child previously won the Excellence Award in the Manga Division at the 2020 Japan Media Arts Festival. Miki Yamamoto, its creator, is also known for her earlier works Bakudan to Ribon and Sunny Sunny Ann!, the latter earning the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize New Face Award in 2012.
You can read the synopsis below.
Every young couple has high hopes for their unborn child, and Sara and Kouta Takano are no different. But only days away from giving birth, Sara learns about the tragedy of the attempted assassination of Pakastani female rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai’s by the Taliban, and her pure and innocent belief in the future is shaken. If such a smart and courageous child can be hurt so badly by the world, how can she keep her own baby safe? With Sara now in a state of shock, will the young couple be able to bridge the widening gap between them, or will it tear their family apart?
Voting for the American Manga Awards is open to professionals in editorial roles at North American manga publishers. Voter registration remains open until July 21, 2025, with voting concluding on July 24, 2025. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on August 21, 2025, at the Japan Society in New York City, in conjunction with the 2025 Anime NYC Festival held at the Jacob K. Javits Center through August 21-24.
Source: Press Release
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