Deadline: |
19 June 2020
Location: |
Online (Competition)
Japan (The Ceremony)
(Award)
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14th Japan International MANGA Award
As part of the use of pop culture in cultural diplomacy, the Japan International Manga Award (JAPAN International MANGA Award) was established to recognize manga artists who contribute to the spread of manga culture overseas.
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This Japan International Manga Award embodies the idea of the Minister of Aso’s policy speech on cultural diplomacy on April 28, 2006, entitled “New Ideas for Cultural Diplomacy-Seeking the Power of Everyone”. The award is expected to further enhance the understanding of overseas manga artists about Japanese culture.
Opportunity Focus Areas:
- Art
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English or Japanese
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ALL WORLD COUNTRIES
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The award ceremony is planned to be held in Tokyo in February 2021
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- Eligible MANGA works need to be composed of more than 16 pages.
- Eligible MANGA works should be the ones which have been produced within the past three years (2017-2020) from the date of application.
- Eligible MANGA works must be submitted in printed form.
- Overseas publishing companies can apply to the Japan International MANGA Award, upon confirmation from the MANGA artists of submitting their work.
- Either the comic artist or story writer of the submitted work has to be a foreign national. Also the representative who will participate in the invitation program given to the Gold / Silver Award winners must be a foreign national.
- Only one work may be submitted per applicant and only one work may be accepted under one title (or series).In case that a collection of short stories is to be applied, only one story will be accepted for examination.Duplicate entries will be invalid.
- For the purpose of publicity, the MANGA Award Executive Committee may upload the winner’s MANGA works (partially) on its website upon obtaining approval from the artists.
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(Award)
- The Gold Award of the Japan International MANGA Award will be given to the best MANGA work, the Silver Award to three excellent works, and the Bronze Award to other eleven works.
- The Gold Award and the Silver Award winners will be invited to Japan approximately for 10 days on the occasion of the award ceremony as a extra prize (the Bronze Award winners are not entitled).
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First Step: Applications should be sent to Japanese Embassies or Consulates General (Check online for each address) or, P.O.Box MBE193 The 14th Japan International MANGA Award Executive Committee Shinjuku Oak Tower 2F, 6-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN Postcode: 163-6002.
Second Step: Two copies of your work must be submitted.
Third Step: An entry form, filled in either English or Japanese, must be attached to the work.
Page numbers must be indicated on every page of the work.
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