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The Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia is an award for given to a comic book originally published in Asia and reprinted for sale in the United States of America. Comics by creators from Japan , South Korea , China , and Singapore have been nominated.
History and name change [ edit ]
Material from Asia was eligible for the Eisner award for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material from that award's inception in 1998 to 2006, winning it every year except 2003 and 2006. In 2007 that award was split into Best U.S. Edition of International Material and Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Japan . Starting in 2010 the current name of Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia was adopted.[ 1]
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
Year
Title
Authors
Translators[ note 1]
Ref.
2000s
2007
Old Boy (Dark Horse Manga )
Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi
[ 2]
After School Nightmare (Go! Comi )
Setona Mizushiro
Antique Bakery (Digital Manga )
Fumi Yoshinaga
Naoki Urasawa's Monster (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa
The Walking Man (Fanfare /Ponent Mon )
Jiro Taniguchi
2008
Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White (Viz Media )
Taiyō Matsumoto
[ 3]
The Ice Wanderer and Other Stories (Fanfare /Ponent Mon )
Jiro Taniguchi
MW (Vertical )
Osamu Tezuka
Naoki Urasawa's Monster (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa
New Engineering (PictureBox )
Yuichi Yokoyama
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Last Gasp )
Fumiyo Kōno
2009
Dororo (Vertical )
Osamu Tezuka
[ 4] [ 5]
Cat Eyed Boy (Viz Media )
Kazuo Umezu
Naoki Urasawa's Monster (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa
The Quest for the Missing Girl (Fanfare /Ponent Mon )
Jiro Taniguchi
Solanin (Viz Media )
Inio Asano
2010s
2010
A Drifting Life (Drawn & Quarterly )
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
[ 1] [ 6]
The Color Trilogy (First Second Books )
Kim Dong Hwa
A Distant Neighborhood (2 vols.) (Fanfare /Ponent Mon )
Jiro Taniguchi
Oishinbo a la Carte (Viz Media )
Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki
Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki
Jared Cook and Frederik L. Schodt
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa
2011
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa
[ 7] [ 8]
Ayako (Vertical )
Osamu Tezuka
Bunny Drop (Yen Press )
Yumi Unita
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories (Fantagraphics )
Moto Hagio
Rachel Thorn
House of Five Leaves (Viz Media )
Natsume Ono
2012
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (Drawn & Quarterly )
Shigeru Mizuki
[ 9] [ 8]
A Bride's Story (Yen Press )
Kaoru Mori
Drops of God (Vertical )
Tadashi Agi (Shin Kibayashi and Yuko Kibayashi )
Saturn Apartments , vols. 3-4 (Viz Media )
Hisae Iwaoka
Stargazing Dog (NBM Publishing )
Takashi Murakami
Wandering Son , vol. 1 (Fantagraphics )
Takako Shimura
Rachel Thorn
2013
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa
[ 10] [ 8]
Barbara (Digital Manga )
Osamu Tezuka
A Chinese Life (SelfMadeHero )
Li Kunwu and Philippe Ôtié
Edward Gauvin
Nonnonba (Drawn & Quarterly )
Shigeru Mizuki
Thermae Romae (Yen Press /Hachette )
Mari Yamazaki
2014
The Mysterious Underground Men (PictureBox )
Osamu Tezuka
[ 11] [ 8]
The Heart of Thomas (Fantagraphics )
Moto Hagio
Rachel Thorn
Showa: A History of Japan, 1926–1939 (Drawn & Quarterly )
Shigeru Mizuki
The Summit of the Gods , vol. 4 (Fanfare /Ponent Mon )
Baku Yumemakura and Jiro Taniguchi
Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist (Vertical )
Asumiko Nakamura
2015
Showa: A History of Japan, 1939–1944 and Showa: A History of Japan, 1944–1953 (Drawn & Quarterly )
Shigeru Mizuki
[ 12] [ 8]
All You Need Is Kill (Viz Media )
Hiroshi Sakurazaka , Ryosuke Takeuchi , Takeshi Obata , and yoshitoshi ABe
In Clothes Called Fat (Vertical )
Moyoco Anno
Master Keaton , vol. 1 (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa , Hokusei Katsushika , and Takashi Nagasaki
Pookie Rolf
One-Punch Man (Viz Media )
ONE and Yusuke Murata
Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki (Yen Press )
Mamoru Hosoda and Yū
2016
Showa: A History of Japan, 1953–1989 (Drawn & Quarterly )
Shigeru Mizuki
[ 13] [ 8]
Assassination Classroom , vols. 2–7 (Viz Media )
Yūsei Matsui
A Bride's Story (Yen Press )
Kaoru Mori
Master Keaton , vols. 2–4 (Viz Media )
Naoki Urasawa , Hokusei Katsushika , and Takashi Nagasaki
John Werry
A Silent Voice (Kodansha USA )
Yoshitoki Ōima
Sunny (Viz Media )
Taiyō Matsumoto
2017
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon Books )
Sonny Liew
[ note 2]
[ 14] [ 8]
Goodnight Punpun , vols. 1–4 (Viz Media )
Inio Asano
JN Productions
orange: The Complete Collection , vols. 1–2 (Seven Seas Entertainment )
Ichigo Takano
Amber Tamosaitis , adaptation by Shannon Fay
The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime (Stone Bridge Press )
Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions
Frederik L. Schodt
Princess Jellyfish , vols. 1–3 (Kodansha USA )
Akiko Higashimura
Sarah Alys Lindholm
Wandering Island , vol. 1 (Dark Horse Comics )
Kenji Tsuruta
Dana Lewis
2018
My Brother's Husband , vol. 1 (Pantheon Books )
Gengoroh Tagame
Anne Ishii
[ 15] [ 8]
Furari (Fanfare /Ponent Mon )
Jiro Taniguchi
Kumar Sivasubramanian
Golden Kamuy (Viz Media )
Satoru Noda
Eiji Yasuda
Otherworld Barbara , vol. 2 (Fantagraphics )
Moto Hagio
Rachel Thorn
Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories (Viz Media )
Junji Ito
Jocelyne Allen
2019
Tokyo Tarareba Girls (Kodansha USA )
Akiko Higashimura
Steven LeCroy
[ 16] [ 17]
Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition (Viz Media )
Tsutomu Nihei
Sheldon Drzka
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (Viz Media )
Inio Asano
John Werry
Laid-Back Camp (Yen Press )
Afro
Amber Tamosaitis
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder (Graphic Universe /Lerner Publishing Group )
Nie Jun
Edward Gauvin
2020s
2020
Cats of the Louvre (Viz Media ) [ note 3]
Taiyō Matsumoto
Michael Arias
[ 18] [ 19]
Witch Hat Atelier (Kodansha USA ) [ note 3]
Kamome Shirahama
Stephen Kohler
Beastars (Viz Media )
Paru Itagaki
Tomo Kimura
Grass (Drawn & Quarterly )
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Janet Hong
Magic Knight Rayearth 25th Anniversary Edition (Kodansha USA )
Clamp
Melissa Tanaka
The Poe Clan (Fantagraphics )
Moto Hagio
Rachel Thorn
2021
Remina (Viz Media )
Junji Ito
Jocelyne Allen
[ 20]
I Had That Same Dream Again (Seven Seas Entertainment )
Idumi Kirihara and Yoru Sumino
Beni Axia Conrad
I Wish I Could Say "Thank You" (Fanfare /Ponent Mon )
Yukari Takinami
Yukari Takeuchi
A Journal of My Father (Fanfare /Ponent Mon )
Jiro Taniguchi
Kumar Sivasubramanian
Ping Pong (Viz Media )
Taiyō Matsumoto
Michael Arias
Spy × Family (Viz Media )
Tatsuya Endo
Casey Loe
2022
Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection (Viz Media )
Junji Ito
Jocelyne Allen
[ 21]
Chainsaw Man (Viz Media )
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Amanda Haley
Kaiju No. 8 (Viz Media )
Naoya Matsumoto
David Evelyn
Robo Sapiens (Seven Seas Entertainment )
Toranosuke Shimada
Adrienne Beck
Spy × Family (Viz Media )
Tatsuya Endo
Casey Loe
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Viz Media )
Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata
Nova Skipper
2023
Shuna's Journey (First Second Books )
Hayao Miyazaki
Alex Dudok de Wit
[ 22]
Black Paradox (Viz Media )
Junji Ito
Jocelyne Allen
The Hellbound , vols. 1-2 (Dark Horse Comics )
Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok
Danny Lim
Look Back (Viz Media )
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Amanda Haley
PTSD Radio , vol. 1 (Kodansha USA )
Masaaki Nakayama
Adam Hirsch
Talk to My Back (Drawn & Quarterly )
Murasaki Yamada
Ryan Holmberg
2024
My Picture Diary (Drawn & Quarterly )
Maki Fujiwara
Ryan Holmberg
[ 23]
#DRCL midnight children (Viz Media )
Shin-ichi Sakamoto
Caleb Cook
Goodbye, Eri (Viz Media )
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Amanda Haley
The Horizon (Yen Press )
JH
Ultramedia Co. Ltd.
River's Edge (Kodansha USA )
Kyoko Okazaki
Alexa Frank
The Summer Hikaru Died (Yen Press )
Mokumokuren
Ajani Oloye
^ Translator was not officially listed until 2017.
^ Originally published in English.
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Current Awards
Awards for People Awards for Works Special Awards
Former awards
Awards for People Awards for Works