The Japan Cartoonists Association (JCA) announced the winners of the 48th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards on April 19.
The JCA has presented the Japan Cartoonists Association Awards every year since 1972.
Sansuke Yamada’s Areyo Hoshikuzu manga won the grand prize in the Comic division, and Yoshiaki Yokota’s self-published work Yokota Yoshiaki no Cartoon won the grand prize in the Cartoon division.
The series won an Excellence Award at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs’ 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in March.