The Harvey Awards presented the first Harvey Awards International Spotlight award to manga artist Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail, Rave Master) last year.
The Harvey Awards will be held in conjunction with New York Comic Con on October 5.
Unlike the Eisner Awards and other awards in the North American comic book industry, the Harvey Awards are nominated and selected by the comic book professionals themselves.
In previous years, manga were nominated alongside other comics in the “Best American Edition of Foreign Material” category.