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Grand Prize
I'm home
Youth / General Manga
(Shogakukan Big Comic Special)
Artist : ISHIZAKA Kei
(Japan)
ISHIZAKA Kei
Born in Nagoya in 1956. Manga Artist. Moved to Tokyo and studied under Osamu Tezuka. Went independent in 1979. Created "Kiss Yori Kantan (Easier than a Kiss)", "Sayonara Kazoku (Goodbye My Family)", "Harukoro", "Money moon" and other works. Publish several essay compilations including "Akachan ga Kita (Baby is Here)", "Okane no Omoide (Memories of Money)" and "Kodomo Kai no Hito (The Person from the Children's World)". As of December 1999 her Manga "Ore ni Naritai Otoko (The Man I want to Be)" was serialized in "Big Comic Original".
The one thing that I think I can boast about is that I am blessed by people.
There was a time when I couldn't draw manga because my children where still small and my mother was sick.
This is my first serialized work since then.
The best part about getting back to work was working with the staff and the people in the editorial section and being reminded how much fun it is to draw manga.
I am grateful to have this chance to thank all of the people around me.
The hero, nearly killed by carbon monoxide poisoning while on a solo assignment in another city, loses his memory and can no longer recognize his own family.
Unconsciously, his feet carry him to the homes of his former lover, his parents, old friends.
As he journeys, he follows the threads of their memories to find out what kind of person he used to be.
The clear story line and design draw readers into this powerful work.
