Comic -Con
International has revealed the nominees for the 2025 Will
Eisner Awards , considered the "Oscars" of the comics world.
Among the most notable categories is Best U.S. International Edition —
Asia , where manga once again takes center stage.
Manga
nominated in the main category
A total of
six works are competing for the award this year, combining both legendary
classics and recent titles that have caused a sensation :
- Ashita no Joe: Fighting for
Tomorrow ,
by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba (translated by Asa
Yonola)
- Hereditary Triangle , by Fumiya
Hayashi (translated by Alethea and Athena Nibley)
- Kagurabachi , by Takeru
Hokazono (translated by Camellia Nieh)
- Last Quarter , by Ai Yazawa (translated
by Max Greenway)
- Search and Destroy , by Atsushi
Kaneko , based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka
(translated by Ben Applegate)
- Tokyo These Days , by Taiyo
Matsumoto (translated by Michael Arias)
Other
categories with Japanese presence
In addition
to the main category, manga is also present in other sections of the Eisner
Awards:
- My Journey to Her , by Yūna
Hirasawa , is competing for Best Digital Comic .
- Viz Media's reissue of X-Men:
The Manga Remastered is nominated in the category of Best
Collection/Archival Project — Comics .
This latest
work featured Hirofumi Ichikawa , Hiroshi Higuchi , Kōji
Yasue , Miyako Cojima , Rei Nakahara and Reiji
Hagiwara , with editing by David Brothers and design
by Fawn Lau .
Other
nominees linked to Japanese culture
IDW is also
up for Best Anthology with Godzilla's 70th Anniversary ,
while Kelly and Sam Goto 's Seattle Samurai: A
Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Experience has been
nominated for Best Graphic Album — Reissue .
Posthumous
recognition and manga legends
This year,
the legendary Shigeru Mizuki will be posthumously inducted
into the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame . Additionally, the
celebrated Junji Ito has been nominated for induction into this
select group, in recognition of his legacy in Japanese horror.
Winners
will be announced in July
The results
of the 2025 Eisner Awards will be announced at the upcoming San Diego
Comic-Con , starting Thursday, July 24 (UTC+2, Spain time) .
The ceremony will be a key meeting point for discovering which works will shape
the future of manga and comics worldwide.
