The best comics of 2021 will be decided based on everyone's tweets! Voting has begun for the "5th Annual TSUTAYA Comic Awards"
2021.04.02
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Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. / Tsutaya Bookstore Company
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. Tsutaya Bookstore Company (hereinafter referred to as TSUTAYA) has opened voting for the 5th annual "TSUTAYA Comic Awards, chosen by everyone" on Thursday, April 1st.
Everyone's Choice TSUTAYA Comic Award:http://tsutaya.jp/comic-awards2021/
This award is the only manga award that determines the next big hit, the "next breakout," comic work, solely through reader votes. The purpose is to suggest new recommendations from readers to readers.
The "TSUTAYA Comic Awards, chosen by everyone" is an award that allows you to find out about upcoming and noteworthy works early on through recommendations from comic fans, such as "Jujutsu Kaisen" (2019 Grand Prize), which has become a social phenomenon, and "SPY×FAMILY" (2020 Grand Prize), which saw sales of the comic increase by 187% and rentals by 282% after winning the award.
This year marks the fifth time the awards have been held, and just like last year, they will be hosted by "comicspace," a manga review information service with one of the largest databases in Japan, with over 200,000 registered works. https://comicspace.jp/), as well as BookLive (https://booklive.jp/) has joined the project and it has been decided that the event will be held on the largest scale ever.
In conjunction with this, three new awards will be established: the "TSUTAYA Premium Award," in which each company will conduct a rigorous screening of the most voted titles to select the title they would like to see made into a live-action drama; the "comicspace Award," which will select a work with high enthusiasm based on reviews, ratings, and attention from comicspace users; and the "BookLive Award," which will select a work that is particularly popular among BookLive readers.
The Grand Prize winner and winners of each category will be announced at an awards ceremony event in mid-June and will be prominently displayed in the book sales and rental comic sales areas of TSUTAYA stores nationwide. Voting comments from readers expressing their thoughts on the works will also be displayed in sales areas nationwide. In addition, we will be running a campaign in which five readers who vote will be entered into a lottery to win 5,555 T Points for a fixed period.
Voting began on April 1st, and on the first day, "#TSUTAYAComicAwards" became a trending topic on Twitter, with votes already being collected from numerous manga fans, manga artists, editors, and people involved in the manga industry.
Overview of the 5th Annual TSUTAYA Comic Awards
・Voting conditions for works: Unfinished manga works with up to 5 volumes published as of March 31, 2021
How to vote: Choose up to three works from the special page on the manga review information service "comicspace," and tweet the titles of the works on Twitter with the hashtag "#TSUTAYAComicGrandPrize."
(Your own poll image will be generated and posted to your account.)
*Everyone's review scores are samples
・Voting period: Thursday, April 1st to Sunday, May 16th, 2021
・Counting method: The number of votes from users will be added to the number of votes from TSUTAYA bookstore staff nationwide, and the results will be tallied.
The work with the most votes will be awarded the Grand Prize, followed by 2nd place to 10th place.
・Results will be announced at the awards event in mid-June 2021
- Fixed-time T-Point giveaway campaign: Five lucky voters will be randomly selected to receive 5,555 fixed-time T-Points. Winners will be notified via direct message to their Twitter account after the voting period ends. *Winners will be announced in lieu of being awarded T Points.
・Voting URL... https://comicspace.jp/t-award2021/?utm_source=press-release&utm_medium=text01&utm_campaign=t-award2021
■ Reference: Past winners of the "TSUTAYA Comic Awards"
2017 1st "The Promised Neverland" (Shueisha)
2018 2nd "Blue Period" (Kodansha)
3rd Award held in 2019: "Jujutsu Kaisen" (Shueisha) *From this award, the categories were combined and only the next breakout works were selected.
4th "SPY×FAMILY" held in 2020 (Shueisha)
■What is Comicspace?
"Comicspace" is a manga-specialized reading record/reading management service with one of the largest manga databases in Japan. If you keep a record of the manga you have read or want to read in the future, you will receive notifications about new releases of the works you have checked. It also contains genuine reviews and related articles from manga fans, so you can find the perfect work for you. It supports a comfortable manga life with a variety of features, including rankings, recommendations of recommended works, sample reading, creating original bookshelves, and communication between users.
"comicspace" official website:https://comicspace.jp/
■What is the comprehensive e-book store "BookLive"?
BookLive is the Toppan Printing Group's comprehensive e-book store. The service began in 2011 and boasts one of the largest selections of manga, books, light novels, magazines, and more in Japan. We prioritize reader convenience and provide a service that can be easily enjoyed anytime, anywhere. There are always over 10,000 titles available to try for free, mainly manga. In September 2020, in a survey on e-books and e-comics (survey commissioned by ESP Research Institute, survey subjects: 20-29 years old), we were ranked first in the "Easy-to-use e-book store" category.
BookLive general e-book store official website:https://booklive.jp/
■What is TSUTAYA Premium?
"TSUTAYA Premium" is a service that allows you to rent as many old DVDs and Blu-rays as you want (※1). You can rent as many discs as you like for a monthly fee of 1,100 yen, and there is no return deadline (※2). In addition, you can watch approximately 10,000 titles (excluding new releases and recent releases) on video streaming! You can enjoy hit movies, popular nostalgic dramas, and TSUTAYA originals anytime, anywhere. (*1, 2...There is a limit to the number of items that can be rented at the same time, and this varies depending on the store. )
"TSUTAYA Premium" official website:http://tsutaya.jp/cttp/
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The best comics of 2021 will be decided based on everyone's tweets! Voting has begun for the "5th Annual TSUTAYA Comic Awards"
Inquiries regarding this matter
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
Tsutaya Bookstore Company Public Relations
TEL: 03-6800-4764 MAIL: tsutaya_pr@ccc.co.jp
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