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Spy×Family Manga Wins Japan Cartoonists Association Award
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In addition, Akihito Tsukushi's Made in Abyss manga received the Manga Kingdom Tottori award. Osamu Takeuchi's self-published Vilange manga won the Manga Kingdom Tosa award. The late Yuki Hijiri's Locke the Superman won the MEXT award. These awards include a silver plaque (gold for MEXT), medal, and 200,000 yen (about US$1,600) in prize money.
The JCA has presented the Japan Cartoonists Association Awards every year since 1972. Machiko Satonaka served as head of this year's selection committee. Committee members included: Yoshihiro Ikegawa, Jun Ishiko, Naomi Kimura, Riki Kusaka, Yukio Shinohara, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, George Piroshki, Noriko Nagano, Akiko Nemoto, and Masato Hara.
Sources: Japan Cartoonists Association's website, Comic Natalie
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