Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

Award for manga

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April 2025
Kingdom
Sixth season of Kingdom anime announced, scheduled for October 2025.
February 2025
Kingdom
Viz Media licenses Kingdom manga for English publication in North America.
2024 Akihito Sakaue receives the New Creator Prize for Kanda Gokura-chō Shokunin-Banashi.
2024 Mari Yamazaki and Miki Tori awarded the Grand Prize for their work PLINIVS in the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
2024 COMITIA receives the Special Prize for contributing to the cultural spread of manga.
2024 Miri Masuda wins the Short Work Prize for Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō.
December 2024
Kingdom
Kingdom manga reaches over 110 million copies in circulation, becoming one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
December 5 2024
Beastars
First part of the third and final season of Beastars anime premieres worldwide
October 18 2024
Onmyōji
The prequel film was released worldwide on Amazon Prime Video.
April 19 2024
Onmyōji
A prequel film premiered.
March 31 2024
Kingdom
Fifth season of Kingdom anime concludes after thirteen episodes.
March 29 2024
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist Mobile game service ended.
January 14 2024
Kingdom
Fifth season of Kingdom anime begins airing, delayed by one week due to Noto earthquake coverage.
2023
Kingdom
Volumes 67–69 were among the best-selling manga volumes of the year.
2023 Kazuo Umezu won the Special Prize for the manga 'Zoku Shingo: Chiisana Robot Shingo Bijutsukan' at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
2023 Ganpu won the New Creator Prize for the manga 'Danchōtei Nichijō' at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
2023 Kiwa Irie won the Grand Prize for the manga 'Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito' at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
2023 Ebine Yamaji won the Short Work Prize for the manga 'Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa' at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
November 2023
Onmyōji
Original net animation (ONA) series adaptation by Marvy Jack premieres on Netflix.
November 28 2023
Onmyōji
The Onmyōji anime series premiered on Netflix, directed by Soubi Yamamoto, produced by Marvy Jack, with scripts by Natsu Hashimoto and Yuiko Kato.
July 28 2023
Kingdom
Third Kingdom live-action film released, generating ¥5.6 billion in Japanese box office, with Shinsuke Sato and most of the original cast returning.
2022
Fullmetal Alchemist
Two live-action film sequels of Fullmetal Alchemist are released
2022 Izumi Okaya won the Short Work Prize for the manga 'Ii Toshi o' and 'Hakumokuren wa Kirei ni Chiranai'.
2022 Natsuko Taniguchi won the New Creator Prize for the manga 'Kyōshitsu no Katasumi de Seishun wa Hajimaru' and 'Konya Sukiyaki da yo'.
2022 Uoto won the Grand Prize for the manga 'Chi: On the Movements of the Earth' at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
October 2 2022
Kingdom
Fourth season of Kingdom anime concludes after twenty-six episodes.
September 2022
Onmyōji
Netflix announced an original net animation (ONA) adaptation of Onmyōji during the Tudum virtual event, revealing plans for an anime series.
September 24 2022
Fullmetal Alchemist
Second live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film sequel became available on Netflix.
August 23 2022
Fullmetal Alchemist
Completion of Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition publication by Viz Media
August 20 2022
Fullmetal Alchemist
First live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film sequel became available on Netflix.
August 4 2022
Fullmetal Alchemist
Square Enix released Fullmetal Alchemist Mobile for iOS and Android devices for the 20th Anniversary of the series.
July 15 2022
Kingdom
Second Kingdom live-action film premiered, generating ¥5.16 billion in Japanese box office.
June 24 2022
Fullmetal Alchemist
Second sequel to the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film released.
May 20 2022
Fullmetal Alchemist
First sequel to the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film released.
April 10 2022
Kingdom
Fourth season of Kingdom anime begins airing, with the original cast returning.
2021
Kingdom
In TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo poll with 150,000 votes, Kingdom ranked thirteenth among top manga series.
2021
Fullmetal Alchemist
Ranked ninth in TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo poll, which saw 150,000 people vote for their top 100 manga series.
2021 Kazumi Yamashita wins the Grand Prize for the manga 'Land'
2021 Hiroko Nobara wins the Short Work Prize for 'Kieta Mama Tomo' and 'Tsuma wa Kuchi o Kiite Kuremasen'
2021 Koyoharu Gotouge receives the Special Prize for creating a social phenomenon with 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'
2021 Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe win the New Creator Prize for 'Frieren: Beyond Journey's End'
2021
Onmyōji
Another Chinese live-action film, directed by Li Weiran, is released.
October 18 2021
Kingdom
Third season of Kingdom anime concludes, having aired twenty-six episodes using traditional 2D animation.
July 2021
Fullmetal Alchemist
The manga reached 80 million copies in circulation worldwide.
July 15 2021
Beastars
Second season of Beastars released on Netflix
April 5 2021
Kingdom
Third season of Kingdom anime restarts broadcasting from its first episode after COVID-19 delay.
March 19 2021
Onmyōji
'The Yinyang Master' was released outside China on Netflix.
February 12 2021
Onmyōji
Another Chinese film, 'The Yinyang Master', was released in China.
February 5 2021
Onmyōji
'The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity' was released outside China on Netflix.
January 7 2021
Beastars
Second season of Beastars anime begins airing

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