Disappearance Diary

Manga by Hideo Azuma

失踪日記 (Shissō Nikki)
Disappearance Diary
Cover of English language adaptation.
Genre	Slice of life story
Manga
Written by	Hideo Azuma
Published by	East Press
English publisher	NA: Fanfare, Ponent Mon
Published	March 2005
Volumes	1

Disappearance Diary (Japanese: 失踪日記, Hepburn: Shissō Nikki) is a manga by Hideo Azuma and published by East Press in Japan in March 2005. The manga is a somewhat-fictionalized autobiography of part of the author's life and of his alcohol dependency problems. It has received multiple awards inside and outside Japan. In addition to being published in Japan, this book has been licensed and published in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Polish.

Reception

2005: Grand Prize, Manga Division, 9th Japan Media Arts Awards^[1]
2006: Grand Prize, Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize^[2]
2008: Selection, Angoulême International Comics Festival^[3]
2009: Nominee, Ignatz Award, Outstanding Graphic Novel, Small Press Expo^[4]

About.com's Deb Aoki lists Disappearance Diary as the best new one-shot manga of 2008 along with Solanin.^[5]

References

^ "9th Japanese Media Arts Festival Winners". Anime News Network. 2005-12-22. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
^ "Tezuka Cultural Award Winners". Anime News Network. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
^ "OFFICIAL SELECTION 2008". Angoulême International Comics Festival. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
^ "Ignatz Awards". Small Press Expo. Archived from the original on 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
^ Aoki, Deb. "2008 Best New Manga". About.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2009-08-20.

External links

Disappearance Diary (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Review at Anime News Network

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

Grand Prize

1990s	Fujiko Fujio for Doraemon (1997) Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai (1998) Naoki Urasawa for Monster (1999)
2000s	Daijiro Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden (2000) Reiko Okano and Baku Yumemakura for Onmyōji (2001) Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond (2002) Fumiko Takano for The Yellow Book: A Friend Named Jacques Thibault (2003) Kyoko Okazaki for Helter Skelter (2004) Naoki Urasawa for Pluto (2005) Hideo Azuma for Disappearance Diary (2006) Ryoko Yamagishi for Terpsichora (2007) Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon (2008) Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and Yoshihiro Tatsumi for A Drifting Life (2009)
2010s	Yoshihiro Yamada for Hyouge Mono (2010) Motoka Murakami for Jin and Issei Eifuku and Taiyō Matsumoto for Takemitsuzamurai (2011) Hitoshi Iwaaki for Historie (2012) Yasuhisa Hara for Kingdom (2013) Chica Umino for March Comes In like a Lion (2014) Yoiko Hoshi for Aisawa Riku (2015) Kei Ichinoseki for Hanagami Sharaku and Kiyohiko Azuma for Yotsuba&! (2016) Fusako Kuramochi for Hana ni Somu (2017) Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy (2018) Shinobu Arima for Jitterbug The Forties (2019)
2020s	Kan Takahama for Nyx no Lantern (2020) Kazumi Yamashita for Land (2021) Uoto for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (2022) Kiwa Irie for Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito (2023) Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori for PLINIVS (2024)

Special
Award

1990s	Toshio Naiki (1997) Shotaro Ishinomori (1998) Fusanosuke Natsume (1999)
2000s	Frederik L. Schodt (2000) Akira Maruyuma (2001) Shigeru Mizuki (2003) Tarō Minamoto (2004) Kawasaki City Museum (2005) Kousei Ono (2006) International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture (2008)
2010s	Yoshihiro Yonezawa (2010) Weekly Shōnen Jump (2012) Fujiko Fujio (A) (2014) Chikako Mitsuhashi for Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (2015) Kyoto International Manga Museum (2016) Osamu Akimoto for Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (2017) Tetsuya Chiba for Ashita no Joe (2018) Takao Saito for Golgo 13 (2019)
2020s	Machiko Hasegawa for Sazae-san (2020) Koyoharu Gotouge for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021) Kazuo Umezu for Zoku Shingo: Chiisana Robot Shingo Bijutsukan (2023) COMITIA (2024)

Award for
Excellence

Moto Hagio for A Cruel God Reigns (1997)
Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin'yūdō (1998)
Akira Sasō for Shindō (1999)
Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head (2000)
Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in Deep (2001)
Kentaro Miura for Berserk (2002)

Creative
Award

Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go (2003)
Takashi Morimoto for Naniwadora ihon (2004)
Fumiyo Kōno for Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2005)
Asa Higuchi for Big Windup! (2006)
Nobuhisa Nozoe, Kazuhisa Iwata and Kyojin Ōnishi for Shinsei Kigeki (2007)
Toranosuke Shimada for Träumerei (2008)

New Artist
Prize

Suehiro Maruo for The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2009)
Haruko Ichikawa for Mushi to Uta (2010)
Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist (2011)
Yu Itō for Shut Hell (2012)
Miki Yamamoto for Sunny Sunny Ann! (2013)
Machiko Kyō for Mitsuami no Kami-sama (2014)
Yoshitoki Ōima for A Silent Voice (2015)
Yuki Andō for Machida-kun no Sekai (2016)
Haruko Kumota for Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2017)
Paru Itagaki for Beastars (2018)
Sansuke Yamada for Areyo Hoshikuzu (2019)
Rettō Tajima for Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru (2020)
Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2021)
Natsuko Taniguchi for Kyōshitsu no Katasumi de Seishun wa Hajimaru and Konya Sukiyaki da yo (2022)
Ganpu for Danchōtei Nichijō (2023)
Akihito Sakaue for Kanda Gokura-chō Shokunin-Banashi (2024)

Short Story
Award

Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai Shisō no Sōnanshātachi (2003)
Risu Akizuki for OL Shinkaron (2004)
Rieko Saibara for Jōkyō Monogatari and Mainichi Kaasan (2005)
Risa Itō for One Woman, Two Cats, Hey Pitan!, Onna no Mado (2006)
Hiromi Morishita for Ōsaka Hamlet (2007)
Yumiko Ōshima for Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami (2008)
Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Young Men (2009)
Mari Yamazaki for Thermae Romae (2010)
Keisuke Yamashina for C-kyū Salaryman Kōza, Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai (2011)
Roswell Hosoki for Sake no Hosomichi (2012)
Yoshiie Gōda for Love of Machine (2013)
Yuki Shikawa for Onnoji (2014)
Sensha Yoshida (2015)
Tatsuya Nakazaki for Jimihen (2016)
Kahoru Fukaya for Yomawari Neko (2017)
Taro Yabe for Oya-san to Boku (2018)
Ken Koyama for Little Miss P (2019)
Yama Wayama for Captivated, by You (2020)
Hiroko Nobara for Kieta Mama Tomo and Tsuma wa Kuchi o Kiite Kuremasen (2021)
Izumi Okaya for Ii Toshi o and Hakumokuren wa Kirei ni Chiranai (2022)
Ebine Yamaji for Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa (2023)
Miri Masuda for Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō (2024)