Anime NYC and Japan Society have announced the 30 nominees for the inaugural American Manga Awards, set to take place on August 22 at the Japan Society in New York City. This event will precede this year’s Anime NYC convention, held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan from August 23-25.

The American Manga Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the world of Japanese comics, honoring those who have significantly contributed to manga’s popularity in both North America and Japan. These awards aim to elevate outstanding manga creators and stories, as well as the publishing professionals who make manga accessible to readers in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about this year's judging panels, click here.

Alongside the below nominees nominees, Frederik L. Schodt, translator and author of Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics (Kodansha), has been named the inaugural inductee into the American Manga Awards Hall of Fame.

The nominees for the 2024 American Manga Awards are:

Best New Manga

  • The Darwin Incident
    by Shun Umezawa
    Kodansha
    Editor: Daniel Joseph
    Translator: Cat Anderson
    Production: Grace Lu, Pei Ann and Eve Grandt
  • #DRCL Midnight Children
    by Shin’ichi Sakamoto, based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula
    VIZ Media
    Editor: Andrew Kuhre Bartosh
    Translator: Caleb Cook
    Lettering and touch-up: Brendon Hull
  • Just Like Mona Lisa
    by Tsumuji Yoshimura
    Square Enix Manga & Books
    Editor: Jennifer Sherman
    Translator: Leo McDonagh
    Lettering: Asher Caswell
  • Mothers
    by Kusahara Umi
    Glacier Bay Books
    Editor: emuh ruh
    Translator: Jocelyne Allen
    Lettering: Tim Sun
  • Soara and the House of Monsters
    by Hidenori Yamaji
    Seven Seas Entertainment
    Editor: Shanti Whitesides
    Translator: Ben Trethewey
    Lettering: Mercedes McGarry

Best Continuing Manga Series

  • Blood on the Tracks
    by Shuzo Oshimi
    Kodansha / Vertical
    Editor: Daniel Joseph
    Translator: Daniel Komen
    Production: Risa Cho, Pei Ann Yeap, Evan Hayden
  • Delicious 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 Entertainment
    Editor: Linda Lombardi
    Translation: John Neal
    Lettering: JM Iitomi Crandall
  • She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat
    by Sakomi Yuzaki
    Yen Press
    Editors: Won Young Seo, Carl Li, Shalini Arimilli
    Translator: Caleb Cook
    Lettering: Phil Christie
  • The Summer Hikaru Died
    by mokumokuren
    Yen Press
    Editors: Fortune Soleil, JuYoun Lee, Abigail Blackman
    Translator: Ajani Oloye
    Lettering: Abigail Blackman

Best New Edition of Classic Manga Series

  • Minami's Lover
    by Shungiku Uchida
    Fantagraphics
    Editor: Kristy Valenti
    Translator: H. Paige
    Production: C. Hwang, Paul Baresh
  • My Name 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
    Touch-up art/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
    Living the Line / Smudge
    Editor: Ryan Holmberg
    Translator: Ryan Holmberg​

Best 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 Club
    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

Best Lettering

  • Tomoko Saito
    lettering and retouch for Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Edition Volume 10
    by Hiroaki Samura
    Dark Horse
    Editor: Philip R. Simon
  • Phil Christie
    lettering and retouch for Search & Destroy Vol. 1
    by Atsushi Kaneko, based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka
    Fantagraphics
    Editors: Christopher Woodrow-Butcher, Eric Reynolds
  • Vadim K.
    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 Visual
    Editors: Dave Adams, David Goldberg

Best Publication Design

  • Phil Balsman
    design for Initial D Omnibus
    by Shuichi Shigeno
    Kodansha
    Editor: Maggie Le
  • Nicky Lim, cover design and Karis Page, lettering and interior design
    for My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness: Special Edition
    by Nagata Kabi
    Seven Seas Entertainment
    Editor: Jenn Grunigen
    Translation: Jocelyn Allen
  • Adam Grano
    design for My Name Is Shingo
    by Kazuo Umezz
    VIZ Media
    Editor: Joel Enos
  • Nicky Lim and Sandy Grayson
    box set design for Orange Complete Box Set
    by Ichigo Takano
    Seven Seas Entertainment
    Editor: Shannon Fay
  • Andrea Miller
    cover design for Tokyo Aliens
    by NAOE
    Square Enix Manga & Books
    Editor: Sarah Tangney

Voter registration for the American Manga Awards is open through July 27.