The Japanese government announced on Monday that anime director Keiichi Hara (Miss Hokusai, Summer Days with Coo, Colorful) is receiving the fall 2018 Medal with Purple Ribbon.
Manga creator and anime director Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Steamboy) won a Medal with Purple Ribbon, which the Japanese government presents biannually, in fall 2013.
Manga creator Moto Hagio won the award in 2012, and she was the first female manga creator to receive it.
Crypton Future Media President and virtual idol Hatsune Miku’s figurative “father” Hiroyuki Itō also received a Medal with Blue Ribbon in 2013.