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Current prizes categories

*Grand Prize – for the excellent work during the year *Creative Award – for the creator with innovative or epoch-making expression and fresh talent *Short story Award – for the excellent work or creator of the short story *Special Award – for the person or group who contributed to extend the culture of manga


Prizes winners


1997

*Grand Prize: Fujiko F. Fujio for ''
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'' *Award for Excellence: Moto Hagio for '' A Cruel God Reigns'' *Special Award: for the foundation and management of ''Modern Manga Library''


1998

*Grand Prize: Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy ''Bocchan No Jidai'' (Times of " Botchan") *Award for Excellence: Yūji Aoki for '' Naniwa Kin'yūdō'' (The way of the Ōsaka loan shark) *Special Award: Shotaro Ishinomori for the long years of contribution to manga


1999

*Grand Prize: Naoki Urasawa for '' Monster'' *Award for Excellence:
Akira Sasō is a Japanese manga artist and educator. He has won a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and two Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan Media Arts Awards, the latter for his manga ''Shindō (manga), Shindō'' (1997–98) and ''Maestro (manga), Maestro'' (2003 ...
for '' Shindō'' *Special Award: Fusanosuke Natsume ''For outstanding achievements in manga criticism'' (マンガ批評の優れた業績に対して)


2000

*Grand Prize: Daijiro Morohoshi for ''Saiyū Yōenden'' (The Monkey King and other Chinese Legends) *Award for Excellence: Minetarō Mochizuki for '' Dragon Head'' *Special Award: Frederik L. Schodt for the distinguished service to introduce Japanese manga round the world


2001

*Grand Prize: Reiko Okano and Baku Yumemakura for '' Onmyōji'' (The Master of Shade and Light) *Award for Excellence: Kotobuki Shiriagari for '' Yajikita in Deep'' *Special Award: Akira Maruyuma for the valuable service to support comic artists at ''Tokiwa'' house


2002

*Grand Prize:
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for '' Vagabond'' *Award for Excellence: Kentaro Miura for '' Berserk''


2003

*Grand Prize: Fumiko Takano for ''The Yellow Book: A friend Named Jacques Thibault'' *Creative Award: Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for '' Hikaru no Go'' *Short story Award: Hisaichi Ishii for '' Gendai Shisō no Sōnanshātachi'' (Victims of modern ideas) *Special Award: Shigeru Mizuki for the creative pictures and the long years of activities


2004

*Grand Prize: Kyoko Okazaki for '' Helter Skelter'' *Creative Award: Takashi Morimoto for ''Naniwadora ihon'' (Variant edition of the Naniwa wastrel) *Short story Award: Risu Akizuki for '' OL Shinkaron'' and other works *Special Award: Tarō Minamoto for the pioneer works of historical manga and contribution to manga culture


2005

*Grand Prize: Naoki Urasawa,
Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu'', – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Considered to be among the greatest and most influential cartoonists of all time, his prolific output, pioneering techniques an ...
and Takashi Nagasaki for ''
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'' *Creative Award:
Fumiyo Kōno , commonly romanized Fumiyo Kouno, is a Japanese manga artist from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, known for her 2004 manga '' Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms'' and her 2007 manga '' In This Corner of the World'' which got an anime film a ...
for '' Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms'' *Short story Award: Rieko Saibara for '' Jōkyō Monogatari'' and '' Mainichi Kaasan'' *Special Award: Kawasaki City Museum for the collection of manga works from
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to the present day, and its exhibitions


2006

*Grand Prize: Hideo Azuma for '' Disappearance Diary'' *Creative Award: Asa Higuchi for '' Big Windup!'' *Short story Award: Risa Itō for ''One Woman, Two Cats'', '' Oi Piitan!!'' (''Hey Pitan!''), ''Onna no mado'' (A Woman's Window) and other works *Special Award: Kousei Ono for the long years of the introduction of comics from abroad to Japan as a commentator for manga


2007

*Grand Prize: Ryoko Yamagishi for '' Terpsichora'' (The Dancing Girl; Maihime Τερψιχόρα) *Creative Award: Nobuhisa Nozoe, Kazuhisa Iwata and Kyojin Ōnishi for ''Shinsei Kigeki'' (
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) *Short story Award: Hiromi Morishita for '' Ōsaka Hamlet''


2008

*Grand Prize: Masayuki Ishikawa for '' Moyashimon'' *Creative Award: Toranosuke Shimada for ''Träumerei'' *Short story Award: Yumiko Ōshima for '' GūGū Datte Neko De Aru (Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami.)'' *Special Award: ''International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture''
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2009

*Grand Prize: Fumi Yoshinaga for '' Ōoku: The Inner Chambers'' *Grand Prize: Yoshihiro Tatsumi for '' A Drifting Life'' *Short story Award: Hikaru Nakamura for '' Saint Young Men'' *New Artist Prize : Suehiro Maruo for '' Panorama-tō Kitan'' (Anecdote of the Panorama Island)


2010

*Grand Prize: Yoshihiro Yamada for '' Hyouge Mono'' *Short story Award: Mari Yamazaki for '' Thermae Romae'' *New Artist Prize: Haruko Ichikawa for ''Mushi to Uta'' *Special Award: Yoshihiro Yonezawa to wide achievements of the collection and the commentary activity of basic material of the cartoon research.


2011

*Grand Prize: Motoka Murakami for '' Jin'' *Grand Prize: Issei Eifuku and Taiyo Matsumoto for '' Takemitsuzamurai'' *New Artist Prize: Hiromu Arakawa for '' Fullmetal Alchemist'' *Short Work Prize: Keisuke Yamashina for his work in creating ''C-kyū Salaryman Kōza'', ''Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai'', and other salaryman manga.


2012

*Grand Prize: Hitoshi Iwaaki for '' Historie'' *New Artist Prize: Yu Itō for '' Shut Hell'' *Short Work Prize: Roswell Hosoki for his work in creating ''Sake no Hosomichi'', and other manga. *Special Award: "That ''
Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump (magazine line), Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many Action (fiction), action scenes and a fair ...
''" - a specific copy of the magazine's 16th issue of 2011 that was shared by over 100 children at the Shiokawa Shoten bookstore in Itsutsubashi, Sendai immediately after the Great East Japan earthquake


2013

*Grand Prize: Yasuhisa Hara for '' Kingdom'' *New Artist Prize: Miki Yamamoto for '' Sunny Sunny Ann!'' *Short Work Prize: Yoshiie Gōda for ''Kikai-Jikake no Ai'' (Love of Machine)


2014

*Grand Prize: Chica Umino for '' March Comes in Like a Lion'' *New Artist Prize: Machiko Kyō for '' Mitsuami no Kamisama'' *Short Work Prize: Yūki Shikawa for '' Onnoji'' *Special Award: Fujiko Fujio (A) for '' Manga Michi'' and '' Ai... Shirisomeshi Koro ni...'' *Readers' Award: Chūya Koyama for '' Space Brothers''


2015

*Grand Prize: Yoiko Hoshi for '' Aisawa Riku'' *New Creator Prize: Yoshitoki Ōima for '' A Silent Voice'' *Short Work Prize: Sensha Yoshida for his works as a whole *Special Prize: Chikako Mitsuhashi for '' Chiisana Koi no Monogatari''


2016

*Grand Prize: Kei Ichinoseki for '' Hanagami Sharaku'' and Kiyohiko Azuma for ''
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'' *New Creator Prize: Yuki Andō for '' Machida-kun no Sekai'' *Short Work Prize: Tatsuya Nakazaki for '' Jimihen'' *Special Prize: Kyoto International Manga Museum in recognition of its 10th anniversary and its contributions to manga culture


2017

*Grand Prize: Fusako Kuramochi for '' Hana ni Somu'' *New Creator Prize: Haruko Kumota for '' Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' *Short Work Prize: Kahoru Fukaya for '' Yomawari Neko'' *Special Prize:
Osamu Akimoto is a Japanese manga artist from Katsushika, Tokyo. He is best known for his long-running comedy series ''KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'', which was continuously published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 40 years from 1976 to 2016. With 1,960 chapte ...
for '' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo''


2018

*Grand Prize: Satoru Noda for '' Golden Kamuy'' *New Creator Prize: Paru Itagaki for '' BEASTARS'' *Short Work Prize: Taro Yabe for '' Oya-san to Boku'' *Special Prize: Tetsuya Chiba for '' Ashita no Joe''


2019

*Grand Prize: Shinobu Arima for '' Jitterbug The Forties'' *New Creator Prize: Sansuke Yamada for '' Areyo Hoshikuzu'' *Short Work Prize: Ken Koyama for '' Little Miss P'' *Special Prize:
Takao Saito was a Japanese manga artist, although he rejected the term and considered his work gekiga. He was best known for '' Golgo 13'', which has been serialized in '' Big Comic'' since 1968, making it the oldest manga still in publication. ''Golgo 1 ...
for '' Golgo 13'' in recognition of its 50th anniversary


2020

* Grand Prize: Kan Takahama for '' Nyx no Lantern'' * New Creator Prize: Rettō Tajima for ''
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'' * Short Work Prize: Yama Wayama for '' Captivated, by You'' * Special Prize: Machiko Hasegawa in recognition of what would have been her 100th birthday on January 20


2021

* Grand Prize: Kazumi Yamashita for ''
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'' * New Creator Prize: Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe for '' Frieren: Beyond Journey's End'' * Short Work Prize: Hiroko Nobara for '' Kieta Mama Tomo'' and '' Tsuma wa Kuchi o Kiite Kuremasen'' * Special Prize: Koyoharu Gotouge for creating a social phenomenon with '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''


2022

* Grand Prize: Uoto for '' Chi: On the Movements of the Earth'' * New Creator Prize: Natsuko Taniguchi for '' Kyōshitsu no Katasumi de Seishun wa Hajimaru'' and '' Konya Sukiyaki da yo'' * Short Work Prize: Izumi Okaya for '' Ii Toshi o'' and '' Hakumokuren wa Kirei ni Chiranai''


2023

* Grand Prize: Kiwa Irie for '' Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito'' * New Creator Prize: Ganpu for ''Danchōtei Nichijō'' * Short Work Prize: Ebine Yamaji for ''Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa'' * Special Prize: Kazuo Umezu for ''Zoku Shingo: Chiisana Robot Shingo Bijutsukan''


2024

* Grand Prize: Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori for '' PLINIVS'' * New Creator Prize: Akihito Sakaue for '' Kanda Gokura-chō Shokunin-Banashi'' * Short Work Prize: Miri Masuda for '' Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō'' * Special Prize: COMITIA for contributing to the cultural spread of manga.


2025

* Grand Prize: Rintaro for '' 1-byō 24-koma no Boku no Jinsei'' * New Creator Prize: Shiho Kido for '' When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom'' * Short Work Prize: Shunji Enomoto for ''
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See also

* List of manga awards * Tezuka Award


References


External links


Official webpage
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