International Manga Award
International Manga Award is an annual award established to encourage non-Japanese manga artists in 2007. This award was created by Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Asō, who proposed this award in a policy speech he gave in Tokyo's Akihabara district in 2006. The Award is often considered the most prestigious prize for non-Japanese manga artists.
The selection is managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Annually, award honorees are recommended by the advisers including Machiko Satonaka and many other great manga artists.
Winners
2007
146 entries from 26 countries and regions were receivedInternational MANGA Award Winner:
- Sun Zi's Tactics by Lee Chi Ching
- 1520 by KAI
- Hollow Fields by Madeleine Rosca
- Le Gardenie by Benny Wong
2008
International MANGA Award Winner:
- Feel 100% by Lau Wan Kit
- Elapse by Yin Chuan
- “Portrait” by Chezhina Svetlana Igorevna
- Okhéania 1 by Alice Picard
- ,The strong men game, by Amer Moghrabi
2009
- Gold Award:
- * SUPER DUNKER by Jakraphan Huaypetch
- Silver Award:
- * Zaya by Huang Jia Wei Morvan
- * Natty by Melvil - Corveyran
- * Running on empty by Kim Jea-eon
2010
- Gold Award:
- * Si loin et si proche by Zhang Xiaobai
- Silver Award:
- * Face cachée by Olivier Martin and Sylvain Runberg
- * La Isla sin Sonrisa by Enrique Fernández
- * "The story begins with..." by Veerachai Duangpla
- Bronze Award:
- * Dolltopia by Abby Denson
- * Kylooe by Little Thunder
- * The little polar bear by CHANG Fung-Chih
- * PANDORA by AKEKARAT MILINTAPAS
- * The passionate sword by YEH Yu Tung, SYU SHU HAO
- * SAMURAI by Frédéric GENET, Jean-François DI GIORGIO
2011
- Gold Award:
- * I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura
- Silver Award:
- * When You Standing Your Tiptoes by Pan Li-Ping and Zu Le-ya
- * Make a wish! Da Xi by Cory
- * The Man Who Follow His Own Voice by Tanis Werasakwong
- Bronze Award:
- * A Letter To Father by CHONG CHIEW CHOY
- * Conversations Between Me and You by Tongkarn
- * Dream Land by WE WE
- * ICE CREAM BABY by NEKO/CHANG LEE YING
- * NNN by Dan Kim
- * Pelangi di Naungan Mentari by Indra Wisnu Wardhana, Dimas Adi Saputro
- * Summer in Vale・Boll bride by Yang Xiao-ru
- * TOKYOLAND by BENJAMIN REISS
- * Security Gard by Han Zu-zheng
- * X-VENTURE:TERROR RAPTOR by TAN ZIEN YUN, SHERLOCK
2012
- Gold Award:
- * Listening to the Bell by Kosin Jeenseekong
- Silver Award:
- * Melon Seed School Vol. 3 by Ittiwat Suriyamart
- * Floating Flower by Yao Wei
- * 5 minutes before airing by Muhammad Fathanatul Haq, Ockto Baringbing
- Bronze Award:
- * ONCE AGAIN by Buddy, Feng Xi Shen Lei
- * Charge ~ beyond ~ by Han Zu Zheng
- * OLDMAN by Chang Sheng
- * Scralls of A Northern City by AKRU
- * From The Netherworld : Tales of Terror! by PUYUH, CORE
- * Dragon Land by Dimensional Art, Dinh viet Phuong, Do Nhu Trang, Le Lam Vien
- * Once Upon a Time of Love by Amp, Varacha pansang
- * Eros/Psyche by Maria Llovet
- * Xiao Ou, volume 2, Un monde en double by Wei Song
- * Otaku Blue by Malo Kerfriden, Richard Marazano
- * The ten rituals of the initiation by Boureima NABALOUM
2013
- Gold Award: Bokbig by Prema Jatukanyaprateep
- Silver Award:
- * Paris by George Alexopoulos
- * Carrier by NAVER
- * Les Folies Bergère by Francis Porcel, Zidrou
- Bronze Award:
- * PANDISM by Pittaya Werasakwong
- * User, Volume 1 by ZINT
- * Ten Sticks And One Rice by Koh Hong Teng, Oh Yong Hwee
- * City of Darkness by Andy Seto, Yuyi
- * The director against the whip by KONDI SAMBU Cypriano
- * Something Between by Zhi Ying
- * Lead of the soul by chiya, Ke Han,Yi Sha
- * Boonhome by Ruangsak Duangpla
- * D day by Art Jeeno
- * The bear's skin by Oriol, zidrou
- * It's your world by Junko Kawakami
2014
- Gold Award:
- * Bumbardai by Nambaral Erdenebayar
- Silver Award:
- * Mr. Bear by Luo mu
- * ATAN by Ben Wong
- * Room by 61Chi
- Bronze Award:
- * THE MOAAGA PRINCE by Cyprien KONDI SAMBU
- * Before the rainy evening by Buddy
- * Beyond the Cloud by Xi jiu
- * Syncopated Dreams by Laurent Bonneau (Germany), Mathilde Ramadier (France)
- * The director against the whip by KONDI SAMBU Cypriano
- * ONLY HUMAN by Mukhlis Nur
- * 13:05 by Amani Badran
- * Summer Shroud by Ilya Kuvshinov
- * Another World, It Exists. by SaKooo SHS
- * Pretty Deadly by Emma Ríos (Spain), Kelly Sue DeConnick (USA)
- * The Vice Squad Jordi Lafebre (Spain), Zidro (Belgium)
- * JUICE 1 by ART JEENO
2015
- Gold Award:
- * The Divine by Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka & Boaz Lavie
- Silver Award:
- * DEMO#1 vol.1 by ROCKAT
- * Holy Dragon Imperator by Nguyen Thanh Phong & Nguyen Khanh Duong
- * Ichthyophobia by Li Lung-chieh
- Bronze Award:
- * Symbol Sentences by Munin
- * Sky whale by Lisa Cloud, Tori
- * Her Majesty by CHANG,SZU-YA, Chen yung shen
- * Happines Seasonings by RUAN, GUANG-MIN
- * Inspiration by Dzi
- * SQ beginning with your name by Tan Jiu
- * Silver Ocean by Starry
- * My Unforgettable Single Life by PLARIEX
- * TO THE MORE by Ba Wang
- * ADJAME'S THIEF by TAPE ZATO
2016
- Gold Award:
- * The Master of Arms by Joël Parnotte & Xavier Dorison
- Silver Award:
- * Scavengers by HAN Zuzheng
- * The Heart of Darkness by Laura Iorio, Roberto Ricci & Marco Cosimo D'amico
- * Gateway to Underworld by Can Tieu Hy
- Bronce Award:
- * King of Vampires by Mangkorn Soraphon, Wipaporn & Rutchote
- * Evil Discus by Wiroj Ruengsiri
- * Secrets of the Ninja by Akiko Shimojima & Sean Michael Wilson
- * TsangyangGyatso by Zhao Ze & Guo Qiang
- * Raruurien by Ann Maulina
- * Tebori by Toledano & Robledo
- * Summer Temple Festival I by Zuo Hsuan
- * Tussles Against Spectres by Youngoh Kim
- * Dream About Japan by Patrycja Kicyla
- * Woelan by Dimaz Sadewa
2017
- Gold Award:
- * Two Aldos by Pablo Guerra & Henry Díaz
- Silver Award:
- * Onibi by Atelier Sento
- * Viva Eve! Long Libe Life! by Rerekina Natalliia & Martynenko Nataliia
- * Left Hand Vol. 1 by Sally
- Bronce Award:
- * Mightier By Ahmed Mohammed Al Ali & Mohammed Yousef Al Meraikhi
- * Secret Weapon by Dai Hing Yin
- * Mandela by Umlando Wezithombe, Santa Buchanan & Nelson Mandela Foundation
- * Clearsky city by BigN
- * Dutchman in Formosa by Kinono
- * Cat Swordsman by Yu-Yung Yeh
- * Westward by Guangzhou Baiman Culture Communication Co. Ltd & Eric Cheng
- * The art of Laziness by Patcharakan Pisansupong
- * On This Day by Mork
- * Based on True Stories by Gawin Satawut
- * Gung Ho - 3 by Thomas Von Kummant & Benjamin Von Eckartsberg
2018
- Gold Award:
- * Yang Hao and his four compositions by Tang Xiao
- Silver Award:
- * Miseyieki by Shangomola Edunjobi
- * The Pork Chops Inferno by Lai Tat Tat Wing
- * Planned Obsolescence of our feelings by Aimée de Jongh and Zidrou
- Bronce Award:
- * Teng snakes by Feng
- * They say the village is haunted by Yap Zhuo Yu(Malaysia)
- * A Través Del Khamsin de Marta Salmons
- * Flick Royale Beatrice Nauli
- * Romaria by Alexandre Carvalho
- * Desert Wolf by Jack Fung
- * Ordinary Days in Taipei by 61Chi
- * Nightlights by Loreana Alvarez Gómez
- * Music Of the Fairy Tales by Chiya and Shi Yuyan
- * Shi by Josep Homs and Zidrou
- * 1661 Koxinga Z by Li Lung-chieh(Taiwan
2019
- Gold Award
- * Piece of Mind by Guy Lenman and Nimrod Frydman
- Silver Award
- * My little kitchen in summer season by Pitsinee Tangkittinun
- * Korokke and the girl who said no by Jonatan Cantero and Josep Busquet
- * Ye by Guilherme Petreca
- Bronze Award
- * Detektif Hantu : Kesumat by Leoz
- * Palma Sola by Gabriel Castillo and Gerardo Castillo
- * Mi Xian Yin: Chinese Folk Tales by 采蘑菇的司马公公(China)
- * Migrant by Gjimm Mokoo
- * Merman in the pool by 李嫣然
- * Rites of Passage by Lucas Marques
- * Erasmus Song by Daniela Viçoso
- * DiKiXi - The Reconciliation by Bomcomix e Gildo Pimentel
- * Tao Zero by 麥天傑
- * Sometimes in the City by 61Chi