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Tezuka Cultural Prize Nominees for Manga Announced
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Death Note Among the Hopefuls
ComiPress reports that Osamu Tezuka, by awarding four annual prizes: the Manga Grand Prize, New Artist Prize, Short Work Prize, and Special Prize. Each prize includes a statuette, a certificate, and 2 million yen ($17,000, for the Manga Grand Prize) or 1 million yen ($8,400, for each of the other three prizes).
The 2007 nominees are as follows:
| Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Ohoku | Fumi Yoshinaga | Hakusensha |
| Osaka Hamlet | Hiromi Morishita | Futabasha |
| Imperial Guards | Story: Daisuke Satōh Art: Yuu Itoh |
Shueisha |
| Danchi Tomoo | Tobira Oda | Shogakukan |
| Death Note | Story: Tsugumi Ooba Art: Takeshi Obata |
Shueisha |
| Hyouge Mono | Yoshihiro Yamada | Kodansha |
| Maihime Τερψιχόρα | Ryōko Yamagishi | Media Factory |
| Tales of Agriculture | Masayuki Ishikawa | Kodansha |
All the past winners of the Manga Grand Prize are as follows:
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Disappearance Diary | Hideo Azuma |
| 2005 | Pluto | Story & Art: Naoki Urasawa Original creator: Osamu Tezuka |
| 2004 | Helter Skelter | Kiyoko Okazaki |
| 2003 | Kiiroi Hon | Fumiko Takano |
| 2002 | Vagabond | Takehiko Inoue |
| 2001 | Onmyōji | Art: Reiko Okano Original Novel: Baku Yumemakura |
| 2000 | Saiyuu Youenden | Daijrou Morohoshi |
| 1999 | Monster | Naoki Urasawa |
| 1998 | The Times of Botchan | Story: Natsuo Sekikawa Art: Jiro Taniguchi |
| 1997 | Doraemon | Fujiko F. Fujio |
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