"Jump+" app "World Maker" manga name contest results announced Grand prize winner "Teardrop Loop" published with illustrations by Yoshiyuki Miwa

The final selection results of the "Jump+ World Maker Contest 2," a contest to solicit manga name submissions for the app "World Maker" organized by the editorial department of Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump+ (Plus)," have been announced, and it has been revealed that Takato Hayato's "Teardrop Loop" has been selected as the grand prize winner. The grand prize winner will be illustrated by Miwa Yoshiyuki, who has also worked on "Shukyoku Engagement," and will be published in "Shonen Jump+," and will receive a prize of 500,000 yen. World Maker is an app that allows users to create manga names and storyboards for video content such as anime and movies. This is the second time the contest has been held, following the first in 2023, and solicited names for manga created with the app. Submissions began in July, and from the 13 works selected as finalists after the first and second rounds of selection, "Teardrop Loop" was selected as the grand prize winner, and Kamoi Kafu's "Yura Yura Yurururu" and Natsuyama Ame's "Katon to Nosege" were selected as honorable mentions. Grand Prize winner Hayato Takato commented, "I enjoyed "Zhugyoku Engage" illustrated by Yoshiyuki Miwa as a reader when it was serialized in Jump+, but I never thought that the day would come when I would have my story illustrated. I am very honored and really happy. World Maker is frequently updated, and the added functions and materials helped me a lot when I was creating my entry. If you have a story sleeping in your head, please try it out." Miwa said, "This was my first time serving as a judge, and it was a lot of fun! For me, who can only draw manga by drawing, all the submitted works were interesting, and I thought it was great to be able to create a story. I had the impression that there were many neatly put together works, so I would have liked to see more rough and outstanding works." Editor-in-chief of "Shonen Jump+", Nakaji Seijiro, said, "The finalist works had plans drawn from a slightly unusual perspective, carefully woven emotional stories, and attractive characters that were vividly drawn. Even if you can't draw, if you have something you want to express inside you, you can use the tool World Maker to give it shape, which was a fresh surprise for me as a judge. Even if you think you can't create, if you have even the slightest interest in creation, I hope you will follow me and jump in. You may discover talents in yourself that you didn't even know you had with World Maker. I look forward to discovering new talents in the future!" World Maker launched its service in July 2023, and has a total of over 46,000 users, creating approximately 114,000 works.