Les Cités Obscures(Cities of the Fantastic)
Benoît PEETERS / François SCHUITEN
Translation: FURUNAGA Shin-ichi / HARA Masato [France / Belgium / Japan]
Grand Prize
Original Book: Published January 1985 to January 1996
Japanese Version: Published 19 December 2011

©Benoît Peeters, François Schuiten, Casterman, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd.

Gaku, Minnna no Yama (Peaks, Everyone's Mountains)
ISHIZUKA Shinichi [Japan]
Excellence Award

Big Comic Original
Start of series: 20 September 2003 issue
End of series: 5 June 2012 issue

©ISHIZUKA Shinichi

Mashiro no Oto (Sound of Snow White)
RAGAWA Marimo [Japan]
Excellence Award

Monthly Shonen Magazine
Start of series: 6 December 2010 Issue
(series still in progress)

©RAGAWA MARIMO

Muchacho
Emmanuel LEPAGE [France]
Excellence Award

Original Book: Published 5 May 2004
Japanese Version: Published 12 April 2012

Muchacho©Dupuis, by Lepage

GUNSLINGER GIRL
AIDA Yu [Japan]
Excellence Award

Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh
Start of series: July 2002 issue
End of series: November 2012 issue

©AIDA YU

Koori no Te, Siberia Yokuryuu-ki (Frozen Hands: Tales of a Siberian Prison Camp Survivor)
OZAWA Yuki [Japan]
Excellence Award

Doujinshi (self-published): Published 17 August 2008 (B5 size, all three books)
Major Publication: Published 24 July 2012

©OZAWA Yuki

Sennen Mannen Ringo no Ko (Apple Children of Aeon)
TANAKA Ai [Japan]
New Face Award

ITAN No.7
Start of series: 22 December 2011
(series still in progress)

©Ai Tanaka / KODANSHA

Bokura no FUNKA-sai (Our "Eruption" Festival)
SHINZOU Keigo
New Face Award

Big Comic Spirits
Start of series: No.17, 2012 issue
End of series: No.33, 2012 issue

©Keigo Sinzo 2012