The
Asahi Shimbun
paper announced the winners for the 15th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes on Monday. The awards
commemorate
the contributions of the manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka (Astroboy/Mighty Atom, Kimba the White Lion/Jungle Emperor, Phoenix, Black Jack) by recognizing the manga that best follow his tradition.
Grand Prize
Jin
Motoka Murakami
Shueisha
Takemitsuzamurai
Story: Issei Eifuku?
Art: Taiyo Matsumoto?
Shogakukan
New Artist Prize
Hiromu Arakawa
Fullmetal Alchemist
Square Enix
Published in North America by Viz Media
Short Work Prize
Keisuke Yamashina
Manga creator (
C-ky? Salaryman K?za, Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai,
other salaryman manga)
This year's nominating committee ? which
includes
manga creator Go Nagai, manga creator Keiko Takemiya, novelist Shion Miura, essayists, and university professors ? selected from among the works that were published from January to December of 2010.
The newspaper awards a 2-million-yen (about US$24,000) Manga Grand Prize along with a statuette of Tezuka's Mighty Atom character. In addition, 1 million yen (US$12,000) goes to each of the winners of the New Artist Prize, Short Work Prize, and the Special Prize every year. The awards presentation ceremony will take place on May 27.
Hyouge Mono, Mushi to Uta
,
Thermae Romae
, and Comiket co-founder Yoshihiro Yonezawa
won
last year's prizes.
Source:
Asahi Shimbun
Update:
The Shinsei Prize was awarded to Arakawa specifically.