The judges were Takehiko Inoue from SLAM DUNK,'' Riichiro Inagaki, who wrote the original work for
Eyeshield 21,” Tadatoshi Fujimaki from “Kuroko’s Basketball,” and Shohei Otani from MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers.
Application period: May 27th (Monday) – October 31st (Thursday)
*Mail submissions must be postmarked on October 31st (Thursday)
*Web submissions will be accepted until 23:59 on October 31st (Thursday) is subject to review
Prize money: 1 million yen for first place, 500,000 yen for runner-up, 300,000 yen for honorable mention, 50,000 yen for final candidate, 10,000 yen for promising submission
Eligibility: Both professionals and amateurs Announcement
: “Weekly Shonen” to be released in late December 2024 Jump” magazine (planned).
Names not allowed, completed manuscript only. Please draw at least 15 pages and no more than 55 pages, starting from the left page.
*Double-page manga only. Vertical reading comics are not accepted.
Click here for details
Born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1967. In 1988, he made his debut as a manga artist with Kaede Purple, which won the 35th Tezuka Prize. SLAM DUNK'', which began serialization in
Weekly Shonen Jump” in 1990, became a huge hit.
In 1998, he began serializing Vagabond'' (Kodansha's
Morning”), which depicts Miyamoto Musashi. In 1999, he began an irregular series of “Real” (Weekly Young Jump) about wheelchair basketball, which continues to this day.
In 2006, he launched the Slam Dunk Scholarship Project with Shueisha. The movie “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” released in 2022 was written, written and directed by himself.
Born in 1976. In 2002, he started serialization in “Weekly Shonen Jump” (Shueisha) as the original author of “Eyeshield 21” (manga: Yusuke Murata). It became a mega-hit work representing Weekly Shonen Jump in the 2000s, with a cumulative circulation of over 26 million copies.
From March 2017 to March 2022, he was in charge of the original work of “Dr.STONE”, which was serialized.
Currently, he is in charge of the original work and is serializing “Trillion Game” (Shogakukan).
Born in Tokyo in 1982. In 2006, Kuroko's Basketball'' won the 12 Best New Manga Award at the 44th Jump 12 Best New Manga Awards and was published in the extra edition
Akamaru Jump 2007 SPRING.” “Kuroko’s Basketball” was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” issue 2, 2009 to issue 40, 2014. After that, the sequel Kuroko's Basketball EXTRA GAME'' was serialized in the special edition
Jump NEXT!!” from vol.6 in 2014 to vol.1 in 2016. It was made into an anime and a stage play, and became a huge hit.
“ROBOT×LASERBEAM” was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” No. 16, 2017 to No. 30, 2018.
The one-shot “Kill Ao Haru” will be published in the 2022 March/4 combined issue of “Weekly Shonen Jump” (released on December 20, 2021). After that, “Kill Ao” began serialization in the magazine’s 2023 issue 20 (released on April 17 of the same year). Volume 5 is scheduled to be released on June 4th.
コメント