Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified applicants for the Japan International MANGA Award 2025 aimed at spreading MANGA culture overseas and promote international cultural exchange through MANGA.
The Japanese Government Ministry of Foreign Affairs founded the International MANGA Award in 2007 for the purpose of expanding international exchange and mutual understanding through the MANGA culture which is widely accepted around the world.
Japan International MANGA Award 2025 | DETAILS
The Japan International MANGA Award will present the Gold Award to the best MANGA work, the Silver Award to three excellent works, and the Bronze Award to 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.
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for the Japan MANGA Award 2025, applicants must meet the following requirements:
- 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.
- The 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.
- The 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 of time, free of charge, without limitation.
- The 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.
Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Interested applicants for the Japan International MANGA Award 2025 are to complete an application form and submit relevant supporting documents on or before the application deadline.
Applicants are to submit their work in either 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)
Application Deadline: July 5th 2024