Angouleme Essential Awards Overviews

The Comics Reporter and comics212.net looks at the nominees for the Angouleme Essential Awards, the prize of which will be handed out at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinee. Manga nominated for the award are:

  • Avant la prison by Kazuichi Hanawa
  • Gyo by Junji Ito
  • In the Clothes Named Fat by Moyoco Anno
  • Jacaranda by Kotobuki Shiriagari
  • Ki-Itchi by Hideki Arai
  • Non Non Ba by Shigeru Mizuki
  • Sorcieres by Daisuke Igarashi
  • Zipang by Kaiji Kawaguchi