Manga Division
Award
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Excellence Award
PLUTO
TEZUKA Osamu / URASAWA Naoki
Producer: NAGASAKI Takashi
Supervising editor: TEZUKA Makoto
Cooperation: Tezuka Production -
Excellence Award
Emma
MORI Kaoru
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Excellence Award
DRAGON ZAKURA
MITA Norifusa
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Excellence Award
a continuous day
SEKINE Yuki
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Excellence Award
E-Cartoon
NAKAE Yoshio
Jury Selections
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capeta
SODA Masahito / TOMIYAMA Kuro
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D-LIVE!!
MINAGAWA Ryouji
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My work is animation!
ISHIDA Atsuko
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OOKIKU FURIKABUTTE
HIGUCHI Asa
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Mechanized Infantries 8-Fukujin
FUKUSHIMA Satoshi
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GENSHIKEN
KIO Shimoku
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IMPERIAL GUARDS
SATO Daisuke/ITOH Yu
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CIGUATERA
FURUYA Minoru
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SHIROIKUMO
IWAOKA Hisae
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Inside Darling's Mind
OGURI Saori / Tony LASZLO
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NABARI NO OU
KAMATANI Yuhki
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Nodame Cantabile
NINOMIYA Tomoko
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Hyakkiyakosyo
IMA Ichiko
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A Wonder Boy
YAMASHITA Kazumi
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Yosasii Karada
YASUNAGA Chisumi
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I LOVE SPORTS
JAPUNCH
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Freeze!
SEKIGUCHI Takashi
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RECORD KAPPA
OZAWA Kazuo
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Garion the Saver
Crico WOOTZ / CHOI il-ho
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THE BOY AND THE TAPIR
YAMAZAKI Youhei
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Tagger in back of alley
MORI Yoko
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International Yokai Police OKEI
GOMIMUSHIMARU
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SAIPAN; THE BATTLE FRONT
MURANO Moribi
Jury Critiques
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Head of the Jury
SATONAKA Machiko
Manga Artist
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TAKEMIYA Keiko
Manga Artist / Professor, Kyoto Seika University
[Critique by work category] Story Manga
It was most welcome that the total number of applicants has increased this year. The On-line Manga, especially, enjoyed a marked 275 percent increased compared with last year, which suggests the likely future tendency of manga publication. The number of entries from abroad has gone up year after year; about 10% of entries in the Manga Division were from overseas. This is evidence of the …
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KIMURA Tadao
President of Nippon Manga Gakuin
[Critique by work category] Frame Manga, Independent Manga, On-line Manga, Others
On-line Manga entries, which numbered 12 last year, increased to 33 this year. There were a larger number of entries from abroad than from Japan, indicating the growing recognition of this award worldwide. Many of the works were breaking free of the limitations of drawing on paper, making use of digital features for movement, sound, and color. However, when the emphasis of a work becomes …
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It is Digital Manga, as opposed to "Animation", that is now awaited
The increased number of applications received this year suggests that these awards are becoming increasingly widely recognized. It is also a good sign that there were not only circulated publications but also self-published manga and coterie magazine among the entries. Digital Manga is expected and intended to expand the possibilities of manga. However, there was noticeable confusion amongst …