2016年5月31日火曜日

World’s largest digital children’s book award

  
Digital Ehon Award (digital children’s book award) defines any digital expressions for children on terminals other than TV and computer as “Digital Ehon,” including smartphone, tablet, signage, and electronic blackboard, and selects the superior works from the submissions for awards.
  It is cosponsored by the NPO “CANVAS” that I am involved with and “Digital Ehon” corporation.
 The grand prize in production section went to “Nott Won’t Sleep” by Developlay of Netherlands, and the second prize went to “Kiri Ehon (Cutout children’s book)” by Ms. Sansankan, a student from Women’s College of Fine Arts.

 We received 300 submissions from 19 countries for this year. It is the largest digital children’s book award in the world that surpasses the digital section of Bologna Children's Book Fair.
 The “International Digital Children’s Book Fair,” which was held at the same time received 200 submissions from 40 countries; this is also the largest digital children’s book exhibit in the world.

 We received comments from the judges.

◯Mr. Yuichi Kimura, children’s book writer
 I have written 600 children’s books, but I feel that digital children’s books go beyond the limits of existing children’s books. Children’s books until now had a protagonist, and the story went along with the protagonist’s thoughts. Digital children’s books are completed by the participation of each reader. I hope the fun of everyone’s participation spreads.

◯Mr. Koji Ishikawa, children’s book writer
 The point of digital children’s picture book is “Feel good.” I visited this year’s Bologna Children's Book Fair, looked around, and heard from people that they wanted to publish works from Japan. Digital technology is helping to bring the feelings of the world closer. Japanese children’s books are no longer ethnic. I want to present digital children’s books to the world.

◯Mr. Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, Chairman of KADOKAWA
 There has been a drastic change. Technology and contents are improving. Based on a digital invention such as tablet, creativity became rich. In addition, it is also important that creators of the works become happy economically. I want to create a distribution system to achieve that.

◯Ms. Rika Kayama, Psychiatrist
 As a psychiatrist, I thought creations were something that enticed the good things, which exist in the mind, brain, and the body. However, as I interacted with digital children’s books, I felt that I could perceive like this, or find the sprout of the story and spin it. It makes me feel the thoughts and emotions inside of me expanding. “Creation” expands the mind and the body. That is happiness, and I get worried how much it will expand. I want to serve as the judge for the rest of my life.


 Thank you for your participation. We look forward to seeing you next time.

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