On Friday, July 14th, the results of the 7th World Silent Manga Audition, an international manga award run by Coremix, were announced. The World Silent Manga Audition is the world's largest international manga award, held with the aim of discovering and supporting new manga artists from all over the world. Manga artists Tetsuo Hara, Tsukasa Hojo, and Ryuji Tsujihara were invited as judges, and the audition has been held twice a year since 2012. The theme of the 7th audition was "Unforgettable Taste." Of 608 applications from 64 countries around the world, the following two people won the top prize. Zevania & Nattorin from Vietnam

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A total of 41 other winners came from around the world, including Italy, Indonesia, Spain, Russia, Malaysia, Hungary (first time winner), Libya (first time winner), and Turkey (first time winner). The top winners will be invited to Coremix's unique international manga artist training program, "SMA MASTER CLASS," where they will work with Japanese manga editors to create manga, just like young Japanese manga artists. New members to be added in the 7th and 8th auditions will be honored at a title awards ceremony to be held in Tokyo in early 2018. All previous winning works from the "World Silent Manga Audition" can be viewed on the official website, "SMAC! The Web Magazine." (Free) SMAC! The Web Magazine In addition, all submitted works to date (4,429 works in total as of June 2017) can be viewed on the "World Map" on the same site. world map The latest, 8th World Silent Manga Audition, is now accepting applications online. The theme is "Fair Play" and the deadline is September 30, 2017. Starting this time, applications from Japan are also accepted, and we are expecting even more excitement.