SPY x FAMILY Manga Wins 52nd Japan Cartoonists Association Awards Comic Grand Prize
On April 10, the 52nd Japan Cartoonists Association Awards announced that Tatsuya Endo’s SPY x FAMILY manga won one of its most prestigious awards in the Grand Prize under the “Comics” division. The award consists of a gold-plated shield, medal, certificate and prize money totaling 500,000 yen.
2023年度 第52回日本漫画家協会賞 発表
▼大賞
コミック部門
遠藤達哉氏「SPY×FAMILY」カーツーン部門
西田淑子氏「風刺漫画で説く 女を待つバリア」萬画部門
マツオヒロミ氏「マガジンロンド」https://t.co/qSyqdXlH0r pic.twitter.com/SCrq4tKElh— 日本漫画家協会公式 (@mangaka_kyokai) April 10, 2023
The award was judged by a panel of manga and industry experts including Yoshihiro Ikegawa, Jun Ishiko, Naomi Kimura, Satoki Kusaka, Yukio Shinohara, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, Georges Piroshki, Noriko Nagano, Akiko Nemoto, and Masato Hara. In the winning statement, SPY x FAMILY was found to have a fun to read story, alongside the message to maintain peace and tranquility being spread to children and readers all over the world, with the work being considered “a precious light” by the judges.
The Japan Cartoonists Association Awards were first established in 1972 to honor works with the aim to improve and develop manga in Japan and around the world while honoring the works that demonstrate excellence within the medium.
Crunchyroll streamed the first season of the anime as it aired in Japan, and describes the series:
World peace is at stake and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he’ll infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician. He has the perfect cover, except his wife’s a deadly assassin and neither knows each other’s identity. But someone does, his adopted daughter who’s a telepath!
Sources: Comic Natalie, Japan Cartoonists Association Blog (JP)
