Golgo 13 manga creator Takao Saito announced on Friday that he and his Saito Takao Gekiga Cultural Foundation are establishing a new manga award called the “Saito Takao Award.”
The award will feature three categories: scenario writer, manga artist, and editor/editorial department.
The new award is also celebrating 50 years since Saito launched Golgo 13 in Big Comic magazine in November 1968.
Saito established the award to help pave the way for the next generation of scenario writers and manga artists.