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AnimeNews Network’s site reports that the 15th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes where announced in the Asahi Shimbun paper. This award is in recognition of manga that follow in Tezuka’s tradition of being a pioneer in manga. Grand Prizes went to the title Jin and Takemitsuzamurai, New Artist Prize went to the title Fullmetal Alchemist. The Short Work Prize went to Keisuke Yamashina. Congratulations to them all, follow the link back for the article.
FUNimation has released Part 1 & 2 of Hero Tales to DVD. Libraries that have fans of Fullmetal Alchemist will want to pick this up. The mangas are both written by Hiromu Arakawa and one can tell by the character artwork that it is by the same creator.
Anime News Network is reporting that Hiromu Arakawa, creator of Fullmetal Alchemist, will have a new title begin in the 19th issue of Shonen Sunday on April 6th. The site did not have the title of the new title, however as popular are Fullmetal has been in the States you can bet that a distributor will pick up this new title of Arakawa’s when it becomes available. Librarians don’t have to worry about this now, but keep it in the back of your mind for in the future. Link to the article below.