The first ever American Manga Awards event was held in New York in a private ceremony . Judged amongst members of the English manga industry, Delicious in Dungeon, Neighborhood Story, and more won for specific categories.
The winners for each category will be bolded in the list:
Best New Manga
The Darwin Incident
by Shun Umezawa
Publisher: 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
Publisher: VIZ Media
Editor: Andrew Kuhre Bartosh
Translator: Caleb Cook
Lettering and touch-up: Brendon Hull
Just Like Mona Lisa
by Tsumuji Yoshimura
Publisher: Square Enix Manga & Books
Editor: Jennifer Sherman
Translator: Leo McDonagh
Lettering: Asher Caswell
Mothers
by Kusahara Umi
Publisher: Glacier Bay Books
Editor: emuh ruh
Translator: Jocelyne Allen
Lettering: Tim Sun
Soara and the House of Monsters
by Hidenori Yamaji
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Editor: Shanti Whitesides
Translator: Ben Trethewey
Lettering: Mercedes McGarry
Best Continuing Manga Series
Blood on the Tracks
by Shuzo Oshimi
Publisher: Kodansha (specifically Vertical)
Editor: Daniel Joseph
Translator: Daniel Komen
Production: Risa Cho, Pei Ann Yeap, Evan Hayden
Delicious in Dungeon
by Ryoko Kui
Publisher: Yen Press
Editors: Abigail Blackman, Thomas McAlister
Translator: Taylor Engel
Lettering: Abigail Blackman
Dinosaur Sanctuary
by Itaru Kinoshita
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Editor: Linda Lombardi
Translation: John Neal
Lettering: JM Iitomi Crandall
She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat
by Sakomi Yuzaki
Publisher: Yen Press
Editors: Won Young Seo, Carl Li, Shalini Arimilli
Translator: Caleb Cook
Lettering: Phil Christie
The Summer Hikaru Died
by mokumokuren
Publisher: 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
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Editor: Kristy Valenti
Translator: H. Paige
Production: C. Hwang, Paul Baresh
My Name is Shingo
by Kazuo Umezz
Publisher: VIZ Media
Editor: Joel Enos
Translator: Jocelyne Allen
Adaptation: Molly Tanzer
Lettering: Evan Waldinger
Neighborhood Story
by Ai Yazawa
Publisher: VIZ Media
Editor: Karla Clark
Translator: Andria McKnight
Touch-up art/lettering: Michelle Pang
Okinawa
by Susumu Higa
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Editors: Andrew Woodrow-Butcher and Christopher Woodrow-Butcher
Translator: Jocelyne Allen
Lettering: Patrick Crotty, Kayla E.
UFO Mushroom Invasion
by Marina Shirakawa
Publisher: Living the Line / Smudge
Editor: Ryan Holmberg
Translator: Ryan Holmberg
Best Translation
Stephen Paul for translation of Akane Banashi
by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue
Publisher: VIZ Media
Editor: Rae First
John Neal for translation of Bocchi the Rock!
by Aki Hamaji
Publisher: Yen Press
Editor: Thomas McAlister
David Evelyn for translation of Doll-Kara
by Kazuyoshi Ishii, Hanamura, and Kei Ryuzoji
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Editor: Zubonjin
Kevin Steinbach for translation of Issak
by Shinji Makari and DOUBLE–S and Shinji Makari
Publisher: Kodansha
Editor: Sage Einarsen
Stephen Kohler for translation of Witch Hat Atelier
by Kamome Shirahama
Publisher: Kodansha
Editor: Haruko Hashimoto
Best Lettering
Tomoko Saito for the lettering and retouch for Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Edition Volume 10
by Hiroaki Samura
Publisher: Dark Horse
Editor: Philip R. Simon
Phil Christie for the lettering and retouch for Search & Destroy Vol. 1
by Atsushi Kaneko, based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Editors: Christopher Woodrow-Butcher, Eric Reynolds
Vadim K. for the lettering for They'll Make a Man Out of You
by Shiwasu no Okina
Publisher: J18 Publishing
Editors: Dave Adams, David Goldberg
Lys Blakeslee for the lettering of Witch Hat Atelier
by Kamome Shirahama
Publisher: Kodansha
Editor: Haruko Hashimoto
Rebecca Sze for the lettering of Tokyo Interstellar Immigration Vol. 3
by Mado Guchimoto
Publisher: VAST Visual
Editors: Dave Adams, David Goldberg
Best Publication Design
Phil Balsman for the design for Initial D Omnibus
by Shuichi Shigeno
Publisher: 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
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Editor: Jenn Grunigen
Translation: Jocelyn Allen
Adam Grano for the design for My Name Is Shingo
by Kazuo Umezz
Publisher: VIZ Media
Editor: Joel Enos
Nicky Lim and Sandy Grayson for the box set design for Orange Complete Box Set
by Ichigo Takano
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Editor: Shannon Fay
Andrea Miller for the cover design for Tokyo Aliens
by NAOE
Publisher: Square Enix Manga & Books
Editor: Sarah Tangney
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