Tag: Manga

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The silent manga audition organises a manga drawing contest with a theme tears. The silent manga audition open application to international artists to show their talent. This opportunity opens the road to start a career in Japanese manga series. Tell your story through images alone and take part in the contest.

Theme: Tears

People are brought to TEARS for a variety of reasons: happiness, sadness, frustration, and even more! Try to clearly express through your drawings the emotions that bring your characters to tears

Deadline: 3^rd  April 2023

Prizes:

Grand Prix ¥500,000,

Grand Prix Runner-Up ¥300,000

Excellence Award ¥100,000

Excellence Award Runner-Up ¥30,000

Honorable Mention ¥10,000

Selection criterias:

Emotions,

Originality

Composition.

About: Theme for February’s ART street monthly anime drawing and manga drawing contest will be “Men” ! Age doesn’t matter here. You can draw a little boy, a young guy, or an old man. Be creative in your drawings, such as the situation, facial expression and pose, and apply for this contest with your wonderful illustration.

Deadline: March 7, 2022

Prizes:

• Excellence Award 50,000 yen
• Selected winners 10,000 yen
• Rookie Award 10,000 yen

Country: Japan

Official website:

Application are closed*

At DoKomi in Düsseldorf you can experience a unique weekend all about anime, manga, games, cosplay and Japan! Make new friends and immerse yourself in a fascinating community where you can live your passion to the full!

With above 55,000 visitors Dokomi is the most popular and largest Anime and Japan convention in Germany!

Date next event: 5 June 2023

The anime festival organizes as well a drawing contest in each edition.

Anime drawing contest

Official website:

Deadline: 11/01/2022

Status: applications are closed;

Country: Japan.

About:

It is an illustration ranking system with 7 LEVELS (anime, Manga, drawings).

When the number of views, comments, favourites, shares, and likes increases, it LEVELS UP!

The game period is 6 weeks, chances of going to LEVEL 7 is 0.1%!

In addition, it is connected to Creators Rank. If you manage to stay in LEVEL4〜LEVEL7 you will receive a creator badge

Entry Period: September 24, 2021 (Fri) 〜 January 11, 2022 (Tue)17:00 * Japan time

Scoring Rules:

These points will be given to you depending on the final LEVEL that you reach.

LEVEL1: 1 point

LEVEL2: 2 points

LEVEL3: 3 points

LEVEL4: 4 points

LEVEL5: 5 points

LEVEL6: 6 points

LEVEL7: 7 points

The final points will be determined 42 days after the contest registration period.

Prize:

1st place: 50,000 yen

2nd place: 40,000 yen

3rd place: 30,000 yen

4th place: 20,000 yen

5th place: 10,000 yen

The winners will be in order of the creators with the most points.

If the total points earned is tied, the creator with the highest level illustration will win first prize. If the level and the number of illustrations are equal, the creator with the highest number of likes will win the first prize. If all of the above is the same, the winners will be tied.

How to Claim the Prize:

Prize money will be credited to your Medibang account you applied with. To receive the prize money, you need to register either a PayPal account or a bank account information. (The transfer fee is not included).

Application link:

Application deadline: 1 July 2022;

Prizes: Prizes may include art supplies, art books, or manga volumes.

Status: applications are open.

Country: USA.

People taking part in Los Angeles Anime event could take part in Manga Lounge Art Contest.

All you need to do is to visit the Manga Lounge to learn more about the contest.

The contest will be announced during the event.

The participants have to create three or more manga styled of three or manga styled panels.

All required supplies will be provided (paper, coloured pencils and markers)

Application:

Fill in the application form provided during the event.

Entries will be accepted until 5pm on Day 3 of Anime Expo.

Results announcement:

-After 6pm on Day 3,

-Prizes may include art supplies, art books, or manga volumes.

About the event:

Anime Expo (AX) started in 1991 as “Anime Con” by the members of UC Berkeley’s anime club, Cal Animage Alpha. While AX has grown drastically over the years, the core goal has remained the same: to welcome attendees for a fun and memorable experience. Each year, Anime Expo brings together fans and industry from Japan, the US, and all over the world for the largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America. Anime Expo features the best in Japanese entertainment, music, fashion, and video games. Anime Expo is organized by SPJA, a 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to inspire the world through Japanese animation and culture.

Anime art contest link:

Deadline
8 July 2021

Who may enter
The competition is open to non-Japanese manga artists.

Details
The competition is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 

You may submit only one MANGA containing more than 16 pages.

There is no specific theme. 

Both published and unpublished works are eligible.

Your MANGA should be produced within the past three years (2018-2021).

Entry fee
The competition is free to enter.

Prizes
The Gold Award and the Silver Award winners will be invited to Japan to attend the award ceremony. During their stay in Japan (approximately 10 days trip), they will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Japanese MANGA creators, visit publishing companies and make an excursion to local sites.

Competition website
For further information visit the official competition website.

About:

The contest is open to artists worldwide. There four divisions for the contest: Art, entertainment, Manga, Animation. The contest will take place in Japan.

Submissions open:
1 July 2021

Submissions close:
3 September 2021

Who may enter
The competition is open to artists from around the world.

Details
The competition is organized by the Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee.

There are 4 divisions:

• Art Division – interactive art, media installations, video works, video installations, graphic art (including photographs), internet art, media performances, etc.
• Entertainment Division – games (video games, online games, etc.), video/sound works, spatial representation (including special effects videos and directions, performances), products (products utilizing media technologies, R&D devices, etc.), websites, applications, etc.
• Animation Division – animated feature films, animated short films (including opening videos, ending videos, etc.), animated TV series, videos for streaming, etc.
• Manga Division – comics published in a book form, comics published in a magazine (including works still being serialized), comics published online (for computer or mobile devices), self-published comics, etc.

Works must be completed or released between 5 September 2020 and 3 September 2021.

Entry fees
The competition is free to enter.

Prizes
For each division, a Grand Prize, Excellence Awards, Social Impact Award, New Face Awards, and U-18 Award will be awarded.

• Grand Prize: 1,000,000 Japanese Yen
• Excellence Award: 500,000 Japanese Yen
• Social Impact Award: 500,000 Japanese Yen
• New Face Award: 300,000 Japanese Yen
• U-18 Award: Certificate

Competition website
For further information visit the official competition website.