Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize

The Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize ( Japanese 手塚治虫 文化 賞 , Tezuka Osamu Bunkashō ) is awarded annually in early summer by the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun to outstanding manga artists and to people or institutions who have made special contributions to mangas . The prize, which has been awarded since 1997, was named after the illustrator Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989).

The winners were initially divided into the categories of Grand Manga Prize ( マ ン ガ 大 賞 , Manga Taishō ), Prize for Excellent Manga ( マ ン ガ 優秀 賞 , Manga Yūshū Shō ), and Special Prize ( 特別 賞 , Tokubetsu Shō ). Since 2003 there has also been the categories of Young Artist Prize ( 新生 賞 , Shinsei Shō ) and Short Stories Prize ( 短 編 賞 , Tampen Shō ), the category Prize for excellent manga has been deleted.

The Big Manga Prize is currently endowed with a prize of two million yen (about 14,500 euros ), all other categories with one million yen. In addition, all winners will receive a bronze astro boy statue . The only artist to have received the award twice is Naoki Urasawa . He won with Monster in 1999 and Pluto in 2005 . In 2004 Shūhō Satō's Black Jack ni Yoroshiku , a tribute to Tezuka's Black Jack , was originally to be awarded. However, since Satō refused the award, he went instead to the Kyōko Okazaki with the manga Helter Skelter , who was chosen second by the jury .

In addition to several manga artists and authors, the jury also included Matt Thorn , Jaqueline Berndt and Frederik L. Schodt .

Award winners and nominees

The nominations are for the Great Manga Prize .

1997-2002

year	Great Manga Prize	Other nominees	Award for excellence	Special price
1997	Fujiko Fujio for Doraemon	Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head Taiyō Matsumoto for Ping Pong King Gonta and Hagin Yi for Sōtenkōro Takayuki Yamaguchi for Kakugo no Susume	Moto Hagio for Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru	Toshio Naiki for building modern manga libraries
1998	Natsuo Sekikawa and Jirō Taniguchi for "Botchan" no Jidai	Taiyō Matsumoto for Ping Pong King Gonta and Hagin Yi for Sōtenkōro Naoki Urasawa for Monster Rieko Saibara for Yunbokun Yū Koyama for Azumi Minoru Furuya for Ike! Inachū takkyūbu Kōji Aihara for Mujina Kentarō Miura for Berserk	Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin'yūdō	Shōtarō Ishinomori for his many years of work in the manga and manga industry
1999	Naoki Urasawa for monsters	Kentarō Miura for Berserk Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head Kyōko Okazaki for Untitled	Akira Sasō for Shindō	Natsume Fusanosuke for his outstanding work as a manga critic
2000	Daijirō Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden	Kentarō Miura for Berserk Waka Mizuki for Itihāsa Hideki Arai for The World is Mine Eiichirō Oda for One Piece	Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head	Frederik L. Schodt for promoting manga overseas
2001	Reiko Okano for Onmyōji (after Baku Yumemakura )	Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond Kentaro Miura for Berserk Yumiko Ōshima for Gū-gū datte Neko de aru Eiichirō Oda for One Piece Kazuichi Hanawa for Keimusho no naka	Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in Deep	Enzan Masaharu for promoting the illustrators who live in Tokiwa-so
2002	Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond	Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go Hideki Arai for The World is Mine Reiko Shimizu for Himitsu - Top Secret Eiichirō Oda for One Piece	Kentarō Miura for Berserk

2003-2018

year	Great Manga Prize	Other nominees	Young artist prize	Short Stories Prize	Special price
2003	Fumiko Takano for Kiiroi Hon	Shuho Satō for Black Jack ni Yoroshiku Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata of Hikaru no Go Ichiko Ima for Hyakkiyakō Shō Tarō Minamoto for Fūnji-tachi: Bakumetsu hen Yumiko Oshima for Gū-gū Datte Neko de aru Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai Shiso no sōnansha-tachi Akio Tanaka and Izō Hashimoto for Shamo	Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go	Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai shisō no sōnansha-tachi and Nono-chan	Shigeru Mizuki for his work as a long-standing mangaka
2004	Kyōko Okazaki for Helter Skelter	Shūhō Satō for Black Jack ni Yoroshiku Ai Yazawa for Nana Takashi Morimoto for Naniwa Dorai Hon Satoshi Fukushima for Shonen Shojo Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist Chika Umino for Honey and Clover Ryōko Yamagishi for Maihime Terpsichore Yamato Suzuki for Manga kidomōichi no	Takashi Morimoto for Naniwa Dorai Hon	Risu Akizuki for her complete works (including OL Shinkaron )	Tarō Minamoto for his achievements in the field of historical manga
2005	Naoki Urasawa for Pluto (after Osamu Tezuka )	Hitoshi Iwaaki for history Yōko Kondō for suikyo kitan Tomoko Ninomiya for Nodame Cantabile Ryoko Yamagishi for Maihime Terpsichore Fumiyo Kōno for Yunagi no machi, Sakura no kuni Tobira Oda for Danchi Tomo Ichiko Ima for Hyakkiyakō Shō Takehiko Inoue for Real	Fumiyo Kōno for Yūnagi no machi, Sakura no kuni	Rieko Saibara for Mainichi Kaasan and Jōkyō Monogatari	Kawasaki City Museum
2006	Hideo Azuma for The Runaway	Akimi Yoshida for Eve no Nemuri Okawara Ton for Ōsama no Shitateya Ai Yazawa for Nana Tomoko Ninomiya for Nodame Cantabile Moyoco Anno for Hataraki Man Hitoshi Iwaaki for Historie Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon Takehiko Inoue for Real Daisuke Igarashi for Little Forest	Asa Higuchi for Ōkiku furika butte	Risa Itō for Onna Ippiki Neko Futari , Oi Pitan !! and Onna no Mado	Ono Kōsei for promoting foreign comics in Japan for many years
2007	Ryōko Yamagishi for Maihime Terpsichore	Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku Hiromi Morishita for Ōsaka Hamlet Yū Itō and Daisuke Satō for Kōkoku no shugo sha Tobira Oda for Danchi tomō Tsugumi Ōba and Takeshi Obata for Death Note Yoshihiro Yamada for Heugemono Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon	Nobuhisa Nozoe and Kazuhiro Iwata for Shinsei Kigeki	Hiromi Morishita for Osaka Hamlet
2008	Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon	Akimi Yoshida for Umimachi Diary Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku Ai Yazawa for Nana Yokusaru Shibata for Hachiwan Diver Shōhei Manabe for Yamikin Ushijima-kun Daisuke Igarashi for Kaijū no Kodomo Kiyohiko Azuma for Yotsuba &! Yoshitō Asari for Lucu Lucu Naoki Yamamoto for Red	Toranosuke Shimada for reverie	Yumiko Ōshima for Gū-gū datte Neko de aru	International Institute for Children's Books in Osaka Prefecture
2009	Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku Yoshihiro Tatsumi for Gekiga Hyōryū	Akimi Yoshida for Umimachi Diary Fusako Kuramochi for Eki kara 5-bun Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Onīsan Daisuke Igarashi for Kaijū no Kodomo Akira Sasō for Maestro	Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Onīsan	Suehiro Maruo for Panorama Tōkitan
2010	Yoshihiro Yamada for Heugemono	Ranjō Miyake for Imuri Mikio Igarashi for Kamurobamura-e Fumiyo Kōno for Kono Sekai no Katasumini Akiko Higashimura for Himawari - Kenichi Legend Shōhei Manabe for Yamikin Ushijima-kun	Haruko Ichikawa for Mushi to Uta	Mari Yamazaki for Thermae Romae	Yoshihiro Yonezawa (1953–2006), co-founder of the Comic Market
2011	Motoka Murakami for Jin Issei Eifuku and Taiyō Matsumoto for Takemitsu Zamurai	Yōko Kondō for Ōma ga Hashi Takayuki Yamaguchi and Norio Nanjo for Shigurui Tatsuhiko Yamagami for Chūshun Komawari-kun Makoto Kubota for Tentai Senshi Sunred Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist Ami Sugimoto for Fantasium	Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist	Keisuke Yamashina for C-kyū Salaryman Kōza , Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai , u. a.
2012	Hitoshi Iwaaki for Histoire	Mikio Igarashi for I Kotobuki Shiriagari for Ano Hi Kara no Manga Chika Umino for Sangatsu no Raion Hajime Isayama for Shingeki no Kyojin Yuki Suetsugu for Chihayafuru	Yū Itō for Shut Hell	Roswell Hosoki for Sake no Hosomichi and other titles	A copy of the Weekly Shōnen Jump
2013	Yasuhisa Hara for Kingdom	Mikio Igarashi for I Hiromu Arakawa for Gin no Saji: Silver Spoon Chica Umino for March Comes in like a Lion Haruko Kumota for Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Rensuke Oshikiri for Hi Score Girl Tatsuhiko Yamagami and Mikio Igarashi for Hitsuji no Ki	Miki Yamamoto for Sunny Sunny Ann!	Yoshiie Gōda for Kikai-Jikake no Ai
2014	Chica Umino for March Comes in like a Lion	Mikio Igarashi for I Gamon Sakurai for Ajin - Demi-Human Yusei Matsui for Assassination Classroom Shinichi Sakamoto for Innocent Chūya Koyama for Uchū Kyōdai Masato Hisa for Area 51 Kazune Kawahara and Aruko for Ore Monogatari !! Hiromu Arakawa for Gin no Saji: Silver Spoon Yoshitoki Ooima for Koe no Katachi Kazuo Koike and Takao Saitō for Golgo 13 Kazuyoshi Takeda for Sayonara Tamachan Hideo Azuma for Shissō Nikki 2: Aruchū Byōtō Naoko Matsuda for Jūhan Shuttai! Kazuya Konomoto for Seto Utsumi Jōkura Koji for Chaser Tatsuhiko Yamagami and Mikio Igarashi for Hitsuji no Ki Masanori Morita for Beshari Gurashi Kei Sanbe for Boku Dake ga Inai Machi Wataru Watanabe for Yowamushi Pedal	Machiko Kyō for Mitsuami no Kamisama	Yūki Shikawa for Onnoji	Fujiko Fujio for Manga Michi and Ai ... Shirisomeshi Koro ni ...
2015	Yoiko Hoshi for Aisawa Riku	Kazuhiko Shimamoto for Aoi Honō Yusei Matsui for Assassination Classroom Hiromu Arakawa for Gin no Saji: Silver Spoon Yasumi Tsuhara for Goshiki no Fune Jōkura Kōji for Chaser Masashi Kishimoto for Naruto Hajime Toda for Heisei Uro Oboe Zōshi	Yoshitoki Ōima for A Silent Voice	Sensha Yoshida	Chikako Mitsuhashi for Chiisana Koi no Monogatari
2016	Kei Ichinoseki for Hanagami Sharaku Kiyohiko Azuma for Yotsuba &!	Ichigo Takano for Orange Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy Masayuki Kusumi and Jiro Taniguchi for Der Gourmet - Enjoying the Art Alone Yuki Suetsugu for Chihayafuru Kan Takahama for Cho-no-Michiyuki	Yuki Andō for Machida-kun no Sekai	Tatsuya Nakazaki for Jimihen	Kyoto International Manga Museum for the 10th anniversary
2017	Fusako Kuramochi for Hana ni Sumo	Abi Umeda for Kujira no Ko-ra wa Sajō ni Utau Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy Kan Takahama for Sad Girl Niwa Tanba for Tokusatsu Gagaga Yūko Ōtsuki for Dokonjō Gaeru no Musume Yukinobu Hoshino for Rainman	Haruko Kumota for Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū	Kaoru Fukaya for Yomawaro Neko	Osamu Akimoto for Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari-kōen Mae Hashutsujo
2018	Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy	Ark Performance for Arpeggio of Blue Steel Keiichi Tanaka for "Utsunuke" Utsu tunnel o Nuketa Hito-tachi Gō Tanabe for Kuki no Sanmyaku ni te Yuki Ozawa for Sanju Mariko Akane Torikai for Sensei no Shiroi Uso Masakazu Ishiguro for And Yet the Town Moves Shinichi Ishizuka for Blue Giant Philippe Nicloux for Matsumoto Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu for The Promised Neverland	Paru Itagaki for Beastars	Tarō Yabe for Oya-san to Boku	Tetsuya Chiba

See also

• Kōdansha Manga Prize
• Shogakukan Manga Prize

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Information on the awards from 1997 to 2000 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Anime News Network : 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced . April 19, 2010.
2. ↑ Anime News Network : 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced . February 26, 2011.
3. ↑ Anime News Network : 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced . May 2, 2011.
4. ↑ Anime News Network : 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced . February 20, 2012.
5. ↑ Anime News Network : History Wins 16th Tezuka Osamu Prizes' Top Award . April 22, 2012.
6. ↑ 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced. Anime News Network, February 26, 2013, accessed July 27, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Kingdom Wins 17th Tezuka Osamu Prizes' Top Award. Anime News Network, April 28, 2013, accessed July 27, 2016 . 
8. ↑ 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 'Reader Award' Nominees Announced. Anime News Network, March 3, 2014, accessed July 27, 2016 . 
9. ↑ March comes in like a lion Wins 18th Tezuka Osamu Prizes' Top Award. Anime News Network, March 24, 2014, accessed July 27, 2016 . 
10. ↑ 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced. Anime News Network, February 23, 2015, accessed July 27, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Aisawa Riku Manga Wins 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award. Anime News Network, March 30, 2015, accessed July 27, 2016 . 
12. ↑ 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced. Anime News Network, February 25, 2016, accessed July 27, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Yotsuba & !, Hanagami Sharaku Win 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Best Award. Anime News Network, April 27, 2016, accessed July 27, 2016 . 
14. ↑ 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced. Anime News Network, February 23, 2017, accessed December 28, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Golden Kamuy Wins 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award. Anime News Network, April 24, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 . 
16. ^ 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced. Anime News Network, February 25, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .