The 2026 Eisner Awards have officially been announced, and another manga luminary made his way into the Hall of Fame in the process. Joining the previously selected Go Nagai ( Devilman , Cutie Honey ) is late Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, who enters the Hall of Fame among those in the Voters’ Choices category. Akira Toriyama passed away in 2024 at 68 years old , leaving an indelible mark on the worlds of manga, anime and beyond. In other Eisner wins, Shintaro Kago took home the Best Short Story award for “Blood Harvest” in Brain Damage , translated by Zack Davisson and published by Fantagraphics. Sanho’s Purgatory Funeral Cakes (translated by Danny Lim, published by Dark Horse) won the Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia award. Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA scored Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books recognition for the hardcover collection from Kodansha USA, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye and Lauren Scanlan. For a deep dive into manga’s past, the award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work went to Andrea Horbinski for Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905–1989 from University of California Press. This year’s Eisner Awards ceremony was held on Friday, July 24 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. You can read the full list of winners right here . Source: San Diego Comic-Con website