Da Vinci (magazine)
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{{Short description|Japanese pop culture magazine}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Da Vinci
| image_file = File:Da_Vinci_Magazine_cover.jpg
| image_caption = Cover of Da Vinci Magazine (January 2021 issue)
| category = Literary magazine
| frequency = Monthly
| publisher = Kadokawa Corporation
| firstdate = 1994
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| website = {{url|https://ddnavi.com/}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Da Vinci|ダ・ヴィンチ|Da Vinci}} is a monthly magazine about books published by Kadokawa Corporation, launched in 1994 by Recruit Co. The first publisher was Yoshio Kimura, the editor-in-chief was Yasuhiro Nagazono, and the art director was Toshiaki Ichikawa.{{Cite web |title=創刊号を読み解く 第8回 - ダ・ヴィンチ |url=https://www.timeout.jp/tokyo/ja/things-to-do/soukangou-8 |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Time Out Tokyo |date=23 January 2020 |language=ja-JP |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229085454/https://www.timeout.jp/tokyo/ja/things-to-do/soukangou-8 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=デジタル大辞泉プラス |title=ダ・ヴィンチとは |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81-1708013 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=コトバンク |language=ja |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229085453/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81-1708013 |url-status=live }}
Overview
Da Vinci is a book information magazine that introduces new publications, popular books and comics. The magazine also features essays by famous people, reader-submitted columns, questionnaires, special features on the relationship between the world and books from a new perspective, and a wide range of information on new paperbacks, new books, and new comics. It also includes information on approaching authors for book signings.{{Cite web |title=ダ・ヴィンチ 2021年1月号 (発売日2020年12月04日) |url=https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1613/b/2053578/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230055705/https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1613/b/2053578/ |url-status=live }}
- Although it is a literary magazine, it is subculture-oriented, actively introducing not only general novels but also manga and light novels.{{Cite web |title=ニュース |url=https://ddnavi.com/news/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ダ・ヴィンチWeb |language=ja |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227032748/https://ddnavi.com/news/ |url-status=live }}
- The covers are mainly modeled after popular young actors, musicians, and celebrities, each holding the book they like best.{{Cite web |title=ダ・ヴィンチ 発売日・バックナンバー |url=https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1613/b/list/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227034340/https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1613/b/list/ |url-status=live }}
- It is the magazine that created the manga essay genre. The magazine selected Haruko Ohtagaki and Saori Oguri, who were not yet on the scene, to create a bestseller, and "Manga Essay Theater" was born from that.{{Cite web |title=コミックエッセイ劇場 |url=https://www.comic-essay.com/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=コミックエッセイ劇場 |language=ja |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229085451/https://www.comic-essay.com/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite book |url=https://honto.jp/netstore/pd-book_02785239.html |title=ダ・ヴィンチ 2007年6月号 特別付録別ダコミックエッセイ劇場 |language=ja |access-date=2022-02-27 |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229085434/https://honto.jp/netstore/pd-book_02785239.html |url-status=dead }}
Da Vinci was previously owned by Media Factory. Kadokawa has acquired Media Factory since then.{{Cite web |title=Kadokawa Purchases Manga Publisher Media Factory (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-10-12/kadokawa-purchases-manga-publisher-media-factory |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Anime News Network |language=en |archive-date=2011-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013081714/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-10-12/kadokawa-purchases-manga-publisher-media-factory |url-status=live }}
Da Vinci Literature Award
The Da Vinci Prize for Literature was a newcomer's literary prize offered by Media Factory's (now KADOKAWA) magazine Da Vinci, accepting novels of 100 to 200 pages in 400-character manuscript paper. Any genre of work was acceptable. The winner received a cash prize of one million yen, and the winning work (or a collection of works including the winning work) was published by Media Factory (now KADOKAWA) .{{Cite web |title=第6回 ダ・ヴィンチ文学賞 募集要項 {{!}} コンテスト 公募 コンペ の[登竜門] |url=https://compe.japandesign.ne.jp/ap/01/lite/dvnc5/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=compe.japandesign.ne.jp |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229091332/https://compe.japandesign.ne.jp/ap/01/lite/dvnc5/ |url-status=live }}
Other than the Grand Prize, the cash prizes were 200,000 yen for the Excellence Award and Reader's Award, and 100,000 yen for the Editor-in-Chief's Special Award.{{Cite web |title=Jushosaku.jp |url=https://www.jushosaku.jp/a/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E6%96%87%E5%AD%A6%E8%B3%9E |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=受賞作ドットジェイピー |language=ja |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227040342/https://www.jushosaku.jp/a/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E6%96%87%E5%AD%A6%E8%B3%9E |url-status=live }}
The contest ended with the 7th edition in 2012, and the Da Vinci "Story of Books" Grand Prize was established as the successor prize, limiting the content to "stories related to books.
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Award !Award-winning work !Author |
| rowspan="4" |2006{{Cite web |title=ダ・ヴィンチ文学賞受賞作・候補作一覧1-7回｜文学賞の世界 |url=https://prizesworld.com/prizes/novel/dvin.htm |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=prizesworld.com |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229095722/https://prizesworld.com/prizes/novel/dvin.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=ダ・ヴィンチ文学賞情報まとめ−小説総合情報サイト さっかつ− |url=http://www.sakkatsu.com/pubcontest/detail/1100/index/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=www.sakkatsu.com |language=ja}}
|Grand Prize |Yo-chan's Night. |Azusa Maekawa |
| Excellence Award
|Go, HOME |Tachibana Natsumizu |
| Excellence Award
|But Beautiful |Mahiro Sawaki |
| Editor's Special Prize
|POKKA POKKA |Mitsuru Nakagawa |
| rowspan="3" |2007
|Grand Prize |rabbit bread |Asako Takiwa |
| Excellence Award
|Yamashita Batting Center |Atsushi Sogabe |
| Editor's Special Prize
|FISH IN THE SKY |Ao Okamoto |
| rowspan="3" |2008
|Grand Prize |Map man |Junjo Shindo |
| Readers' Choice Award
|Morning glory morning |Ririko Tono |
| Editor's Special Prize
|Yoshino Kita High School Library Committee |Nagisa Yamamoto |
| 2009
|Grand Prize |Burdock Kiyoko's Cat Soul |Kaeruko Akeno |
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Grand Prize |N/A |N/A |
| Readers' Choice Award
|Get married |Tomonori Satonaka |
| 2011
|Grand Prize |Laugh |Mizuo Kudo |
| 2012
|Grand Prize |N/A |N/A |
= Da Vinci "Book Story" Grand Prize =
The Da Vinci "Book Story" Grand Prize (Da Vinci Real Story) is the successor to the Da Vinci Literature Award, which ended with the 7th edition in 2012. It launched in 2013, The prize is limited to "stories related to books," and invites entries of 250 to 350 pages of 400-character manuscript paper. The winner will receive a cash prize of one million yen, and the winning story will be published by Media Factory (now KADOKAWA).There are also prizes for excellence, readers' prizes, and special prizes. The final selection is made not only by the editorial department, but also by 100 readers' judges and bookstore staff, making it a unique literary award in its selection method.{{Cite web |title=ダ・ヴィンチ「本の物語」大賞 {{!}} コンテスト 公募 コンペ の[登竜門] |url=https://compe.japandesign.ne.jp/ddnavi_hnm/2013/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=compe.japandesign.ne.jp |language=ja |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229112240/https://compe.japandesign.ne.jp/ddnavi_hnm/2013/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=第3回ダ・ヴィンチ「本の物語」大賞 原稿大募集！ |url=https://ddnavi.com/hnm/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ダ・ヴィンチWeb |language=ja |archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005124200/https://ddnavi.com/hnm/ |url-status=live }}
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Award !Award-winning work !Author |
| rowspan="2" |2013{{Cite web |title=第1回ダ・ヴィンチ「本の物語」大賞 受賞作発表！ |url=https://ddnavi.com/news/177976/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ダ・ヴィンチWeb |language=ja |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227041836/https://ddnavi.com/news/177976/ |url-status=live }}
|Grand Prize |First love goes beyond the slope |Namiya Fujiishi |
| Readers' Choice Award
|Iware Kita |Yanagasawa Kada |
| 2014
|Grand Prize |Bookstore with God Mahoroba no Natsu |Senya Mihagi |
| 2015
|Grand Prize |N/A |N/A |
Book of the Year Award
The "Da Vinci" Book of the Year is an annual ranking that started in 2001. The ranking is not simply based on sales order, but on the votes of "book connoisseurs" such as book critics, bookstore employees, Da Vinci survey members, and reading meter users from all over Japan.
Da Vinci E-book Award
The Da Vinci Electronic Book Award (Da Vinci Densho Seitaisho) is a media award for electronic books established in 2011 by Media Factory Inc. (now KADOKAWA)
Since 2012, it has been known as the E-Book Award. All e-book titles distributed during the last year are eligible. The grand prize winner will receive a cash prize of one million yen.{{Cite web |title=「電子書籍アワード2012 by ダ・ヴィンチ電子ナビ」電子書籍大賞は『イチロー･インタヴューズ』に決定 |url=http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000015.000003985.html |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1｜PR TIMES |date=21 March 2012 |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227045952/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000015.000003985.html |url-status=live }}
The e-book awards are given to e-books and e-comics in all genres except for adult titles distributed in the previous year, and are based on an original bestseller ranking based on annual sales data from 21 e-bookstores. This year's awards are the fourth in the series. This year marks the fourth time it has been held.{{Cite web |title=「電子書籍アワード2014」電子書籍大賞に『進撃の巨人』 |url=http://ebook.itmedia.co.jp/ebook/articles/1403/31/news052.html |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ITmedia eBook USER |language=ja |archive-date=2015-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208140343/http://ebook.itmedia.co.jp/ebook/articles/1403/31/news052.html |url-status=live }} The aim is to keep e-books boom from declining hence a bestseller award.{{Cite web |last=株式会社インプレス |date=2011-01-05 |title=月刊誌「ダ・ヴィンチ」が「電子書籍大賞」を設立 |url=http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/418040.html |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=INTERNET Watch |language=ja}} It stopped after 2014.
Selection method: Original best seller from annual sales data of e-bookstores' aggregate rankings. The readers prize is based on readers' vote.{{Cite web |title=【電子書籍アワード2014】 電子書籍大賞は『進撃の巨人』に決定！ |url=http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000608.000007006.html |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1｜PR TIMES |date=30 March 2014 |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227045950/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000608.000007006.html |url-status=live }}
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Grand Prize !Literature Award !Book Award !Manga Award !Special Award !Readers' Prize |
| 2011{{Cite web |title=「ダ・ヴィンチ電子書籍アワード2011」大賞に輝いたのは？ |url=http://ebook.itmedia.co.jp/ebook/articles/1104/28/news066.html |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ITmedia eBook USER |language=ja}}
|Marriage of Nukaka |Singing Whale |Elemental Picture Book |Sennen Gaho |Appropriate Diary |Mom, read! Otoehon before good night-reading Japanese folk tales- |
| 2012{{Cite web |title=電子書籍アワード2012 – 電子書籍大賞決定 |url=https://ddnavi.com/award2012/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ダ・ヴィンチWeb |language=ja |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227045949/https://ddnavi.com/award2012/ |url-status=live }}
|Ichiro Interviews |Shuntaro Tanikawa's" Tanigawa |panologue vol.0 |Piyo-chan's Friend |Our Manga |Introduction to Men's Style |
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Grand Prize !Novel Award !Manga Award !Light Novel award !Culture award !Hobbies Award !Business Award |
| 2013{{Cite web |title=電子書籍アワード2013：受賞作品紹介 |url=https://ddnavi.com/award2013/prize/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ダ・ヴィンチWeb |language=ja |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227045947/https://ddnavi.com/award2013/prize/ |url-status=live }}
|Reiko Himekawa Series |Campione |Is that so! Modern history |A Woman Doctor's Guide to Real, Pleasant Sex |Steve Jobs (I & II) |
| 2014{{Cite web |title=電子書籍アワード2014：受賞作品紹介 |url=https://ddnavi.com/award2014/prize/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ダ・ヴィンチWeb |language=ja |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227045950/https://ddnavi.com/award2014/prize/ |url-status=live }}
|Our Bubble Group |Statistics is the strongest study |The magic of tidying up life |Zero I will add a small one to myself who has nothing |
References
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External links
- [https://ddnavi.com/ Da Vinci News] (Official Site)
- [https://twitter.com/davinci_editor "Da Vinci" editorial department] (@davinci_editor) --Twitter
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