11th Osamu Tezuka Award nominees

[Yukino Miyazawa]

ComiPress 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]

Originally Posted by 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.

The premise sounds really interesting. A manga about a matriarchal society. Hmm.

Maihime is about a ballet dancer.

Koukoku no Shugosha looks good. Battles, dragons, and tigers, oh my! :D