Japan Society and Anime NYC announced the winners for the second American Manga Awards at a ceremony at Japan Society, New York City on Thursday (the night before this year's Anime NYC event begins). The American Manga Awards celebrate manga creators and publishers who have made significant contributions in manga's popularity, both in North America and Japan. The categories and their respective winners include:

Best New Manga

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All vol. 1 by Sumiko Arai
Publisher: Yen Press
Editors: Shalini Arimilli, Carl Li
Translator: Ajani Oloye
Lettering: Brandon Bovia

Best Continuing Manga Series

The Apothecary Diaries vol. 12-13 by Natsu Hyūga, Nekokurage, and Itsuki Nanao
Publisher: Square Enix Manga & Books
Editor: Tania Biswas
Translator: Julie Goniwich
Lettering: Lys Blakeslee
Cover Design: Andrea Miller

Best One-Shot Manga Series

Tamaki & Amane by Fumi Yoshinaga
Publisher: Yen Press
Editors: Anna McClain-Sims, JuYoun Lee
Translator: Taylor Engel
Lettering: Adnazeer Macalangcom
Design: Liz Parlett

Best New Edition of Classic Manga Series

Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow vol. 1-2 by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Editor: Daniel Joseph
Production: Risa Cho, Pei Ann Yeap
Lettering: Evan Hayden

Best Translation

minami's translation of Chu Amairo's The Otaku Love Connection vol. 1
Publisher: Square Enix Manga & Books
Editor: Sarah Tangney
Letterers: Brandon Bovia, Dietrich Premier
Cover Designer: Yang Kim

Best Lettering

Evan Hayden, lettering for Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba's Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow vol. 1-2
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Editor: Daniel Joseph
Production: Risa Cho, Pei Ann Yeap

Best Publication Design

Riley Vandyke, Carl Gustav Horn, design for Makoto Yukimura's Planetes Deluxe Edition Book 1
Publisher: Dark Horse
Editor: Carl Gustav Horn
Director of Print Production: Jessica Clark

Professionals working in an editorial capacity with North American manga publishers voted to determine the winners. San Francisco–based manga translation and publishing team Studio Proteus received the Manga Publishing Hall of Fame award. Recipients included founder and editor Toren Smith; translators Dana Lewis, Alan Gleason, and Frederik Schodt; manga artist and letterer Tomoko Saitō; comic creator Adam Warren; and comic letterers Tom Orzechowski and L. Lois Buhalis.

Deb Aoki (Publishers Weekly, Comics Beat, Mangasplaining podcast) leads the American Manga Awards Planning Committee.

Last year's inaugural ceremony took place in August 2024 in New York City. The winners included #DRCL midnight children by Shin'ichi Sakamoto, Delicious in Dungeon by Ryōko Kui for Best Continuing Manga Series, Neighborhood Story by Ai Yazawa for Best New Edition of Classic Manga Series, Stephen Kohler and Lys Blakeslee for Witch Hat Atelier for Best Translation and Best Lettering, and Adam Grano for My Name Is Shingo for Best Publication Design.

Disclosure: ANN's executive editor Lynzee Loveridge is serving as a judge for the American Manga Awards.

Source: American Manga Awards X/Twitter account

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