Da Vinci (magazine)

Da Vinci
Cover of Da Vinci Magazine (January 2021 issue)
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherKadokawa Corporation
First issue1994
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Websiteddnavi.com

Da Vinci (ダ・ヴィンチ, Da Vinci) is a monthly magazine about books published by Kadokawa Corporation, launched in 1994 by Recruit Co. The first publisher was Yoshio Kimura, the editor-in-chief was Yasuhiro Nagazono, and the art director was Toshiaki Ichikawa.[1][2]

Overview

Da Vinci is a book information magazine that introduces new publications, popular books and comics. The magazine also features essays by famous people, reader-submitted columns, questionnaires, special features on the relationship between the world and books from a new perspective, and a wide range of information on new paperbacks, new books, and new comics. It also includes information on approaching authors for book signings.[3]

  • Although it is a literary magazine, it is subculture-oriented, actively introducing not only general novels but also manga and light novels.[4][2]
  • The covers are mainly modeled after popular young actors, musicians, and celebrities, each holding the book they like best.[5]
  • It is the magazine that created the manga essay genre. The magazine selected Haruko Ohtagaki and Saori Oguri, who were not yet on the scene, to create a bestseller, and "Manga Essay Theater" was born from that.[6][7]

Da Vinci was previously owned by Media Factory. Kadokawa has acquired Media Factory since then.[8]

Da Vinci Literature Award

The Da Vinci Prize for Literature was a newcomer's literary prize offered by Media Factory's (now KADOKAWA) magazine Da Vinci, accepting novels of 100 to 200 pages in 400-character manuscript paper. Any genre of work was acceptable. The winner received a cash prize of one million yen, and the winning work (or a collection of works including the winning work) was published by Media Factory (now KADOKAWA) .[9]

Other than the Grand Prize, the cash prizes were 200,000 yen for the Excellence Award and Reader's Award, and 100,000 yen for the Editor-in-Chief's Special Award.[10]

The contest ended with the 7th edition in 2012, and the Da Vinci "Story of Books" Grand Prize was established as the successor prize, limiting the content to "stories related to books.[10]

Year Award Award-winning work Author
2006[11][12] Grand Prize Yo-chan's Night. Azusa Maekawa
Excellence Award Go, HOME Tachibana Natsumizu
Excellence Award But Beautiful Mahiro Sawaki
Editor's Special Prize POKKA POKKA Mitsuru Nakagawa
2007[11][12] Grand Prize rabbit bread Asako Takiwa
Excellence Award Yamashita Batting Center Atsushi Sogabe
Editor's Special Prize FISH IN THE SKY Ao Okamoto
2008[11][12] Grand Prize Map man Junjo Shindo
Readers' Choice Award Morning glory morning Ririko Tono
Editor's Special Prize Yoshino Kita High School Library Committee Nagisa Yamamoto
2009[11][12] Grand Prize Burdock Kiyoko's Cat Soul Kaeruko Akeno
2010[11][12] Grand Prize N/A N/A
Readers' Choice Award Get married Tomonori Satonaka
2011[11][12] Grand Prize Laugh Mizuo Kudo
2012[11][12] Grand Prize N/A N/A

Da Vinci "Book Story" Grand Prize

The Da Vinci "Book Story" Grand Prize (Da Vinci Real Story) is the successor to the Da Vinci Literature Award, which ended with the 7th edition in 2012. It launched in 2013, The prize is limited to "stories related to books," and invites entries of 250 to 350 pages of 400-character manuscript paper. The winner will receive a cash prize of one million yen, and the winning story will be published by Media Factory (now KADOKAWA).There are also prizes for excellence, readers' prizes, and special prizes. The final selection is made not only by the editorial department, but also by 100 readers' judges and bookstore staff, making it a unique literary award in its selection method.[13][14]

Year Award Award-winning work Author
2013[15] Grand Prize First love goes beyond the slope Namiya Fujiishi
Readers' Choice Award Iware Kita Yanagasawa Kada
2014[14] Grand Prize Bookstore with God Mahoroba no Natsu Senya Mihagi
2015[14] Grand Prize N/A N/A

Da Vinci Book of the Year Award

The "Da Vinci" Book of the Year is an annual ranking that started in 2001. The ranking is not simply based on sales order, but on the votes of "book connoisseurs" such as book critics, bookstore employees, da Vinci survey members, and reading meter users from all over Japan each year 4000-6000 people participate.[16]

According to Media Factory,[non-primary source needed] the ranking has a high degree of credibility, and its influence is increasing every year, as the grand prize winning titles are labeled as award-winning titles on the book's cover and in stores.[17]

Year Award Award-winning work
2011 Da Vinci 11th Annual Book of the Year[17] Prefectural Office Hospitality Division
2012 Da Vinci 12th Annual Book of the Year[18] Flying Public Relations Office
2013 Da Vinci 13th Annual Book of the Year[19] Attack on Titan
2014 Da Vinci 14th Annual Book of the Year[20]
2015 Da Vinci 15th Annual Book of the Year[21] March Comes In like a Lion
2016 Da Vinci 16th Annual Book of the Year[22]
2017 Da Vinci 17th Annual Book of the Year[23]
2018 Da Vinci 18th Annual Book of the Year[24] Detective Conan
2019 Da Vinci 19th Annual Book of the Year[25] Kingdom
2020 Da Vinci 20th Annual Book of the Year[26] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2021 Da Vinci 21st Annual Book of the Year[27]
2022 Da Vinci 22nd Annual Book of the Year[28] Spy × Family

Da Vinci E-book Award

The Da Vinci Electronic Book Award (Da Vinci Densho Seitaisho) is a media award for electronic books established in 2011 by Media Factory Inc. (now KADOKAWA)

Since 2012, it has been known as the E-Book Award. All e-book titles distributed during the last year are eligible. The grand prize winner will receive a cash prize of one million yen.[29]

The e-book awards are given to e-books and e-comics in all genres except for adult titles distributed in the previous year, and are based on an original bestseller ranking based on annual sales data from 21 e-bookstores. This year's awards are the fourth in the series. This year marks the fourth time it has been held.[30] The aim is to keep e-books boom from declining hence a bestseller award.[31] It stopped after 2014.

Selection method: Original best seller from annual sales data of e-bookstores' aggregate rankings. The readers prize is based on readers' vote.[32]

Year Grand Prize Literature Award Book Award Manga Award Special Award Readers' Prize
2011[33] Marriage of Nukaka Singing Whale Elemental Picture Book Sennen Gaho Appropriate Diary Mom, read! Otoehon before good night-reading Japanese folk tales-
2012[34] Ichiro Interviews Shuntaro Tanikawa's" Tanigawa panologue vol.0 Piyo-chan's Friend Our Manga Introduction to Men's Style
Year Grand Prize Novel Award Manga Award Light Novel award Culture award Hobbies Award Business Award
2013[35] Space Brothers Reiko Himekawa Series Space Brothers Campione Is that so! Modern history A Woman Doctor's Guide to Real, Pleasant Sex Steve Jobs (I & II)
2014[36] Attack on Titan Our Bubble Group Attack on Titan The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Statistics is the strongest study The magic of tidying up life Zero I will add a small one to myself who has nothing

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