The top of the wish list: "It's like being in a dream" by Mr. Okimoto of Fukagawa, "Kita no Manga Grand Prix" [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital].

Monday, February 26, 2024

The Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, an Internet site operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun (Sapporo City), features an article (dated February 22) titled "Fukagawa's Mr. Okimoto's 'Kita no Manga Taisho' (North Manga Grand Prize), the pinnacle of his long-cherished dream.

The article states, "[Fukagawa] City resident Maka Okimoto, whose pen name is Maka Okimoto (real name and gender not disclosed), won the Governor's Prize, the highest award in the manga division of the 8th Kita no Manga Grand Prix (organized by Hokkaido and Sapporo City) for her manga "Hirasoru Romantica," set in the town of Hokuryu-cho's Sunflower Village.

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The North Manga Grand Prix was awarded to Mr. Okimoto of Fukagawa in the Manga category and to Mr. paraff of Saitama in the Illustration category [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital].

February 6, 2024 (Tuesday) The Hokkaido Shimbun Digital, an Internet site operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun (Sapporo), has announced the "Kita no Manga Grand Prix ...

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