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asianbeat held its first ever 4koma contest in 2012. Last year we had 410 entries from overseas. Also the newly-established "For outside Japan Award" which goes to the selected piece that has been suｂmitted from outside Japan saw a submission of 332 different pieces, all of which were beautifully done. A lot of people sent us their work from many places and we could see the small differences in style and humor. Since a 4koma manga depicts a story though a limited use of words, its something that can be enjoyed through the pictures and the feelings they invoke.
To see the submissions that passed the preliminary screenings from our "The Second Annual asianbeat 4Koma Manga Contest" please follow this link: The Second Annual asianbeat 4Koma Manga Contest[Final Selection of Works]
⇒http://asianbeat.com/en/award/4manga2nd/vote2nd.html

This year, for our third annual contest we have decided to leave the theme up to you! Send us whatever piece you deem to be funny, charming, or interesting.
For one of our newly-established contest sections, the "Fukuoka Award," we are looking for funny, cute, or interesting 4koma manga that are in some way related to Fukuoka. We are very much looking forward to seeing some of your Fukuoka stories!
For more details about our "Third Annual asianbeat 4Koma Manga Contest" please refer to the following:The Third Annual asianbeat 4Koma Manga Contest
⇒http://asianbeat.com/en/award/4manga3rd/

We asked the popular Chinese manga artist 19van to draw an example of a 4koma manga for us for our "Third Annual asianbeat 4Koma Manga Contest."
19van's "兔子帮(RABBIT GANG)" is a comic book series for children released in 2007 that consists of 32 volumes and has sold a total of over 5.1 million copies. He also does anime series and will be releasing his second series, which is scheduled to be broadcasted at the end of this year. 19van's original characters will be making an appearance in this short 4Koma manga strip. Please check below, they're very cute! (Editorial Dep't.: Kaneko)