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 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.
Winners and nominees
Year Title Authors TranslatorsTranslator was not officially listed until 2017. 2000s 2007 (Dark Horse Manga) (Go! Comi) (Digital Manga) (Viz Media) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) 2008 (Viz Media) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) (Vertical) (Viz Media) (PictureBox) (Last Gasp) 2009 (Vertical) (Viz Media) (Viz Media) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) (Viz Media) 2010s 2010 (Drawn & Quarterly) (First Second Books) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) (Viz Media) (Viz Media) Jared Cook and Frederik L. Schodt (Viz Media) 2011 (Viz Media) (Vertical) (Yen Press) (Fantagraphics) (Viz Media) 2012 (Drawn & Quarterly) (Yen Press) (Vertical) (Shin Kibayashi and Yuko Kibayashi) , vols. 3-4 (Viz Media) (NBM Publishing) , vol. 1 (Fantagraphics) 2013 (Viz Media) (Digital Manga) (SelfMadeHero) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Yen Press/Hachette) 2014 (PictureBox) (Fantagraphics) (Drawn & Quarterly) , vol. 4 (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) (Vertical) 2015 (Drawn & Quarterly) (Viz Media) (Vertical) , vol. 1 (Viz Media) Pookie Rolf (Viz Media) (Yen Press) 2016 (Drawn & Quarterly) , vols. 2–7 (Viz Media) (Yen Press) , vols. 2–4 (Viz Media) John Werry (Kodansha USA) (Viz Media) 2017 (Pantheon Books) Originally published in English. , vols. 1–4 (Viz Media) , vols. 1–2 (Seven Seas Entertainment) (Stone Bridge Press) , vols. 1–3 (Kodansha USA) , vol. 1 (Dark Horse Comics) 2018 , vol. 1 (Pantheon Books) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) (Viz Media) , vol. 2 (Fantagraphics) (Viz Media) 2019 (Kodansha USA) (Viz Media) (Viz Media) (Yen Press) (Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group) 2020s 2020 (Viz Media) There was a tie between Cats of the Louvre and Witch Hat Atelier in 2020. (Kodansha USA) There was a tie between Cats of the Louvre and Witch Hat Atelier in 2020. (Viz Media) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Kodansha USA) (Fantagraphics) 2021 (Viz Media) (Seven Seas Entertainment) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) (Viz Media) (Viz Media) 2022 (Viz Media) (Viz Media) (Viz Media) (Seven Seas Entertainment) (Viz Media) (Viz Media) 2023 (First Second Books) (Viz Media) , vols. 1-2 (Dark Horse Comics) (Viz Media) , vol. 1 (Kodansha USA) (Drawn & Quarterly) 2024 (Drawn & Quarterly) (Viz Media) (Viz Media) (Yen Press) (Kodansha USA) (Yen Press) 2025 (Viz Media) (Kodansha USA) , Asao Takamori (Yen Press) , Athena Nibley (Viz Media) (Viz Media) (Fantagraphics) 2026 (Dark Horse Comics) (Viz Media) (Yen Press) (Viz Media) (Titan Publishing Group)
See also Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work
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