Tezuka Award Winners Announced

Winners of the 2005 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize have been announced.

Grand Prize: Pluto, manga by Naoki Urasawa
New Hope Award: Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni by Kono Fumiyo
Short Story Award: Mainichi Kaasan and Jokyo Monogatari by Rieko Saibara
Special Award: Kawasaki City Museum

Naoki Urasawa won his first Tezuka award grand prize in 1999 for his manga series Monster. His Pluto manga is based on the “Biggest Robot on Earth” story arc in Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy.

Source: Anime News Network