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Hisone and Masotan, Penguin Highway, Origin Win Media Arts Awards
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Japanese government's Ministry of Cultural Affairs announced the winners of the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Awards on Friday.
Manga Division
Grand Prize

Excellence Award

Momo to Manji (Momo and Manji) by Sawa Sakura
Yūgure e (Toward the Twilight) by Nazuna Saitō
New Face Award

La Différence invisible (Mienai Chigai: Watashi wa Asperger) by Julie Dachez and Mademoiselle Caroline
The website also listed 32 Jury Selections in the Manga Division, including Warera ee
, among others.Animation Division
Grand Prize

Excellence Award

Hiroshi Kobayashi (Japan)
Hiroyasu Ishida (Japan)
Okko's Inn (Kitaro Kousaka (Japan)
New Face Award

Am I a Wolf? short film by Amir Houshang Mouein (Iran)
The Little Ship short film by Anastasia Makhlina (Russia)
The website also listed 30 Jury Selections in the Animation Division. The Jury Selections featured 14 Japanese works, including:
A Place Further Than the Universe (Sora Yorimo Tōi Basho - A Story that leads to the Antarctica)
Animated TV series
Atsuko IshizukaThe Spirits of Cairn (Cairn no Kubi-tachi)
Animated short
Shinobu SoejimaI want to eat your pancreas (Kimi ni Suizō o Tabetai)
Animated feature film
Shin'ichirō UshijimaLife Ain't Gonna Lose (Samurai Egg)
Animated short film
Yoshiyuki MomoseMy Little Goat
Animated short film
Tomoki MisatoMirai
Animated feature film
Mamoru HosodaFluffiction (Mofu Mofiction)
Animated short
Yoshiki ImazuMogu & Perol (Mori Mori Shima no Mogu to Perol
Animated short film
Tsuneo GōdaLiz and the Blue Bird (Liz to Aoi Tori)
Animated feature film
Naoko YamadaB: The Beginning
Net anime series
Kazuto NakazawaDEVILMAN crybaby
Net anime series
Masaaki YuasaMimi
Animated short film
Risa FukayaSomewhere Soft
Animated short film
Satoe YoshinariWater in the Cup
Animated short film
Ikuo Katō
Sources: Media Arts Awards (link 2), Comic Natalie