Announcing the winners of the International Comic / Manga School Contest 2023!

[CLIP STUDIO PAINT] We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s International Comic / Manga School Contest from amongst entries from 1,481 schools in 89 countries and regions around the world! ✨ Thank you for all of your entries! Take a minute to check out the winning entries of each category, from Comics and Manga to Webtoons and Bande dessinées - we’re sure they’ll all prove to be good reads! [To the Results]( ■Overall Grand Prize School of Visual Arts Artist: VIIIN (China) Title: Inside the Shadow [View]( ■Comic Category Award Virtual University of PakistanArtist: BlueBird0202 (Pakistan) Title: The Circle of Life: memento mori [View]( ■Manga Category Award Nihon KogakuinArtist: Fù Dà Guì / 富大貴 (Japan) Title: Lucia [View]( Wait up! Check out the runner up entries and the video on the contest page to watch speeches from the winners and judges, and read the articles to see the judges’ detailed critiques on the entries! They’re all sure to help you with your entry next year! [To the Results]( Comic fan? Check out these fun events and services! The sponsors behind this year’s contest are very influential in the comic world. See what they’ve been up to recently here! [SHUEISHA]( SHUEISHA is a Japanese publisher that specializes in manga, fashion magazines, and literary books. They publish a variety of comic magazines from Weekly Shonen Jump and Weekly Young Jump to Ribbon in Japan. As well as being the publisher of the worldwide smash hit, One Piece, SHUEISHA also provides manga fans with the Shonen Jump+, Manga Mee, and YoungJump! apps. [KADOKAWA]( An all-around entertainment company, KADOKAWA, runs a wide range of businesses in publishing, videos, games, web services, education, Tokorozawa Sakura Town and other IP merchandising services. The company’s free comic site, [Comic Walker]( features popular KADOKAWA manga. It boasts more than 4,000 titles ranging from media franchises to popular isekai comics. [BookLive is looking for original comic artists!]( Top all-round Japanese e-book store, BookLive, is looking for authors to write for two new collections: COMIC Ambre, a seinen manga anthology aimed at adults regardless of their gender, and COMIC Etoile, a collection of manga for women, offering realistic love stories that excite and delight in an isekai setting. Whether professional or an amateur, we look forward to falling in love with your entries! [Tsugumi Project, recommended by the masters of manga!]( After Kōhei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia), Akihito Tsukushi (Made in Abyss), and Katsura Terada, it's Nagabe's turn (L'Enfant et le Maudit) to recommend Tsugumi Project, an original Ki-oon creation! A special illustration will be included in vol. 6, which will be released on May 5th in France. The big names of manga salute the incredible work of ippatu, and Nagabe even admits to being inspired by it! His abundant lineart, post-apocalyptic world, and charismatic characters have already conquered his peers. Born in France, the series is now available in Japan, [Italy]( [Germany]( and soon in the [United States](. Check out a [free sample here]( and [the trailer here]( Official Ki-oon website: [www.ki-oon.com]( Ki-oon Twitter: [@ki_oon_Editions]( Instagram: [@ki_oon_editions]( Ki-oonTikTok: [@ki_oon_editions]( [pixiv]( pixiv is a social networking service that allows creators to communicate through the artwork they post and to publish and exchange illustrations, manga, novels, and other works. We are also running an event to encourage your first contributions to pixiv! Join us! [( [Wacom]( Pioneer of pen and display tablets made for creatives, used to create the world’s most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashion, and design. Click [here]( to learn more about educational use. [MangaPlaza]( MangaPlaza is one of the largest providers of digital manga in the U.S. Boasting over 76,000 titles from 40+ publishers, users can discover exciting works, including platform exclusives. We also offer a monthly plan that grants users access to 21,000 chapters for a great deal. Begin your journey on MangaPlaza and find your next favorite series! [FUNGUILD: On the lookout for talented creators!]( FUNGUILD produces and edits original comics that resonate with readers for consumption on a wide variety of digital comic sites in Japan and around the world. We are on the hunt for the next big talent in Girls’, Boys’, and Women’s manga. If you have the skills, we can guarantee you a series and immediate debut! We’re also looking for webtoon (vertically scrolling comics) creators and look forward to seeing all your entries this year! (Enter at: [( [Planeta Cómic]( Planeta Cómic (Grupo Planeta) was founded in 1982. We offer a wide range of the world's best shonen manga: Dragon Ball, My Hero Academia, Naruto, One Piece and Kaiju No. 8, as well as kodomo, seinen, shojo, yuri, and BL manga. We also have our own successful magazine: Planeta Manga. As for North American comics, our Star Wars books and independent works deserve special mention. Both our collection of national graphic novels (Los pacientes del doctor García, Voces que cuentan, Cuatro poetas en guerra) and international graphic novels (From Hell, The Hunting Accident, The Eternaut) are all highly acclaimed. [DUPUIS]( Dupuis is a Belgian publisher with over 100 years of history, and the main creator of many great Franco-Belgian comic heroes, such as Spirou, the Marsupilami and Gaston Lagaffe, to name a few. It is also known as the publishing house with the most diverse library in Europe, with titles in teen & young adult comics, manga, webtoons, graphic novels, news and many other genres.The Dupuis group owns the Vega Dupuis manga label, which is due to publish original manga titles by artists from all over the world, as well as its own platform of original webtoons in English and French, Webtoon Factory. Dupuis is on the lookout for young talents in the manga, webtoon, comics, and bande dessinée fields. [Webtoon publisher RED SEVEN: on the lookout for international creators]( RED SEVEN is a company founded with the combined powers of REDICE STUDIO, creators of "Solo Leveling," and L SEVEN, creators of "Omniscient Reader." They aim to provide a superior media experience for our readers and set the full potential of both companies into motion. With works such as "King of Excavation", "The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years" and "Lady Devil", RED SEVEN aims to realize the potential of both and provide readers with an elevated reading experience. They are looking for all sorts of manga works, beyond the webtoon genre they’re known for and look forward to your entries. [SORAJIMA Inc.]( SORAJIMA Inc. is a manga studio with the largest share of Webtoons produced in Japan. What’s more, while developing its global and multimedia offerings, the studio is also taking on becoming a platform provider and putting effort into its new manga app, SORACOMI, all built in-house. [Mangatari]( We are a Manga Artist Entertainment Production company with a vision to create the stage where the next generation of manga artists can be active and accelerate the evolution of Japanese manga. Working closely with manga artists' careers, we push the envelope on manga as an art form. We work with publishers and online bookstores to produce serialized manga and webtoons. We also operate the shared office for manga artists, Mangatari-sou. [SHOGAKUKAN]( SHOGAKUKAN is a general publishing company that publishes magazines such as comic magazines, children's magazines, information magazines, women's magazines, books and picture books. The comic magazine genre covers a wide range of readers from boys and girls to adults, such as CoroCoro Comic, Weekly Shonen Sunday, Sho-Comi, and Big Comic. The company also runs the comic app, Manga One, which has been downloaded over 20 million times. [BOOK WALKER Global]( BOOK☆WALKER Global is one of the world's most popular eBook stores and apps for reading over 29,000 digital Manga & Light Novels. Experience and enjoy the latest manga and light novels, mainly from Japan on your iOS and Android devices and/or the web viewer. [EVER GLORY PUBLISHING CO.,LTD.]( Founded in June 1991, Ever Glory Publishing Co., Ltd. has mainly had educational- and entertainment-oriented children’s books published and distributed. It once gained authorizations from SHOGAKUKAN, Kodansha, SHUEISHA, and Akita Shoten to issue Chinese versions of comics in Taiwan. As part of its recent focus on training manga artists and holding original manga contests regularly, the company also welcomes aspiring authors to submit their comics and novels whenever possible. [POCKET COMICS]( Pocket Comics is a manga app with a large selection of full color webtoons, known as comico in Japanese, Korean and Thai. In English, French, German and Traditional Chinese it is known as Pocket Comics and has been downloaded over 41 million times worldwide. [SILENT MANGA AUDITION®]( One of the biggest international manga competitions, exclusively without dialogue. It is organized by COAMIX Inc., a manga publisher founded by iconic creators such as Tetsuo Hara and Tsukasa Hojo. The competition aims to discover, nurture, and publish the next generation of international manga creators through exclusive opportunities, such as the MasterClass and Kumamoto-based Artists Village projects. [Minto Studio]( Minto Studio is a webtoon specialist, which built up a unique production system through its vast global creator network and 10 years of content production knowledge. It produces works in collaboration with a number of platforms including Kakao Pikkoma, with whom it has a business alliance with. At the moment, they are recruiting storywriters and other comic creators, and depending on your ability, there is a chance for an immediate debut and serialization deal! [Tokyo Name Tank]( Our goal is to support everyone in creating their own manga while having fun drawing it. We have produced many award-winning and debut artists. In addition to storyboard lessons that cover how to structure a complete 32-page storyboard, we also hold individual consultations and storyboard exchange sessions to answer concerns about the creation of comics. [Cork Co., Ltd.]( Cork is a creative agency with a mission to "Change the world, one person at a time, through the power of storytelling." A creator agency whose mission is to change each and everyone's world through the power of storytelling. The agency aims to create a world where comics can shine brightly, where excitement is generated from creators and fans connecting directly and building a model for entertainment that goes beyond traditional publishing and distribution. In line with this mission, we aim to build the next generation of entertainment models with "Cork Studio," where new manga artists and editors team up to create works, and "Cork Lab Manga Senka," which trains professional manga artists whose main area of activity is through social media and fan communities. [LINE WEBTOON]( LINE WEBTOON is a new global digital comics platform available on both computer and mobile devices. The Traditional Chinese version was released in July 2014 and is dedicated to providing readers with manga content that you won’t want to put down once you start reading! LINE WEBTOON also strives to nurture Taiwanese creators. For more information, see their official website: [( [GA Comic]( GA Comic is a new manga label presented by the GA Bunko editorial department! GA Comics is a new label that focuses on comic renditions of stories from various genres, from otherworldly fantasy to romantic comedy. Create new and exciting works together with GA Comics, which spreads the fun of GA Bunko! [●Check out Chapter 1 of GA Comic's "Akuyakureijou to akuyakureisoku ga deatte koi ni ochitanara." (Japanese only)]( [Japan Cartoonists Association]( The Japan Cartoonists Association was established in December 1964 as the only nationwide organization of Japan's manga artists at that time and became an Incorporated Association in 1985 before becoming a Public Interest Incorporated Association in 2014. It is engaged in a variety of projects, such as research on comics, efforts in popularizing comics and comics culture, and comics cultural exchange with other countries. [General Incorporated Association Manga Japan]( Manga Japan is an organization that aims to promote the development of manga culture and artists, contribute to society through the manga industry, promote international exchange, and improve production environments for manga authors and others involved in the industry. [Digital Manga Association]( The Digital Manga Association is an organization of volunteers established to explore creative technologies for the creation of digital manga and comics and research copyright issues caused by digitization. [Contest Website]( [Twitter @clipstudiopaint]( [Facebook @celsys.clipstudiopaint]( [Instagram @clipstudioofficial]( [CLIPSTUDIOPAINTchannel]( CLIP STUDIO PAINT Channel]( [TikTok @clipstudioofficial]( [( Studio Support]( [Official Tips and Tutorials]( From: CELSYS,Inc. [( This email is sent by Celsys, Inc. to customers who have a Clip Studio Account and have opted into receiving email newsletters, or contestants of the International Comic / Manga School Contest 2023. Clip Studio Account holders: To unsubscribe, go to Newsletter under Edit Account Information. [Click here to unsubscribe.]( If you are a contestant and would like to unsubscribe, or would like to inquire about this newsletter, please contact us at [Clip Studio SUPPORT](. 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