The Japan Media Arts Festival Awards Announced

On December 5, the Agency for Cultural Affairs announced the winning works for the 17^th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards that are given to excellent media artworks from inside and outside of Japan. The Grand Prizes were given to a media installation titled ‘crt mgn’ by Carsten Nicolai (Germany) in the Art Division; ‘Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989’ by SUGANO Kaoru, YASUMOCHI Sōtarō, ŌRAI Yū, Nadya Kirillova, YONEZAWA Kyōko, SEKINE Kōsai, SAWAI Taeji and MANABE Daito (Japan / Russia) in the Entertainment Division; an animated memoir film titled ‘Approved For Adoption’ by Jung / Laurent Boileau (Belgium / France) in the Animation Division; and a manga titled ‘JOJOLION – Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 8 –’ by ARAKI Hirohiko in the Manga Division. (Japanese)