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Manga first prize goes to “One Punch-Man”
while “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?” grasps light novel grand prix
Tokyo, Japan --- The results of SUGOI JAPAN®, the Japan’s nationwide vote for Manga, Anime, Ranobe (light novel) and entertaining novel works, were announced on March 22, and “One Punch-Man,” a story of a hero who beats any enemy with a single punch, won the Manga genre while the first prize of Anime genre went to “Your Lie in April,” a boy-meets-girl story with great classical music. The Ranobe winner is 2 million selling adventure/fantasy “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?” and the Japan SF Award winner “The Empire of Corpses” which fictionalized 19 century world in which the technology to resurrect corpses has been put to practical use grasped the entertaining novel genre.
SUGOI JAPAN® is an initiative to select the Japanese pop culture works that the fans want the world to know about, that they feel certain will be a global hit. The open vote in the second year was held on the official web site of SUGOI JAPAN® from November 16, 2015 to January 3, 2016, attracting 65,294 votes.
Results SUGOI JAPAN Award2016
for further details, please visit http://sugoi-japan.jp/en/
Short lists
Manga:http://sugoi-japan.jp/en/nominees/manga.html
Anime:http://sugoi-japan.jp/en/nominees/anime.html
Ranobe:http://sugoi-japan.jp/en/nominees/ranove.html
Entame shosetsu:http://sugoi-japan.jp/en/nominees/entame.html
Concept of SUGOI JAPAN
Japan is blessed with a set of cultural assets that, as we well know, have the potential to be beloved the world over. We particularly feel strongly about manga and anime, as well as ranobe and entame shosetsu. We are passionately enthusiastic about the amazing best-selling works in the four genres, and we want the rest of the world to know about them! Therefore, we have launched a one-of-a-kind project called “Sugoi Japan®”.
The SUGOI JAPAN Award2016 project is organized by the SUGOI JAPAN Committee and The Yomiuri Shimbun, supported by Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; the Association of Japanese Animations; the Association of Manga Publishers; and Tokyo Otaku Mode in cooperation with Nakano Boardway; Osu Shopping District; and Miss SAKE Association; and sponsored by Tanita Corporation; and Nikon Imaging.Japan Inc.
