Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

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Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes

Named after Osamu Tezuka, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (手塚治虫文化賞, Tezuka Osamu Bunkashō^?) is a comic book 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.

1 Current prizes categories
2 Prizes winners
- 2.1 1997
- 2.2 1998
- 2.3 1999
- 2.4 2000
- 2.5 2001
- 2.6 2002
- 2.7 2003
- 2.8 2004
- 2.9 2005
- 2.10 2006
3 See also

[edit] 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

[edit] Prizes winners

[edit] 1997

Grand Prize: Fujiko Fujio for Doraemon
Award for Excellence: Moto Hagio for Zankokuna kami ga shihai suru (A cruel God rules in heaven)
Special Award: Toshio Naiki for the foundation and management of Modern Manga Library

[edit] 1998

Grand Prize: Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai (Times of "Botchan")
Award for Excellence: Yūji Aoki and Naniwa kinyudō (The way of the Ōsaka loan shark)
Special Award: Shotaro Ishinomori for the long years of contribution to manga

[edit] 1999

Grand Prize: Naoki Urasawa for Monster
Award for Excellence: Akira Sasō for Shindō (The prodigy)
Special Award: Fusanosuke Natsume for the excellence criticism of manga

[edit] 2000

Grand Prize: Daijiro Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden (The Monkey King and other Chinese Legends)
Award for Excellence: Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head
Special Award: Frederik L. Schodt for the distinguished service to introduce japanese manga round the world

[edit] 2001

Grand Prize: Reiko Okano for Onmyōji (The Master of Shade and Light)
Award for Excellence: Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in deep
Special Award: Akira Maruyuma for the valuable service to support comic artists at Tokiwa house

[edit] 2002

Grand Prize: Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond
Award for Excellence: Kentarō Miura for Berserk

[edit] 2003

Grand Prize: Fumiko Takano for The Yellow Book: A friend Named Jacques Thibault
Creative Award: Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go
Short story Award: Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai shisō no sōnanshātachi (Victims of modern ideas)
Special Award: Shigeru Mizuki for the creative pictures and the long years of activities

[edit] 2004

Grand Prize: Kyōko Okazaki for Helter Skelter
Creative Award: Takashi Morimoto for Naniwadora ihon (Variant edition of the Naniwa wastrel)
Short story Award: Risu Akizuki for OL shinkaron (OL Evolution) and other works
- Special Award: Tarō Minamoto for the pioneer works of historical manga and contribution to manga culture

[edit] 2005

Grand Prize: Naoki Urasawa for PLUTO
Creative Award: Fumiyo Kōno for Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms)
Short story Award: Rieko Saibara for Jōkyō monogatari (A tale of going to the capital) and Mainichi Kasan (Everyday mom)
Special Award: Kawasaki City Museum for the collection of manga works from Edo period to the present day, and it's exhibitions

[edit] 2006

Grand Prize: Hideo Azuma for Shissou Nikki (A diary of disappearance)
Creative Award: Asa Higuchi for Ōkiku Furikabutte (Pitch a ball in dynamic moves)
Short story Award: Risa Itou for One Woman, Two Cats, Oi Piitan!! (Hey Pitan!), Onna no mado (A Woman's Window) and other works
Special Award: Kousei Ono for the long years of the introduction of comics from abroad to Japan as a commentator for manga