The Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun has revealed the winners of the 2024 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, an annual award given by a panel of experts (including mangaka, critics, and comic scholars) to the best comic works released in the previous calendar year.
Grand Prize
PLINIVS
by Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori
(Shinchosha)
Emerging Author
Kanda Gokura-chō Shokunin-Banashi (“Tales of the Craftsmen of Kanda Gokura-cho)
by Akihito Sakaue
(LEED Publishing)
Short Story
Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō (“The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa”)
by Miri Masuda
(Shinchosha)
This year, the special award for contribution to manga dissemination was won by the association that runs the convention dedicated exclusively to original dojinshi, held four times a year.
This year’s jury consisted of comic artists Osamu Akimoto and Machiko Satonaka, singer and actress Minami Takahashi, writer and art and design teacher at Tohoku University Yukiko Tomiyama, professor and academic Shōhei Chūjō, manga critic Nobunaga Minami, and comedian and comic artist Taro Yabe. The nominees were selected from a longer list of titles chosen by specialists and bookstores. To be eligible for the award, manga must have at least one collected volume published in 2023.
The award ceremony will take place on June 6. The Grand Prize winner will receive a bronze statue and 2 million yen (approximately €12,300), while the other winners will receive a bronze statue and 1 million yen (approximately €6,150).
Here are all the winners from last year.
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