37th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards
by ~ May 11th, 2008. Filed under: Anime Comic News, Anime and People News.
Naoki Urusawa and Hiroko Minami head the list of winners for this year’s Japan Cartoonists Award, and will each be receiving a medal, a gold-leaf plate and about USD $5,000. The cream of this year’s manga crop are as follows:
Grand Prizes
Naoki Urasawa
20th Century Boys/21st Century Boys
Shogakukan
Hiroko Minami
Hina-chan no Nichijo
Sankei Shimbun Shuppan
Award of Excellence
Seika Nakayama
Alfheim no Kishi (Knights of Alfheim)
Akita Shoten
Awards of Special Recognition
Haruyuki Nakano
Nazo no Mangaka: Sakai Shichima Den (The Mysterious Manga Creator: The Story of Shichima Sakai)
Chikuma Shobo
Manpu Hashizume
For his entire body of works
Literary Giant Award
Kuniharu Naruse
For his entire body of works
