Anime NYC and Japan Society have revealed the 30 nominees for the primary American Manga Awards. The ceremony shall be held on August 22 on the Japan Society in New York Metropolis, previous the Anime NYC conference on the Jacob Okay. Javits Heart from August 23-25.
These awards acknowledge excellence in Japanese comics, celebrating people who’ve made vital contributions to manga’s reputation in North America and Japan. They purpose to honor excellent manga creators, tales, and publishing professionals who deliver manga to readers within the U.S. and Canada.
Along with the nominees, Frederik L. Schodt, famend translator and creator of Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics (Kodansha), would be the first inductee into the American Manga Awards Corridor of Fame.
Right here is the whole checklist of nominees in all classes talked about in PublishersWeekly.
Finest New Manga
The Darwin Incident by Shun Umezawa
Kodansha
Editor: Daniel Joseph
Translator: Cat Anderson
Manufacturing: Grace Lu, Pei Ann and Eve Grandt
#DRCL Midnight Kids by Shin’ichi Sakamoto, based mostly on Bram Stoker’s Dracula
VIZ Media
Editor: Andrew Kuhre Bartosh
Translator: Caleb Prepare dinner
Lettering and touch-up: Brendon Hull
Simply Like Mona Lisa by Tsumuji Yoshimura
Sq. Enix Manga & Books
Editor: Jennifer Sherman
Translator: Leo McDonagh
Lettering: Asher Caswell
Moms by Kusahara Umi
Glacier Bay Books
Editor: emuh ruh
Translator: Jocelyne Allen
Lettering: Tim Solar
Soara and the Home of MonstersI by Hidenori Yamaji
Seven Seas Leisure
Editor: Shanti Whitesides
Translator: Ben Trethewey
Lettering: Mercedes McGarry
Finest Persevering with Manga Collection
Blood on the Tracks by Shuzo Oshimi
Kodansha / Vertical
Editor: Daniel Joseph
Translator: Daniel Komen
Manufacturing: Risa Cho, Pei Ann Yeap, Evan Hayden
Scrumptious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui
Yen Press
Editors: Abigail Blackman, Thomas McAlister
Translator: Taylor Engel
Lettering: Abigail Blackman
Dinosaur Sanctuary by Itaru Kinoshita
Seven Seas Leisure
Editor: Linda Lombardi
Translation: John Neal
Lettering: JM Iitomi Crandall
She Likes to Prepare dinner, She Likes to Eat by Sakomi Yuzaki
Yen Press
Editors: Gained Younger Search engine optimization, Carl Li, Shalini Arimilli
Translator: Caleb Prepare dinner
Lettering: Phil Christie
The Summer season Hikaru Died by mokumokuren
Yen Press
Editors: Fortune Soleil, JuYoun Lee, Abigail Blackman
Translator: Ajani Oloye
Lettering: Abigail Blackman
Finest New Version of Basic Manga Collection
Minami’s Lover by Shungiku Uchida
Fantagraphics
Editor: Kristy Valenti
Translator: H. Paige
Manufacturing: C. Hwang, Paul Baresh
My Identify is Shingo by Kazuo Umezz
VIZ Media
Editor: Joel Enos
Translator: Jocelyne Allen
Adaptation: Molly Tanzer
Lettering: Evan Waldinger
Neighborhood Story by Ai Yazawa
VIZ Media
Editor: Karla Clark
Translator: Andria McKnight
Contact-up artwork/lettering: Michelle Pang
Okinawa by Susumu Higa
Fantagraphics
Editors: Andrew Woodrow-Butcher and Christopher Woodrow-Butcher
Translator: Jocelyne Allen
Lettering: Patrick Crotty, Kayla E.
UFO Mushroom Invasion by Marina Shirakawa
Residing the Line / Smudge
Editor: Ryan Holmberg
Translator: Ryan Holmberg​
Finest Translation
Stephen Paul (translation for Akane Banashi) by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue
VIZ Media
Editor: Rae First
John Neal (translation for Bocchi the Rock!) by Aki Hamaji
Yen Press
Editor: Thomas McAlister
David Evelyn (translation for Doll-Kara) by Kazuyoshi Ishii, Hanamura, and Kei Ryuzoji
J-Novel Membership
Editor: Zubonjin
Kevin Steinbach (translation for Issak) by Shinji Makari and DOUBLE–S and Shinji Makari
Kodansha
Editor: Sage Einarsen
Stephen Kohler (translation for Witch Hat Atelier) by Kamome Shirahama
Kodansha
Editor: Haruko Hashimoto
Finest Lettering
Tomoko Saito
lettering and retouch for Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Version Quantity 10 by Hiroaki Samura
Darkish Horse
Editor: Philip R. Simon
Phil Christie
lettering and retouch for Search & Destroy Vol. 1 by Atsushi Kaneko, based mostly on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka
Fantagraphics
Editors: Christopher Woodrow-Butcher, Eric Reynolds
Vadim Okay. lettering for They’ll Make a Man Out of You by Shiwasu no Okina
J18 Publishing
Editors: Dave Adams, David Goldberg
Lys Blakeslee lettering for Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama
Kodansha
Editor: Haruko Hashimoto
Rebecca Sze lettering for Tokyo Interstellar Immigration Vol. 3 by Mado Guchimoto
VAST Visible
Editors: Dave Adams, David Goldberg
Finest Publication Design
Phil Balsman
design for Preliminary D Omnibus
by Shuichi Shigeno
Kodansha
Editor: Maggie Le
Nicky Lim, cowl design and Karis Web page, lettering and inside design
for My Lesbian Expertise with Loneliness: Particular Version
by Nagata Kabi
Seven Seas Leisure
Editor: Jenn Grunigen
Translation: Jocelyn Allen
Adam Grano
design for My Identify Is Shingo
by Kazuo Umezz
VIZ Media
Editor: Joel Enos
Nicky Lim and Sandy Grayson
field set design for Orange Full Field Set
by Ichigo Takano
Seven Seas Leisure
Editor: Shannon Fay
Andrea Miller
cowl design for Tokyo Aliens
by NAOE
Sq. Enix Manga & Books
Editor: Sarah Tangney
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