Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
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Named after Osamu Tezuka, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shi
Osamu Tezuka, the prize's namesake, pictured in 1951
Naoki Urasawa, two-time recipient of the Grand Prize (1999, 2005)
Osaka International Institute for Children's Literature, 2008 recipient of the Special Award
Kan Takahama, 2020 recipient of the Grand Prize
Naoki Urasawa
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Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist and musician. He has been drawing manga since he was four years old, and for most of his professional career has created two series simultaneously. The stories
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
…Special Award: Shotaro Ishinomori for the long years of contribution to manga Grand Prize: Naoki Urasawa for Monster Award for Excellence: Akira Sasō for Shindō…
Urasawa at the 2012 Japan Expo
Urasawa and Masao Maruyama at Japan Expo 2012
An illustration by Urasawa depicting many characters from his oeuvre. Critics have praised his characters for their facial expressions and for being independently recognizable.
Urasawa performing live at the 2012 Japan Expo