Quino is a past winner of the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, cited alongside Studio Ghibli as a cartoonist laureate.
Quino, the Argentine cartoonist, appears in Yomimono coverage only as a reference point for the Princess of Asturias Award. A story about Studio Ghibli winning the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities notes that cartoonists Marjane Satrapi and Quino won earlier editions of the same prize. The story does not specify which year Quino won or provide further details about his work.
No other Yomimono stories discuss Quino. The coverage treats him as a past laureate in the category, placing him alongside other communication and humanities winners such as Margaret Atwood, Martin Scorsese, and Meryl Streep. The reference serves to contextualize the award's history and the range of recipients it has honored.
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Studio Ghibli has been awarded the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, becoming the first anime studio to win Spain's top cultural prize. The jury praised the studio's hand-drawn craft, environmental themes, and complex female protagonists. The award will be presented in October.
The Princess of Asturias Foundation named Studio Ghibli the 2026 recipient of its Communication and Humanities prize on Wednesday. The award, often described as Spain's equivalent of a Nobel, carries a Joan Miro sculpture, a diploma, and 50,000 euros. A jury statement said the Tokyo studio transformed creativity into knowledge and communication, citing its hand-drawn craft, environmental themes, and complex female protagonists as a cultural bridge across generations. The ceremony is set for October in Oviedo, with King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia presiding. Ghibli is the first anime studio and the first pure animation recipient in the category's history. The honor follows the studio's 2024 honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes. Past winners include Margaret Atwood, Martin Scorsese, and Meryl Streep. Cartoonists Marjane Satrapi and Quino won earlier editions. The foundation's announcement did not specify which films the jury discussed, though the citation mentioned values of empathy, respect, friendship, and love of nature.