Piccoma Award 2026 Names 9 Winners Across Three Categories
The Piccoma Award aggregates sales, readership, and engagement data to reflect what is actually performing on the platform, making the list a direct measure of current reader demand.
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Piccoma's annual manga award has selected nine works for 2026, with three winners each in the Manga, Smartoon, and Novel categories. The Manga category winners include "Togen Anki," "Okiraku Ryoshu no Tanoshii Ryochi Bōei," and "Psycho x Past: Ryōki Satsujin Sennyū Sōsa." A special page with author comments and reader data is live.
Piccoma's data-driven award system selects winners by combining sales figures, reader counts, and like totals, giving a snapshot of what is resonating with the platform's audience. This year's nine winners span three formats: traditional manga, vertical-scroll Smartoon comics, and novels. The Manga category is led by "Togen Anki," an ongoing supernatural action series, alongside the fantasy comedy "Okiraku Ryoshu no Tanoshii Ryochi Bōei" and the crime thriller "Psycho x Past." The Smartoon category features Korean webtoon adaptations including "Solo Leveling: Ragnarok" and "The Villain's Ending Is Death." The Novel category includes the fantasy series "Silent Witch" and two romance titles. Piccoma is also running a support message campaign for the winning authors through May 27 and a discount reading event.
- Okiraku Ryoshu no Tanoshii Ryochi Bōei: Manga category winner
- Togen Anki: Manga category winner
- Psycho x Past: Ryōki Satsujin Sennyū Sōsa: Manga category winner
- Solo Leveling: Ragnarok: Smartoon category winner
- The Villain's Ending Is Death: Smartoon category winner
- Ragnar: The Returned Swordsman: Smartoon category winner
- Anaume Kekkon: Kigen Tsuki Kōshaku Fujin wa Kujikenai: Novel category winner
- Silent Witch: Novel category winner
- Saioshi no Gikei o Mederu Tame, Nagai Ikishimasu!: Novel category winner
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- Comic Natalie 「ピッコマAWARD 2026」受賞作を発表、「桃源暗鬼」など9作品を選出 - コミックナタリー