2012 Japan Cartoonist Awards: One Piece, Keiko Takemiya

I'm not so strong in terms of context with something called the Japan Cartoonist Awards not to make some boneheaded error in the linking, but this year's honorees seem classy and nice so lets stumble through.

Cash prize of about $6K (USD) in value went to One Piece by Eiichiro Oda and Nekodarake Nice by Kimuchi Yokoyama. One Piece is of course the worldwide publishing phenomenon and one guesses that the cash awarded might be best used to put around larger piles of cash earned by the property. Nekodarake Nice is the third in a series of wordless boks about three cats.

Something called The Minister Of Education, Culture, Sports, Science And Technology Award went to Keiko Tekemiya (of To Terra and other science fiction comics; she's also a university instructor).

A special $2500 award went to the Kyoto International Manga Museum.

The awards are given out by the Japan Cartoonists Association; this year's ceremony is June 22. The judging committee was Leiji Matsumoto, Takashi Yanase, Masashi Ueda and Machiko Satonaka.
 
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