Blue Giant Explorer, Chainsaw Man, The Fable, More Manga Nominated for Angoulême

Moto Hagio’s The Poe Clan volume 1, Takao Saito’s Confidences D’une Prostituée (Shōfu Naomi Yawa), Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama’s Four Japanese in San Francisco 1904-1924 (The Four Immigrants Manga), and Yoshiharu Tsuge’s Desire in the Rain (Works 1981-1985) are nominated in the Heritage Selection category.

Hayao Miyazaki’s Shuna’s Journey manga is nominated for the “Sélection Eco-Fauve Raja” award (for works dealing with ecological issues).

The following manga are also nominated in the Youth Selection category: Naoe’s Tokyo Aliens volume 5, Hiromu Arakawa’s Daemons of the Shadow Realm volume 1, and Shinya Komatsu’s Afternoon Yawns (Gogo no Akubi) volume 1.