{"id":91645,"date":"2016-09-30T11:56:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T02:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=91645&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-11-21T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T05:48:27","slug":"kitakyushu-international-manga-festival","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/kitakyushu-international-manga-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu International Manga Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manga Competition. The aim of the competition is described as \u201cto disseminate the charm and potential of [<em>manga<\/em>] in order to spread manga culture throughout Japan and abroad.\u201d &#8211; Judges incl. popular <em>manga<\/em> artists Leiji Matsumoto (Galaxy Express 999) and Tochi Ueyama (Cooking Papa). To enter submit an original, 4-<em>koma<\/em> (cell) manga &#8211; both pros and amateurs can apply and the grand prize is a whopping \u00a5500,000. You can apply from 9\/5 (Mon.) ~ 11\/18 (Fri.) at 14:00 (JST): online applications only. Winners will be announced in mid-Jan. and the award ceremony take place in Feb. 2017. &#8211; Application requirements can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/kitakyushu-mangataisho.com\/en\/outline\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and the application form <a href=\"https:\/\/kitakyushu-mangataisho.com\/en\/form\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-30-at-11.54.14-1024x865.png?resize=1024%2C865\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-09-30-at-11-54-14\" width=\"1024\" height=\"865\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-30-at-11.54.14.png?resize=1024%2C865&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-30-at-11.54.14.png?resize=300%2C254&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-30-at-11.54.14.png?resize=768%2C649&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-30-at-11.54.14.png?w=1266&amp;ssl=1 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9\/5 (Mon.) ~ 11\/18 (Fri.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 5F~6F Aru Aru City<br \/>\n\u2022 2-14-5 Asano, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka<br \/>\n\u2022 093-512-5077<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/kitakyushu-mangataisho.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kitakyushu-mangataisho.com\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manga Competition. The aim of the competition is described as \u201cto disseminate the charm and potential of [<em>manga<\/em>] in order to spread manga culture throughout Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-91645","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","event-type-culture","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/91645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}