John Aggs (West Sussex) and his manga-style comic "Knives" has won Tokyopop's second "Rising Stars of Manga U.K. & Ireland" competition. The winning entries are published in Tokyopop's nationally distributed "Rising Stars of..." anthology, with the authors "offered a chance to submit a proposal to create a series of books, usually lasting three volumes". Many of the winners are already published by Sweatdrop; one of the UK's only "original manga studios".
- GRAND PRIZE
John Aggs of West Sussex, England (Knives)
- SECOND PLACE
Selina Dean of Cambridge, England (Poison)
- THIRD PLACE
Hannah Saunders of the Isle of Wight (Beyond)
- PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Suzanne Lam of West Yorkshire, England