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

Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Awarded For:	Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Country:	United States
Year:	2007
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:	Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki, translation by Alex Dudok de Wit (2023)

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.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Year	Title	Authors	Translators^[2]
2000s
2007	(Dark Horse Manga)			^[3]
(Go! Comi)
(Digital Manga)
(Viz Media)
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
2008	(Viz Media)			^[4]
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
(Vertical)
(Viz Media)
(PictureBox)
(Last Gasp)
2009	(Vertical)			^[5] ^[6]
(Viz Media)
(Viz Media)
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
(Viz Media)
2010s
2010	(Drawn & Quarterly)			^[7]
(First Second Books)
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
(Viz Media)
(Viz Media)		Jared Cook and Frederik L. Schodt
(Viz Media)
2011	(Viz Media)			^[8] ^[9]
(Vertical)
(Yen Press)
(Fantagraphics)
(Viz Media)
2012	(Drawn & Quarterly)			^[10]
(Yen Press)
(Vertical)	(Shin Kibayashi and Yuko Kibayashi)
, vols. 3-4 (Viz Media)
(NBM Publishing)
, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics)
2013	(Viz Media)			^[11]
(Digital Manga)
(SelfMadeHero)
(Drawn & Quarterly)
(Yen Press/Hachette)
2014	(PictureBox)			^[12]
(Fantagraphics)
(Drawn & Quarterly)
, vol. 4 (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
(Vertical)
2015	(Drawn & Quarterly)			^[13]
(Viz Media)
(Vertical)
, vol. 1 (Viz Media)		Pookie Rolf
(Viz Media)
(Yen Press)
2016	(Drawn & Quarterly)			^[14]
, vols. 2–7 (Viz Media)
(Yen Press)
, vols. 2–4 (Viz Media)		John Werry
(Kodansha USA)
(Viz Media)
2017	(Pantheon Books)		^[15]	^[16]
, 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)			^[17]
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
(Viz Media)
, vol. 2 (Fantagraphics)
(Viz Media)
2019	(Kodansha USA)			^[18] ^[19]
(Viz Media)
(Viz Media)
(Yen Press)
(Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group)
2020s
2020	(Viz Media) ^[20]			^[21] ^[22]
(Kodansha USA) ^[23]
(Viz Media)
(Drawn & Quarterly)
(Kodansha USA)
(Fantagraphics)
2021	(Viz Media)			^[24]
(Seven Seas Entertainment)
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
(Viz Media)
(Viz Media)
2022	(Viz Media)			^[25]
(Viz Media)
(Viz Media)
(Seven Seas Entertainment)
(Viz Media)
(Viz Media)
2023	(First Second Books)			^[26]
(Viz Media)
, vols. 1-2 (Dark Horse Comics)
(Viz Media)
, vol. 1 (Kodansha USA)
(Drawn & Quarterly)
2024	(Viz Media)			^[27]
(Viz Media)
(Yen Press)
(Drawn & Quarterly)
(Kodansha USA)
(Yen Press)

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

Notes and References

1. News: 2010 Eisner Award nominations announced, The Beat.
2. Translator was not officially listed until 2017.
3. News: 2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac.
4. News: Your 2008 Eisner Award Winners, The Comics Reporter.
5. News: Eisner Nominations Released, ICV2.
6. News: 2009 Eisner Award Winners, ICV2.
7. News: The 2010 Eisner Award winners include Ed Brubaker, Batwoman illustrator J.H. Williams III, IO9.
8. News: Presenting the Eisner Award Nominees for 2011, Tor.com.
9. News: Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present, San Diego Comic-Con International. February 20, 2021. February 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140213024118/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present. dead.
10. News: Nominees Announced For 2012 Eisner Awards, Comic Book Resources.
11. News: 2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, Comic Book Resources.
12. News: 2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees, Comic Alliance.
13. News: 2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced, Comic Alliance.
14. News: Brilliant Art, Tremendous Stories and Daring Creators: The 2016 Eisner Award Winners [SDCC 2016], Comics Alliance].
15. Originally published in English.
16. News: Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations, Syfy Wire. February 20, 2021. December 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181201010602/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/2017-eisner-award-nominations. dead.
17. News: Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, comicbook.com.
18. News: Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Hollywood Reporter.
19. News: Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List, Hollywood Reporter.
20. There was a tie between Cats of the Louvre and Witch Hat Atelier in 2020.
21. News: 2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List, The Hollywood Reporter.
22. News: SDCC '20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners, The Beat.
23. There was a tie between Cats of the Louvre and Witch Hat Atelier in 2020.
24. Web site: Junji Ito's Remina, Venus in the Blind Spot Manga Win Eisner Awards. Anime News Network. Hazra. Adriana. July 24, 2021. July 24, 2021.
25. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Junji Ito Wins Eisner Award for Lovesickness Manga. Anime News Network. July 23, 2022. July 23, 2022.
26. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Hayao Miyazaki's Shuna's Journey Wins Eisner Award. Anime News Network. July 22, 2023. July 22, 2023.
27. Web site: Image, DC and Kelly Thompson lead 2024 Eisner Award Nominations. Comics Beat. MacDonald. Heidi. Heidi MacDonald. May 16, 2024. May 21, 2024.