2008 [12th] Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division Jury Recommended Works

Out of Award-winning Works of the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival, the Jury Committee has recommended these excellent works from each division.

Manga Division/Story Manga

Nurse Aoi
[Nurse Aoi]
KOSHINO Ryo
© Ryo KOSHINO / Kodansha		 Inu Yasha
[Inu Yasha]
TAKAHASHI Rumiko
© Takahashi Rumiko / Shogakukan		 Uryuudou yume banashi
[Uryuudou yume banashi]
HATSU Akiko
© 2008 Akiko Hatsu(Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. / The Asahi Shimbun Company.)		 Oishinbo
[Oishinbo]
KARIYA Tetsu / HANASAKI Akira
© Tetsu Kariya, Akira Hanasaki
otomen
[otomen]
KANNO Aya
© Aya Kanno / Hakusensha		 GALAXY GINZA
[GALAXY GINZA]
NAGAO Kenichiro
© Kenichiro Nagao / Shogakukan		 kono sekai no katasumini
[kono sekai no katasumini]
KOUNO Fumiyo
© Fumiyo Kouno / Futabasha		 Jokyo Afro TANAKA
[Jokyo Afro TANAKA]
NORITSUKE Masaharu
© Masaharu Noritsuke / Shogakukan
SHINJUKU SWAN
[SHINJUKU SWAN]
WAKUI Ken
© WAKUI Ken / Kodansha		 SAINT YOUNG MEN
[SAINT YOUNG MEN]
NAKAMURA Hikaru
© HIKARU NAKAMURA/KODANSHA		 Nodame Cantabile
[Nodame Cantabile]
NINOMIYA Tomoko
© 2002 Tomoko Ninomiya / KODANSHA LTD. All rights reserved.		 81 diver
[81 diver]
SHIBATA Yokusaru
© SHIBATA yokusaru / SHUEISHA
THE TOP SECRET
[THE TOP SECRET]
SHIMIZU Reiko
© Reiko Shimizu / Hakusensya		 hoshimamoruinu
[hoshimamoruinu]
MURAKAMI Takashi
© Takashi Murakami / Futabasha		 MOKUZOUMEIKYUU
[MOKUZOUMEIKYUU]
ASAMI mart
© ASAMI.MART / TOKUMASHOTEN		 MOYASIMON
[MOYASIMON]
ISHIKAWA Masayuki
© ISHIKAWA masayuki / Kodansha
RINSHI!!EKODACHAN
[RINSHI!!EKODACHAN]
TAKINAMI Yukari
© TAKINAMI YUKARI / Kodansha

Manga Division/Independent Manga・Web Manga

NEKO NO HANGA
[NEKO NO HANGA]
FUJIMIYA Fuhito
© FUJIMIYA Fuhito		 demon's school
[demon's school]
KOMATSU Yusuke
© KOMATSU Yusuke		 BIG FUROSHIKI MANGA TAKO MEN EXPO
[BIG FUROSHIKI MANGA TAKO MEN EXPO]
CHIKUHAMA Kazuko (CHIKUHAMA Kenichi / CHIKUHAMA Kazuko)
© KAZUKO CHIKUHAMA		 KAKINAGURI-MANGA
[KAKINAGURI-MANGA]
SUKASHIPPE FU-FU
© MASAYUKI FURUKAWA/MAKIKO FURUKAWA
cagerow
[cagerow]
SHINOMIYA Yoshitoshi
© shinomiya yoshitoshi		 hitorigotonosiro (castle of soliloquy)
[hitorigotonosiro (castle of soliloquy)]
SHIBAMOTO Sho
© Shibamoto Sho		 We are looking.
[We are looking.]
HAMADA Ryo
© HAMADA Ryo		 minus.
[minus.]
Ryan ARMAND
© Ryan Armand
Oshigotojikan
[Oshigotojikan]
ICHIMATSU
© ICHIMATSU / Kodansha		 HACK TO THE BRAIN
[HACK TO THE BRAIN]
KAYASHIMA Yuta
© Yuta Kayashima		 honobono biyori
[honobono biyori]
USUKI Youdai
© Cli-comi		 Yakuzen! Challenge for Healthful Food
[Yakuzen! Challenge for Healthful Food]
CHOI Hae Woong
© CHOI, Hae-Woong / KODANSHA