NewsThe French Version of Marco Kohinata’s Akari Wins the Prix Ouest-France Award
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Oct 27, 2026
The French version of MINT creator Marco Kohinata’s Akari won the Prix Ouest-France award at this year’s Quai des Bulles that was held in San Malo from October 9th to the 11th. This is the first time in the event’s history that a manga has won the award.
Known as France’s second largest book festival, the selection process for the award is driven by a jury of everyday readers, aged eighteen to thirty-five, who pulled titles from French editions of books published between June 1st 2025 to May 31st 2026.
Other titles nominated for this year’s award include:
『Avila』Teresa Radice、Stefano Turconi（Glénat）
『Karl』Cyril Bonin（Sarbacane）
『Mémoires d’un garçon agité』Zabus、Valérie Vernay（Dargaud）
『La mise à mort du tétras lyre』David Combet（Glénat）
『La montagne d’encre』Nicolas Debon（Dargaud）
『OFF』Romain Renard、Olivier Tollet、Patrice Réglat-Vizzavona （Daniel Maghen）
『Punk à sein』Magali Le Huche Dargaud）
『Tekoha』Clara Chotil（Actes Sud）
『Vaillantes』Cécile Becq、Émilie Chazerand（Rue de Sèvres）
Read the original article from Quest-France HERE (in French)
Kohinata’s Akari also won the ACBD Asia Award presented by the French Association of Comics Critics and Journalists in July 2026. This latest win just further reinforces her work’s acclaim in France.
Publisher: Le Lézard Noir
Publish Date: December 2025
ISBN: 978-235-348-425-6