Manga contest registration

Shibuya Productions and SHUEISHA Inc. are sponsoring a manga creation contest as part of the Monaco Anime Game International Conferences (MAGIC) in partnership with Shibuya International.

The contest is free and open to all.

Entry forms should be submitted by email to mangacontest@magic-ip.com, along with a scanned image file of these signed terms and conditions and a link to a server where we can download your full work.

Schedule:
For reasons beyond control, Shibuya Productions may have to modify this schedule – any change will be announced on the magic-ip.com website which participants are advised to visit on a regular basis, as well as by email, 15 days to the event at the latest.

The contest dates will be as follows:

From April 4^th to September 15^th 2016 – Registrations and submissions
September 30^th – Submission deadline. All entry forms submitted after September 30^th 2016 at 12:00 am CET will be rejected.
From October 1^st to October 30^th 2016 – Shortlist of 10 stories by the shortlisting judges
Tuesday November 7^th 2016 – Announcement of the selected stories
From November 8^th 2016 to January 10^th 2017 – Translation of the selected 10 stories into Japanese
January 10^th 2017 – Submission to SHUEISHA Inc.
First quarter of 2017 – Deliberations of the judges in the presence of the selected artists to determine the winner and their heir apparent.

The judges of the final will select a winner and their heir apparent:

- The heir apparent will receive a certificate of participation as a finalist and their work will be published on the Shônen Jump + website.

- The winner will receive a first prix certificate and their work will be published on Shônen Jump +. Shibuya Productions will also offer them a one month trip to Japan (including a return ticket in economy class for one person, transportation from the airport to the accommodation, accommodation in Tokyo for one person). During the trip, the winner will meet a tantô (publisher) from Shônen Jump.

Do you want to register ? Download Terms and Conditions HERE.

To be valid, these have to be initialled and signed !

To see the template, please click HERE.

Registration for the event

MAGIC#3 will happen on February 18th 2017 in the Grimaldi Forum Monaco! Registrations are closed!

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Editorial

Cédric Biscay
It is a great honour for Shibuya Productions to announce the third Edition of Monaco Anime Game International Conferences (MAGIC) taking place next 18h February in Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum. Being myself a fan of mangas, video games, animation and comics, I just wanted to share those passions with people who love those worlds by bringing them some of the greatest artists from around the world. Read more...