International Manga Award
Encyclopedia
is an award established to encourage non-Japanese manga artists
in 2007. This award was created by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso
, who proposed this award in a policy speech he gave in Tokyo's Akihabara
district in 2006.
"Shorei" Award:
The Second International MANGA Award:
"Shorei" Award:
The Third International MANGA Award:
"Shorei" Award:
The Fourth International MANGA Award:
"Shorei" Award:
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
in 2007. This award was created by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso
Taro Aso
was the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan serving from September 2008 to September 2009, and was defeated in the August 2009 election.He has served in the House of Representatives since 1979. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007, and was Secretary-General of the LDP briefly in 2007 and...
, who proposed this award in a policy speech he gave in Tokyo's Akihabara
Akihabara
, also known as , is an area of Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station. Its name is frequently shortened to in Japan...
district in 2006.
Winners
The First International MANGA Award:- Sun Zi's TacticsSun Zi's TacticsSun Zi's Tactics is a historical manhua series by Lee Chi Ching, published in Hong Kong and Japan. In 2007, the series was named winner of Japan's first International Manga Award.-Synopsis:...
by Lee Chi Ching (China)
"Shorei" Award:
- 1520 by KAIKAIKAI may refer to:* Communist Workers International in German* Korea Aerospace Industries , a South Korean national aerospace company* KAIS International School in Tokyo, Japan...
(Hong Kong/China) - Le GardenieLe GardenieLe Gardenie is a Malaysian high school drama/romance manga created by Gempakstarz's artist Benny Wong in 2006 and finished in 2008 in Utopia magazine's 139 issue. On June 22, 2006, Le Gardenie received third place in Japan's first International Manga Award...
by Benny Wong Thong Hou (Malaysia) - Hollow FieldsHollow FieldsHollow Fields is a steampunk-themed original English-language manga written and illustrated by Madeleine Rosca.Volume 1 was released by Seven Seas Entertainment in June 2007, with a second volume released on May 29, 2008, and a third released on January 6, 2009.- Plot :Little Lucy Snow was meant to...
by Madeleine RoscaMadeleine Rosca-Biography:She grew up in country Victoria and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts from Monash University. She also received qualifications from Swinburne University and the University of Tasmania . She currently resides in Hobart, Tasmania...
(Australia)
The Second International MANGA Award:
- Feel 100% by Lau Wan KitLau Wan KitLau Wan Kit aka Jeffrey Lau, is a comic artist from Hong Kong.Lau joined the comics business field as a comics assistant in 1985, and became an artist in 1988 with his first work Anti-ROCK in "Comics For City People". In 1991, he had his first Collection Interlude , and became the symbol of local...
(China)
"Shorei" Award:
- Elapse by Yin Chuan (China)
- “Portrait” by Chezhina Svetlana Igorevna (Russia)
- Okhéania 1 by Alice Picard (France)
The Third International MANGA Award:
- SUPER DUNKER by Jakraphan Huaypetch (TON JAKRAPHAN) (Thailand)
"Shorei" Award:
- Zaya (Belgium: Huang Jia Wei)-Morvan-Dargaud Benelux) by Huang Jia Wei (China) Morvan (France)
- Natty (Belgium: Melvil-Corveyran-Dargaud Benelux) by Melvil - Corveyran (France)
- Running on empty by Kim Jea-eon (Republic of Korea)
The Fourth International MANGA Award:
- Si loin et si proche by Xiao Bai (Belgium)
"Shorei" Award:
- Face cachée by Olivier Martin and Sylvain Runberg (France)
- La Isla sin Sonrisa by Enrique Fernández (Spain)
- "The story begins with ..." by Verachai Duangpla (Thailand)