International Manga Award


[file:Taro Aso in World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos (cropped).jpg|thumb|Tarō Asō, the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan]
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 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 manga artists.

Winners

2007

146 entries from 26 countries and regions were received
International Manga Award Winner:Sun Zi's Tactics by Lee Chi Ching
"Shorei" Award:1520 by Kai Hollow Fields by Madeleine Rosca Le Gardenie by Benny Wong

2008

368 entries from 46 countries and regions were received
International Manga Award Winner:Feel 100% by Lau Wan Kit
"Shorei" Award:Elapse by Yin Chuan "Portrait" by Chezhina Svetlana Igorevna Okhéania 1 by
Bronze AwardThe strong men game, by Amer Moghrabi

2009

303 entries from 55 countries and regions were received
  • Gold Award:
  • * by
  • Silver Award:
  • * Zaya by Huang Jia Wei Morvan
  • * Natty by -
  • * Running on empty by Kim Jea-eon

2010

189 entries from 39 countries and regions were received
  • Gold Award:
  • * Si loin et si proche by Zhang Xiaobai
  • Silver Award:
  • * Face cachée by Olivier Martin and
  • * La Isla sin Sonrisa by
  • * "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,

2011

145 entries from 30 countries and regions were received
  • 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
  • * 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

245 entries from 38 countries and regions were received
  • Gold Award:
  • * 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, Feng Xi Shen Lei
  • * Charge ~ beyond ~ by Han Zu Zheng
  • * Oldman by
  • * Scralls of A Northern City by
  • * 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

This year, 256 entries from 53 countries and regions were made. The largest number of application was received from Thailand, followed by Taiwan, and Indonesia.
  • 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, Ke Han, Yi Sha
  • * Boonhome by Ruangsak Duangpla
  • * D day by Art Jeeno
  • * The bear's skin by, Zidrou
  • * It's your world by Junko Kawakami

2014

There were 317 entries from 46 countries and regions.
  • 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, Mathilde Ramadier
  • * 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, Kelly Sue DeConnick
  • * The Vice Squad Jordi Lafebre, Zidrou
  • * Juice 1 by Art Jeeno

2015

There were 259 entries from 46 countries and regions.
  • 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
  • * Happiness Seasonings by Ruan, Guang-Min
  • * Inspiration by Dzi
  • * SQ Begin W/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

There were 296 entries from 55 countries and regions.
  • 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
  • Bronze 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

There were 326 entries from 60 countries and regions.
  • 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
  • Bronze 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

Winners from 2019.
  • 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
  • Bronze Award:
  • * Teng snakes by Feng
  • * They say the village is haunted by Yap Zhuo Yu
  • * 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

2019

  • Gold Award
  • * Piece of Mind (Manga) 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
  • 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
  • * Migrant by Gjimm Mokoo
  • * Chunxue by 王宇涵
  • * 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

2020

  • Gold Award
  • * Funeral Director by 韋蘺若明
  • Silver Award
  • * A graphic novel adaptation by Ruan Guang-Min of selected stories from THE ILLUSIONIST ON THE SKYWALK AND OTHER STORIES by Wu Ming-Yi by 阮光民 and 呉明益
  • * THE MUSE by ORIOL and ZIDROU
  • * NANHAO AND SHANGFENG by 布朗尼
  • Bronze Award
  • * INTRANSEXTELLAR by Jimi Macías
  • * The Umbrella by 魏瑩 and 郑柳沁
  • * Fujie and Mikito by Marcelo Costa and Yuri Andrey
  • * Nina in the underworld: rat is cat to rat by Pedro Sotto
  • * Gatherer of the Birds by Nataliia Rerekina and Gilbert Brissen
  • * MURENA 10 by THEO and JEAN DUFAUX
  • * EPSILON by YGGO
  • * STRANGE TALES OF WALLED CITY by REX KOO
  • * Falling in Love by 吉川流
  • * BLOSSOM by D.S.
  • * JUICE 3 ARRIVALS by Art Jeeno

2021

  • Gold Award
  • * Days of sand by Aimée de Jongh
  • Silver Award
  • * Moonchosen by Nataliia Rerekina and Gilbert Brissen
  • * Always never by Jordi Lafebre
  • * CliniClowns: last goodbye by 顆粒 and 逢時
  • Bronze Award
  • * Iogi by Václav Šlajch and Jean-Gaspard Páleníček
  • * Snow House by 猫僧
  • * Blood Ties by Yitan
  • * The Chosen One by 墨飛
  • * The Philosophy of Gachapon by Summerluckkim
  • * Mortal by 采蘑菇的司马公公
  • * The African child versus covid-19 by Cyprien Kondi Sambu
  • * Formosa Oolong Tea Vol.4 by 張季雅
  • * Mayfly Island by Evergreen Yeh and SHANG-CHIAO LI
  • * Ama, the breath of women by Cecile Becq and Franck MANGUIN

2022

  • Gold Award
  • * In summer by Seong Ryul
  • Silver Award
  • * Lost Letters by Jim Bishop
  • * See You In Memories by PEN SO
  • * Sea You There and Us by Xīngqíyīhuíshōurì Monday Recover and Chen,Chiao Jung
  • Bronze Award
  • * The Justice by Lai Kai
  • * Swordsman Cat in Edo: The Twelve Lives Oiran by Yeh Yu Tung
  • * Used kimono Store by Angry Albatros,
  • * Strong man servant by Mao Seng and Ru Lu Mu Xi
  • * Mysterious Antique World by Sengsanlaoyu
  • * Selective Yellow by and Ricardo Tayra
  • * Rain In A Moon Night by Hoang Tuong Vy
  • * Korokke and The spirit beneath the mountain by Jonatan Cantero and Josep Busquet
  • * Records of the Su Mang by Wang Biao
  • * Sinawang by Dedy Koerniawan
  • * Reward by Okagawa Kenji

2023

  • Gold Award
  • * Wind Chaser Under the Blue Sky by Chien Jason
  • Silver Award
  • * Chronos Express by Bonnie Pang
  • * The dancing universe by Nachi
  • * Just Friends by Ana Oncina and Samah Kamil
  • Bronze Award
  • * Limbo by Ana C. Sánchez
  • * 207th bone by Lin I-Chen
  • * Girypto Nomad 77: Underground Assaultt by Lam Quek Chung and Lee Kok Chen, Francisco Inostroza and Felipe Benavides and Sanshokubou Haku
  • * THE END OF THE WORLD by A Dong (China)

2024

  • Gold Award
  • * The Forest Mermaid by (Brazil)
  • Silver Award
  • * RISE POLLY by Preecha Jai-ordthon(Thailand)
  • * The Banana Sprout vol.2 by 左萱 (Taiwan)
  • * Scars by Brandon Arias(Chile)
  • Bronze Award
  • * Chronicles of man - Noãn by Nguyen Thuy Linh and Nguyen Trung Thach(Vietnam)
  • * Whisky San by Alicia Grande, Fabien Rodhain, Didier Alcante(Belgium)
  • * Grey is... by dee Juusan(Jordan)
  • * Last Call to Leave Earth by Cassio Ribeiro(Brazil)
  • * Degas and Cassatt, The Dance of Solitude, by Efa and Salva Rubio(Spain)
  • * The idealist by 水然
  • * Little Feather by Nao and Ivan Navinkin(Russia)
  • * Underground, Volume 1: Fight Club by John-Raymond De Bard(USA)
  • * Dream and his twin brother Death by KoLODa and CoFi-Tan(Ukraine)

2025

  • Gold Award
  • *Winged, by Laica Chrose
  • Silver Award
  • * Quarter Life Crisis, by Meeda
  • *The ritual, by Lương Minh Quang / Lang Huynh and Vũ Đình Lân
  • *The Nature Chef, by Nananrih and GoodTrip Creative
  • Special Encouragement Award
  • * The Echo Before Dawn, by Lang-Chi