18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced!

03.04.2014 13:55

Twenty manga titles have been nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize “Reader Prize”, the Asahi Shimbun paper announced on Tuesday.

“Reader Prize” is created this year by Asahi Shimbun as a special event. Asahi Shimbun Digital members can vote for their favorite manga online. The voting period will end on March 14. The Osamu Tezuka official website and Asahi Shimbun will publish the results in late March. 

 

The Nominees Include (Random Order):

1. Manga: I

Author: Mikio Igarashi

Press: Shogakukan

2. Manga: Ajin

Author: Gamon Sakurai

Press: Kodansa 

 

 

3. Manga: Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Author: Matsui Yusei

Press: Shueisha

 

 

4. Manga: Innocent

Author: Sakamoto Shinichi

Press: Shueisha

5. Manga: Uchuu Kyoudai

Author: Koyama Chuuya

Press: Kodansha

 

 

6. Manga: Area 51

Author: Hisa Masato

Press: Shinchosha

 

 

7. Manga: Ore Monogatari!!

Author(s):Kawahara Kazune /Artist(s):Aruko

Press: Shueisha

 

 

8. Manga: Silver Spoon

Author: Arakawa Hiromu

Press: Shogakukan

 

 

9. Manga: Koe no Kitachi

Author: Ooima Yoshitoki

Press: Kodansha

 

 

10. Manga: Golgo 13

Author:Saito Takao & Kazuo Koile

Press: LEED

 

 

11. Manga: Sayonara, Tama-chan

Author: Kazuyoshi Takeda

Press: Kodansha

 

12. Manga: Sangatsu No Lion

Author: Umino Chika

Press: Hakusensha

 

 

13. Manga: Shissou Nikki 2 Aruchu Byoto

Author: Azuma Hideo 

Press: East Press

 

 

14. Manga: Juuhan Shuttai!  

Author: Matsuda Naoko

Press: Shogakukan

 

 

15. Manga: Seto Utsumi 

Author: Kazuya Konomoto

Press: Akita Shoten

 

 

16. Manga: Chaser

Author: Jokura Koji

Press: Shogakukan

 

 

17. Manga: Hitsuji no Ki

Author: Tasuhiko Yamagami / Artist: Mikio Igarashi

Press: Kodansha

 

 

18. Manga: Beshari-Gurashi

Author: Morita Masanori

Press: Shueisha

 

 

19. Manga: Boku dake ga Inai Machi 

Author: Sanbe Kei

Press: Kadokawa

 

 

20. Manga: Yowamushi Pedal

Author: Watanabe Wataru

Press: Akita Shoten

 

 

 

The Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. The Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize includes The Grand Prize, Creative Prize, Short story Prize and Special Prize. 

[Official Website]

http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/