Animanga in the News: 5/2/11

Here you will find a run down of today's anime and manga news! If anything sent waves through the anime and manga world today, you'll find it in this post! By the way, I'm saladesu, one of the translators and global moderators of MH, and I'll be posting a post like this every day (as much as possible, anyway). Look forward to them ;)




The winners of the 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, administrated by the Asahi Shimbun Company, have been decided. There are four winners, two from the Manga Grand Prize category, one from the New Artist category and another from the Short Story category.

Manga Grand Prize

• JIN by Murakami Motoka
• Takemitsu Samurai by Matsumoto Taiyou and Eifuku Issei

New Artist Prize

• Arakawa Hiromu (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Short Story Prize

• Yamashina Keisuke (C-kyuu Salaryman Kouza, Papa wa Nan da ka Wakaranai and others)

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Please note that there may be delays in the broadcasts or releases of certain anime and manga following the quake. You may see a list of affected publications here, here, here and here.



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