Seiun Award
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| Seiun Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Science fiction |
| Country | Japan |
| First awarded | 1970 |
| Official website | http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/index.html |
The Seiun Award (星雲賞 Seiunshō?) is a Japanese speculative fiction award for the best science fiction published in Japan during the preceding year, as voted by the participants of the annual Japan Science Fiction Convention. "Seiun" is the Japanese word for "nebula", but the award is not related to the American Nebula Award. It is not the Japanese "equivalent" to the Hugo Award, as the Hugo Award is open to works from anywhere in any language, but it is similar to the Hugo Award, which is presented by the members of the World Science Fiction Society, in that all of the members of the presenting convention are eligible to participate in the selection process. The Seiun was named after the first professional science fiction magazine in Japan, which appeared in 1954.[1] The professional works released in the previous calendar year are eligible for vote. If the work is part of a series, the entire series is eligible when the series is finished as well. The Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan selects several works for each category and issues the candidate list, but voters may write in any eligible work outside the list.
Contents
Winners
Best Japanese Long Story
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Reichōrui Minami e by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1971 | Tsugu no wa Dare ka? by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1972 | Ishi no Ketsumyaku by Ryō Hanmura |
| 1973 | Kagami no Kuni no Alice by Tadashi Hirose |
| 1974 | Japan Sinks by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1975 | Ore no Chi wa Tanin no Chi by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1976 | Nanase Futatabi by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1977 | Saikoro Tokkōtai by Musashi Kanbe |
| 1978 | Chikyū Seishin Bunseki Kiroku / Eld Analusis by Masaki Yamada |
| 1979 | Shōmetsu no Kōrin by Taku Mayumura |
| 1980 | Hōseki Dorobō by Masaki Yamada |
| 1981 | Kaseijin Senshi by Chiaki Kawamata |
| 1982 | Kirikiri-Jin by Hisashi Inoue |
| 1983 | Sayonara Jupiter by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1984 | Teki wa Kaizoku / Kaizokuban by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1985 | Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1986 | Dirty-Pair no Daigyakuten by Haruka Takachiho |
| 1987 | Prism by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1988 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka |
| 1989 | Babylonia Wave by Akira Hori |
| 1990 | Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi by Baku Yumemakura |
| 1991 | Hybrid Child by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1992 | Merusasu no Shōnen by Hiroe Suga |
| 1993 | Venus City by Gorō Masaki |
| 1994 | Owari naki Sakuteki by Kōshū Tani |
| 1995 | Kishin Heidan by Masaki Yamada |
| 1996 | Hikishio no Toki by Taku Mayumura |
| 1997 | Seikai no Monshou by Hiroyuki Morioka |
| 1998 | Teki wa Kaizoku / A-kyū no Teki by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1999 | Suisei Gari by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 2000 | Good luck, Sentou Yousei Yukikaze by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 2001 | Eien no Mori, Hakubutsukan Wakusei by Hiroe Suga |
| 2002 | Fuwa-fuwa no Izumi by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2003 | Usurper of the Sun by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2004 | Dai-Roku Tairiku by Issui Ogawa |
| 2005 | ARIEL by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 2006 | Summer/Time/Traveler by Kazuma Shinjō |
| 2007 | Nihon chinbotsu Dai 2 Bu by Sakyo Komatsu and Kōshū Tani |
| 2008 | Toshokan Sensō Series by Hiro Arikawa |
| 2009 | Harmony by Keikaku Itō |
| 2010 | Guin Saga series by Kaoru Kurimoto |
| 2011 | Kyonen wa ii toshi ni narudarou by Hiroshi Yamamoto |
| 2012 | Tengoku to jigoku by Yasumi Kobayashi |
| 2013 | Shisha no teikoku by Keikaku Itō and Tō Enjō |
| 2014 | Kororogi dake kara mokusei toroya e by Issui Ogawa |
| 2015 | Orbital Cloud by Taiyō Fujii |
Best Japanese Short Story
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | "Furu Neruson" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1971 | "Vitamin" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1972 | "Shirokabe no Moji wa Yūhi ni Haeru" by Yoshio Aramaki |
| 1973 | "Kesshō Seidan" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1974 | "Nippon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1975 | "Kamigari" by Masaki Yamada |
| 1976 | "Vomisa" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1977 | "Metamorphoses Guntō" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1978 | "Gordian Knot" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1979 | "Chikyū wa Plain yogurt" by Shinji Kajio |
| 1980 | "The Dirty Pair's Great Adventures" by Haruka Takachiho |
| 1981 | "Green Requiem" by Motoko Arai |
| 1982 | "Neptune" by Motoko Arai |
| 1983 | "Kotobazukaishi" by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1984 | "Super Phoenix" by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1985 | (No award) |
| 1986 | "Lemon Pie, Oyashiki Yokochō Zero Banchi" by Masahiro Noda |
| 1987 | "Martian Railroad 19" by Kōshū Tani |
| 1988 | "Yama no ue no Kōkyō-gaku" by Norio Nakai |
| 1989 | "Kurage no Hi" by Jin Kusakami |
| 1990 | "Aqua Planet" by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1991 | "Jōdan no Tsuki wo Kurau Inoshishi" Baku Yumemakura |
| 1992 | "Kyōryū Laurentiis no Genshi" by Shinji Kajio |
| 1993 | "Sobakasu no Figure" by Hiroe Suga |
| 1994 | "Kuruguru Tsukai" by Kenji Ōtsuki |
| 1995 | "Nonoko no Fukushū Jigujigu" by Kenji Ōtsuki |
| 1996 | "Hitonatsu no Keikenchi" by Kō Hiura |
| 1997 | "Diet no Hōteishiki" by Jin Kusakami |
| 1998 | "Independence Day in Ōsaka (Ai wa Nakutomo Shihonshugi)" by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1999 | "Yoake no Terrorist" by Hiroyuki Morioka |
| 2000 | "Taiyō no Sandatsusha" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2001 | "Ashibiki Daydream" by Shinji Kajio |
| 2002 | "Ginga Teikoku no Kōbō mo Fude no Ayamari" by Hirofumi Tanaka |
| 2003 | "Ore wa Misairu" by Mizuhito Akiyama |
| 2004 | "Yomibito shirazu" by Shinji Kajio |
| 2005 | "Katadorareta Chikara" by Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2006 | "Tadayotta Otoko" by Issui Ogawa |
| 2007 | "A Furoshiki and Spider’s Thread" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2008 | "Chinmoku no Flyby" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2009 | "Nankyokuten no Pia Pia dōga" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2010 | "Jisei no yume" by Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2011 | "Arisuma ō no aishita mamono" by Issui Ogawa |
| 2012 | "Utau sensuikan to Pia Pia dōga" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2013 | "Ima shūgōteki muishiki o," by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 2014 | "Hoshi o tsukuru mono tachi" by Kōshū Tani |
| 2015 | "Umi no yubi" by Hirotaka Tobi |
Best Translated Long Story
Best Translated Short Story
| Year | Winner(s) | Author(s) | Translator(s) | Publisher or publication | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "The Squirrel Cage" | Thomas M. Disch | Norio Itoh | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1971 | "The Poems" | Ray Bradbury | Norio Itoh | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1972 | "The Blue Bottle" | Ray Bradbury | Norio Itoh | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1973 | "The Black Ferris" | Ray Bradbury | Norio Itoh | Dark Carnival (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2] |
| 1974 | "A Meeting with Medusa" | Arthur C. Clarke | Norio Itoh | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1975 | "Eurema's Dam" | R. A. Lafferty | Norio Itoh | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1976 | "Wet Paint" | A. Bertram Chandler | Masahiro Noda | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1977 | "Rozprawa" | Stanisław Lem | Tadashi Fukami | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1978 | (No award) | [2] | |||
| 1979 | "All The Myriad Ways" | Larry Niven | Rei Kozumi | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1980 | (No award) | [2] | |||
| 1981 | "A Relic of the Empire" | Larry Niven | Rei Kozumi | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1982 | "The Brave Little Toaster" | Thomas M. Disch | Hisashi Asakura | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1983 | "Nightflyers" | George R. R. Martin | Hitoshi Yasuda | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1984 | "Unicorn Variation" | Roger Zelazny | Jun Kazami | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1985 | (No award) | [2] | |||
| 1986 | (No award) | [2] | |||
| 1987 | "Press Enter■" | John Varley | Jun Kazami | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1988 | "The Only Neat Thing To Do" | James Tiptree, Jr. | Hisashi Asakura | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1989 | "Eye for Eye" | Orson Scott Card | Mariko Fukamachi | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1990 | "Think Blue, Count Two" | Cordwainer Smith | Norio Itoh | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1991 | "Schrödinger's Kitten" | George Alec Effinger | Hisashi Asakura | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1992 | "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo" | John Varley | Hisashi Asakura | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1993 | "Groaning Hinges of the World" | R. A. Lafferty | Hisashi Asakura | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1994 | "Tangents" | Greg Bear | Akinobu Sakai | Tangents: Greg Bear's New Collection (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2] |
| 1995 | "The Planet Named Shayol" | Cordwainer Smith | Norio Itoh | The Planet Named Shayol (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2] |
| 1996 | "Robot Visions" | Isaac Asimov | Norio Itoh | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1997 | "Heads" | Greg Bear | Kazuko Onoda | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1998 | "The Death of Captain Future" | Allen Steele | Masahiro Noda | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 1999 | "This Year's Class Picture" | Dan Simmons | Yooichi Shimada | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 2000 | "Out of the Everywhere" | James Tiptree, Jr. | Norio Itoh | Out of the Everywhere (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2] |
| 2001 | "Oceanic" | Greg Egan | Makoto Yamagishi | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 2002 | "Story of Your Life" | Ted Chiang | Shigeyuki Kude | SF Magazine | [2] |
| "Reasons to be Cheerful" | Greg Egan | Makoto Yamagishi | 20-seiki SF vol.6 (The 20th Century SF vol.6) (Kawade Shobo) | ||
| 2003 | "Luminous" | Greg Egan | Makoto Yamagishi | 90-nendai SF Kessaku-sen, the Second Volume (The Best SF of Nineties, the Second Volume) (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2] |
| 2004 | "Hell Is the Absence of God" | Ted Chiang | Makoto Yamagishi | Story of Your Life (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2] |
| 2005 | "And Now the News..." | Theodore Sturgeon | Nozomi Ohmori | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 2006 | "The Human Front" | Ken MacLeod | Yooichi Shimada | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 2007 | "The Astronaut from Wyoming" | Adam-Troy Castro | Hisashi Asakura | SF Magazine | [2] |
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| 2008 | "Weather" | Alastair Reynolds | Naoya Nakahara | Great Wall of Mars (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2] |
| 2009 | "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" | Ted Chiang | Nozomi Ohmori | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 2010 | "Dark Integers" | Greg Egan | Makoto Yamagishi | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 2011 | "Carry the Moon in My Pocket" | James Lovegrove | Toru Nakamura | The Astronaut from Wyoming: The Best Space Exploration SF (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2] |
| 2012 | "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" | Ted Chiang | Nozomi Ohmori | SF Magazine | [2] |
| 2013 | "Pocketful of Dharma" | Paolo Bacigalupi | Hiroshi Kaneko | Pump Six (Hayakawa Publishing) | [2][3] |
| 2014 | "The Paper Menagerie" | Ken Liu | Yoshimichi Furusawa | SF Magazine | [2][4] |
| 2015 | "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" | Pat Cadigan | Yōichi Shimada | SF Magazine | |
Best Dramatic Presentation
Best Comic
Best Artist
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 1980 | Noriyoshi Ohrai |
| 1981 | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko |
| 1982 | Shusei Nagaoka |
| 1983 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 1984 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 1985 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 1986 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 1987 | Michiaki Sato |
| 1988 | Jun Suemi |
| 1989 | Hiroyuki Kato & Keisuke Gotou |
| 1990 | Katsumi Michihara |
| 1991 | Eiji Yokoyama |
| 1992 | Masamune Shirow |
| 1993 | Keinojō Mizutama |
| 1994 | Hitoshi Yoneda |
| 1995 | Keinojō Mizutama |
| 1996 | Akihiro Yamada |
| 1997 | Yuji Kaida |
| 1998 | Shigeru Mizuki |
| 1999 | Takami Akai |
| 2000 | Kenji Tsuruta |
| 2001 | Kenji Tsuruta |
| 2002 | Katsuya Terada |
| 2003 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 2004 | Daisuke Nishijima |
| 2005 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 2006 | Range Murata |
| 2007 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 2008 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 2009 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 2010 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 2011 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 2012 | Naohiro Washio |
| 2013 | Kenji Tsuruta |
| 2014 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 2015 | Keinojō Mizutama |
Best Nonfiction
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Kōseiki no sekai by Fujio Ishihara |
| 1986 | Tokusatsu Hero Retsuden by Noriaki Ikeda |
| 1987 | Ishihara Hakase no SF Kenkyūshitsu by Fujio Ishihara |
| 1988 | Wizardry nikki by Tetsu Yano |
| 1989 | Space Opera no kakikata by Masahiro Noda |
| 1990 | Future Magic by Robert L. Forward |
| 1991 | SF Handbook, edited by Hayakawa Shobō Editorial Office |
| 1992 | TV Series "Denshi Rikkoku Nippon no Jijoden" by NHK |
| 1993 | The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes |
| 1994 | Yasashii Uchū Kaihatsu Nyūmon by Masahiro Noda |
| 1995 | Itoshino Wonderland by Masahiro Noda |
| 1996 | Tondemo-bon no sekai, edited by Togakkai |
| 1997 | Tondemo-bon no gyakushū, edited by Togakkai |
| 1998 | Walking Humanoid Robot P2 by Honda |
| 1999 | Uchū o Kūsō shitekita Hitobito by Masahiro Noda |
| 2000 | AIBO by Sony |
| 2001 | Motto sugoi kagaku de mamorimasu! by Yūichi Hasegawa |
| 2002 | NHK Shōnen Drama Series no Subete by Hisaaki Masuyama |
| 2003 | Uchū e no pasupōto (Passport into Space) by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 2004 | Uchū e no pasupōto 2 (Passport into Space 2) by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 2005 | Maeda Kensetsu Fantasy Eigyobu by Maeda Corporation |
| 2006 | Disappearance Diary by Hideo Azuma |
| 2007 | Uchū e no pasupōto 3 (Passport into Space 3) by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 2008 | Hoshi Shinichi: 1001 Wa o Tsukutta Hito by Hazuki Saishō |
| 2009 | Sekai no SF ga yattekita! Nippon con file 2007 edited by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan |
| 2010 | Nihon SF Seishinshi by Yasuo Nagayama |
| 2011 | Sa wa saiensu no sa by Tsukasa Shikano |
| 2012 | Azuma Hideo sōtokushū --- Bishōjo, SF, fujōri gyagu, soshite shissō, edited by Kawade Shobo Shinsha |
| 2013 | Offprint of "The Present and Future of CGM: The World Opened Up by Hatsune Miku, Nico Nico Douga, and PIAPRO" from the May 2012 issue of IPSJ Magazine, published by Information Processing Society of Japan |
| 2014 | DIY LIQUID FUEL ROCKET by Summer Rocket Team by Yoshito Asari |
| 2015 | Sanrio SF bunko sōkaisetsu edited by Shinji Maki and Nozomi Ohmori |
Non Section
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2002 | H-IIA Rocket Test Flight 1, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2003 | Humanoid Robot HRP-2 Promet, by Yutaka Izubuchi and Kawada Industries |
| 2004 | Royal Science Museum Series 1, by Toshio Okada |
| 2005 | Japan Pavilion of the 9th Venice Biennale of Architecture, by Japan Foundation, Kaichirō Morikawa, and participating artists |
| 2006 | Landing on the asteroid Itokawa by the asteroid sample return mission MUSES-C "Hayabusa", by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2007 | M-V Rocket, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2008 | Hatsune Miku, by Crypton Future Media Co. |
| 2009 | (No award) |
| 2010 | Gundam 30th Anniversary Project Real G the Statue of Gundam by Sunrise Inc. and Nomura Co., Ltd. |
| 2011 | Returning of Hayabusa Probe (20th Science Satellite MUSES-C) to Earth, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2012 | (No award) |
| 2013 | iPS cells, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University |
| 2014 | NOVA original anthology series, edited by Nozomi Ohmori |
| 2015 | TV drama Aoi Honō |
Special Award
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Motoichirō Takebe |
| 1982 | Uchūjin as Japanese Oldest Sci-fi Fanzine |
| 1989 | Osamu Tezuka |
| 2005 | Tetsu Yano |
| 2007 | Yoshihiro Yonezawa |
| 2008 | Kōichirō Noda (Masahiro Noda) |
| 2010 | Takumi Shibano |
| 2011 | Sakyo Komatsu |
Notes
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References
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