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Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae Wins Manga Taisho Award (Updated)
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Cartoon Grand Prize goes to gag manga about Roman, Japanese baths


Shinichi Ishizuka won the first ever Manga Taisho for his Gaku - Minna no Yama work in 2008, and he appeared at the awards ceremony for the third year in a row. Yamazaki drew the picture to the left to offer her thanks for the award. The artist has been living in Lisbon, Portugal, so she had to appear live via the Skype video communications software. Her magazine's editor-in-chief, Katsuhiko Okumura, accepted the award on her behalf.
Manga Taisho 2010 Final Results

Mari Yamazaki
94 points

Chūya Koyama
89 points

Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
60 points

Kengo Hanazawa
55 points

Keiko Nishi
48 points

Haruko Ichikawa
47 points

Akiko Higashimura
46 points

Mitsurou Kubo
44 points

Eriko Mishima
25 points

Kazuhiko Shimamoto
23 points
Source: Comic Natalie
Update: Corrected the country of Lisbon. Thanks, il capitano.
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