Digital Ehon Award Ceremony! This year, we received entries from a record-high 32 countries.
Attendees traveled all the way from Germany, Denmark, Chile, and Thailand to join us at the ceremony,
and we also welcomed participants from the embassies of the Philippines, Norway, Poland, and France, among others, making for a truly international event.
Of course, we also had participants from all across Japan, which was truly touching.
We’ll create a page introducing the winning works at a later date, but for now, here’s a quick update on the results.
New initiatives this year included the establishment of the Digital Educational Materials Award and the Sesame Street Award.
Additionally, although it wasn’t originally planned, we received so many entries from children that we decided to create a “Kids’ Award” during the judging process.
The International Digital Ehon Fair, held in conjunction with the awards, featured 624 works from 48 countries and was bustling with activity all day long. It has been five years since we launched the Digital Ehon Awards with the goal of pioneering
new realms of expression, and over these five years, the event has achieved remarkable growth in both quality and quantity.
In the first year, a digital adaptation of a famous picture book won the Grand Prize. We began by digitizing print books.
In the second year, a work by a middle school student won an award. This made us realize that anyone can be a creator of Digital Ehon.
In the third year, we received numerous entries from overseas, making us realize that Digital Ehon truly transcends national borders.
In the fourth year, a work combining cardboard and a smartphone won the award. Digital Ehon began to break free from tablets and smartphones and fuse with various other fields.
And now, in the fifth year, we have received numerous entries that foreshadow a new era, making full use of cutting-edge technologies such as AR, and the scope of their application is expanding from the home to educational settings.I’m already looking forward to seeing what kind of entries we’ll receive
next year. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who
participated, everyone who provided support and sponsorship, the judges,
and everyone who helped create the Digital Ehon Award together.
Thank you very much!
And to all the winners, congratulations once again!

[Results Announced]
Grand
Prize: Lucy & Pogo – play, listen and learn / catsndogz gbr (Germany)
; Runner-up
: Mur / Step In Books (Denmark)
;
Judges’ Special Award (Koji Ishikawa Prize): BOUM! / Les Inediteurs (France) Tsuguhiko
Kadokawa Award: Fox Tales / OhNoo Studio (Poland)
Yuichi Kimura Award: Oh! The Magic Drawing App / Anouck Boisrobert & Louis Rigaud (France)
Yoichi Sakakibara Award: Artie’s Magic Pencil / Minilab Studios (United Kingdom)
Tomoe Shinohara Award: ExplorArt Klee – The Art of Paul Klee, for Kids / Lapisly (Spain)
Tomoyuki Sugiyama Award: The Gruffalo Spotter / Magic Light Pictures (United Kingdom)
Kiyoko Matsuoka Award: Wuwu & Co. – a magical picture book / Step In Books (Denmark)
Tetsuya Mizuguchi Award: CHOMP by Christoph Niemann / Fox and Sheep GmbH (Germany)
Kenichiro Mogi Award: Alice in the Land of AR / Takashi Mukai, Bak Young-hyo, Kei Shiratori (Japan)
Sesame Street Award
: Wuwu & Co. – a magical picture book / Step In Books (Denmark)

Honorable Mentions: Smart PJ’s / Smart PJ’s (USA)
Pechat / Hakuhodo Inc. (Japan)
TOTO 01 AR/VR/MR BOOK+APP / VICTORIA PRODUCTIONS INC (South Korea)
Vehicle Encyclopedia / Creemo Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Endless Learning Academy / Originator Inc. (USA)
Nighty Night Circus / Fox and Sheep GmbH (Germany)
Thinkrolls Kings & Queens / Avokiddo (Cyprus)
DNA Play – Create and Play with Funny Monsters / Avokiddo (Cyprus)
Mortimer and the Dinosaurs / chiquimedia (Spain)
Town / Sago Mini (Canada)
codeSpark Academy with the Foos / codeSpark, Inc. (USA)
World Palette / Studio Beatniks, Ltd. (Japan)
Dr. Seuss’s ABC – Read & Learn – Dr. Seuss / Oceanhouse Media (USA)
Pin-Kuru Color / Tomomi Amino (Japan)
SUM! Number Dance / Anfani Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Naaay! Taaay! (Mooom! Daaad!) / Adarna Digital – Adarna House, Inc. (Philippines)
Green Riding Hood / Bobaka LLC (Belarus)

Digital Ehon: Kids' Award

Grand Prix
: Save the Sun! The Great Campaign / Uber Programming School (Japan)
Runner-up
: Ant Man vs. Ant Man / Goshin Nakashiro (Japan)
Honorable Mention
: When I Plant a Seed / Seiichi Sakiyama (Japan)
A Message to Someone I Love / Laki Laki Kids Programming (Japan)
“Let’s Share the Charm of Our Town! Inagi City Tourism PR—Viewpoint Course” / Super Kids (Japan)
100 Little Pigs / Kagawa Fujimioka Kindergarten—Biscuit School (Japan)
Space Travel / Kagawa Fujimioka Kindergarten—Biscuit School (Japan)

Digital Educational Materials Award

Runner-up
: “Pikke’s Picture Books for iPad” / Good Grief Co., Ltd. (Japan)
BuriBooks / Adarna Digital – Adarna House, Inc. (Philippines)
Honorable Mention
: “Time Travel Trondheim” / ablemagic AS (Norway)
“Anzan Man and the Math Stones” / Creemo Co., Ltd. (Japan)
One Globe Kids – friends around the world / Globe Smart Kids (USA)
Mammals by Tinybop Inc. / Tinybop Inc. (USA)