On July 7th (Friday), the results of the International Manga Award "14th World Silent Manga Audition" run by Coamix were announced.
The "World Silent Manga Audition" is the world's largest international manga award held for the purpose of discovering and supporting new manga artists from all over the world.It has been held twice a year since 2012, inviting manga artists Tetsuo Hara, Tsukasa Hojo, Ryuji Tsugihara and others as judges.
The theme of the 64th session is "Unforgettable taste".From 608 applications from XNUMX countries around the world, the following two people won the highest award.
Vietnam Zevania & Nattorin
Brazil EUDETENIS
In addition, a total of 41 award winners have been produced from all over the world, including Italy, Indonesia, Spain, Russia, Malaysia, Hungary (first award), Libya (first award), and Turkey (first award).
The top award winners will be invited to Coamix's original international manga artist training program "SMA MASTER CLASS" and will collaborate with Japanese manga editors to create manga, just like young Japanese manga artists. increase.New members added to the 7th and 8th will be honored at the title award ceremony in Tokyo in early 2018.
"World Silent Manga Audition" All the award-winning works can be viewed on the official website "SMAC! The Web Magazine". (free)
SMAC! The Web Magazine
In addition, all the submitted works so far (4429 works in total, as of June 2017) can be viewed from the "World Map" on the same site.
world map
The latest "8th World Silent Manga Audition" is currently accepting applications from the web.The recruitment theme is "Fair Play" and the deadline is September 2017, 9.From this time, it is possible to apply from Japan, and it is expected to be even more exciting.