Comic Book
Awards Almanac

American Awards
Non-U.S. Awards

Tezuka Awards
Info page
Original version
AnimEast version
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

Other Japanese Awards
Cartoonists' (Partial)
Kodansha
Media Arts
Shogakukan
Miscellaneous

Other Awards
Administrivia
Main Page

2003 (7th) Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes

Grand Prize:
      Fumiko Takano (高野   文子), for The yellow book: A friend named Jacques Thibault [Kiiroi hon - Jakku Chibōtoiu na no yūjin 『黄色い本   ジャック・チボーという名の友人』], serialized in Afternoon [Afutanūn アフタヌーン] (Kōdansha 講談社) [26 points]

Other finalists:
      • Shūhō Satō (佐藤   秀峰), for Say hello to Black Jack [Burakku Jakku ni yoroshiku 『ブラックジャックによろしく』], serialized in Morning [Mōningu モーニング] (Kōdansha 講談社) [15 points]
      • Yumi Hotta (ほった   ゆみ) (story) and Takeshi Obata (小畑   健) (art), for Hikaru no Go [Hikaro no Go 『ヒカルの碁』] (lit. "Hikaru's [game of] Go"), serialized in Shonen jump [Shōnen janpu ジャンプコミックス] (Shūeisha 集英社) [14 points]
      • Ichiko Ima (今   市子), for Hyakki yako sho [Hyakki-yakō shō 『百鬼夜行抄』] (lit. "Pandemonium selection") (Asahi Sonorama 朝日ソノラマ) [7 points]
      • Tarō Minamoto (みなもと   太郎), for Fuunji-tachi: Bakumatsu, a.k.a. Heroes of turbulent times [Fūunji-tachi: Bakumatsu hen 『風雲児たち   幕末編』] (lit. "Lucky adventurers: Last days of the Tokugawa shoganate, compilation") (Leed sha [Riido sha (リイド社]) [7 points]
      • Yumiko Ōshima (大島   弓子), for Even Goo-goo is a cat [Gū-gū datte neko dearu 『グーグーだって猫である』], serialized in Book's traveler [Hon no tabibito 本の旅人] (Kadokawa Shoten #35282;川書店) [6 points]
      Hisaichi Ishii (いしい   ひさいち), for Gendai shiso no sonasha-tachi [Gendai shisō no sōnansha-tachi 『現代思想の遭難者たち』] (lit. "Victims of modern ideas") (Kōdansha 講談社) [5 points]
      Izō Hashimoto (橋本   以蔵) (story) and Akio Tanaka (たなか   亜希夫) (art), for Shamo [Shamo 『軍鶏』] (lit. "Combat chicken") (Futabasha 双葉社) [5 points]

New life award:
      Yumi Hotta (ほった   ゆみ) (story) and Takeshi Obata (小畑   健) (art), for Hikaru no Go [Hikaro no Go 『ヒカルの碁』] (lit. "Hikaru's [game of] Go"), serialized in Shonen jump [Shōnen janpu ジャンプコミックス] (Shūeisha 集英社)

Short story Award:
      Hisaichi Ishii (いしい   ひさいち), for Gendai shiso no sonasha tachi [Gendai shisō no sōnansha-tachi 『現代思想の遭難者たち』] (lit. "Victims of modern ideas") (Kōdansha 講談社), and for Little Nono [Nono-chan 『ののちゃん』] (Asahi Newspaper [Asahi Shimbun 朝日新聞])

Special Award:
      Shigeru Mizuki (水木   しげる), for his creativity and many years of activity as an artist [Dokusōteki na gagyō to naganen no katsuyaku suru ni taishite 「独創的な画業と長年の活躍に対して」]

Selection committee:
      Hiroshi Aramata (荒俣   宏), Jun Ishikawa (いしかわ   じゅん), Rika Kayama (香山   リカ), Tomofusa Kure (呉   智英), Isao Shimizu (清水   勲), Natsuo Sekikawa (関川   夏央), Matt Thorn (Matto Sōn マット・ソーン), Moto Hagio (萩尾   望都)