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Tezuka Award

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The Tezuka Award (手塚賞, Tezuka Shō) is a semi-annual manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha since 1971, under the auspices of its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.[1] It awarded new manga artists in the Story Manga category. Its counterpart award, Akatsuka Award, awards new manga artists in the Comedic Manga category. The award is named after the manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka and is designed to cultivate new artists. The prize for a top Selected Work is two million Japanese yen and for a lesser but still worthy work, a million yen. The award also has third place honorable mentions for contestants deemed worthy, that includes half a million yen. These cash prizes may not be awarded (as is often the case) if the judges deem none of the candidates worthy.

Historically the recipients have been in their early twenties, although two notable winners were over 90 years of age.

Selection committee

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Committee chair

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  • Osamu Tezuka (1971–1988)
  • Fujio Akatsuka (1989–2008). Due to his failing health, this title was merely a formality during the years leading up to his death on August 2, 2008, with his duties handled by Akira Toriyama in his absence.

Major committee members

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These are the most prominent members of the committee only. Other adjudicators are also present in the committee.

Former members

Current members

Recipients

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No. Year Winner Runner up Honorable mention
1 1971 No award given No award given Scrap, Takashi Iwashige
Shihatsu, Tsuneki Sagara
Frozen Youth, Rikuo Kasa
Easy Rider, Furuya Tsuguharu
2 No award given Gakisuteyama, Bontarō Takaoka
Holy Things, Hisao Saitō
Girl Who Sings Blues, Takashi Iwashige
Dream Kamen, Shigeru Nakamoto
3 1972 Garagara Umauma, Shigeru Nakamoto No award given Kūsō Buraku, Masao Takaoka
Our Sunset, Pochi Nohara
What You Dropped, Tadashi Kaga
4 No award given Run! Shooting Star, Kazuto Kurosaki Father's Flag, Akira Mimori
The Circus Guy Fell in Love, Tetsu Kuroba
Sukiyaki, Hiroshi Saitō
Tokio's Time Travel, Toshio Ban
Don't Lose, Kisaburo, Kimio Yanagisawa
5 1973 No award given Shoot and Stop, Akira Mimori
Night Smothered in Fog, Hiroshi Masumura
My Alps, Yoshihiro Takahashi
Clouds and Tank Soldiers, Pochi Nohara
Can't Become an Angel, Katsumi Sugawara
Dad's Safe Passage, Shizuo Shiga
The Remaining One, Toshio Ban
6 No award given Inquisition, Seiji Tanaka
Once Upon a Time in Kobikiyama, Pochi Nohara
Ora wa Ametarō, Ikki Matsuda
Kaminarimon Flourishing, Shizuo Shiga
The Last Youth Baseball, Yasuhiro Kunitomo
The Wandering Box Is, Mitsuru Miura
7 1974 Creature City, Daijirō Morohoshi No award given Teacher Gami, Toshio Mitani
Wandering Yamanba, Pochi Nohara
Browsing Banned, Saburō Ishikawa
Twin Banzai, Mio Murao
8 No award given No award given Strange Picture Diary, Yukio Otsuka
Idiot, Tadashi Fugu
Vagabond, Kazuo Hattori
My First Love, Yasuhiko Hachino
9 1975 Harukanaru Asa, Yukinobu Hoshino No award given Hey! Newspaper, Yasuyuki Kunitomo
Yamada-kun's Story, Anmei Yamada
The Great Incident of Mt. Ikazuchi, Toshi Noma
I Won't Go Crazy, Mitsuru Miura
10 No award given Ancestors From the Future, Toshi Noma At the End of the Smoking Pitch..., Ippei Minami
Red Umbrella, Yasuki Kitahara
Hang in There, Deserter, Sadamu Aiki
11 1976 No award given No award given The Great Duel at the Kanedōkan, Toshi Noma
23 Years Later, Kōhei Mikuni
Kaguyahime War, Tomō Kimura
Tipser Sense Tarō, Toshio Ban
Standing in the Heavens, Masa Kojima
Mīnya's Wish, Mitsuo Hashimoto
Magic Eye, Masayuki Kawachi
Pit Viper, Shuku Eishō
From the Beast Village, Yoshinori Kobayashi
12 Urashima, Keiichi Koike Invasion of the Underground People!, Tomō Kimura
The Rebellion of Just Two, Toshi Noma
Smash Ken, Salami Nakayama
The Legend of the One-Eyed Bear, Tarō Kamiyoshi
13 1977 No award given Midnight Visitor, Kazuo Miyasaki
However, the Sun Is Shining, Toshiki Miyazaki
Afterglow and Marbles, Matsujirō Kawano
Sakakibara-kun Land Mine, Yukio Ōtsuka
Hang in There, Mr. Bear, Hidekazu Tanaka
Kansei Strange Tale, Kunihiko Takayoshi
Mother Earth, Turn Green Again, Buichi Terasawa
14 No award given No award given Island Nine, Sadamu Aiki
Useless Courage, Tochi Ueyama
Hiroshi, Shinichirō Mori
15 1978 No award given Consent, Ministry of Recovering Broken Hearts, Masaki Sanboku
Marathon Hacchan, Takeshi Miya
Satisfaction, Ryō Ōasa
Silent Testimony, Akiko Hashima
Jockey, Shōgo Kurosawa
Contaminated Safe, Umezō Hiramatsu
16 No award given Oh, Ichirō, Kōji Koseki Big Surfer, Motoki Monma
The Age of Love, Yōichi Izumi
Insect Clearing, Akira Ishiyama
Legend of Rain, Masaki Sanboku
Wild Mark, Little Takeshi
Melody of the Reincarnated, Isamu Mikuni
17 1979 No award given Last Waltz, Kazuhisa Hotta Junichi-kun and OB, Yukio Otsuka
Cedar Pole, Hiroshi Takahashi
Tears, Rokusuke Band of Tears, Katsuyuki Edamatsu
You Smell Like a Punk, Big Brother, Seiichi Ishii
Drifting Legend, Hitoshi Tanimura
Stop Nami-chan, Kabutomushi Tarō
Flying Thunder Map, Ryūji Tsugihara
18 No award given Space Angel, Tsukasa Hojo Triple One, Masami Okada
Elegy for a Beloved Dog, Mosaku Annaka
On an Ordinary Morning, Ryōichi Fujiwara
Flowers and Storms Go!, Toshio Nobe
19 1980 No award given Star, Katsumi Shinbo
Idaten Hawk, Umezō Hiramatsu
Tsubasa, Masakazu Katsura
Rain Car Wash, Chinatsu Tomisawa
Go! Bantman, Keiji Tanaka
Yarō Keeps Smiling!!, Tatsuto Uchida
20 No award given Poker Under Arms, Toshiyuki Araki Youth 120%, Mitsuo Suzuki
Dosukoi Tank, Uryū Minō
Maria, Isao Enomoto
Fighting Spirit, Keiji Tanaka
Cosmo Frontier, Eita Kuri
21 1981 No award given Run Away to the Lucky Route, Shūhō Itahashi and Argonauts
Devil's Temptation and Targeted Idol, Shinji Watanabe
Shot!, Tetsuya Tanawatari
Tenkōsei wa Hensōsei!?, Masakazu Katsura
Battlenoid, Eita Kuri
Toast with Queen Mary..., Yukihiko Nozuki (writer) and Ryō Watanabe (illustrator)
22 Last Spurt, Shigehiro Nomura Samson, Masatoshi Usune Guidepost to the Blue Sky, Iroen Pitsu
My Landing, Akio Adachi
Woman in the Bijin-ga, Tarō Sumitomo
Panicked Time Travel, Yoshihiro Takaiwa
23 1982 No award given Spacetime Scoundrel, Imuro Yumura
Bd to, Takedaken
Outsider No. 1, Masaru Tanahashi
Space Treasure Island, Eita Kuri
Silver Queen, Hiroko Suzuki
Dear Tomica, Shishin Ōnishi
Charge! One Soldier, Makoto Tamura
Natural Disaster Next Door, Yūji Shinnyū
Hundred Eyes Banquet, Shingo Hirasawa
Break a Rodo, Iku Sakaguchi
24 No award given Shadow of a Distant Day, Ryūsei Doi
Program, Hisataka Miyoshi
Kohaku Biyori, Toshimitsu Tamada
Burning Purity, Shōichi Yagihashi
25 1983 No award given No award given Psychic Sayo, Tadashi Satō
Space-Time Police-2009, Hiroko Suzuki
On the Stage of Men and Women..., Shūichi Takano
Moonlight Stone, Seiju Natsuyama
Battle of V, Shōichi Yagihashi
26 No award given 21st Century Shooting Star, Daimurō Kishi
Heian Yin-Yang Emaki, Hiroshi Suzuki
Maji?, Takehiko Yamada
Beauty Beast, Yoshihiro Kuroiwa
27 1984 No award given Octopus Teacher, Naoko Sekine
Gallery Key, Yoshiharu Ikeda
S.O. Love Boiling!, Naohiro Nakatani
Can Still Run, Takehiko Yamada
It,s Late!, Masanori Morita
School Trouble!!, Hiroyuki Kawashima
28 No award given Devil's Sword, Shōichi Yagihashi
Biography of Dr. Momohiko Sakurada, Jirō Uda
Teku no Rojii, Takahashi Kurisu
Hirosi..., Ryūsei Doi
Torio, Ryōji Satō
29 1985 Until I Reach the Horizon, Daimurō Kishi Little Shooter, Kaoru Satō Tōshō Private High School Soccer Club, Yūichi Oshiyama
Hōjo, Yū Tomizawa
As Long as There Is Spirit, Watabōshi
Mysterious Kid, Shinpō Morita
30 No award given The Myth of 500 Light Years, Shigeru Hijikata
Equation of Extinction, Takashi Kurisu
Win! Don Quixote, Junji Mizuno
Coral Flowing..., Tsukko
Star Thief, Kōichi Kagiya
Iron Ingot and Music, Tadamichi Kawamura
Enormous Boy, Makuru Nitaku
31 1986 No award given Weekend Adventure, Noriko Ishihara
900 Years Great Battle, Hiromitsu Itō
Goki Gaburi, Ryōji Satō
Boy's Universe From "Star Person", Takumi Shimoura
Spirit, Kazuto Raō
Hurricane General, Hideo Hiroi
Faraway Runaway, Kōji Ōki
32 No award given To the North: Your Case, Kei Honjō
Private Lesson Is 1:00 AM, Haruki Matsunaga
Marionette of Time, Shū Hoshikawa
Fly of Shō, Harumi Matsuzaki
Mai Never Give Up, Ami Kyōmoto
Chance, Shin Itō

Notable Recipients

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Osamu Tezuka Awards". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Tezuka Award & Akatsuka Award". Retrieved 28 August 2024.