Kagurabachi, Ashita no Joe and More Manga Get Eisner Award Nominations

The nominees have been revealed for the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, and a bunch of manga titles have been included in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia category. Six manga titles are up for the award this year, including Takeru Hokazono’s Kagurabachi , Taiyo Matsumoto’s Tokyo These Days and Kodansha’s recent release of Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba’s classic Ashita no Joe manga. Here’s the full list for the category: Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba Translated by Asa Yonola Publisher: Kodansha Hereditary Triangle by Fumiya Hayashi Translated by Alethea and Athena Nibley Publisher: Yen Press Kagurabachi vol. 1 by Takeru Hokazono Translated by Camellia Nieh Publisher: VIZ Media Last Quarter vol. 1 by Ai Yazawa Translated by Max Greenway Publisher: VIZ Media Search and Destroy vol. 1 by Atsushi Kaneko Based on the work of Osamu Tezuka Translated by Ben Applegate Publisher: Fantagraphics Tokyo These Days vols. 1–3 by Taiyo Matsumoto Translated by Michael Arias Publisher: VIZ Media RELATED: Kagurabachi Manga Slashes Through 1.3 Million Copies Sold All nominations were for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2024. The Eisner Awards ceremony will be held at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel during this year’s Comic-Con on July 25. Source: Comic-Con

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