11th Osamu Tezuka Award nominees

[Yukino Miyazawa]

ComiPress (http://comipress.com/news/2007/04/30/1902) lists the nominees for the 11th Osamu Tezuka Culture Award:

Ooku by Fumi Yoshinaga [Hakusensha]
Osaka Hamlet by Hiromi Morishita [Futabasha]
Koukoku no Shugosha (Imperial Guards) by Story: Daisuke Sato; Art: Yu Ito [Shueisha]
Danchi Tomoo by Tobira Oda [Shogakukan]
Death Note by Story: Tsugumi Ohba; Art: Takeshi Obata [Shueisha]
Hyouge-mono by Yoshihiro Yamada [Kodansha]
Maihime Terepushikoora by Ryoko Yamagishi [Media Factory]
Moyashimon (Tales of Agriculture) by Masayuki Ishikawa [Kodansha]
It looks like Fumi Yoshinaga is getting recognized both in the U.S. and Japan this year, with nominations for an Eisner Award and now this.

[barbapapa]

I've heard good things about Hyougemono and Danchi Tomoo.

[Aiia]

Ooku would be a great choice. I've never heard about the others though, so I couldn't say if it's better than those or not.

[spaul]

Hooray for Danchi Tomoo and Hyougemono!

[Yukino Miyazawa]

Ooku would be a great choice. I've never heard about the others though, so I couldn't say if it's better than those or not.
The premise (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=7919) sounds really interesting. A manga about a matriarchal society. Hmm.

Maihime (http://www.callenreese.com/maihime.html) is about a ballet dancer.

Koukoku no Shugosha (http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2006-06-09) looks good. Battles, dragons, and tigers, oh my! :D