Named after Osamu Tezuka, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (手塚治虫文化賞, Tezuka Osamu Bunkashō) is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.
Current prizes categories
Grand Prize – for the excellent work during the year
Creative Award – for the creator with innovative or epoch-making expression and fresh talent
Short story Award – for the excellent work or creator of the short story
Special Award – for the person or group who contributed to extend the culture of manga
Short Work Prize: Roswell Hosoki for his work in creating Sake no Hosomichi, and other manga.
Special Award: "That Weekly Shōnen Jump" - a specific copy of the magazine's 16th issue of 2011 that was shared by over 100 children at the Shiokawa Shoten bookstore in Itsutsubashi, Sendai immediately after the Great East Japan earthquake[37]