My Gorilla Family was nominated for Best Manga at the 2026 Harvey Awards. It did not win; Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Billy Bat took the category.
My Gorilla Family's current standing is defined by one awards cycle. The Harvey Awards, voted on by comics professionals, named it among the Best Manga nominees for the 2026 ceremony. The category held seven titles in all, and the winner was announced at New York Comic Con on October 9.
That winner was Billy Bat, by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, released through Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint with translation by Kristi Iwashiro. My Gorilla Family was one of the titles Billy Bat beat, alongside He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squid, Land, Miss Ruki, and My Life in 24 Frames per Second.
So the record for this series is a single professional-body nomination that did not convert into a win. The nominations were announced in July, the winners in October, and the outcome in the Best Manga category is settled: the award went to Billy Bat. The stories do not carry any release, format, or production detail for My Gorilla Family beyond its place on the nominee list.
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The Harvey Awards announced this year's winners on Friday at New York Comic Con, and Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Billy Bat, released by Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint and translated by Kristi Iwashiro, took Best Manga. The category's other nominees were He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squid, Land, Miss Ruki, My Gorilla Family, and My Life in 24 Frames per Second. Spider-Noir won Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel.
The Harvey Awards announced nominees for the 2026 ceremony, with five anime and manga-related projects nominated for Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel. The Best Manga category includes seven titles. The winners will be announced at New York Comic Con on October 9.