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Tezuka Award
The is a semi-annual manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha since 1971, under the auspices of its ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' magazine. It awarded new manga artists in the Story Manga category. Its counterpart award, Akatsuka Award, awards new manga artists in the Comedic Manga category. The award is named after the manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka and is designed to cultivate new artists. The prize for a top Selected Work is two million Japanese yen and for a lesser but still worthy work, a million yen. The award also has third place honorable mentions for contestants deemed worthy, that includes half a million yen. These cash prizes may not be awarded (as is often the case) if the judges deem none of the candidates worthy. Historically the recipients have been in their early twenties, although two notable winners were over 90 years of age. Selection committee Committee chair * Osamu Tezuka (1971-1988) * Fujio Akatsuka (1989-2008). Due to his failing health, this title wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and ''ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Masumura
is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his adaptations of Kenji Miyazawa's children novels, including his work on the anime film ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'' (1985), and for several manga series set in the fantasy universe '' Atagoul''. Several of his manga feature anthropomorphic cats as protagonists. Career Masumura started his career in 1973 at the age of 21, when he was the runner-up in the 5th Tezuka Award and subsequently got to publish his debut work ''Kiri ni musebu yoru'' in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', still using the kanji version of his name (増村博) rather than the hiragana one he would subsequently use. In 1975, he published a few short stories in the alternative manga magazine ''Garo'', which were his first stories set in the ''Atagoul'' universe. The series ''Atagoul Monogatari'' started 1976 in the manga magazine ''Manga Shōnen'' and became the first of several spin-off series that he drew for different magazines until 2011. Over 6 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Establishments In Japan
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Awards Named After People
This is a list of awards that are named after people. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U - V W Y Z See also *Lists of awards *List of eponyms A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... * List of awards named after governors-general of Canada References {{DEFAULTSORT:Prizes Named After People Lists of eponyms Lists of awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the 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. 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 Fujio for ''Doraemon'' *Award for Excellence: Moto Hagio for ''A Cruel God Reigns'' *Special Award: Toshio Naiki 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 Ōs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Comics Awards
This list of comics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for comics from around the world. The list includes awards given out for achievements in cartooning, comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Some works in comics are also eligible for, and in some instances have won literary awards. American awards In chronological order from date of first award presentation: * Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning — first awarded 1922 * Reuben Award — first awarded in 1946 *Various National Cartoonists Society awards — first awarded in 1948 * Alley Award — first awarded in 1961; ceased in 1969 * Shazam Award — first awarded in 1970; ceased in 1974 * Goethe Award (later renamed "Comic Fan Art Awards") — first awarded in 1970; ceased in 1974. * Ignatz Awards (OrlandoCon) — first awarded in 1974; ceased in 1994 * Inkpot Awards — first awarded in 1974 * Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards — first awarded in 1982; ceased in 2008 * Russ Manning Award — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Manga Awards
This list of manga awards is an index to articles about notable awards for manga, comics or graphic novels created in Japan or using the Japanese language and conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. Awards See also * Lists of awards * List of media awards * List of comics awards References {{DEFAULTSORT:Manga Manga awards, Lists of awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Takei
is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the multicultural hit, ''Shaman King''. Career Hiroyuki Takei started drawing manga with writer EXIAD on SD Département Store Series which they created for a fanzine. Early in his career, he became the assistant to Tamakichi Sakura on ' as in 1992 and Kōji Kiriyama (''Ninku''). At that time, he also submitted his first yomikiri Dragdoll Group to the Tezuka Award but was rejected. In 1994, Takei submitted his short story ''Anna the Itako'' to the 48th Tezuka Award and won the honorable mention. He was later introduced to Nobuhiro Watsuki and became his assistant along with Eiichiro Oda on ''Rurouni Kenshin''. Takei published his short story ''Death Zero'' in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' winter special and ''Butsu Zone'' in the summer special of 1996. A reworked version of ''Butsu Zone'' became his first manga series published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' of 1997. Takei's longest-running series, ''Shaman King'' began serializa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuhiro Watsuki
, better known by his pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his samurai-themed series '' Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story'' (1994–1999), which has over 70 million copies in circulation and a sequel he is currently creating titled '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc'' (2017–present). He has written three more series, the western '' Gun Blaze West'' (2001), the supernatural ''Buso Renkin'' (2003–2005), and the horror manga '' Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein-'' (2007–2015). Watsuki has mentored several well-known manga artists, including ''One Piece'' creator Eiichiro Oda, Hiroyuki Takei of ''Shaman King'' fame, and ''Mr. Fullswing'' author . Early life Watsuki was born in Tokyo and was brought up in Nagaoka, Niigata. When he was in middle school, Watsuki practiced kendo. He still drew manga but also enjoyed sports, although he never won a kendo match. Watsuki grew frustrated with kendo, and eventually quit.Watsuki, Nobuhiro. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihiro Togashi
is a Japanese manga artist. He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by publishing company Shueisha while attending college. Togashi has authored several manga series in different genres during the past three decades. He is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating the ''YuYu Hakusho'' (1990–1994) and ''Hunter × Hunter'' (1998–present) series, both of which are some of the best-selling manga in history. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the author of '' Sailor Moon''. Biography Early life Born in Shinjō, Yamagata to a family that owned a paper shop, Togashi began drawing manga casually in his first to second year of elementary school. In high school, Togashi joined the fine-arts club; he later enrolled at Yamagata University where he studied education in the hope of becoming a teacher. During college he submitted some of his manga work to ''Weekly Young Jump'', published by Shueisha. In 1986, at age 20, he authored a mang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Obata
is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for ''Hikaru no Go'' (1998–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for '' Death Note'' (2003–2006) and ''Bakuman'' (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba. Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists, including Nobuhiro Watsuki of ''Rurouni Kenshin'' fame, '' Black Cat'' creator Kentaro Yabuki, and ''Eyeshield 21'' artist Yusuke Murata. Career Takeshi Obata chose to be a manga artist because he always loved drawing. As a child he re-read Shotaro Ishinomori's ''Cyborg 009'' over and over. His first published manga was in Higashi-Yamanoshita Elementary's school newspaper when he was in the third grade. It was about a hero who turned into a disposable pocket warmer when in trouble. Obata originally became noticed in 1985 when he took a prize in the Tezuka Award for his one-shot ''500 Kōnen no Shinwa''. Joining the ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masakazu Katsura
is a Japanese manga artist, known for several works of manga, including ''Wing-Man'', ''Shadow Lady'', ''DNA²'', '' Video Girl Ai'', '' I"s'', and '' Zetman''. He has also worked as character designer for '' Iria: Zeiram the Animation'', ''Tiger & Bunny'' and '' Garo -Guren no Tsuki-'', as well as the video game '' Astral Chain.'' Career Masakazu Katsura was born in the prefecture of Fukui in Japan. The turning point in his life was an illness for which he was bedridden, during which time he taught himself a different way to draw. Katsura entered the manga industry in his second or third year of high school, when he entered a work for the Tezuka Award to win the prize money. However, he says he did not grow up reading manga, instead he read novels and watched movies. '' Video Girl Ai'' was made into an original video animation and has been released in North America. A live-action movie was also made of the story. The five-volume series ''DNA²'' was adapted into a television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
