CARTOON FESTIVALS JAPAN
Best Cartoons of Nippon
ADDRESS: The Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of the Saitama
City Humor Center - Cultural Affairs Division, Department of Community Service
and Cultural Service, City of Saitama.
6-4-4 Tokiwa, Saitama City, Saitama 336-8633, Japan
CONTACT: Tomoyuki Murata Chairman or Ms. Keiko Tonegawa
TELEPHONE: 81/48-829-1226
FAX: 81/48-647-8042
FIRST YEAR: 1991
FREQUENCY: Annual
ELIGIBILITY: Only invited participants
CLASSIFICATION: Gag
CATALOGUE: Every Participant
THEME: Free and Theme
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: 1 in each category
MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS: A3
DEADLINE: August 31
EXHIBITION: November
AWARDS: None
ARTWORKS: Will be returned
International Manga Festa
ADDRESS: Message Cartoon Festa Section Hida Cartoon Kingdom c/o Miyagawa-mura
Office, 50-1 Hayashi, Miyagawa-mura, Yoshiki-gun, Gifu-ken 509-44, Japan
CONTACT: Noriaki Michishita
TELEPHONE: 81/577-63-2311
FAX: 81/577-63-2048
FIRST YEAR: 1994
FREQUENCY: Every 3 years
ELIGIBILITY: Open international. Faxes are also OK.
CLASSIFICATION: General
CATALOGUE: To every participant
THEME: Free
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: Free
MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS: From post card size to A4 (210 x 290 mm)
DEADLINE: July 10
EXHIBITION: August
AWARDS: Grand Prize 500,000 yen; Miyagawa Village Citizen's Award
300,000 yen; Excellence Award; 200,000; Honorable Mention; 100,000yen; Citation
50,000 yen
ARTWORKS: Will not be returned
Yomiuri International Cartoon
Contest
ADDRESS: 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda- Ku,Tokyo 100-8055 - Japan
CONTACT: Tadao Yoshida
TELEPHONE: 03/3242-1111 or 03/3217-9982
FAX: 03/3217-9829
WEB: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/cartoon
FIRST YEAR: 1979
FREQUENCY: Annual
ELIGIBILITY: Open international
CLASSIFICATION: Gag, Political
CATALOGUE: Only to those included
THEME: Free and theme that changes yearly
CATEGORIES: a. Youth; b.Adult
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: No limit
MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS: 297x420 mm
DEADLINE: October 15
EXHIBITION: January
AWARDS: GP = 2,000,000 yen; Hidezo Kondo Prize: 1.5 million yen;
Gold Prize: 500,000 yen;
Many other prizes
ARTWORKS: Will not be returned
INACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS
International High School Cartoon
Competition
ADDRESS:
International Continuous Education Center 9-5-204 Azuma-cho, Takasaki-shi,
Gunma-ken, 370 Japan
CONTACT: Satoru Kambe
TELEPHONE: N/A
FAX: N/A
FIRST YEAR: 1993
FREQUENCY: Annual
ELIGIBILITY: Open international. Participants must have been born
between
April 2, 1978 and April 1, 1981
CLASSIFICATION: Gag/Editorial
CATALOGUE: N/A
THEME: Hope
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: Free
MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS: A3-A4
DEADLINE: August 31
EXHIBITION: October 27-November 3
AWARDS: Will be announced.
Award winners traveling to Japan will receive ¥10,000 for cost contribution
ARTWORKS: Will not be returned
Kagoshima International Cartoon
Symposium
ADDRESS:
2-13 Shiroyama-cho, Kagoshima City Kagoshima Prefecture, 892, Japan
CONTACT: Sadao Sakai
TELEPHONE: 81/992-23-6966
FAX: 81/992-23-6966
FIRST YEAR: 1986
FREQUENCY: Annual
ELIGIBILITY: Open international
CLASSIFICATION: Political
CATALOGUE: To every participant
THEME: "Mankind and the 21st Century"
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: Free
MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS: 21x30 cm
DEADLINE: November 30
EXHIBITION: December
AWARDS: None
ARTWORKS: Will not be returned
Okhotsk International Cartoon
and Comic Exhibition
ADDRESS:
Town Office of Kamiyubetsu-cho, Aza Tondenshigaichi, Kamiyubetsu-cho,
Mombetsu-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
CONTACT: Katsuhiro Yago
TELEPHONE: 81/1586-2-2111
FIRST YEAR: Information not available
FREQUENCY: Annual
ELIGIBILITY: Open international
CLASSIFICATION: Gag and Comics
CATALOGUE: Only to those included
THEME: Free
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: No limit
MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS: 30x42 cm
DEADLINE: November 30
EXHIBITION: May
AWARDS: Grand Prize 500,000 yen; Two 2nd : 300,000 yens; Four 3rd:
200,000 yens; Six 4th: 100,000 yens; Three other prizes, plus 200 merit
awards in form of a copy of the exhibition's Award Winners Program
ARTWORKS: Will not be returned
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