The Press Release:
Anime NYC and Japan Society are excited to announce the winners of the 2nd annual American Manga Awards. The awards ceremony was held on August 21, 2025 at the historic Japan Society in New York City and honored outstanding achievements in the world of Japanese comics, celebrating the best manga published in North America in the past year. Voted on by professionals in the American manga publishing world, it recognized manga creators, translators, letterers, and publication designers who have made significant contributions to manga’s popularity in North America.

This prestigious event took place on Japan Society’s stage, a stage which has previously welcomed US Presidents and Japanese Prime Ministers, and it was positioned on the eve of Anime NYC, the largest Japanese pop culture convention on the East Coast, which will welcome over 100,000 fans from around the globe to the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City from August 21-24, 2025.

The 2025 American Manga Awards was hosted by Matt Alt, translator and author of Pure Invention: How Japan’s Pop Culture Conquered the World (Crown Books – Penguin Random House).
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