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1997 (1st) Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes

Award for Excellence:
      Moto Hagio (萩尾   望都), for A cruel God rules in heaven [Zankokuna kami ga shihai suru 『残酷な神が支配する』], serialized in Petit Flower [Puchi furawā プチフラワー] (Shōgakukan 小学館) [59 points]

Other finalists:
      • Minetarō Mochizuki (望月   峯太郎), for Dragon head [Doragon heddo 『ドラゴン   ヘッド』], serialized in Young magazine [Yangu magajin ヤングマガジン] (Kōdansha 講談社) [58 points]
      • Taiyō Matsumoto (松本   大洋), for Ping-pong [Pinpon 『ピンポン』], serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits [Shūkan biggu komikku supirittsu 週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツ] (Shōgakukan 小学館) [56 points]
      • Gonta King (王   欣太) (art) and Hagin Yi (李   學仁) (story), for New tale of three kingdoms [Sōtenkōro 『蒼天航路』] (lit. "Sky blue sea lane"), serialized in Weekly Morning [Shūkan mōningu 週刊モーニング] (Kōdansha 講談社) [46 points]
      • Takayuki Yamaguchi (山口   貴由), for Apocalypse zero [Kakugo no susume 『覚悟のススメ』] (lit. "Kakugo's destiny"), serialized in Weekly shonen champion [Shūkan shōnen chanpion 週刊少年チャンピオン] (Akita Shoten 秋田書店) [43 points]

Special Award:
      Toshio Naiki (内記   稔夫), for establishing and operating the Modern Manga Library [Gendai manga toshokan setsuritsu suru to un'ei ni taishite 現代マンガ図書館の設立と運営に対して], "which has been the sole place in Japan where researchers can read old manga for a small fee."

Selection committee: [Senkō iin 選考委員]
      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)