Award Winning
Taisho Awards Up to date Japan Media Arts Awards In Progress
Started in 2008 Started in 1997
Limited to series with eight or less volume Limited to series who were published around that year
Nominating Comitee is composed of staff members from book stores Nominating Comitee is composed of people influential to the medium (editors, etc)
A more "down to earth" awards A more prestigious awards
Generally focuses on the enjoyability aspect of a series Generally focuses on the significance of the series (genre defining, etc)
Has voting points in their spreadsheet Has a rationale for every work chosen in the spreadsheet