Japan International MANGA Award 2025
Suitably qualified comic artists or story writers who are not from Japan are invited to apply for the 18th Japan International MANGA Award 2025 aimed at spreading MANGA culture overseas and promoting international cultural exchange through MANGA.
The 18th Japan International MANGA Award was founded by the Japanese Government Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2007 to expand international exchange and mutual understanding through the MANGA culture which is widely accepted all over the globe.
The Japan International MANGA Award 2024 will present the Gold Award for the best MANGA work, the Silver Award for three excellent works, and the Bronze Award for approximately eleven other works. Gold and silver Award winners will receive certificates and trophies, and Bronze Award winners will receive certificates.
The Special Encouragement Award may be given to a manga work that does not qualify for the Silver Award but is more highly regarded than the other Bronze Award entries. The Special Encouragement Award will receive certificates as well.
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Award Summary:
Award Sponsor(s): Japanese Government Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Award Location(s): Japan
Award Worth: Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award
Number of Awards: Several
Basic Qualification: Comic Artists or Story writers
Nationality: Non-Japanese Nationals
Eligibility for the Japan International MANGA Award 2025:
- Either the comic artist or the story writer of the submitted work must be a non-Japanese national. The representative who will participate in the invitation program for the Gold / Silver Award winners must also be a non-Japanese national.
- Applicant must hold the copyright and other legitimate rights to the submitted work and have the legitimate authority to grant the Japan International MANGA Award Executive Committee the right to use it.
- Publishing companies outside Japan may apply for the Japan International MANGA Award if the copyright holder of the manga work agrees to the application.
- Applicant, as the person who has legitimate authority over the submitted work, grants the Executive Committee of the Japan International MANGA Award the right to use (i.e. reproduce, translate, exhibit and publicly transmit) all or part of the submitted work, for non-commercial purposes such as promoting and publicizing the Japan International MANGA Award and manga culture within Japan or abroad, in any medium, in any area of distribution, in any manner, and for any period, free of charge, without limitation.
- Applicant, as the person who has legitimate authority over the submitted work, agrees that the original submitted paper entry will not be returned and may be donated or exhibited at public institutions or others.
Method of Application for the Japan International MANGA Award 2025:
Interested applicants for the Japan International MANGA Award 2025 are to complete an application form and submit relevant documents before the application deadline.
Applicants are to submit their work in any of the three forms listed below:
- TWO copies of the printed work.
- ONE copy in electronic form (PDF).
- ONE copy of the printed work and ONE copy in electronic form (PDF)
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Application Deadline: July 5, 2024.
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