Manga English Reading App Langaku Takes Top Prize At 23rd Japan e-Learning Award
Mantra Inc.'s manga English extensive reading app Langaku won the top prize, Japan e-Learning Award (e-Learning of the Year), at the 23rd Japan e-Learning Award, along with the Japan Electronic Publishing Association Chairman's Award.
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Why it matters
An award that judges e-learning content across all entries picked a manga-based reading app as its single most outstanding work, and Mantra is using the win to push Langaku into schools from April 2026.
Key Facts
- Mantra Inc.'s Langaku won the top prize, Japan e-Learning Award (e-Learning of the Year), at the 23rd Japan e-Learning Award.
- Langaku also received the Japan Electronic Publishing Association Chairman's Award at the same awards.
- Langaku launched its service in 2022 and surpassed 1 million cumulative downloads in May 2026.
- In April 2026, Mantra began introduction of Langaku for educational institutions and opened a dedicated contact point for schools.
- In a demonstration with 272 second-year students at a metropolitan high school, each student read an average of about 32,000 words over 150 days.
Mantra says no entry had taken both honors at once in the award's history. The app launched in 2022 and passed 1 million cumulative downloads in May 2026.
Langaku lets users read manga in English with a tap to switch between English and Japanese, AI explanations of expressions in context, an adjustable English-to-Japanese display ratio, and audio read-aloud. Mantra positions these as fixes for the usual failure points of extensive reading: long texts and unfinished teaching materials.
The service launched in 2022 and passed 1 million cumulative downloads in May 2026, with more than 100 works readable in both languages. Mantra opened a dedicated contact point for educational institutions in April 2026, and in a demonstration with 272 second-year students at a metropolitan high school, each student read an average of about 32,000 words over 150 days.
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