Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
{{Short description|Award for manga}}
{{Distinguish|Tezuka Award}}
{{family name hatnote|Tezuka|lang=Japanese}}
File:Osamu Tezuka 1951 Scan10008-2.JPG, the prize's namesake, pictured in 1951]]
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the {{nihongo|Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize|手塚治虫文化賞|Tezuka Osamu Bunkashō}} is a yearly manga 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.
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
Prizes winners
=1997=
- Grand Prize: Fujiko F. Fujio for Doraemon{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/97a.html|script-title=ja:第1回 マンガ大賞 藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 『ドラえもん』（小学館）|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Award for Excellence: Moto Hagio for A Cruel God Reigns{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/97b.html|script-title=ja:第1回 マンガ優秀賞 萩尾望都 『残酷な神が支配する』 （小学館）|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: {{ill|Toshio Naiki|jp|内記稔夫}} for the foundation and management of Modern Manga Library{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/97c.html|script-title=ja:第1回 特別賞 内記稔夫 「現代マンガ図書館の設立と運営に対して」|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=1998=
- Grand Prize: Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai (Times of "Botchan"){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/98a.html|script-title=ja:第2回 マンガ大賞 関川夏央 谷口ジロー 『「坊っちゃん」の時代』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Award for Excellence: Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin'yūdō (The way of the Ōsaka loan shark){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/98b.html|script-title=ja:第2回 マンガ優秀賞 青木雄二 『ナニワ金融道』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: Shotaro Ishinomori for the long years of contribution to manga{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/98c.html|script-title=ja:第2回 特別賞 石ノ森章太郎 「マンガとマンガ界への長年の貢献に対して」|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=1999=
File:Naoki Urasawa - Japan Expo 13- 2012-0706- P1410040.jpg, two-time recipient of the Grand Prize (1999, 2005)]]
- Grand Prize: Naoki Urasawa for Monster{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/99a.html|title=第3回 マンガ大賞 浦沢直樹 『MONSTER』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Award for Excellence: Akira Sasō for Shindō{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/99b.html|script-title=ja:第3回 マンガ優秀賞 さそうあきら 『神童』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: Fusanosuke Natsume For outstanding achievements in manga criticism (マンガ批評の優れた業績に対して){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/99c.html|script-title=ja:第3回 特別賞 夏目房之介 「マンガ批評の優れた業績に対して」|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010 |url-status=deviated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130182420/http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/99c.html |archive-date=2010-01-30}}
=2000=
- Grand Prize: Daijiro Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden (The Monkey King and other Chinese Legends){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/00a.html|script-title=ja:第4回 マンガ大賞 諸星大二郎 『西遊妖猿伝』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Award for Excellence: Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/00b.html|script-title=ja:第4回 マンガ優秀賞 望月峯太郎 『ドラゴンヘッド』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: Frederik L. Schodt for the distinguished service to introduce Japanese manga round the world{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/00c.html|title=第4回 特別賞 フレデリック・L・ショット ｢日本マンガを海外に広く紹介した功績に対して｣|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=2001=
- Grand Prize: Reiko Okano and Baku Yumemakura for Onmyōji (The Master of Shade and Light){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/01a.html|script-title=ja:第5回 マンガ大賞 岡野玲子 原作・夢枕 獏 『陰陽師』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Award for Excellence: Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in Deep{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/01b.html|title=第5回 マンガ優秀賞 しりあがり寿 『弥次喜多 in DEEP』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: Akira Maruyuma for the valuable service to support comic artists at Tokiwa house{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/01c.html|script-title=ja:第5回 特別賞 丸山 昭 「トキワ荘に集った多くの作家を育てた功績に対して」|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=2002=
- Grand Prize: Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/02a.html|script-title=ja:第6回 マンガ大賞 井上雄彦 『バガボンド』 （原作・吉川英治『宮本武蔵』）|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Award for Excellence: Kentaro Miura for Berserk{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/02b.html|script-title=ja:第6回 マンガ優秀賞 三浦建太郎 『ベルセルク』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=2003=
- Grand Prize: Fumiko Takano for The Yellow Book: A friend Named Jacques Thibault{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/03a.html|script-title=ja:第7回 マンガ大賞 高野文子 『黄色い本 ジャック・チボーという名の友人』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Creative Award: Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/03b.html|script-title=ja:第7回 新生賞 作・ほったゆみ 画・小畑 健 『ヒカルの碁』で囲碁という新たな題材に挑み、大きな反響を呼んだことに対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Short story Award: Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai Shisō no Sōnanshātachi (Victims of modern ideas){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/03c.html|script-title=ja:第7回 短編賞 いしいひさいち 『現代思想の遭難者たち』「ののちゃん」など一連の作品に対して |publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: Shigeru Mizuki for the creative pictures and the long years of activities{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/03d.html|script-title=ja:第7回 特別賞 水木しげる 「独創的な画業と長年の活躍に対して」|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=2004=
- Grand Prize: Kyoko Okazaki for Helter Skelter{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/04a.html|script-title=ja:第8回 マンガ大賞 岡崎京子 『ヘルタースケルター』|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Creative Award: Takashi Morimoto for Naniwadora ihon (Variant edition of the Naniwa wastrel){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/04b.html|script-title=ja:第8回 新生賞 もりもと崇 『難波鉦異本』で、江戸時代の遊女の世界と現代感覚を融合させた表現に対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Short story Award: Risu Akizuki for OL Shinkaron and other works{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/04c.html|script-title=ja:第8回 短編賞 秋月りす 『ＯＬ進化論』など一連の作品に対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: Tarō Minamoto for the pioneer works of historical manga and contribution to manga culture{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/04d.html|script-title=ja:第8回 特別賞 みなもと太郎 「歴史マンガの新境地開拓とマンガ文化への貢献に対して」|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=2005=
- Grand Prize: Naoki Urasawa, Osamu Tezuka and Takashi Nagasaki for Pluto{{cite web|title=第9回 2005|url=https://www.asahi.com/special/tezuka-anniv20th/2005/|work=Asahi Shimbun|language=Japanese|access-date=2021-10-06}}
- Creative Award: Fumiyo Kōno for Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/05b.html|script-title=ja:第9回 新生賞 こうの史代『夕凪の街 桜の国』（双葉社）で、原爆の悲劇を戦後の日常の中に静かに描き出した清新な表現に対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Short story Award: Rieko Saibara for Jōkyō Monogatari and Mainichi Kaasan{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/05c.html|script-title=ja:第9回 短編賞 西原理恵子『上京ものがたり』（小学館）『毎日かあさん』(毎日新聞連載）に対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: Kawasaki City Museum for the collection of manga works from Edo period to the present day, and its exhibitions{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/05d.html|script-title=ja:第9回 特別賞 川崎市市民ミュージアム 江戸から現代までのマンガ作品・資料の収集および企画展示 などに対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=2006=
- Grand Prize: Hideo Azuma for Disappearance Diary{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/06a.html|script-title=ja:第10回 マンガ大賞『失踪日記』（イースト・プレス）吾妻ひでお氏 作|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Creative Award: Asa Higuchi for Big Windup!{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/06b.html|script-title=ja:第10回 新生賞 ひぐちアサ『おおきく振りかぶって』（講談社）で、野球マンガに新たな表現の可能性を 示したことに対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Short story Award: Risa Itō for One Woman, Two Cats, Oi Piitan!! (Hey Pitan!), Onna no mado (A Woman's Window) and other works{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/06c.html|script-title=ja:第10回 短編賞 伊藤理佐『女いっぴき猫ふたり』（双葉社）『おいピータン!！』(講談社）『おんなの窓』 （週刊文春連載）など一連の作品に対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Special Award: Kousei Ono for the long years of the introduction of comics from abroad to Japan as a commentator for manga{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/06d.html|script-title=ja:第10回 特別賞 小野耕世「長年の海外コミックの日本への紹介と評論活動に対して」|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=2007=
- Grand Prize: Ryoko Yamagishi for Terpsichora (The Dancing Girl; Maihime Τερψιχόρα){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/07a.html|script-title=ja:第11回 マンガ大賞『テレプシコーラ』（メディアファクトリー） 山岸凉子氏|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Creative Award: Nobuhisa Nozoe, Kazuhisa Iwata and Kyojin Ōnishi for Shinsei Kigeki (Divine Comedy){{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/07b.html|script-title=ja:第11回 新生賞 『神聖喜劇』（幻冬舎、 原作：大西巨人氏） 漫画：のぞゑのぶひさ氏 企画・脚色：岩田和博氏 軍隊生活を描いた重厚な原作を、精緻な作画により異色のマンガとして完成させた業績に対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
- Short story Award: Hiromi Morishita for Ōsaka Hamlet{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/07c.html|script-title=ja:第11回 短編賞 『大阪ハムレット』（双葉社）森下裕美氏 庶民を主人公にした心温まる人情ドラマの創作に対して|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=July 18, 2010}}
=2008=
File:International Institute for Childrens Literature Osaka.jpg
- Grand Prize: Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon
- Creative Award: Toranosuke Shimada for Träumerei
- Short story Award: Yumiko Ōshima for GūGū Datte Neko De Aru (Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami.)
- Special Award: International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture ([http://www.iiclo.or.jp/f_english/index.html English Official site])
=2009=
- Grand Prize: Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
- Grand Prize: Yoshihiro Tatsumi for A Drifting Life
- Short story Award: Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Young Men
- New Artist Prize : Suehiro Maruo for Panorama-tō Kitan (Anecdote of the Panorama Island)
=2010=
- Grand Prize: Yoshihiro Yamada for Hyouge Mono
- Short story Award: Mari Yamazaki for Thermae Romae
- New Artist Prize: Haruko Ichikawa for Mushi to Uta
- Special Award: Yoshihiro Yonezawa to wide achievements of the collection and the commentary activity of basic material of the cartoon research.
=2011=
- Grand Prize: Motoka Murakami for Jin
- Grand Prize: Issei Eifuku and Taiyo Matsumoto for Takemitsuzamurai
- New Artist Prize: Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist
- Short Work Prize: Keisuke Yamashina for his work in creating C-kyū Salaryman Kōza, Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai, and other salaryman manga.
=2012=
- Grand Prize: Hitoshi Iwaaki for Historie
- New Artist Prize: Yu Itō for Shut Hell
- Short Work Prize: Roswell Hosoki for his work in creating Sake no Hosomichi, and other manga.
- Special Award: "That Weekly Shōnen Jump" - a specific copy of the magazine's 16th issue of 2011 that was shared by over 100 children at the Shiokawa Shoten bookstore in Itsutsubashi, Sendai immediately after the Great East Japan earthquake{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-22/historie-wins-16th-tezuka-osamu-prizes-top-award|title=Historie Wins 16th Tezuka Osamu Prizes' Top Award |last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=April 22, 2012|access-date=June 6, 2022}}
=2013=
- Grand Prize: Yasuhisa Hara for Kingdom
- New Artist Prize: Miki Yamamoto for Sunny Sunny Ann!
- Short Work Prize: Yoshiie Gōda for Kikai-Jikake no Ai (Love of Machine)
=2014=
- Grand Prize: Chica Umino for March Comes in Like a Lion
- New Artist Prize: Machiko Kyō for Mitsuami no Kamisama
- Short Work Prize: Yūki Shikawa for Onnoji
- Special Award: Fujiko Fujio (A) for Manga Michi and Ai... Shirisomeshi Koro ni...
- Readers' Award: Chūya Koyama for Space Brothers
=2015=
- Grand Prize: Yoiko Hoshi for Aisawa Riku
- New Creator Prize: Yoshitoki Ōima for A Silent Voice
- Short Work Prize: Sensha Yoshida for his works as a whole
- Special Prize: Chikako Mitsuhashi for Chiisana Koi no Monogatari
=2016=
- Grand Prize: Kei Ichinoseki for Hanagami Sharaku and Kiyohiko Azuma for Yotsuba&!
- New Creator Prize: Yuki Andō for Machida-kun no Sekai
- Short Work Prize: Tatsuya Nakazaki for Jimihen
- Special Prize: Kyoto International Manga Museum in recognition of its 10th anniversary and its contributions to manga culture
=2017=
- Grand Prize: Fusako Kuramochi for Hana ni Somu
- New Creator Prize: Haruko Kumota for Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
- Short Work Prize: Kahoru Fukaya for Yomawari Neko
- Special Prize: Osamu Akimoto for Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
=2018=
- Grand Prize: Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy
- New Creator Prize: Paru Itagaki for BEASTARS
- Short Work Prize: Taro Yabe for Oya-san to Boku
- Special Prize: Tetsuya Chiba for Ashita no Joe
=2019=
- Grand Prize: Shinobu Arima for Jitterbug The Forties
- New Creator Prize: Sansuke Yamada for Areyo Hoshikuzu
- Short Work Prize: Ken Koyama for Little Miss P
- Special Prize: Takao Saito for Golgo 13 in recognition of its 50th anniversary
= 2020 =
File:FIBD2020KanTakahama 01.jpg, 2020 recipient of the Grand Prize]]
- Grand Prize: Kan Takahama for Nyx no Lantern{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-27/nyx-no-lantern-sazae-san-machiko-hasegawa-win-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.159053|title=Nyx no Lantern, Sazae-san's Machiko Hasegawa Win Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=April 27, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2020}}
- New Creator Prize: Rettō Tajima for Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru
- Short Work Prize: Yama Wayama for Captivated, by You
- Special Prize: Machiko Hasegawa in recognition of what would have been her 100th birthday on January 20
= 2021 =
- Grand Prize: Kazumi Yamashita for Land{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-27/land-frieren-demon-slayer-manga-win-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.172197|title= Land, Frieren, Demon Slayer Manga Win Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=April 27, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021}}
- New Creator Prize: Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Short Work Prize: Hiroko Nobara for Kieta Mama Tomo and Tsuma wa Kuchi o Kiite Kuremasen
- Special Prize: Koyoharu Gotouge for creating a social phenomenon with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
= 2022 =
- Grand Prize: Uoto for Chi: On the Movements of the Earth{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-24/chi-chikyu-no-undo-ni-tsuite-manga-natsuko-taniguchi-win-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.184968|title=Chi -Chikyū no Undō ni Tsuite- Manga, Natsuko Taniguchi Win Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=April 24, 2022|access-date=April 24, 2022}}
- New Creator Prize: Natsuko Taniguchi for Kyōshitsu no Katasumi de Seishun wa Hajimaru and Konya Sukiyaki da yo
- Short Work Prize: Izumi Okaya for Ii Toshi o and Hakumokuren wa Kirei ni Chiranai
= 2023 =
- Grand Prize: Kiwa Irie for Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-24/yuria-red-string-manga-ganpu-ebine-yamaji-kazuo-umezu-win-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.197449|title=Yuria's Red String Manga, Ganpu, Ebine Yamaji, Kazuo Umezu Win Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=April 24, 2023|access-date=April 24, 2023}}
- New Creator Prize: Ganpu for Danchōtei Nichijō
- Short Work Prize: Ebine Yamaji for Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa
- Special Prize: Kazuo Umezu for Zoku Shingo: Chiisana Robot Shingo Bijutsukan
= 2024 =
- Grand Prize: Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori for PLINIVS{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori's Historical Manga PLINIVS Wins Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-21/mari-yamazaki-miki-tori-historical-manga-plinivs-wins-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize/.210080|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 22, 2024|date=April 22, 2024}}
- New Creator Prize: Akihito Sakaue for Kanda Gokura-chō Shokunin-Banashi
- Short Work Prize: Miri Masuda for Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō
- Special Prize: COMITIA for contributing to the cultural spread of manga.
= 2025 =
- Grand Prize: Rintaro for 1-byō 24-koma no Boku no Jinsei{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Rintarō's Autobiographical Manga Wins Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-04-23/rintaro-autobiographical-manga-wins-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize/.223816|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2025|date=April 23, 2025}}
- New Creator Prize: Shiho Kido for When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom
- Short Work Prize: Shunji Enomoto for The Kinks
See also
References
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External links
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