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2001 (5th) Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes

Grand Prize:
      Reiko Okano (岡野   玲子) (adaptation) and Baku Yumemakura (夢枕   獏) (original story), for The Master of Shade and Light [Onmyōji 『陰陽師』], serialized in Comic burger [Komikku bāgā コミックバーガー] (Scholar [Sukora スコラ]) and in Jets [Jettsu ジェッツ] (Hakusensha 白泉社) [64 points]

Award for Excellence:
      Kotobuki Shiriagari (しりあがり   寿), for Yajikita in deep [『弥次喜多 in DEEP』], originally serialized in Aspect comics [Asupekuto komikkusu アスペクトコミックス] then in Beam comics [Biimu komikkusu ビームコミックス] (EnterBrain [Entāburein エンターブレイン]) [61 points]

Other finalists:
      • Takehiko Inōe (井上   雄彦), for Vagabond [Bagabonto 『バガボンド』], serialized in Morning [Mōningu モーニング] (Kōdansha 講談社) (original story by Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川   英治), titled Musashi Miyamoto [Miyamoto Musashi 『宮本   武蔵』]) [56 points]
      • Kentarō Miura (三浦   建太郎), for Berserk [Beruseruku 『ベルセルク』], serialized in Jets [Jettsu ジェッツ] (Hakusensha 白泉社) [43 points]
      • Yumiko Ōshima (大島   弓子), for Even Goo-goo is a cat [Gū-gū datte neko dearu 『グーグーだって猫である』], serialized in Book's traveler [Hon no tabibito 本の旅人] (Kadokawa Shoten 角川書店) [39 points]
      • Eiichirō Oda (尾田   栄一郎), for One piece [『ONE   PIECE』], serialized in Shonen jump [Shōnen janpu ジャンプコミックス] (Shūeisha 集英社) [28 points] (received the greatest number of nominations from manga fans)
      • Kazuichi Hanawa (花輪   和一), for Inside the Prison, a.k.a. Doing time [Keimusho no naka 刑務所の中] (Seirin Kōgeisha 青林工芸舎) (leader after the first round of balloting; not in the top six "finalists" after the second round)

Special Award:
      Akira Maruyuma (丸山   昭), for (the group which met in the Tokiwa Inn and gave many writers their start) [Tokiwa shō ni tsudotta taku no sakka o sodate ta kōseki ni taishite 「トキワ荘に集った多くの作家を育てた功績に対して」]

Selection committee:
      Hiroshi Aramata (荒俣   宏), Mitsutoshi Ishigami (石上   三登志), Jun Ishikawa (いしかわ   じゅん), Takahiro Ōtsuki (大月   隆寛), Toshio Okada (岡田   斗司夫), Takashi Oshiguchi (印口   崇), Shunichi Karasawa (唐沢   俊一), Tomofusa Kure (呉   智英), Sakyō Komatsu (小松   左京), Yuki Saitō (斉藤   由貴), Mochiko Satonaka (里中   満智子), Sandaimeuotakehamadashigeo (三代目魚武濱田成夫), Kōji Suzuki (鈴木   光司), Natsuo Sekikawa (関川   夏央), Genichirō Takahashi (高橋   源一郎), Yokihide Takekawa (タケカワ   ユキヒデ), Wataru Tsurumi (鶴見   済), Kunio Nagatani (長谷   邦夫), Kazuko Nimiya (荷宮   和子), Masuzō Furukawa (古川   益蔵), Frederik Schodt (Furedorikku Shotto フレデリック・ショット) Tomohiko Murakami (村上   知彦), Baku Yumemakura (夢枕   獏), Takeshi Yōrō (養老   孟司), Yoshihiro Yonezawa (米沢   嘉博)