The 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award was announced, marking the pinnacle of the new generation of Japanese comics

The final results of the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award, a cultural award hosted by Japan's Asahi Shimbun and dedicated to strictly selecting works by outstanding figures in the Japanese comics industry, have just been announced, and the grand prize was won by "The Lantern of the Goddess of the Night."

The Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award is a manga cultural award in memory of the Japanese and even the world's manga master, Mr. Osamu Tezuka. It is hosted by the Asahi Shimbun and was first held in 1997. This year is the 24th. The award aims to discover the best talents and works of the new generation of Japanese manga. It is recognized as the highest level award in the Japanese manga industry. The first winner was Doraemon.

"The Lantern of the Goddess of the Night" is a representative work of Japanese manga artist Takahama Hiroshi. It tells the story of the end of the war in 1878 (Meiji 11), and the profit-seeking merchants who focus on overseas trade began to appear in Nagasaki. Miyo, a girl who lost her relatives in the Southwest War, went to the prop shop "Man" to find a job, and then got the most advanced products that the owner Koura Centennial got from the Paris World Expo, and lived in the excitement and noise of this beautiful post-war era.