Embassy of Japan “Manga Jiman 2015: The Winners” Exhibition Opens Soon

By John Freeman on March 5, 2016

This year’s Manga Jiman Exhibition – Manga Jiman 2015: The Winners – opens at the Embassy of Japan on 21st March 2016.

Manga Jiman is a comic-writing competition organized by the Embassy of Japan to uncover the brightest talent in the country. For the ninth edition of the competition, entrants aged 14 or over created a short story based on the theme of ‘bright young things’.

Visitors to the Embassy can enjoy reading all the shortlisted entries in the special exhibition, in which artwork from every entry received this year will also be on display.

The judging panel has selected manga by a number of creators as the winning entries for this year’s Manga Jiman and Yonkoma Manga competitions. The following entries are listed in alphabetical order by title:

‘#1′ by Alex Brennan-Dent; ‘A Bright Future Ahead of You’ by Dalila Trovoada; ‘A Drop of Light in Your Photograph’ by Ho Ki Leung; ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ by Ami Clark; ‘Cyber Summer’ by Jennifer Epton; ‘Maleficium’ by Lauren Murphy; ‘Once Upon A Lunchtime’ by Katja Hammond; ‘Shadow of a Doubt’ by Pamela Lokhun; ‘Sonnegarten’ by Luca Fruzza; ‘Star Fish’ by Tammy Taylor; and ‘Too Bright’ by Rachel Rissa; and ‘Uphill’ by Megan Le.

• The Embassy of Japan, at 101-104 Piccadilly, London W1J 7JT is open weekdays 09.30 – 17.30, closed weekends. Admission is free, but photo ID is necessary to gain entry to the Embassy. Web: www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp

• For information and updates on the competition, find the Manga Jiman Page on Facebook here or follow the competition on Twitter @mangajiman

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.