[KADOKAWA Corporation] A total prize of 3 million yen! Web Comic Apanda, known for “Isekai Ojisan” and “Miru Tights,” is holding the “Panda Cup 2025,” a first-come, first-served manga award, again this year!
KADOKAWA Co., Ltd. Press release: September 2, 2025 To Members of the Press A total prize of 3 million yen! WebComic Apanda, known for “Isekai Ojisan” and “Miru Tights,” is holding the “Panda Cup 2025,” a first-come, first-served manga award, again this year! The “Panda Cup,” a manga award with a total prize of 3 million yen, is being held again this year! KADOKAWA Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO) The Apanda Editorial Department (WebComic Apanda:
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7006/17627/7006-17627-eb4b32ef178522e7c3396502ce258c0c-886×1817.jpg This is a “first come, first served” manga award that will end when the total prize money of 3 million yen is gone. This year’s Panda Cup will be held in two divisions: a professional division and an open division! Apanda editorial team will award a prize of up to 1 million yen per person for works that they find interesting. Of course, there’s also a chance to win serialization rights! Entries can be made on page 4, and if you complete the challenge missions posted on the site and win, you can receive a prize of up to 70,000 yen. Creators with a variety of interests are welcome to participate, including those who frequently participate in manga awards, as well as those who are always interested in manga awards but find the application process difficult, or those who enjoy drawing but have never submitted to a manga award. Applications will begin on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. The Manga Award will end once the prize money runs out. We look forward to your participation. Prize and Participation Prizes 【Prize】 Up to 1 million yen per person 【Participation Prize】 Total of 1,000,000 yen The following participation prizes will be awarded for each participating category. 50,000 yen for the first 10 people The first 50 people to enter will receive 10,000 yen worth of coins to use on the e-book distribution service BOOK★︎WALKER. *The Manga Award will end when the total prize money reaches 3 million yen. *The total prize money includes the participation prize of 1 million yen. About the Challenge Mission Complete the challenge missions set by the editorial department and win to increase your prize money! If you complete them all, you’ll receive an additional 70,000 yen in prize money! ＜Mission 1.＞ Manuscript of 20 pages or more: Additional 20,000 yen ＜Mission 2.＞ 10,000 yen for every 1,000 views within 5 days of release. Up to a maximum of 50,000 yen (5,000 views). How to participate 1. Follow APANTA’s X (Twitter) account (@WebComic_APANTA:
https://x.com/webcomic_apanta) *Results will be notified via DM. Please be sure to follow us. 2. Post your work, episode, and X’s username on the “Submit Manga” page on Nico Nico Manga. [Anyone Category] – Include “@Panda Cup 2025 Participant” in the title of your work. [Professional Division] – Include “@Panda Cup 2025 Participant [P]” in the title of your work. – Register your commercial media activity history in the “Activity History Form” at the bottom of the page. *Submissions are accepted on the PC page. Derivative works and R-18 content are not permitted. 3. Post the “URL of your work” and the hashtag “#PandaCup2025Participation” to X (Twitter). About the results announcement The winning works will be announced on Nico Nico Manga every Friday (excluding holidays) starting from October 10th. Participation prizes and prize money will be announced via direct message from APANTA’s official X (Twitter) account (@WebComic_APANTA). Related sites ▼WebComic Apanda https://comic-walker.com/apanta/ ▼Apanda Official X (Twitter) https://twitter.com/WebComic_APANTA