KADOKAWA CORPORATION has announced winners of its international manga contest, “KADOKAWA WORLD MANGA CONTEST”, on the official website (https://kadokawaworldmanga.com/jp/).
A total of 11 winning works were selected, including Cry or the witch will come by Syo.Era (Vietnam-based) and Cells Within the Body. by Eli Lin (Taiwan-based), which received the Gold Prizes in the “Manga With Dialogue” and “Wordless Manga” categories, respectively.
This contest was held with the aim of providing creators around the world with opportunities to showcase their work, while fostering the creation of new IPs. It drew 1,959 submissions from 118 countries and regions — far surpassing its predecessor “Wordless World Manga Contest”, which received 1,126 submissions from 104 countries and regions.
The winning works were selected by KADOKAWA’s editorial departments, which awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze prizes. Additionally, five works were selected as Honorable Mentions in recognition of their future potential. In addition to cash prizes, the editorial teams involved in the selection process will provide support — primarily through online communication — to help winners prepare their new works for commercial publication in Japan. Furthermore, Gold, Silver, and Bronze prize winners will be invited to Japan to attend the award ceremony.
All six works that received the Gold, Silver, and Bronze prizes will be available to read for free on KADOCOMI, KADOKAWA’s manga portal site, beginning at 11:00 a.m. JST on Friday, May 29. (Available in Japanese only)
Manga With Dialogue” Category – Prize Winners
[Gold Prize]
- Title : Cry or the witch will come
- Author : Syo.Era (Vietnam-based)
[Silver Prize]
- Title : Deus Sniper
- Author : Shinamori (France-based)
[Bronze Prize]
- Title : START AT NULL
- Author : 2AM Productions (Switzerland-based)
“Wordless Manga” Category – Prize Winners
[Gold Prize]
- Title : Cells Within the Body.
- Author : Eli Lin (Taiwan-based)
[Silver Prize]
- Title : BOW
- Author : Light Comic Studio (Vietnam-based)
[Bronze Prize]
- Title : Hitokuji
- Author : MurJi (Taiwan-based)
Honorable Mentions
- Title : Grandpa and Me
- Author : Carson (USA-based)
- Title : Blood Upon the Snow
- Author : Dedy Koerniawan (Indonesia-based)
- Title : Infinite Promenade
- Author : Pequod (USA-based)
- Title : Destroy Nazuna
- Author : Rui Himuro (South Korea-based)
- Title : JOHNNY B. GOOD IS GONNA BE GOOD
- Author : JASONZ (Taiwan-based)
Source: Press Release
