Dec 01, 2024 09:00:00

'GIGAZINE Manga Awards' December 2024 Entries Open & Looking Back at Series with Final Episodes Nearing

The GIGAZINE Manga Awards accepts and judges serialization works every month. GIGAZINE is currently serializing three works, two of which are scheduled to be completed in a few more chapters. We are always looking forward to new works to join the serialization lineup. We have summarized the works that are about to reach the final installment

in 'The Fate of an Android Girl and a Look Back at the Trials of a Corporate Slave and Hero,' so please check it out.

Check out other ongoing manga and comics below!

'Let Me Make It! Ejima-san' Episode 1 'Let Me Make a Love Game!'

Read 'The Part-Time Life of a Hero and a Corporate Slave' Death 1 'I've started working part-time!'

Read 'Secret Palace' Episode 1: 'Loneliness, a Beautiful Girl, and an Android'

Check out the comic ' I'm the Gas Man!!, ' the story of Kiyu's year in the life of a new gas man, below!

Vampire x Maid x Garlic Gourmet ' Master, I Smell Like Garlic! ' Comic available below!

Also check out the comic '

Ame Ame Fure Fure Usoyandee ,' which depicts two weeks in the life of a girl who loves rain and a boy cursed by it!

◆Click here for the 'GIGAZINE Manga Award' application guidelines

If you have already read the recruitment requirements and just want to apply, please use the application form .

◆ Send your portfolio to apply for illustrations, storyboards, and illustration help positions

◆Click here for original script submissions for novels and screenplays

◆Looking back on the fate of the android girl and the trials of the corporate slave and hero
The story begins when Miyazono Kanon, who has a 'disposition to not make friends,' is suddenly confessed to by Miyazono Rion, an android girl with the same last name as her, who says to her, 'Marry me and become an AI just like me!' The first six episodes of ' Secret Miyazono ' have been released so far, and the eighth episode will be the finale.

Kanon finds Rinne annoying as she constantly invades her ordinary daily life, but after learning the secret behind Rinne's birth, the secret of her own birth, and the past hidden in Rinne's feelings, the two gradually make amends.

For Kanon, Rinne is a precious friend. But Rinne is filled with a deeper love. Kanon has accepted Rinne, but there are still many parts of her that she cannot accept.

However, the peaceful and happy days they thought they had achieved did not last long. Due to a mysterious coincidence, Rinne has the liveliness of a young girl and a deeper love than a human, but her true identity is that of an android with an important role. The relationship between the two is swallowed up by fate and is depicted in the last two episodes.

'The Part

-Time Life of a Hero and a Corporate Slave ,' about the chaotic struggles of Kuzuru, a hopeless hero who nearly died in another world and ended up warped to Japan, will be completed with the 9th episode, scheduled to be updated this month, and the 10th episode that follows. He wanders into Japan and thinks he's picked up by a beautiful woman, but is imprisoned in the ultra-black game company where she works and works hard every day. To top it off, someone comes to pick him up from the other world, and so he begins his hellish 'part-time life' in which he continues to work at a Japanese game company while risking his life as a hero in the other world.

Kuzuru's side job became training for him to gain knowledge and power, and he was able to break away from being a lousy hero. After that, he lived a busy but fun and peaceful life, facing off against a succubus who had infiltrated the company from another world to threaten the hero, defeating a doctor from the Demon King's army who lied and told him he only had three months left to live because his side job was too blackmail, and suffering a painful experience when he tried to defect to a white company in the same industry and to the Demon King's army.

However, one day, a huge crack appears in their otherwise peaceful daily lives. The appearance of a monster is reported on the TV news. Kuzuru is able to travel between modern Japan and the other world, Konam, thanks to special magic, so monsters shouldn't be able to come here. Furthermore, in the other world, one of Kuzuru's companions, Flare, falls ill with a serious illness that even healing magic cannot cure. The truth is that it's influenza, a disease that shouldn't exist in Konam.

In order to resolve the problem, Kuzuru is told that he must complete two of his current tasks: 'Complete the game' and 'Defeat the Demon King.' However, the game production hits a snag, and the monsters that were supposed to have been defeated are easily resurrected in the Demon King's castle. With his body in tatters and his mind broken by the hopeless battle, Kuzuru finally collapses. How will Kuzuru's final battle be resolved with the insufficient game resources and the immortal monster army? Please support him until the climax.

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◆ 'GIGAZINE Manga Award' Application Guidelines

・What happens if you serialize a manga on GIGAZINE?
・Completely remote work & work timing can be left to your discretion

・Serialized manga will be published on GIGAZINE, so people can read it first.

No strict deadlines make scheduling easy

- No restrictions on genre or target audience, anything is OK as long as it's interesting

・Assistants available to help with coloring and backgrounds (no need to pay for yourself)

・Because we are still a young label, it is easier for our opinions and requests to be accepted, just like a venture company!

・For those who have concerns about working as a freelancer, such as 'Is it okay if I don't know anything about laws or taxes?' or 'What is it like working on a serial with an editor?', we have published 'Guidelines for creating an environment where freelancers can work with peace of mind' in line with the guidelines of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. We have compiled a Q&A to answer any questions or concerns you may have, so please check it out.

Etc. If you have any other questions, please click here to contact us.

・Basic conditions:
・It is assumed that it can be read on a smartphone (no double pages, vertical scrolling is the standard)

・Full color, full digital (black and white works may be treated as 'original works', but applications are welcome)

・Any genre and the completed manuscript of 'Episode 1' and its behind -the-scenes materials should be submitted. Please send behind-the-scenes materials including character designs and settings, as well as a summary of the entire story in a range of 200-800 characters. Please note that if there are insufficient details in your application, we may not be able to proceed with the review.

・Manuscript format:
Please refer to ' The Princess and the Gamer ' for aspect ratio, file size, and resolution.

・Number of manuscript pages:
Free. Any number of pages is OK.

·others:
・Original works that you have already published in other media or on other platforms are OK

・Works that were published in magazines but never published in book form, or that were discontinued midway through due to unavoidable circumstances, are also OK. Please don't give up.

・Deadline:
Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 11:59:59 PM

・Review process:

After the first round of selection by the editorial team, the review process is scheduled as follows: The review process and stages may be subject to slight changes, so we will send you separate explanations and confirmations before the first round of review.

Phase 1: Evaluation in a closed environment that can only be viewed by GIGAZINE Secret Club members + Evaluation including making materials by the editorial department
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Stage 2: In a format that is more conscious of serialization, we will review the work after you have prepared additional necessary information such as the 'first episode manuscript' and 'plot up to the final episode.' If you have advanced to this stage, we will almost guarantee that your work will be serialized in some form.
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Final stage: The serialized manuscript will be judged by the editor-in-chief of GIGAZINE, evaluated by GIGAZINE Secret Club members, and judged by guests such as writers currently serializing in GIGAZINE, to determine the winner of the Grand Prize. In addition, if the work remains in the final stage, the serialization will be guaranteed.

・Rewards:

All the people who passed the first round and were selected for the first stage:
Prize money: 30,000 yen

2nd stage advancement:
An additional 20,000 yen prize will be awarded, plus an editor will be assigned to serialize the work.

Finalists:
If you advance to the final stage, you will receive an additional 50,000 yen prize (total of 100,000 yen) plus a guarantee that your submitted work will be serialized after being polished.

Winners and above:
Additional prize money from 100,000 yen + guaranteed serialization

Grand Prize:
Prize money of 1 million yen + guaranteed serialization of submitted work

・Results of submitted works selection
For works that proceed to the first stage of judging, we will contact you via email at the address you provided when you applied by the end of the month following the month of application with details about the judging.
Please note that in all other cases, we will not generally notify you of the results of the screening.

・Procedure after winning the award
After the serialization on GIGAZINE is over, the work will be made into an e-book and sold on Amazon. We will pay the prescribed manuscript fee and royalties to each of them. GIGAZINE will also be responsible for the sale and promotion of the e-book.

・Question Form:
If you have any questions about applying, please click here to contact us. If we receive similar questions repeatedly, we will compile them as an FAQ, so we appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

・Manga Award Application Form:

Click here

◆Applications for illustration staff, storyboard staff, and illustration helpers

・How to apply for 'drawing only':
Just show the URL of your portfolio or a collection of works in the Manga Award application form . Please write 'Applying for illustrations only' in the 'Other' column. There is no limit to the number of illustrations or manga for your portfolio, and there is no line on how many you need, but the more you have, the easier it will be to get recognition.

・How to apply for 'Name Composition Manager'
We are also looking for 'name composition' who will turn the original text script into a name. As with the illustration only, please send us as much information as possible about your portfolio, names of works you have created in the past, and manga works.

・Judging process for 'Artwork only' and 'Name composition':
Those who pass the first stage of screening, which is based on the portfolio, will be contacted by the month after the form is submitted. In the second stage, we ask you to actually draw a trial original. If you pass, it will move on to the final stage of voting.

・Rewards:
Participants who passed the first stage of portfolio screening and participated in the second stage:
Prize money: 50,000 yen
*Because this stage of judging requires additional manuscript work, all applicants who advance to the second stage will receive a stipend.

Winners of the final judging:
Additional prize of 100,000 yen + serialization guarantee

Grand Prize:
Additional prize of 200,000 yen + serialization guarantee

*Due to the nature of the original script, we cannot guarantee that your work will be serialized immediately, but we will guarantee that it will be serialized by making it a priority proposal.

・How to apply for help:
We are also looking for helpers who can help with the production of full-color manga. We also welcome helpers with underpainting characters, text placement, and backgrounds. This is a completely remote project and you can participate from home only when you can.

·conditions :
Nothing in particular. The flow is 'if you can work, choose what you want to take on from the task list and work on it,' so it's possible to not participate if you're busy.
You can also help out, earn some pocket money and improve your skills, while also creating original works and making suggestions to the editors.

・Rewards :
For 'coloring help' and 'background help,' the hourly rate is calculated using work management software. The hourly rate is set as a trial period at first, and can be increased based on the level of skill and the number of contributions made.
In the case of 'name composition', the manuscript fee will be calculated per page.

・How to apply :
On the GIGAZINE Manga Award application form , paste the URL where you can view your 'color manuscripts and portfolios you have worked on in the past' instead of 'address/URL for downloading work files'. Also, in the last 'Other necessary information we need to know', please enter the appropriate information you would like: 'Coloring help', 'Background help', or 'Name composition'.

・Manga Award Application Form:
Click here

◆ Original script submission requirements

・In addition to the manuscript for Episode 1 , please also prepare a plot (synopsis) from Episode 1 to the final episode . The synopsis should be a detailed summary of the entire story, between 100 and 800 characters, on the first page of the manuscript.

・The first round of judging will simply look at the entertainment value of the story and the completion of the first episode. If you make it through the second round to the final round, you will be judged on whether you can consistently write stage directions right up to the final episode, with the idea of actually creating the original manga.

・If you are submitting an 'original work only' and only text, you can simply paste the text into a Google document and enter the address of the shared link in the application form. In this case, please do not edit the document after submitting.

・Please make sure that your Google sharing settings are set to 'Anyone with the link.' If you leave it set to 'Restricted,' submitted work will not be readable. For more information, please check 'Share files publicly' in the Google Docs Help .

・Rewards:
All the people who passed the first round and were selected for the first stage:
Prize money: 30,000 yen

2nd stage advancement:
An additional 20,000 yen prize will be awarded, plus an editor will be assigned to serialize the work.

Finalists:
If you advance to the final stage, you will receive an additional 50,000 yen prize (total of 100,000 yen) plus a guarantee that your submitted work will be serialized after being polished.

Winners and above:
Prize money of 100,000 yen + serialization guarantee

Grand Prize:
Prize money of 200,000 yen + guaranteed serialization of submitted work

*Due to the issue of matching with illustrators, we cannot guarantee that your work will be serialized immediately, but we will guarantee that your work will be serialized by making it a priority proposal.

Click here for the application form

The Manga Award selection process includes the 'GIGAZINE Secret Club (GSC) Closed Review.' Whether you are a GSC member or not, please take this opportunity to become a member of GSC and witness the birth of a future masterpiece. Register for the GIGAZINE Secret Club here .

We look forward to receiving your submissions from all creators. Thank you very much.