The Asahi Shimbun paper announced the winners for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards on Wednesday.
The awards commemorate the contributions of the manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy/Mighty Atom, Kimba the White Lion/Jungle Emperor, Phoenix, Black Jack) by recognizing the manga that best follow his tradition.
The committee also awarded the Special Prize to Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga.
The story is set in a Land where death takes all those who reach the age of 50.