During the festival, awards are given in four categories: Art, Entertainment (formerly called Interactive Art; including video games and websites), Animation, and Manga. Within each category, one Grand Prize, four Excellence Prizes, and (since 2002) one Encouragement Prize are awarded. These are sometimes also called Japan Media Arts Awards.
| Year |
Grand Prize |
Excellence Prizes |
Encouragement Prize |
| 1997 (1st) |
Kage |
|
n/a |
| 1998 (2nd) |
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
|
n/a |
| 1999 (3rd) |
AIBO, model ERS-110 |
|
n/a |
| 2000 (4th) |
Dragon Warrior VII |
- Shenmue
- Stand-up Comedy Simulation
- Vectrial Elevation, Relational Architectecture
- Forest of Thoughts
|
n/a |
| 2001 (5th) |
Protrude, Flow |
- Pikmin
- Floating Eye
- Contact Water
- J-PHONE Sky Pavilion
|
n/a |
| 2002 (6th) |
Social Mobiles |
- CamCamtime
- Course
- type R
- His Master's Voice
|
Youkai Yamiwarashi |
| 2003 (7th) |
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles |
|
atMOS: Self-Packaging Movie |
| 2004 (8th) |
WarioWare: Twisted! |
|
Cherry-Clouds |
| 2005 (9th) |
Flipbook! |
- Nintendogs
- Hifana "Wamono"
- Mitsui Fudosan Shibaura Island 3LDK Image Movie
- Vodafone Design File
|
Incompatible Block |
| 2006 (10th) |
Ōkami |
|
Amagatana |
| Year |
Grand Prize |
Excellence Prizes |
Encouragement Prize |
| 1997 (1st) |
The Manga classics of Japan (32 volumes) |
|
n/a |
| 1998 (2nd) |
Sakamoto Ryōma, Hiroshi Kurogane |
|
n/a |
| 1999 (3rd) |
I'm home, Kei Ishizaka |
- All nude, Shinichi Sugimura
- Kokuritsu hakubutsukan monogatari, Jirō Okazaki
- Onaji getsu o miteiru, Seiki Tsuchida
- Harukana Machi-E, Jirō Taniguchi
|
n/a |
| 2000 (4th) |
Vagabond, Takehiko Inoue (art) and Eiji Yoshikawa (original story) |
|
n/a |
| 2001 (5th) |
F-shiteki nichijō, Yōji Fukuyama |
- Real, Takehiko Inoue
- Viva, Chef!, JAPUNCH
- Kamigami no Itadaki, Baku Yumemakura and Jirō Taniguchi
- Kurosawa / Blazing movie director: Akira Kurosawa biography, Masahiro Sonomura
|
n/a |
| 2002 (6th) |
Sexy Voice and Robo, Iō Kuroda |
- Ōzukami Genji monogatari Maro, n?, Yoshihiro Koizumi
- Taishi kakka no ryōrinin, Mitsuru Nishimura (story) and Hiroshi Kawasumi (art)
- 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa
- Say Hello to Black Jack, Shūhō Satō
|
Naze Hakase wa okotte iru no ka, Isao Ikegaya |
| 2003 (7th) |
Kajimunugatai: Kaze ga kataru Okinawa-sen, Susumu Higa |
|
Junkissa Nokoribi, Tai Itō |
| 2004 (8th) |
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Fumiyo Kōno |
|
Shōwa nijūnen no edekami, shi no Hachigatsu jūgojitsu, Watashi no Hachigatsu Jugonichi Association |
| 2005 (9th) |
Shissou Nikki, Hideo Azuma |
|
E-Cartoon , Yoshio Nakae |
| 2006 (10th) |
A Spirit of the Sun, Kaiji Kawaguchi |
|
Shiritori, Kazuko Chikuhama (story) and Kenichi Chikuhama (art) |
| 2007 (11th) |
Mori no Asagao, Mamora Gōda |
|
Tenken-sai, Yumiko Shirai |