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In Japan, Manga Awards (漫画賞, Manga Shō) are presented to professional and newcomer manga artists for published/sumbmitted works. Throughout Hirohiko Araki's career as a manga artist, he has been one of the judges for several awards and his works have also received or been nominated for awards as well.

Summary

Manga awards have been routinely given out for several decades by numerous publishers and organizations, with the oldest being the Shogakukan Manga Award since 1955. These awards are either yearly or occur multiple times a year. Awards can vary to being split amongst multiple generic categories, specific genres, or for the quality of the work. Some awards can also go without a winner if the judges deem none of the works are deserving of a grand prize as opposed to the lesser prizes. Manga awards can be broadly grouped into those for the already published works of professional manga artists and those for works submitted by newcomers. Awards for newcomers can also have the benefit of having their works published/serialized in manga magazines and be judged by already successful manga artists such as Kohei Horikoshi, Eiichiro Oda, Takehiko Inoue, and Akira Toriyama.

Hirohiko Araki

At the beginning of Hirohiko Araki's career, he had submitted his work, The Bottle, to the 14th Tezuka Award (手塚賞, Tezuka Shō) using the pen name Toshi Arakino (荒木之 利, Arakino Toshi). [Further text]

  • Grand prize in manga division for JoJolion at 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival
  • (2021) JoJolion nominated for 26th annual Tezuka Osamu cultural prize (one of nine nominees)
  • (2021) Araki was the 6th winner of "Iwate Hometown special manga award"

Manga Awards

Hop Step Awards

The Hop Step Award (ホップ☆ステップ賞, Hoppu Suteppu Shō), abbreviated as H☆S Award (H☆S賞, H☆S Shō) was a monthly manga award for Weekly Shonen Jump from March 1985 to July 1996. Mentions it in Chapter 226 comment.[1][2]

Araki roleplayed as Rohan for the 103rd Hop Step Awards.[3]

Tenkaichi Manga Award

The Tenkaichi Manga Award (天下一漫画賞, Tenkaichi Manga Shō) was monthly manga award for Weekly Shonen Jump from August 1996 to March 2003.[4]

Jump Twelve Best Rookie Manga Award

The Jump Twelve Best Rookie Manga Award (ジャンプ十二傑新人漫画賞, Janpu Jūni Suguru Shinjin Manga Shō) was a monthly manga award for Weekly Shonen Jump from 2003 to 2007.[5]

Fantasy Comic Grand Prize

The Fantasy Comic Grand Prize (ファンタジーコミック大賞, Fantajī Komikku Taishō) was a joint manga award established by Shueisha to commemorate Weekly Young Jump's 30th anniversary and Ultra Jump's 10th anniversary. The judges were Araki, Ito Ogure, Hiroya Oku, Masakazu Katsura, Ryoji Minagawa, PEACH-PIT, and the respective editors-in-chief of Weekly Young Jump and Ultra Jump.[6] The other judges also had their interviews published partially in each of the respective magazines before being posted in full on the website.[7]

Araki Hirohiko Manga Award

The Araki Hirohiko Manga Award (荒木飛呂彦漫画賞, Araki Hirohiko Manga Shō) was a manga award help by Ultra Jump in 2021. Applications were sent from April 5, 2021 to August 31, 2021.[8][9][10]

Message from Araki

Link to this sectionAuthor's Note
荒木飛呂彦漫画賞を開催出来る事、大変おめでたく嬉しく思います。

このお祭り企画において―― 荒木飛呂彦風作品であっても、またそうでない作品でも良し。 自由な発想と絵で描いて頂きたい。言葉は悪いですがブッ飛んだ発想の漫画を個人的には期待して、読ませて頂きます。

この輝ける漫画界を更にもっと盛り上げて発展させて行くような、才能と作家性を楽しみにお待ちしております。

General Review from Araki

Link to this sectionAuthor's Note
総合的に優れている作品が選考判断になるのは、当然のところではある。しかしだからといってマニアックだとか暗いとか残酷だとか古いだとかいった表現をマイナスとは考えたくない。作者がきっと描きたいと思っている事が「ちゃんと描かれているか」を見ました。記憶や印象に残る作品は多かったと思う。全て楽しく読めた選考だった。画力やキャラクターにこれから楽しみと期待させる作品が多かった。


Sourcing needed

荒木飛呂彦 イロイコ先生ッ イロイコ先生 So much sourcing needed!

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February 9, 1990
Jump Comics Volume 14 (Title Page Illustration)
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February 9, 1990
Jump Comics Volume 14
(Chapter 125 Tailpiece Illustration)
 
 
February 9, 1990
Jump Comics Volume 14
(Chapter 126 Tailpiece Illustration)
 
 
February 4, 1994
Jump Comics Volume 36
(Chapter 333 Tailpiece Illustration)
 

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