© Yua Oda, Shueisha
The Japan Cartoonists Affiliation (JCA) introduced the winners of the 53rd Japan Cartoonists Affiliation Awards on Friday. Yuu Oda‘S Calorie no Tsuyagoto (Calorie’s love affair) manga received the highest prize within the Comedian division. Taku Furukawa‘S Takupedia received the Cartoon division. Nagano‘S Chiikawa received within the Manga division, as a result of it’s a work worthy of the title ‘manga’, however doesn’t belong to any style. Every high prize features a gold plaque, a medal and 500,000 yen (roughly US$3,260) in prize cash.
As well as, Ryō Ishiyama‘S Dragon and Chameleon (Ryu to Chameleon) acquired the Manga Kingdom Tottori Award. Eiichi Muraokas Kyonen no Yuki (Final Yr’s Snow) manga received the Manga Kingdom Tosa award. Takumi Nagayasu‘S Nagayasu Takumi Zensakuhin (Takumi Nagayasu: The Full Works) received the MEXT Prize. These prizes embrace a silver plaque (gold for MEXT), a medal, and 200,000 yen (roughly US$1,300) in prize cash.
The JCA has offered the Japan Cartoonists Affiliation Awards yearly since 1972. Machiko Satonaka was head of the choice committee this yr. Committee members included: Yoshihiro Ikegawa, Jun Ishiko, Naomi KimuraRiki Kusaka, Yukio Shinohara, Kazuhiko ShimamotoGeorge Piroshki, Noriko Nagano, Akiko NemotoAnd Masato Hara.
Sources: Japan Cartoonists Affiliation web site, Comical Natalie
