📚 BEST NEW MANGA 📚 Your nominees for Best New Manga are here! Learn more at https://loom.ly/4QHChkU

📚 BEST CONTINUING SERIES 📚 Your nominees for Best Continuing Series are here! Learn more at https://loom.ly/4QHChkU

📚 BEST ONE-SHOT MANGA 📚 Your nominees for Best One-Shot Manga are here! Learn more at https://loom.ly/4QHChkU

📚 BEST NEW EDITION OF CLASSIC MANGA📚 Your nominees for Best New Edition of Classic Manga are here! Learn more at https://loom.ly/4QHChkU

📚 BEST TRANSLATION 📚 Your nominees for Best Translation are here! ✒️ Learn more at https://loom.ly/4QHChkU

📚 BEST PUBLICATION DESIGN 📚 Your nominees for Best Publication Design are here! Learn more at https://loom.ly/4QHChkU

📚 BEST LETTERING 📚 Your nominees for Best Lettering are here! ✒️ Learn more at https://loom.ly/4QHChkU

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Kyle Cardine is an award-winning journalist and currently the Global Editor-in-Chief of Crunchyroll News. He will be amongst our Manga judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Helen Chazan is an archivist, comics critic, and zinemaker based in Toronto. She is the publisher of the micropress Gynoid Distribution. Her comics and illustrations have appeared in many publications. She will be amongst our Manga judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards!

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Gigi Murakami is an award-winning manga artist & illustrator, and content creator at the intersection of horror media, Japanese manga and anime, and alternative and nerd culture. She will be amongst our Manga judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Frederico Anzalone is a seasoned manga specialist working across Brussels, Paris and Tokyo. He contributes to prominent French-language publications such as ATOM and TEMPURA. He will be amongst our Manga judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Dani is a British content creator and graphic designer behind the YouTube channel Lines in Motion. They focus on breaking down and analysing comics and animation, through manga, anime, and comics. They will be amongst our Manga judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards!

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere is Deputy Director of the MOA Museum of Art; and member of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC). She will be amongst our Translation judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Andrea Horbinski earned her PhD in history and new media at the UC, Berkeley. She is the author of Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics. She will be amongst our Translation judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Eisner Award-nominated Pat Brosseau is a veteran comic book letterer who has worked on such titles as Hellboy, Wolverine, Aliens Vs Predator, Batman, and more. He will be amongst our Lettering judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Taylor Esposito is multi-award winning comic book lettering professional, owner of Ghost Glyph Studios, and teacher at the legendary Kubert School. He will be amongst our Lettering judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Amanda Chung is the co-founder of lucky risograph and is a NYC-based art director, illustrator, and fabricator. She will be amongst our Publication Design judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

📚 JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Andres Juarez is the Creative Director, Editorial at Skybound Entertainment where he oversees publication design and production of comic books. He will be amongst our Publication Design judges at the 2026 American Manga Awards! #AmericanMangaAwards

Your 2026 Categories for the American Manga Awards 📓 Best Publication Design 📓 Best Lettering 📓 Best Translation 📓 Best New Edition of Classic Manga 📓 Best Continuing Manga Series 📓 Best New Manga Learn more @ https://loom.ly/XBXczU0

📚 HOST ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Zack Davisson is an award-winning writer, translator, and lecturer. He is on faculty at NYU and active in his field. Davisson played a significant role in making Japanese folklore, entertainment, and literature accessible to English-speaking audiences.

📚 CATAGORY ANNOUCEMENT 📚 Returning category, Best New Manga, takes shape at our 2026 American Manga Awards! Stay tuned for nominees, and learn more at https://animenyc.com/american-manga-awards/rules-and-eligibility/

📚 CATEGORY ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Returning category, Best Continuing Manga Series, takes shape at our 2026 American Manga Awards! Stay tuned for nominees, and learn more at https://animenyc.com/american-manga-awards/rules-and-eligibility

📚 CATEGORY ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Returning this year, Best One-Shot Manga takes shape at our 2026 American Manga Awards! Stay tuned for nominees, and learn more at https://animenyc.com/american-manga-awards/rules-and-eligibility

📚 CATAEORY ANNOUCEMENT 📚 Returning category, Best Lettering, takes shape at our 2026 American Manga Awards! Stay tuned for nominees, and learn more at https://loom.ly/jjzuZDY

📚 CATEGORY ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Returning category, Best Lettering, takes shape at our 2026 American Manga Awards! Stay tuned for nominees, and learn more at https://loom.ly/jjzuZDY

📚 CATEGORY ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 Returning category, Best Publication Design, takes shape at our 2026 American Manga Awards! Stay tuned for nominees, and learn more at https://loom.ly/jjzuZDY

📓⭐ This annual awards program honors manga, the creators, great manga stories, and the publishing professionals who make it possible for readers in the US/Canada to discover and enjoy these amazing characters and stories in English. Learn more at https://loom.ly/bzm5afQ

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