Seiun Award
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The Seiun Award is a Japanese science fiction award for the best science fiction published in Japan during the preceding year, as voted by attendees of the Japan Science Fiction Convention. "Seiun" is the Japanese word for "nebula", but the award is not related to the American Nebula Award. It was named after first professional science fiction magazine in Japan, which appeared in 1954. [1]
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[edit] Winners
[edit] Best Novel of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2009 | harmony by Keikaku Itō |
| 2008 | Toshokan Sensō Series by Hiro Arikawa |
| 2007 | Nihon chinbotsu Dai 2 Bu by Sakyo Komatsu and Kōshū Tani |
| 2006 | Summer/Time/Traveler by Kazuma Shinjō |
| 2005 | ARIEL by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 2004 | Dai-Roku Tairiku by Issui Ogawa |
| 2003 | Usurper of the Sun by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2002 | Fuwa-fuwa no Izumi by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2001 | Eien no Mori, Hakubutsukan Wakusei by Hiroe Suga |
| 2000 | Good luck, Sentou Yousei Yukikaze by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1999 | Suisei Gari by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 1998 | Teki wa Kaizoku / A-kyū no Teki by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1997 | Seikai no Monshou by Hiroyuki Morioka |
| 1996 | Hikishio no Toki by Taku Mayumura |
| 1995 | Kishin Heidan by Masaki Yamada |
| 1994 | Owari naki Sakuteki by Kōshū Tani |
| 1993 | Venus City by Gorō Masaki |
| 1992 | Merusasu no Shōnen by Hiroe Suga |
| 1991 | Hybrid Child by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1990 | Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi by Baku Yumemakura |
| 1989 | Babylonia Wave by Akira Hori |
| 1988 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka |
| 1987 | Prism by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1986 | Dirty-Pair no Daigyakuten by Haruka Takachiho |
| 1985 | Yukikaze by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1984 | Teki wa Kaizoku / Kaizokuban by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1983 | Sayonara Jupiter by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1982 | Kirikiri-Jin by Hisashi Inoue |
| 1981 | Kaseijin Senshi by Chiaki Kawamata |
| 1980 | Hōseki Dorobō by Masaki Yamada |
| 1979 | Shōmetsu no Kōrin by Taku Mayumura |
| 1978 | Chikyū Seishin Bunseki Kiroku / Eld Analusis by Masaki Yamada |
| 1977 | Saikoro Tokkōtai by Musashi Kanbe |
| 1976 | Nanase Futatabi by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1975 | Ore no Chi wa Tanin no Chi by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1974 | Japan Sinks by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1973 | Kagami no Kuni no Alice by Tadashi Hirose |
| 1972 | Ishi no Ketsumyaku by Ryō Hanmura |
| 1971 | Tsugu no wa Dare ka? by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1970 | Reichōrui Minami e by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
[edit] Best Short Story of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2009 | "Nankyokuten no Peer-Peer dōga" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2008 | "Chinmoku no Flyby" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2007 | "A Furoshiki and Spider’s Thread" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2006 | "Tadayotta Otoko" by Issui Ogawa |
| 2005 | "Katadorareta Chikara" by Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2004 | "Unaccepted Death" by Shinji Kajio |
| 2003 | "Ore wa Misairu" by Mizuhito Akiyama |
| 2002 | "Ginga Teikoku no Kōbō mo Fude no Ayamari" by Hirofumi Tanaka |
| 2001 | "Ashibiki Daydream" by Shinji Kajio |
| 2000 | "Taiyō no Sandatsusha" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 1999 | "Yoake no Terrorist" by Hiroyuki Morioka |
| 1998 | "Independence Day in Ōsaka (Ai wa Nakutomo Shihonshugi)" by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1997 | "Diet no Hōteishiki" by Jin Kusakami |
| 1996 | "Hitonatsu no Keikenchi" by Kō Hiura |
| 1995 | "Nonoko no Fukushū Jigujigu" by Kenji Ōtsuki |
| 1994 | "Kuruguru Tsukai" by Kenji Ōtsuki |
| 1993 | "Sobakasu no Figure" by Hiroe Suga |
| 1992 | "Kyōryū Laurentiis no Genshi" by Shinji Kajio |
| 1991 | "Jōdan no Tsuki wo Kurau Inoshishi" Baku Yumemakura |
| 1990 | "Aqua Planet" by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1989 | "Kurage no Hi" by Jin Kusakami |
| 1988 | "Yama no ue no Kōkyō-gaku" by Norio Nakai |
| 1987 | "Martian Railroad 19" by Kōshū Tani |
| 1986 | "Lemon Pie, Oyashiki Yokochō Zero Banchi" by Masahiro Noda |
| 1985 | (No award) |
| 1984 | "Super Phoenix" by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1983 | "Kotobazukaishi" by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1982 | "Neptune" by Motoko Arai |
| 1981 | "Green Requiem" by Motoko Arai |
| 1980 | "The Dirty Pair's Great Adventures" by Haruka Takachiho |
| 1979 | "Chikyū wa Plain yogurt" by Shinji Kajio |
| 1978 | "Gordian Knot" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1977 | "Metamorphoses Guntō" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1976 | "Vomisa" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1975 | "Kamigari" by Masaki Yamada |
| 1974 | "Nippon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1973 | "Kesshō Seidan" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1972 | "Shirokabe no Moji wa Yūhi ni Haeru" by Yoshio Aramaki |
| 1971 | "Vitamin" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1970 | "Furu Neruson" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
[edit] Best Foreign Language Novel of the Year
[edit] Best Foreign Language Short Story of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2009 | "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang |
| 2008 | "Weather" by Alastair Reynolds |
| 2007 | "The Astronaut from Wyoming" by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion |
| 2006 | "The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod |
| 2005 | "And Now the News..." by Theodore Sturgeon |
| 2004 | "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang |
| 2003 | "Luminous" by Greg Egan |
| 2002 | "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang |
| "Reasons to be Cheerful" by Greg Egan | |
| 2001 | "Oceanic" by Greg Egan |
| 2000 | "Out of the Everywhere" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 1999 | "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons |
| 1998 | "The Death of Captain Future" by Allen Steele |
| 1997 | "Heads" by Greg Bear |
| 1996 | "Robot Visions" by Isaac Asimov |
| 1995 | "The Planet Named Shayol" by Cordwainer Smith |
| 1994 | "Tangents" by Greg Bear |
| 1993 | "Groaning Hinges of the World" by R. A. Lafferty |
| 1992 | "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo" by John Varley |
| 1991 | "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger |
| 1990 | "Think Blue, Count Two" by Cordwainer Smith |
| 1989 | "Eye for Eye" by Orson Scott Card |
| 1988 | "The Only Neat Thing To Do" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 1987 | "Press Enter■" by John Varley |
| 1986 | (No award) |
| 1985 | (No award) |
| 1984 | "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny |
| 1983 | "Nightflyers" by George R. R. Martin |
| 1982 | "The Brave Little Toaster" by Thomas M. Disch |
| 1981 | "A Relic of the Empire" by Larry Niven |
| 1980 | (No award) |
| 1979 | "All The Myriad Ways" by Larry Niven |
| 1978 | (No award) |
| 1977 | "Rozprawa" by Stanisław Lem |
| 1976 | "Wet Paint" by A. Bertram Chandler |
| 1975 | "Eurema's Dam" by R. A. Lafferty |
| 1974 | "A Meeting with Medusa" by Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1973 | "The Black Ferris" by Ray Bradbury |
| 1972 | "The Blue Bottle" by Ray Bradbury |
| 1971 | "The Poems" by Ray Bradbury |
| 1970 | "The Squirrel Cage" by Thomas M. Disch |
[edit] Best Media of the Year
[edit] Best Comic of the Year
[edit] Best Artist of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 2008 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 2007 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 2006 | Range Murata |
| 2005 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 2004 | Daisuke Nishijima |
| 2003 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 2002 | Katsuya Terada |
| 2001 | Kenji Tsuruta |
| 2000 | Kenji Tsuruta |
| 1999 | Takami Akai |
| 1998 | Shigeru Mizuki |
| 1997 | Yuji Kaida |
| 1996 | Akihiro Yamada |
| 1995 | Keinojō Mizutama |
| 1994 | Hitoshi Yoneda |
| 1993 | Keinojō Mizutama |
| 1992 | Masamune Shirow |
| 1991 | Eiji Yokoyama |
| 1990 | Katsumi Michihara |
| 1989 | Hiroyuki Kato & Keisuke Gotou |
| 1988 | Jun Suemi |
| 1987 | Michiaki Satou |
| 1983 - 1986 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 1982 | Shusei Nagaoka |
| 1981 | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko |
| 1980 | Noriyoshi Ourai |
| 1979 | Naoyuki Kato |
[edit] Non-Fiction of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Sekai no SF ga yattekita! Nippon con file 2007 edited by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan |
| 2008 | Hoshi Shinichi: 1001 Wa o Tsukutta Hito by Hazuki Saishō |
| 2007 | Passport to the Universe 3 by Yuichi Sasamoto |
| 2006 | Disappearance Diary by Hideo Azuma |
| 2005 | Maeda Kensetsu Fantasy Eigyobu by Maeda Corporation |
| 2004 | Passport to the Universe 2 by Yuichi Sasamoto |
| 2003 | Passport to the Universe by Yuichi Sasamoto |
| 2002 | NHK Shōnen Drama Series no Subete by 増山久明 |
| 2001 | Motto sugoi kagaku de mamorimasu! by Yūichi Hasegawa |
| 2000 | AIBO by Sony |
| 1999 | Uchū o Kūsō shitekita Hitobito by Masahiro Noda |
| 1998 | Walking Humanoid Robot P2 by Honda |
| 1997 | Tondemo-bon no gyakushū, edited by Togakkai |
| 1996 | Tondemo-bon no sekai, edited by Togakkai |
| 1995 | Itoshino Wonderland by Masahiro Noda |
| 1994 | Yasashii Uchū Kaihatsu Nyūmon by Masahiro Noda |
| 1993 | The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes |
| 1992 | TV Series "Denshi Rikkoku Nippon no Jijoden" by NHK |
| 1991 | SF Handbook, edited by Hayakawa Shobō Editorial Office |
| 1990 | Future Magic by Robert L. Forward |
| 1989 | Space Opera no kakikata by Masahiro Noda |
| 1988 | Wizardry nikki by Tetsu Yano |
| 1987 | Ishihara Hakase no SF Kenkyūshitsu by Fujio Ishihara |
| 1986 | Tokusatsu Hero Retsuden by Noriaki Ikeda |
| 1985 | Kōseiki no sekai by Fujio Ishihara |
[edit] Free Genre
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2009 | (No award) |
| 2008 | Hatsune Miku, by Crypton Future Media Co. |
| 2007 | M-V Rocket, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2006 | Landing on the asteroid Itokawa by the asteroid sample return mission MUSES-C "Hayabusa", by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2005 | Japan Pavilion of the 9th Venice Biennale of Architecture, by Japan Foundation, Kaichirō Morikawa, and participating artists |
| 2004 | Royal Science Museum Series 1, by Toshio Okada |
| 2003 | Humanoid Robot HRP-2 Promet, by Yutaka Izubuchi and Kawada Industries |
| 2002 | H-IIA Rocket Test Flight 1, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
[edit] Special Prize
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Kōichirō Noda (Masahiro Noda) |
| 2007 | Yoshihiro Yonezawa |
| 2005 | Tetsu Yano |
| 1989 | Osamu Tezuka |
| 1982 | Uchūjin as Japanese Oldest Sci-fi Fanzine |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Awards". Nippon2007: 65th World Science Fiction Convention. http://www.nippon2007.us/awards.php. Retrieved on 2009-03-15.
[edit] References
- "List of Seiun Award Winners" (in Japanese). Federation of the Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan. http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/list.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-03.
- Takashi Amemiya. "SF/Mystery/Horror/Translation List" (in Japanese). http://homepage1.nifty.com/ta/. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
