sentences:  In 2005, "Kochikame" was one of two winners of the Special Judges Award at the 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2005.In November 2010, Akimoto was one of several manga artists that held a press conference in opposition to Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths's Bill 156.In February 2014, he drew the one-shot "Vocalo" which is set 50 years after the rise of Vocaloid technology and ran in the shōjo manga magazine "Margaret".