Manga Division
Award
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Excellence Award
Hei no naka no biyoshitsu
((The Depth of the Sky))KOHINATA Marco / Original author: SAKURAI Mina
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Excellence Award
HITORIDESHINITAI
((I Want to Die Alone))CURRYZAWA Kaoru
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Excellence Award
Kashikokute yukiaru kodomo
((A Wise and Brave Child))YAMAMOTO Miki
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Excellence Award
Innocent Rouge
SAKAMOTO Shin-ichi
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New Face Award
My broken Mariko
HIRAKO Waka
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New Face Award
SORATOBU KUJIRA : SUZUKI, Suzuhiro Works
((A Flying Whale))SUZUKI Suzuhiro
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New Face Award
Swingin’ Dragon Tiger Boogie
HAIDA Koukou
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Social Impact Award
GOLDEN KAMUY
NODA Satoru
Jury Selections
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Veil
Kotteri!
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WONDANCE
Coffee
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The Arab of the Future 2 A Childhood in the Middle East, 1984-1985
Riad SATTOUF / Translation: UNO Takanori
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The waterside
megumireland
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Manga ni, henshutte hitsuyo desuka?
((Does manga need an editor?))AOKI Yuhei
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BERLIN UWA NO SORA
KAYAMA Tetsu
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Blue Period
YAMAGUCHI Tsubasa
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FOOTBALL ALCHEMIST
KIZAKI_Shinya
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Futaro’s fusen nikki
Manga: KATSUTA Bun / Original author: YAMADA Futaro
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Bara wa shuraba de umareru
((A rose is born in a murderous rush))SASOU Nami
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HABATAKI a fairy tale
Manga: HATOYAMA Ikuko / Original author: HORI Tatsuo
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BAKU-CHAN
MASUMURA Jushich
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Tora and Mike
Nekomaki (ms-work)
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TENGOKU-DAIMAKYO
ISHIGURO Masakazu
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Shangri-la for moon & diamond
kuranishi
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Chitoseoni
KOMATSU Maki
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Comic of Semba Center Bldg.
MATIDA You
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The earliest spring in the world
KAWABATA Shiki
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Super Baby
MARUGAO Meme
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Short Short Short-san
takanonno
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Showamaboroshi wasuregatakiyatsutachi
((Showa Phantom, Unforgettable Guys))TSUGE Tadao
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Mimoto’s family diary
MIMOTO Hanna
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ROCKY PRINCESS
TOUME Kei
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What can I say when I meet you?
NEMU Yoko
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THE COMPLETE MAUS
Art SPIEGELMAN / Translation: ONO Kosei
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ONNA NO SONO NO HOSHI
WAYAMA Yama
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IMURI
MIYAKE Ranjo
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Journal with witch
YAMASHITA Tomoko
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L’amant
TAKAHAMA Kan
Jury Critiques
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OMOTE Tomoyuki
Researcher, Kitakyushu Manga Museum
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KAWAHARA Kazuko
Manga Essayist
Manga Proved to Be Ever-Enthralling Even in Hard Times
Amid this unexpected pandemic, we received a total number of 792 submissions for evaluation in the Manga Division. After intense discussion, we decided to award the highly individualistic and charming works that follow. March comes in like a lion is already both popular and acclaimed, and it was the jury's consensus that it merited the Grand Prize for its overwhelming ability to move readers of …
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KURATA Yoshimi
Manga Artist and Professor, Otemae University
To Feel the Artistʼs Passion
As evident in the lineup of award-winning works and the Jury's Selections, the submissions covered many genres this year. To select from among them a winner was as excruciating a task as deciding the best among top athletes in different sports, like marathon running, swimming the breaststroke, tennis, and the triathlon. None of the submissions had unanimous votes from the jury for any given …
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SHIMAMOTO Kazuhiko
Manga Artist and CEO, Aibic Co., Ltd.
Works Brimming with Confidence Resonate with the Soul
Manga and comics are methods of expression with a high degree of freedom. Equipped with the content needing expressing and the skills (and tools) to illustrate it, an artist may draw up new modes of expression previously not considered. As a fellow artist in the manga industry, I've learned much from evaluating such works. All of the submissions that made it to the lists are bubbling over with …
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NISHI Keiko
Manga Artist
The End of Adolescence for Japanese Manga
Japan's manga now has the ancien régime in its rearview mirror. With the inexorable shift to the digital market, manga need not count on only magazines for their platform, and genre boundaries like manga aimed at shojo (girls), shonen (boys), and the general public are dissolving. That intrigued readers can now access works more easily than by picking up print media is a blessing for manga. In …
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A Delightful Range, from Vigor to Serenity, Maturity to Freshness
The disastrous effects of the novel coronavirus are multi-faceted in the arts and entertainment industries, but the worst effect may simply be the disruption of inperson communication. The damage is comparatively lighter in the world of manga than in music and theater, partly due to the increasing digitization of both production and distribution. But dojinshi comic markets (that is, the market …