There are lots of familiar titles and creators among the award nominees at this year’s Angoulême International Comics Festival. Here are the nominees of the manga variety:
Sélection Officielle:
Amer Beton – Integrale (Tekkonkinkreet), by Taiyo Matsumoto, published by Tonkam
Death Note, by Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba, published by Kana
Helter Skelter, by Kyôko Okazaki, published by Sakka/Casterman
Prix du Patrimoine:
Un Gentil Garҫon, by Shinichi Abe, published by Cornélius
Sélection Jeunesse:
Chocola & Vanilla (Sugar Sugar Rune), by Moyocco Anno, published by Kurokawa
Doraemon, by Fujiko F. Fujio, published by Dargaud, Kana
Ippo: La Rage de Vaincre, by George Morikawa, published by Kurokawa
Kitaro le Repoussant, by Shigeru Mizuki, published by Cornélius
Yakitate Ja-Pan – Un Pain C’est Tout!, by Takashi Hashiguchi, Delcourt – Akata
Here’s what’s scheduled for the festival’s manga building.
(Edited to add a title I’d missed. Thanks, Huff!)
Huh, weren’t there tons of manga nominated last year? Off the top of my head I distinctly remember Zipang, Kiitchi, Witches and the eventual-winner-whose-name-I-can’t-remember, and there were more besides those. Maybe I mixed the other categories with the Official Selection. But its cool that Tekkon got nominated.
Oh, and I don’t know if you just missed this but josei-pioneer Kyoko Okazaki’s Helter Skelter was also included in the official selection (its the cover with boobies!) Yet another reason to be jealous of the French: Helter Skelter is one of the best manga I’ve ever read.
Comment by huff — January 22, 2008 @ 10:00 pm
I did miss Helter Skelter, thanks! And looking back on a Flipped column I put together about last year’s nominees, there were about nine Japanese titles in the Official Selection category.
Comment by davidpwelsh — January 23, 2008 @ 4:19 am
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