Hideyoshi Andou, the graffiti artist for Gachiakuta, has deactivated their X account after being targeted by online harassment. They remain credited as the graffiti designer for the series, which won the Shonen Prize at the 50th Kodansha Manga Awards.
Hideyoshi Andou is the graffiti artist credited on the manga Gachiakuta, written and drawn by Kei Urana. Andou's graffiti work is a defining visual element of the series, which won the Shonen category at the 50th Kodansha Manga Awards on May 11, 2026. The prize includes two million yen, a certificate, and a bronze statue.
On June 8, 2026, Andou and Urana both deactivated their X accounts after a wave of online harassment. Urana had faced backlash for sharing a fan parody video, and Andou was targeted after defending her. A Studio Bones animator publicly condemned the toxicity. The departure came days after Gachiakuta won multiple Crunchyroll awards.
The two stories establish Andou as a key collaborator on a critically and commercially successful series, but also as someone who has withdrawn from public social media due to harassment. No further details about Andou's future projects or return to social media have been reported.
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Kei Urana, creator of Gachiakuta, and graffiti designer Hideyoshi Andou have deactivated their X accounts after a wave of online harassment. Urana faced backlash for sharing a fan parody video, and Andou was targeted after defending her. A Studio Bones animator publicly condemned the toxicity.
Kodansha named the winners of its 50th Manga Awards on May 11, 2026. Gachiakuta, written and drawn by Kei Urana with graffiti art by Hideyoshi Andou, took the Shonen category. The series beat fellow finalists Ichi the Witch, The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, and Utsuranain desu. Urana posted on X that she never expected the honor and would keep working at full speed. The prize includes two million yen, a certificate, and a bronze statue. In the Shojo category, Gin Shirakawa's Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me won. The manga adapts Eiko Mutsuhana's light novel Return from Death, with original illustrations by Yugiri Aika. Shun Umezawa's The Darwin Incident won the General category after being a finalist in two previous years. The series follows Charlie, a half-human half-chimpanzee raised by human parents, who is pulled into an eco-terrorist plot. Judges for the 50th awards included Hiro Mashima, Hikaru Nakamura, and Natsumi Ando.