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The past 10 Grand Prize of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

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The Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (手塚治虫文化賞), Named after Osamu Tezuka, is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Among then, Grand Prize is the excellent work during the year. The following are the past 10 Grand Prize of The Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. 1. Land『ランド』 (Kazumi Yamashita, 2021) The story is set in a Land where death takes all those who reach the age of 50. An, the older of two twin sisters, was still a baby when she was offered up for sacrifice in the mountains by her village's priestly officials. Through this custom of sending people to the Other World, the village remains protected by the gods.