The International MANGA Award was established in 2007 by the then Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Taro Aso with the aim of awarding MANGA creators who contribute to the spread of MANGA culture overseas.
This year, the applicant from Mongolia won the Gold Award N.Erdenebayar won Grand Prix by his comic titled "Bumbardai ". He is the first-ever winner of the International Manga Award from Mongolia. He had competed with 317 artists from 46 countries for the 8th International Manga Award.
SYNCRON N.Erdenebayar
I have been working as Manga artist since 2004 and had published over 100 comic and mangas for ten years. I have found the idea for the series 6-7 years ago and had implemented the idea 2 years ago. The judges of International Manga/Comics competition highly valued my piece because it had penetrated into the bottom of people’s mind through nomadic culture.
Currently, "Bumbardai" comic was published its ninth series and it aims to make understand the importance of protecting traditional Mongolian nomadic culture and disseminate cultural heritages to teenagers. Further, it is scheduled to publish 108 volumes.