Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

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Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Awarded forBest U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
CountryUnited States
Presented bySan Diego Comic-Con Edit this on Wikidata
First awarded2007
Most recent winner: 2021Remina by Junji Ito, translation by
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

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[]

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 in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, & 2005). 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[]

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 (/) Jiro Taniguchi
2008 Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White (Viz Media) Taiyō Matsumoto [3]
(/) Jiro Taniguchi
MW (Vertical) Osamu Tezuka
Naoki Urasawa's Monster (Viz Media) Naoki Urasawa
(PictureBox)
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 (/) Jiro Taniguchi
Solanin (Viz Media) Inio Asano
2010s
2010 A Drifting Life (Drawn & Quarterly) Yoshihiro Tatsumi [1][6]
(First Second Books)
A Distant Neighborhood (2 vols.) (/) Jiro Taniguchi
Oishinbo a la Carte (Viz Media) and
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)
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 )
Saturn Apartments, vols. 3-4 (Viz Media) Hisae Iwaoka
Stargazing Dog (NBM Publishing)
Wandering Son, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics) Takako Shimura Rachel Thorn
2013 Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (Viz Media) Naoki Urasawa [10][8]
(Digital Manga) Osamu Tezuka
A Chinese Life (SelfMadeHero) Li Kunwu and
(Drawn & Quarterly) Shigeru Mizuki
Thermae Romae (Yen Press/Hachette) Mari Yamazaki
2014 (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 (/) Baku Yumemakura and Jiro Taniguchi
(Vertical) Asumiko Nakamura
2015 Showa: A History of Japan, 1939–1955 and Showa: A History of Japan, 1944–1953 (Drawn & Quarterly) Shigeru Mizuki [12][8]
All You Need Is Kill (Viz Media) Hiroshi Sakurazaka, , Takeshi Obata, and yoshitoshi ABe
In Clothes Called Fat (Vertical) Moyoco Anno
Master Keaton, vol. 1 (Viz Media) Naoki Urasawa, , and Takashi Nagasaki Pookie Rolf
One-Punch Man (Viz Media) ONE and Yusuke Murata
Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki (Yen Press) Mamoru Hosoda and
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, , 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
orange: The Complete Collection, vols. 1–2 (Seven Seas Entertainment) Ichigo Takano , adaptation by
The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime (Stone Bridge Press) and Tezuka Productions Frederik L. Schodt
Princess Jellyfish, vols. 1–3 (Kodansha USA) Akiko Higashimura
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]
(/) Jiro Taniguchi
Golden Kamuy (Viz Media) Satoru Noda
Otherworld Barbara, vol. 2 (Fantagraphics) Moto Hagio Rachel Thorn
(Viz Media) Junji Ito
2019 Tokyo Tarareba Girls (Kodansha USA) Akiko Higashimura [16][17]
Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition (Viz Media) Tsutomu Nihei
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (Viz Media) Inio Asano John Werry
Laid-Back Camp (Yen Press)
(Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group)
2020s
2020 Cats of the Louvre (Viz Media) [note 3] Taiyō Matsumoto Michael Arias [18][19]
Witch Hat Atelier (Kodansha USA) [note 3]
Beastars (Viz Media) Paru Itagaki
(Drawn & Quarterly) Janet Hong
Magic Knight Rayearth 25th Anniversary Edition (Kodansha USA) Clamp
The Poe Clan (Fantagraphics) Moto Hagio Rachel Thorn
2021 Remina (Viz Media) Junji Ito [20]
I Had That Same Dream Again (Seven Seas Entertainment) Idumi Kirihara and Yoru Sumino
(/)
A Journal of My Father (/) Jiro Taniguchi
Ping Pong (Viz Media) Taiyō Matsumoto Michael Arias
Spy × Family (Viz Media) Tatsuya Endo

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Translator was not officially listed until 2017.
  2. ^ Originally published in English.
  3. ^ a b There was a tie between Cats of the Louvre and Witch Hat Atelier in 2020.

References[]

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  10. ^ "2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, Comic Book Resources".
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  12. ^ "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced, Comic Alliance".
  13. ^ "Brilliant Art, Tremendous Stories and Daring Creators: The 2016 Eisner Award Winners [SDCC 2016], Comics Alliance".
  14. ^ "Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations, Syfy Wire".
  15. ^ "Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, comicbook.com".
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  17. ^ "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List, Hollywood Reporter".
  18. ^ "2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List, The Hollywood Reporter".
  19. ^ "SDCC '20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners, The Beat".
  20. ^ Hazra, Adriana (July 24, 2021). "Junji Ito's Remina, Venus in the Blind Spot Manga Win Eisner Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
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