Manga Jiman 2012 Competition Results

By John Freeman on February 15, 2013

First prize winners, Sara Ferreira and Gisela Martins. Photo: Embassy of Japan

The results of the Manga Jiman 2012 Competition were announced at a reception held at London’s Embassy of Japan on 8th February. The major manga-writing competition, now in its sixth year, continues to grow in popularity and unearth young, upcoming manga artists in the UK.

The first prize was awarded to Portuguese-born collaborators Sara Ferreira and Gisela Martins for their entry ‘I Love You’.

‘Moving House’, another collaboration but from husband and wife duo Susan and Steve Cook, received the runners-up prize while ‘Invidia’ by Katja Hammond was placed third.

Dounia Chanchorle won the prize for the most impressive Manga by an entrant aged between fourteen and sixteen for ‘The Lady In White’.

Manga Jiman 2012 Competition Results

Position	Title	Entrant(s)
1	I Love You	Sara Ferreira and Gisela Martins
2	Moving House	Susan and Steven Cook
3	Invidia	Katja Hammond
4	Ganbare, My Son	Wei Tran
5	The Boy Who Flew	Kieran Blue Walton
6	Saying and Doing	Dean McKnight and Jade Sarson
7	Sky Riders	Rhiannon Tate
8	A Comic Book	Joshua Green
9	Kumakop	Zuhaib Dalvi
10	Bon Appetit	Tammy Taylor

Special Prize for most impressive Manga by entrant aged 14-16	The Lady In White	Dounia Chanchorle

Manga Jiman 2012 Exhibition: 11 February – 29 March 2013

Visitors to the Embassy can enjoy reading all the shortlisted entries in our special exhibition, Manga Jiman 2012: The Winners, in which artwork from every entry we received this year will also be on display.

Open weekdays 09:30 – 17:30, closed weekends
Admission is free, but photo ID is necessary to gain entry to the Embassy.

The Embassy of Japan, 101-104 Piccadilly, London W1J 7JT

• For more updates on the competition please see https://www.facebook.com/MangaJiman

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.