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1998 (2nd) Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes

Grand Prize:
      Natsuo Sekikawa (関川   夏央) (writing) and Jirō Taniguchi (谷口   ジロー) (art), for Times of "Botchan" ["Botchan" no Jidai 『「坊っちゃん」の時代』] (Futabasha 双葉社)

Award for Excellence:
      Yūji Aoki (青木   雄二), for Naniwa Financiers, a.k.a. The way of the Ōsaka loan shark [Naniwa kin'yūdō 『ナニワ金融道』] (lit. "Naniwa money path"), serialized in Morning [Mōningu モーニング] (Kōdansha 講談社)

Other finalists:
      • 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)
      • 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)
      • Naoki Urasawa (浦沢   直樹), for Monster [『MONSTER』], serialized in Big Comic Original [Biggu komikku orijinaru ビッグコミックオリジナル] (Shōgakukan 小学館)
      • Rieko Saibara (西原   理恵子), for Yunbokun [Yunbokun 『ゆんぼくん』] (Takeshobo 竹書房)
      • Yū Koyama (小山   ゆう), for Azumi [Azumi 『あずみ』], serialzied in Big Comic Superior [Biggu komikkusu superiōru ビッグコミックスペリオール] (Shōgakukan 小学館)
      • Minoru Furuya (古谷   実), for Go! Inachu ping-pong club [Ike! Inachū takkyūbu 『行け!稲中卓球部』], serialized in Young magazine [Yangu magajin ヤングマガジン] (Kōdansha 講談社)
      • Kōji Aihara (相原   コージ), for Mujina [Mujina 『ムジナ』], serialized in Young Sunday [Yangu sandei ヤングサンデー] (Shōgakukan 小学館)
      • 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)

Special Award:
      Shōtarō Ishinomori (a.k.a. Shōtarō Ishimori, Shōtarō Onodera) (石ノ森   章太郎), for his long-time contribution to both manga and the manga industry. [Manga to manga kai e no naganen no kōken ni taishite 「マンガとマンガ界への長年の貢献に対して」]

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)