here is list of winners in recent years:
| 51 | 2005 |
A Spirit of the Sun, Kaiji Kawaguchi Rainbow - Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin, George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (tie) |
Wild Life, Masato Fujisaki | Sonnanja neyo, Kaneyoshi Izumi | Animal Alley, Ryō Maekawa |
| 52 | 2006 | Bengoshi no Kuzu, Hideo Iura | Kekkaishi, Yellow Tanabe | 7 Seeds, Yumi Tamura | Kirarin Revolution, An Nakahara |
| 53 | 2007 |
Bambino!, Tetsuji Sekiya Kurosagi, Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (tie) |
Ace of Diamond, Yuji Terajima | Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu, Kotomi Aoki | Keshikasu-kun, Noriyuki Murase[2] |
| 54 | 2008 | Gaku: Minna no Yama, Shin'ichi Ishizuka | Cross Game, Mitsuru Adachi | Black Bird, Kanoko Sakurakoji | Naisho no Tsubomi, Yuu Yabuuchi[3] |
| 55 | 2009 | Shin'ya Shokudō, Yarō Abe | Sket Dance, Kenta Shinohara | Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko, Nao Iwamoto | A Penguin's Troubles, Yūji Nagai[4] |
| 56 | 2010 |
Ushijima the Loan Shark, Manabe Shōhei Space Brothers, Chūya Koyama |
King Golf, Ken Sasaki and Masaki Tani | Ōoku, Fumi Yoshinaga | Yumeiro Patissiere, Natsumi Matsumoto[5] |
| 57 | 2011 | Kids on the Slope, Yūki Kodama | Nobunaga Concerto, Ayumi Ishii | Pin to Kona, Ako Shimaki | Inazuma Eleven, Ten'ya Yabuno[6] |
| 58 | 2012 | I Am a Hero, Kengo Hanazawa | Silver Spoon, Hiromu Arakawa | Piece, Hinako Ashihara | Mysterious Joker, Hideyasu Takahashi[7] |
| 59 | 2013 | Mogura no Uta, Noboru Takahashi | Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Shinobu Ohtaka | Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru, Kotomi Aoki | Zekkyō Gakkyū, Emi Ishikawa[8] |
| 60 | 2014 |
Asahinagu, Ai Kozaki Aoi Honō, Kazuhiko Shimamoto (tie) |
Be Blues! ~Ao ni Nare~, Motoyuki Tanaka | Joō no Hana, Kaneyoshi Izumi | Yo-kai Watch, Noriyuki Konishi[9] |
| 61 | 2015 |
Umimachi Diary, Akimi Yoshida Sunny, Taiyo Matsumoto |
Haikyū!!, Haruichi Furudate | My Love Story!!, Kazune Kawahara and Aruko | Usotsuki! Gokuō-kun, Makoto Yoshimoto[10] |
| 62 | 2016 |
Blue Giant, Shinichi Ishizuka Jūhan Shuttai! , Naoko Matsuda (tie) |
Mob Psycho 100, ONE | 37.5°C no Namida, Chika Shiina | Ijime, Kaoru Igarashi[11] |
| 63 | 2017 |
Kūbo Ibuki, Kaiji Kawaguchi After the Rain, Jun Mayuzuki (tie) |
The Promised Neverland, Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu | Love Me, Love Me Not, Io Sakisaka | PriPri Chi-chan!!, Hiromu Shinozuka[12] |
| 64 | 2018 |
Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō, Mitsuharu Yanamoto Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu, Haruko Kashiwagi |
Dr. Stone, Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi | Suteki na Kareshi, Kazune Kawahara | Age 12, Nao Maita[13] |
| 65 | 2019 |
Aoashi, Yūgo Kobayashi and Naohiko Ueno Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Aka Akasaka (tie) |
Maiko-san chi no Makanai-san, Aiko Koyama | Nagi no Oitoma, Misato Konari | Neko, Hajimemashita, Konomi Wagata[14] |
| 66 | 2020 |
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Inio Asano Police in a Pod, Miko Yasu (tie) |
Teasing Master Takagi-san, Sōichirō Yamamoto Chainsaw Man, Tatsuki Fujimoto (tie) |
Yuzuki-sanchi no Yon Kyōdai, Shizuki Fujisawa |
Duel Masters, Shigenobu Matsumoto The Magic of Chocolate, Rino Mizuho (tie)[15] |
| 67 | 2021 |
Nigatsu no Shōsha, Shiho Takase Do Not Say Mystery, Yumi Tamura (tie) |
Komi Can't Communicate, Tomohito Oda | My Love Mix-Up!, Wataru Hinekure and Aruko |
