Seiun Award
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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. The professional works released in the previous calendar year are eligible for vote. If the work is a series, entire series is eligible when the series is finished as well. Although the member of Federation of the Science Fiction Fan Group of Japan selects several works and issues the candidate list, voter may vote any eligible work outside the list.
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Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
award for the best science fiction published in Japan during the preceding year, as voted by attendees of the Japan Science Fiction Convention
Nihon SF Taikai
The is an annual science fiction convention held in Japan. Each of these conventions is officially the , but they are more popularly known by the official nicknames given to them based on their locations, e.g. TOKON or DAICON .Each year the Nihon SF Taikai attracts between 1,000 and 1,500 science...
. "Seiun" is the Japanese word for "nebula", but the award is not related to the American Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
. It was named after first professional science fiction magazine in Japan, which appeared in 1954. The professional works released in the previous calendar year are eligible for vote. If the work is a series, entire series is eligible when the series is finished as well. Although the member of Federation of the Science Fiction Fan Group of Japan selects several works and issues the candidate list, voter may vote any eligible work outside the list.
Best Japanese Novel of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Reichōrui Minami e by Yasutaka Tsutsui Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari... |
| 1971 | Tsugu no wa Dare ka? by Sakyō Komatsu Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.-Early life:... |
| 1972 | Ishi no Ketsumyaku by Ryō Hanmura Ryo Hanmura Ryō Hanmura was a Japanese science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. His name is alternatively transliterated as Ryo Hammura. He won the Naoki Prize for his 1975 novel Amayadori... |
| 1973 | Kagami no Kuni no Alice by Tadashi Hirose |
| 1974 | Japan Sinks Japan Sinks is a 2006 Tokusatsu film directed by Shinji Higuchi, and a remake of the 1973 screenplay based on the Komatsu novel. It stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa, and Mao Daichi, and was released on July 15, 2006.... by Sakyō Komatsu Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.-Early life:... |
| 1975 | Ore no Chi wa Tanin no Chi by Yasutaka Tsutsui Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari... |
| 1976 | Nanase Futatabi by Yasutaka Tsutsui Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari... |
| 1977 | Saikoro Tokkōtai by Musashi Kanbe Musashi Kanbe Musashi Kanbe is a Seiun Award winning author for the novel Saikoro Tokkōtai. Musashi Kanbe was also chair of honor at Daicon III in 1981.-Web sources:... |
| 1978 | Chikyū Seishin Bunseki Kiroku / Eld Analusis by Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada is a Japanese science fiction author. He has won the Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Seiun Award three times, and an award for mystery fiction. His first story was in 1974. His novel Aphrodite was translated into English in 2004... |
| 1979 | Shōmetsu no Kōrin by Taku Mayumura Taku Mayumura Taku Mayumura is a Japanese science fiction writer who won the Seiun Award for Novel twice. In 2004 his Shiseikan , written in 1974, was translated into English.... |
| 1980 | Hōseki Dorobō by Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada is a Japanese science fiction author. He has won the Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Seiun Award three times, and an award for mystery fiction. His first story was in 1974. His novel Aphrodite was translated into English in 2004... |
| 1981 | Kaseijin Senshi by Chiaki Kawamata Chiaki Kawamata is a Japanese science fiction writer and critic. Chiaki Kawamata has won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award. Chaki Kawamata is also noted for the manga Emblem of Roto.-References:... |
| 1982 | Kirikiri-Jin by Hisashi Inoue |
| 1983 | Sayonara Jupiter by Sakyō Komatsu Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.-Early life:... |
| 1984 | Teki wa Kaizoku / Kaizokuban by Chōhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kanbayashi is a Japanese science fiction writer.Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and during 1980s and 1990s,... |
| 1985 | Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze by Chōhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kanbayashi is a Japanese science fiction writer.Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and during 1980s and 1990s,... |
| 1986 | Dirty-Pair no Daigyakuten by Haruka Takachiho Haruka Takachiho is a Japanese science fiction author and founder of Studio Nue. Takachiho is best known as the creator of Crusher Joe, Dirty Pair and Dirty Pair Flash.... |
| 1987 | Prism by Chōhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kanbayashi is a Japanese science fiction writer.Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and during 1980s and 1990s,... |
| 1988 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a series of science fiction novels by Yoshiki Tanaka. An anime adaptation of the novels by Artland ran from 1988 to 2000 as well as a manga based on the novels, with art by Katsumi Michihara... by Yoshiki Tanaka Yoshiki Tanaka Dr. Yoshiki Tanaka is a Japanese novelist. He was born in Kumamoto Prefecture and took his doctorate degree in Japanese Language and Literature in the Graduate School of Gakushūin University in Tokyo.... |
| 1989 | Babylonia Wave by Akira Hori Akira Hori Akira Hori is a Japanese science fiction writer. He has been involved in science fiction since high school and has a degree from Osaka University in engineering. He won the first Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1980 and has also won the Seiun Award.-External links:**... |
| 1990 | Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi by Baku Yumemakura Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer. He is best known for writing Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi , which won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award... |
| 1991 | Hybrid Child by Mariko Ōhara Mariko Ohara is a Japanese science fiction writer. In her teens, she wrote Kirk/Spock fan fiction. She graduated from Seisin University and her writing career began in 1980.... |
| 1992 | Merusasu no Shōnen by Hiroe Suga Hiroe Suga is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer. She was first published in 1981. She has won three Seiun Awards – in 1992 and 2001 for best novel of the year, and in 1993 for best short story of the year.... |
| 1993 | Venus City by Gorō Masaki |
| 1994 | Owari naki Sakuteki by Kōshū Tani Koshu Tani is an award-winning Japanese science fiction writer. He graduated from the Osaka Institute of Technology, and worked as a volunteer in Nepal and the Philippines... |
| 1995 | Kishin Heidan by Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada is a Japanese science fiction author. He has won the Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Seiun Award three times, and an award for mystery fiction. His first story was in 1974. His novel Aphrodite was translated into English in 2004... |
| 1996 | Hikishio no Toki by Taku Mayumura Taku Mayumura Taku Mayumura is a Japanese science fiction writer who won the Seiun Award for Novel twice. In 2004 his Shiseikan , written in 1974, was translated into English.... |
| 1997 | Seikai no Monshou by Hiroyuki Morioka Hiroyuki Morioka is a Japanese science fiction novelist.- Biography :In 1992, his first novel Yume no ki ga tsugeta nara appeared in Hayakawa Shobo 's SF Magazine... |
| 1998 | Teki wa Kaizoku / A-kyū no Teki by Chōhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kanbayashi is a Japanese science fiction writer.Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and during 1980s and 1990s,... |
| 1999 | Suisei Gari by Yūichi Sasamoto Yuichi Sasamoto Yūichi Sasamoto is a Japanese science fiction writer who won Seiun Awards for Ariel and also for three non-fiction volumes Passport to the Universe. He also co-wrote with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko the film Venus Wars. His work Miniskirt Uchū Kaizoku will be adapted into an anime television series in... |
| 2000 | Good luck, Sentou Yousei Yukikaze by Chōhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kanbayashi is a Japanese science fiction writer.Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and during 1980s and 1990s,... |
| 2001 | Eien no Mori, Hakubutsukan Wakusei by Hiroe Suga Hiroe Suga is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer. She was first published in 1981. She has won three Seiun Awards – in 1992 and 2001 for best novel of the year, and in 1993 for best short story of the year.... |
| 2002 | Fuwa-fuwa no Izumi by Hōsuke Nojiri Hosuke Nojiri is a Japanese science fiction writer.After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the Creguian game novelization.... |
| 2003 | Usurper of the Sun by Hōsuke Nojiri Hosuke Nojiri is a Japanese science fiction writer.After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the Creguian game novelization.... |
| 2004 | Dai-Roku Tairiku by Issui Ogawa Issui Ogawa is a Seiun and Hayakawa Award winning writer of more than a dozen novels. His stories are often sociological in nature dealing with issues like disaster and democracy.-Awards:*2004: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for... |
| 2005 | ARIEL by Yūichi Sasamoto Yuichi Sasamoto Yūichi Sasamoto is a Japanese science fiction writer who won Seiun Awards for Ariel and also for three non-fiction volumes Passport to the Universe. He also co-wrote with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko the film Venus Wars. His work Miniskirt Uchū Kaizoku will be adapted into an anime television series in... |
| 2006 | Summer/Time/Traveler by Kazuma Shinjō Kazuma Shinjo Kazuma Shinjō is a Japanese science fiction writer who was first published in 1991. In 2006 Kazuma won the Seiun Award for Summer / Time / Traveler.- Selected works :* Hōrai gakuen , 1991–1997* Marion & Co. , 1997... |
| 2007 | Nihon chinbotsu Dai 2 Bu by Sakyo Komatsu Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.-Early life:... and Kōshū Tani Koshu Tani is an award-winning Japanese science fiction writer. He graduated from the Osaka Institute of Technology, and worked as a volunteer in Nepal and the Philippines... |
| 2008 | Toshokan Sensō Toshokan Senso is a Japanese light novel series by Hiro Arikawa, with illustrations by Sukumo Adabana. There are four novels in the series, though only the first novel is called Toshokan Sensō; the subsequent novels are named Toshokan Nairan, Toshokan Kiki, and Toshokan Kakumei. The novels were published by... Series by Hiro Arikawa Hiro Arikawa is a female Japanese light novelist from Kōchi, Japan.-Biography:Hiro Arikawa won the tenth annual Dengeki Novel Prize for new writers for Shio no Machi: Wish on My Precious in 2003, and the book was published the following year. It was praised for its love story between a heroine and hero divided... |
| 2009 | Harmony by Keikaku Itō |
| 2010 | Guin Saga Guin Saga is the title of a best-selling heroic fantasy novel series by the Japanese author Kaoru Kurimoto, in continuous publication since 1979. A record 100 volumes were originally planned, but the final total stands at 130 volumes, the last four published posthumously, with 21 side-story novels... series by Kaoru Kurimoto Kaoru Kurimoto was the pen name of , an award-winning Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name to write criticism. She was known for her record-breaking 126-volume Guin Saga series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian... |
| 2011 | Kyonen wa ii toshi ni narudarou by Hiroshi Yamamoto |
Best Japanese Short Story of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | "Furu Neruson" by Yasutaka Tsutsui Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari... |
| 1971 | "Vitamin" by Yasutaka Tsutsui Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari... |
| 1972 | "Shirokabe no Moji wa Yūhi ni Haeru" by Yoshio Aramaki |
| 1973 | "Kesshō Seidan" by Sakyō Komatsu Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.-Early life:... |
| 1974 | "Nippon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu" by Yasutaka Tsutsui Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari... |
| 1975 | "Kamigari" by Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada is a Japanese science fiction author. He has won the Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Seiun Award three times, and an award for mystery fiction. His first story was in 1974. His novel Aphrodite was translated into English in 2004... |
| 1976 | "Vomisa" by Sakyō Komatsu Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.-Early life:... |
| 1977 | "Metamorphoses Guntō" by Yasutaka Tsutsui Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari... |
| 1978 | "Gordian Knot" by Sakyō Komatsu Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.-Early life:... |
| 1979 | "Chikyū wa Plain yogurt" by Shinji Kajio Shinji Kajio is an award winning Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy. The film Yomigaeri is based on a novel by him and he also co-wrote the manga series with Kenji Tsuruta , which was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryu. The manga is based on his short story of the same title, which became the... |
| 1980 | "The Dirty Pair's Great Adventures Dirty Pair is a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions.... " by Haruka Takachiho Haruka Takachiho is a Japanese science fiction author and founder of Studio Nue. Takachiho is best known as the creator of Crusher Joe, Dirty Pair and Dirty Pair Flash.... |
| 1981 | "Green Requiem" by Motoko Arai Motoko Arai Motoko Arai is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. Her first novel received an award in 1977 when she was in high school. In 1981 and 1982 she received the Seiun Award for short fiction. She graduated from Rikkyo University in 1983... |
| 1982 | "Neptune" by Motoko Arai Motoko Arai Motoko Arai is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. Her first novel received an award in 1977 when she was in high school. In 1981 and 1982 she received the Seiun Award for short fiction. She graduated from Rikkyo University in 1983... |
| 1983 | "Kotobazukaishi" by Chōhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kanbayashi is a Japanese science fiction writer.Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and during 1980s and 1990s,... |
| 1984 | "Super Phoenix" by Chōhei Kanbayashi Chohei Kanbayashi is a Japanese science fiction writer.Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and during 1980s and 1990s,... |
| 1985 | (No award) |
| 1986 | "Lemon Pie, Oyashiki Yokochō Zero Banchi" by Masahiro Noda |
| 1987 | "Martian Railroad 19" by Kōshū Tani Koshu Tani is an award-winning Japanese science fiction writer. He graduated from the Osaka Institute of Technology, and worked as a volunteer in Nepal and the Philippines... |
| 1988 | "Yama no ue no Kōkyō-gaku" by Norio Nakai Norio Nakai is a Japanese science fiction writer.His debut as a writer was in 1985 in Hayakawa SF Magazine. In 1988 he won the Seiun Award with . He is known for his unique style, influenced by magic realism. His most famous work is the series, a western-like science fiction of seven volumes .He is a graduate... |
| 1989 | "Kurage no Hi" by Jin Kusakami |
| 1990 | "Aqua Planet" by Mariko Ōhara Mariko Ohara is a Japanese science fiction writer. In her teens, she wrote Kirk/Spock fan fiction. She graduated from Seisin University and her writing career began in 1980.... |
| 1991 | "Jōdan no Tsuki wo Kurau Inoshishi" Baku Yumemakura Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer. He is best known for writing Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi , which won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award... |
| 1992 | "Kyōryū Laurentiis no Genshi" by Shinji Kajio Shinji Kajio is an award winning Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy. The film Yomigaeri is based on a novel by him and he also co-wrote the manga series with Kenji Tsuruta , which was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryu. The manga is based on his short story of the same title, which became the... |
| 1993 | "Sobakasu no Figure" by Hiroe Suga Hiroe Suga is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer. She was first published in 1981. She has won three Seiun Awards – in 1992 and 2001 for best novel of the year, and in 1993 for best short story of the year.... |
| 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 Mariko Ohara is a Japanese science fiction writer. In her teens, she wrote Kirk/Spock fan fiction. She graduated from Seisin University and her writing career began in 1980.... |
| 1999 | "Yoake no Terrorist" by Hiroyuki Morioka Hiroyuki Morioka is a Japanese science fiction novelist.- Biography :In 1992, his first novel Yume no ki ga tsugeta nara appeared in Hayakawa Shobo 's SF Magazine... |
| 2000 | "Taiyō no Sandatsusha" by Hōsuke Nojiri Hosuke Nojiri is a Japanese science fiction writer.After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the Creguian game novelization.... |
| 2001 | "Ashibiki Daydream" by Shinji Kajio Shinji Kajio is an award winning Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy. The film Yomigaeri is based on a novel by him and he also co-wrote the manga series with Kenji Tsuruta , which was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryu. The manga is based on his short story of the same title, which became the... |
| 2002 | "Ginga Teikoku no Kōbō mo Fude no Ayamari" by Hirofumi Tanaka |
| 2003 | "Ore wa Misairu" by Mizuhito Akiyama Mizuhito Akiyama is a Seiun Award winning author noted for his science fiction light novel series Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu. He graduated from Hosei University, where he had learned about writing novels in a seminar class under guidance from his teacher, Professor Mizuhito Kanehara, from whom Akiyama took his... |
| 2004 | "Yomibito shirazu" by Shinji Kajio Shinji Kajio is an award winning Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy. The film Yomigaeri is based on a novel by him and he also co-wrote the manga series with Kenji Tsuruta , which was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryu. The manga is based on his short story of the same title, which became the... |
| 2005 | "Katadorareta Chikara" by Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2006 | "Tadayotta Otoko" by Issui Ogawa Issui Ogawa is a Seiun and Hayakawa Award winning writer of more than a dozen novels. His stories are often sociological in nature dealing with issues like disaster and democracy.-Awards:*2004: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for... |
| 2007 | "A Furoshiki and Spider’s Thread" by Hōsuke Nojiri Hosuke Nojiri is a Japanese science fiction writer.After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the Creguian game novelization.... |
| 2008 | "Chinmoku no Flyby" by Hōsuke Nojiri Hosuke Nojiri is a Japanese science fiction writer.After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the Creguian game novelization.... |
| 2009 | "Nankyokuten no Pia Pia dōga" by Hōsuke Nojiri Hosuke Nojiri is a Japanese science fiction writer.After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the Creguian game novelization.... |
| 2010 | "Jisei no yume" by Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2011 | "Arisuma ō no aishita mamono" by Issui Ogawa Issui Ogawa is a Seiun and Hayakawa Award winning writer of more than a dozen novels. His stories are often sociological in nature dealing with issues like disaster and democracy.-Awards:*2004: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for... |
Best Foreign Language Novel of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | The Crystal World The Crystal World The Crystal World is a novel by English author J. G. Ballard, published in 1966.- Plot introduction :The novel tells the story of a physician trying to make his way deep into the jungle to a secluded leprosy treatment facility... by J. G. Ballard J. G. Ballard James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction... |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain The Andromeda Strain The Andromeda Strain , by Michael Crichton, is a techno-thriller novel documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism that rapidly and fatally clots human blood, while in other people inducing insanity... by Michael Crichton Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton , best known as Michael Crichton, was an American best-selling author, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted... |
| 1972 | Nightwings Nightwings Nightwings is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1969 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award in 1968. Nightwings is the first in a trilogy of novellas, the next two being Perris Way and To Jorslem... by Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:... |
| 1973 | The Sirens of Titan The Sirens of Titan The Sirens of Titan is a Hugo Award-nominated novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., first published in 1959. His second novel, it involves issues of free will, omniscience, and the overall purpose of human history... by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early... |
| 1974 | Dune Dune (novel) Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert, published in 1965. It won the Hugo Award in 1966, and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel... by Frank Herbert Frank Herbert Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. Although a short story author, he is best known for his novels, most notably Dune and its five sequels... |
| 1975 | Up the Line Up the Line Up the Line is a time travel novel by American science fiction author Robert Silverberg. The plot revolves mainly around the paradoxes brought about by time travel, though it is also notable for its liberal dosage of sex and humor. It was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1969, and a... by Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:... |
| 1976 | ...And Call Me Conrad by Roger Zelazny Roger Zelazny Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for his The Chronicles of Amber series... |
| 1977 | The Dragon Masters The Dragon Masters "The Dragon Masters" is a science fiction novella by American author Jack Vance. It was first published in Galaxy magazine, August 1962, and in 1963 in book form, as half of Ace Double F-185... by Jack Vance Jack Vance John Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen... |
| 1978 | I Will Fear No Evil I Will Fear No Evil I Will Fear No Evil is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialised in Galaxy and published in hardcover in 1970... by Robert A. Heinlein Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of... |
| 1979 | Ringworld Ringworld Ringworld is a Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. It is followed by three sequels, and preceded by four prequels, and ties into numerous other books set in Known Space... by Larry Niven Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics... |
| 1980 | Rendezvous with Rama Rendezvous with Rama Rendezvous with Rama is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke first published in 1972. Set in the 22nd century, the story involves a cylindrical alien starship that enters Earth's solar system... by Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,... |
| 1981 | Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan James P. Hogan (writer) James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author.-Biography:Hogan was born in London, England. He was raised in the Portobello Road area on the west side of London... |
| 1982 | The Genesis Machine by James P. Hogan James P. Hogan (writer) James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author.-Biography:Hogan was born in London, England. He was raised in the Portobello Road area on the west side of London... |
| 1983 | Dragon's Egg Dragon's Egg Dragon's Egg is a hard science fiction novel written by Robert L. Forward and published in 1980. In the story, Dragon's Egg is a neutron star with a surface gravity 67 billion times that of Earth, and inhabited by cheela, intelligent creatures that have the volume of sesame seeds and live a... by Robert L. Forward |
| 1984 | The Garments of Caean by Barrington J. Bayley Barrington J. Bayley Barrington J. Bayley was an English science fiction writer.Bayley was born in Birmingham and educated in Newport, Shropshire... |
| 1985 | The Zen Gun by Barrington J. Bayley Barrington J. Bayley Barrington J. Bayley was an English science fiction writer.Bayley was born in Birmingham and educated in Newport, Shropshire... |
| 1986 | Elric saga by Michael Moorcock Michael Moorcock Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels.... |
| 1987 | Neuromancer Neuromancer Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre and the first winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy... by William Gibson William Gibson William Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer... |
| 1988 | Norstrilia Norstrilia Norstrilia is the only novel published by Paul Linebarger under the pseudonym Cordwainer Smith, which he used for his science-fiction works... by Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith – pronounced CORDwainer – was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare... |
| 1989 | Footfall Footfall Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It was nominated for the both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1986, and was a No... by Larry Niven Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics... and Jerry Pournelle Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte and has since 1998 been maintaining his own website/blog.... |
| 1990 | Collision with Chronos by Barrington J. Bayley Barrington J. Bayley Barrington J. Bayley was an English science fiction writer.Bayley was born in Birmingham and educated in Newport, Shropshire... |
| 1991 | The Uplift War The Uplift War The Uplift War is a 1987 science fiction novel by David Brin and the third book of six set in his Uplift Universe. It was nominated as the best novel for the 1987 Nebula Award and won the 1988 Hugo and Locus Awards... by David Brin David Brin Glen David Brin, Ph.D. is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards.-Biography:... |
| 1992 | The McAndrew Chronicles by Charles Sheffield Charles Sheffield Charles Sheffield , was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction author. He had been a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society.... |
| 1993 | Tau Zero Tau Zero Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson. The novel was based upon the short story "To Outlive Eternity" appearing in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1967. It was first published in book form in 1970.... by Poul Anderson Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories... |
| 1994 | Entoverse by James P. Hogan James P. Hogan (writer) James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author.-Biography:Hogan was born in London, England. He was raised in the Portobello Road area on the west side of London... |
| 1996 | The Fall of Hyperion The Fall of Hyperion The Fall of Hyperion is the second science fiction novel by Dan Simmons in his Hyperion Cantos fictional universe. The novel was written in 1990, and won both the British Science Fiction and a Locus Awards in 1991... by Dan Simmons Dan Simmons Dan Simmons is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction series, known as the Hyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle.... |
| Timelike Infinity Timelike Infinity Timelike Infinity is a 1992 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter. The second book in the Xeelee Sequence, Timelike Infinity introduces a universe of powerful alien species and technologies which manages to maintain a realistic edge due to Baxter's physics background; it largely sets the stage for... by Stephen Baxter Stephen Baxter Stephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :... |
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| 1997 | End of an Era by Robert J. Sawyer Robert J. Sawyer Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,... |
| 1998 | Fallen Angels Fallen Angels (science fiction novel) Fallen Angels is a Prometheus Award-winning novel by science fiction authors Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn published by Jim Baen. The novel was written as a tribute to science fiction fandom, and includes many of its well-known figures, legends, and practices... by Larry Niven Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics... & Jerry Pournelle Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte and has since 1998 been maintaining his own website/blog.... |
| 1999 | The Time Ships The Time Ships The Time Ships is a 1995 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publication. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Philip K. Dick Award in 1996, as... by Stephen Baxter Stephen Baxter Stephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :... |
| Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the fifteen years of research... |
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| 2000 | Kirinyaga Kirinyaga (story) "Kirinyaga" is a science fiction short story published in 1988 by Mike Resnick and is the first chapter in the book by the same name. The story was the winner of the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the 1989 SF Chronicle Award... by Mike Resnick Mike Resnick Michael Diamond Resnick , better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is an American science fiction author. He was executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe.-Biography:... |
| 2001 | Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer Robert J. Sawyer Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,... |
| 2002 | There and Back Again by Pat Murphy |
| 2003 | Illegal Alien Illegal Alien (novel) Illegal Alien is a science fiction and mystery novel by Canadian novelist Robert J. Sawyer. The book won the 2002 Seiun Award, in Japan, for Best Foreign Novel.... by Robert J. Sawyer Robert J. Sawyer Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,... |
| 2004 | Heaven's Reach Heaven's Reach Heaven's Reach is the third novel in the Uplift Storm series by David Brin. Like the first two, it follows the adventures of the Terran scout ship, Streaker... by David Brin David Brin Glen David Brin, Ph.D. is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards.-Biography:... |
| 2005 | Distress Distress (novel) Distress is a 1995 science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan.-Plot summary:It describes the political intrigue surrounding a mid-twenty-first century physics conference, at which is to be presented a unified Theory of Everything. In the background of the story is an epidemic mental... by Greg Egan Greg Egan Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author.Egan published his first work in 1983. He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness... |
| 2006 | Diaspora Diaspora (novel) Diaspora, a hard science fiction novel by the Australian writer Greg Egan, first appeared in print in 1997.-Plot introduction:This novel's setting is a posthuman future, in which transhumanism long ago became the default philosophy embraced by the vast majority of human cultures.The novel began as... by Greg Egan Greg Egan Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author.Egan published his first work in 1983. He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness... |
| 2007 | Mortal Engines Mortal Engines Mortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve's quartet of the same name, which is also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States... by Phillip Reeve |
| 2008 | Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 2009 | Spin Spin (novel) Spin is a science fiction novel by author Robert Charles Wilson. It was published in 2005 and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. It is the first book in the Spin trilogy, with Axis published in 2007 and Vortex published in July 2011.-Plot:Set in the near future, Spin begins with the sudden... by Robert Charles Wilson Robert Charles Wilson Robert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.Wilson was born in the United States in California, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he... |
| 2010 | The Last Colony The Last Colony The Last Colony is the third science fiction novel by John Scalzi set in the Old Man's War universe. It was nominated for a 2008 Hugo Award in the Best Novel category.-Plot synopsis:... by John Scalzi John Scalzi John Michael Scalzi II is an American author and online writer, and president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Hugo Award-nominated science fiction novel Old Man's War, released by Tor Books in January 2005, and for his blog , at which he has written... |
| 2011 | Eifelheim Eifelheim (novel) Eifelheim is a science fiction novel by author Michael Flynn, published in 2006. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2007. It first appeared as a novella in 1986, which was a nominee for Best Novella Hugo Award in 1987.-Plot summary:... by Michael Flynn Michael Flynn Michael Francis Flynn is an American statistician and science fiction author.Nearly all of Flynn's work falls under the category of hard science fiction, although his treatment of it can be unusual since he has applied the rigor of hard science fiction to "softer" sciences such as sociology in... |
Best Foreign Language Short Story of the Year
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| 1970 | "The Squirrel Cage" by Thomas M. Disch Thomas M. Disch Thomas Michael Disch was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula Award nominations to his credit, plus one win of the John W... |
| 1971 | "The Poems" by Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th... |
| 1972 | "The Blue Bottle" by Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th... |
| 1973 | "The Black Ferris" by Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th... |
| 1974 | "A Meeting with Medusa A Meeting with Medusa A Meeting with Medusa is a science fiction novella by Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1971 and has since been included in several collections of Clarke's writings.-Plot summary:... " by Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,... |
| 1975 | "Eurema's Dam" by R. A. Lafferty R. A. Lafferty Raphael Aloysius Lafferty was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit... |
| 1976 | "Wet Paint" by A. Bertram Chandler A. Bertram Chandler Arthur Bertram Chandler was a British-Australian science fiction author. He also wrote under the pseudonyms George Whitley, George Whitely, Andrew Dunstan, and S.H.M.... |
| 1977 | "Rozprawa" by Stanisław Lem |
| 1978 | (No award) |
| 1979 | "All The Myriad Ways" by Larry Niven Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics... |
| 1980 | (No award) |
| 1981 | "A Relic of the Empire" by Larry Niven Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics... |
| 1982 | "The Brave Little Toaster The Brave Little Toaster The Brave Little Toaster is a novel by Thomas M. Disch intended for children or as put by Disch, A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances... " by Thomas M. Disch Thomas M. Disch Thomas Michael Disch was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula Award nominations to his credit, plus one win of the John W... |
| 1983 | "Nightflyers Nightflyers Nightflyers is the title of a 1980 novella by George R. R. Martin, a 1985 anthology by the same author that includes the novella, and a 1987 science fiction-horror film based on that novella.-Collection:The collection contains the following stories:... " by George R. R. Martin George R. R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of... |
| 1984 | "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny Roger Zelazny Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for his The Chronicles of Amber series... |
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| 1986 | (No award) |
| 1987 | "Press Enter■" by John Varley John Varley (author) John Herbert Varley is an American science fiction author.-Biography:Varley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1957, and graduated from Nederland High School. He went to Michigan State University on a National Merit Scholarship because, of the schools that he could afford, it... |
| 1988 | "The Only Neat Thing To Do" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 1989 | "Eye for Eye" by Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the... |
| 1990 | "Think Blue, Count Two" by Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith – pronounced CORDwainer – was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare... |
| 1991 | "Schrödinger's Kitten Schrödinger's Kitten "Schrödinger's Kitten" is a 1988 novelette by George Alec Effinger, which won both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, as well as the Japanese Seiun Award. It was later expanded into a novel, published in 1992 under the same name. It was originally published in Omni.The story utilizes a form of the... " by George Alec Effinger George Alec Effinger George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio.-Writing career:... |
| 1992 | "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo" by John Varley John Varley (author) John Herbert Varley is an American science fiction author.-Biography:Varley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1957, and graduated from Nederland High School. He went to Michigan State University on a National Merit Scholarship because, of the schools that he could afford, it... |
| 1993 | "Groaning Hinges of the World" by R. A. Lafferty R. A. Lafferty Raphael Aloysius Lafferty was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit... |
| 1994 | "Tangents" by Greg Bear Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict , artificial universes , consciousness and cultural practices , and accelerated evolution... |
| 1995 | "The Planet Named Shayol" by Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith – pronounced CORDwainer – was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare... |
| 1996 | "Robot Visions" by Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... |
| 1997 | "Heads" by Greg Bear Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict , artificial universes , consciousness and cultural practices , and accelerated evolution... |
| 1998 | "The Death of Captain Future" by Allen Steele Allen Steele Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. is an American science fiction author.Steele began publishing short stories in 1988. His early novels formed a future history beginning with Orbital Decay and continuing through Labyrinth of Night... |
| 1999 | "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons Dan Simmons Dan Simmons is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction series, known as the Hyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle.... |
| 2000 | "Out of the Everywhere" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 2001 | "Oceanic" by Greg Egan Greg Egan Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author.Egan published his first work in 1983. He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness... |
| 2002 | "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang Ted Chiang Ted Chiang is an American speculative fiction writer. His Chinese name is Chiang Feng-nan.He was born in Port Jefferson, New York and graduated from Brown University with a Computer Science degree. He currently works as a technical writer in the software industry and resides in Bellevue, near... |
| "Reasons to be Cheerful" by Greg Egan Greg Egan Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author.Egan published his first work in 1983. He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness... |
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| 2003 | "Luminous" by Greg Egan Greg Egan Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author.Egan published his first work in 1983. He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness... |
| 2004 | "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang Ted Chiang Ted Chiang is an American speculative fiction writer. His Chinese name is Chiang Feng-nan.He was born in Port Jefferson, New York and graduated from Brown University with a Computer Science degree. He currently works as a technical writer in the software industry and resides in Bellevue, near... |
| 2005 | "And Now the News..." by Theodore Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon was an American science fiction author.His most famous novel is More Than Human .-Biography:... |
| 2006 | "The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod Ken MacLeod Ken MacLeod , is a Scottish science fiction writer.MacLeod was born in Stornoway. He graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics.... |
| 2007 | "The Astronaut from Wyoming" by Adam-Troy Castro Adam-Troy Castro Adam-Troy Castro is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer living in Miami, FL. He has more than eighty stories to his credit and has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Stoker. These stories include four Spider-Man novels, including the Sinister Six trilogy,... and Jerry Oltion Jerry Oltion Jerry Oltion is a science fiction author from Eugene, Oregon, known for numerous novels and short stories, including books in the Star Trek series... |
| 2008 | "Weather" by Alastair Reynolds Alastair Reynolds Alastair Preston Reynolds is a British science fiction author. He specialises in dark hard science fiction and space opera. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle, where he read physics and astronomy. Afterwards, he earned a PhD from St Andrews, Scotland... |
| 2009 | "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate is a fantasy novelette by Ted Chiang originally published in 2007 by Subterranean Press and reprinted in the September 2007 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction... " by Ted Chiang Ted Chiang Ted Chiang is an American speculative fiction writer. His Chinese name is Chiang Feng-nan.He was born in Port Jefferson, New York and graduated from Brown University with a Computer Science degree. He currently works as a technical writer in the software industry and resides in Bellevue, near... |
| 2010 | "Dark Integers" by Greg Egan Greg Egan Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author.Egan published his first work in 1983. He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness... |
| 2011 | "Carry the Moon in My Pocket" by James Lovegrove James Lovegrove James Lovegrove is a British writer of speculative fiction. His first novel was The Hope, published by Macmillan in 1990. He was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 for his novel Days and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004 for his novel Untied Kingdom... |
Best Media of the Year
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| 1970 | TV Series The Prisoner The Prisoner The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series first broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. Starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan, it combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama.The series follows a British former... |
| Film Charly Charly Charly is a 1968 American film directed by Ralph Nelson. The drama stars Cliff Robertson , Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney and Dick Van Patten and tells the story of a mentally retarded bakery worker who is the subject of an experiment to increase human intelligence... |
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| 1971 | TV Series UFO UFO (TV series) UFO is a 1970-1971 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.UFO first aired in the UK and Canada... |
| 1972 | Film The Andromeda Strain The Andromeda Strain (film) The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science-fiction film, based on the novel published in 1969 by Michael Crichton. The film is about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly organism of extraterrestrial origin that causes rapid, fatal blood clotting. Directed by Robert Wise, the film... |
| 1973 | Film A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (film) A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick... |
| 1974 | Film Soylent Green Soylent Green Soylent Green is a 1973 American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer. Starring Charlton Heston, the film overlays the police procedural and science fiction genres as it depicts the investigation into the murder of a wealthy businessman in a dystopian future suffering from pollution,... |
| 1975 | Anime Uchū Senkan Yamato Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers... |
| 1976 | Theatrical play Star |
| 1977 | (No award) |
| 1978 | Film Solaris Solaris (1972 film) Solaris is a 1972 film adaptation of the novel Solaris , directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The film is a meditative psychological drama occurring mostly aboard a space station orbiting the fictional planet Solaris. The scientific mission has stalled, because the scientist crew have fallen to... |
| 1979 | Film Star Wars Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year... |
| 1980 | Film Alien Alien (film) Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which... |
| 1981 | Film Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, based on a story by George Lucas, was written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan... |
| 1982 | (No award) |
| 1983 | Film Blade Runner Blade Runner Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K... |
| 1984 | Film The Dark Crystal The Dark Crystal The Dark Crystal is a 1982 British-American fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Although marketed as a family film, it was notably darker than previous material created by them. The animatronics used in the film were considered groundbreaking. The primary concept artist was the... |
| 1985 | Film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind |
| 1986 | Film Back to the Future Back to the Future trilogy The Back to the Future trilogy is a comedic science fiction adventure film series written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, directed by Zemeckis, produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. The main plot follows the adventures of a high school student Marty McFly and... |
| 1987 | Film Brazil Brazil (film) Brazil is a 1985 British science fiction fantasy/black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. It was written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and stars Jonathan Pryce. The film also features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm... |
| 1988 | Film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise is a 1987 Japanese animated science fiction film and the first film produced by Gainax and Bandai Visual. It was directed and written by Hiroyuki Yamaga with assistant director Takami Akai. The film would eventually be a critically acclaimed Gainax classic, but it was poorly received and sold only... |
| 1989 | Film My Neighbor Totoro My Neighbor Totoro , is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan... |
| 1990 | Anime Gunbuster Gunbuster Gunbuster, known in Japan as is a six episode anime OVA series created by Gainax in 1988. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The title is a combination of the titles of classic tennis anime Aim for the Ace!, whose plot inspired... |
| 1991 | TV Ginga Uchū Odyssey |
| 1992 | Film Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr.. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong... |
| 1993 | Anime Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei |
| 1994 | Film Jurassic Park Jurassic Park (film) Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck... |
| 1995 | Film Zeiram 2 |
| 1996 | Film Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Gamera: Guardian of the Universe , is a 1995 Kaiju film directed by Shusuke Kaneko. It is a reboot of the Gamera film franchise. It is the ninth entry in the Gamera film series and first in Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy. It was followed by Attack of The Legion and Revenge of Iris.... |
| 1997 | Film Gamera 2: Attack of Legion Gamera 2: Attack of Legion is a 1996 Kaiju film directed by Shusuke Kaneko. It is a sequel to Gamera: Guardian of the Universe and the tenth Gamera film in the series.-Plot:... |
| 1998 | Tokusatsu Ultraman Tiga Ultraman Tiga is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 11th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Tiga was aired at 6:00pm and aired between September 7, 1996 to August 30, 1997, with a total of 52 episodes with 4 movies After a franchise hiatus of over 15 years, set in a... |
| 1999 | Film Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness |
| 2000 | Anime Cowboy Bebop Cowboy Bebop is a critically acclaimed and award-winning 1998 Japanese anime series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, written by Keiko Nobumoto, and produced by Sunrise. Its 26 episodes comprise a complete storyline: set in 2071, the series follows the adventures, misadventures and tragedies of five bounty... |
| 2001 | Video game Gunparade March Gunparade March is a Japanese video game that was later turned into a 3 volume manga and a 12 episode anime.The video game, , was released on 28 September 2000, for the PlayStation. It was developed by Alfa System and published by Sony Computer Entertainment... |
| 2002 | Tokusatsu Kamen Rider Kuuga Kamen Rider Kuuga is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was shown on TV Asahi from January... |
| 2003 | Anime Voices of a Distant Star Voices of a Distant Star is a Japanese anime OVA by Makoto Shinkai. It chronicles a long-distance relationship between two close friends who communicate by sending emails via their mobile phones across interstellar space... |
| 2004 | Film The Two Towers |
| 2005 | Anime Planetes Planetes is a Japanese hard science fiction manga by Makoto Yukimura. It was adapted as a 26-episode television anime by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004... |
| 2006 | Tokusatsu Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger is the twenty-eighth production of the Super Sentai television series produced by Toei. The action footage from the show was used for the American series Power Rangers S.P.D..The opening catchphrase of the series is .-Story:... |
| 2007 | Film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
| 2008 | Anime Dennō Coil Denno Coil , Coil — A Circle of Children, is a Japanese science fiction anime television series depicting a near future where semi-immersive augmented reality technology has just begun to enter the mainstream. The series takes place in the fictional city of Daikoku, a hotbed of AR development with an... |
| 2009 | Anime Macross Frontier Macross Frontier is a Japanese animated science fiction space drama that aired in Japan on MBS from April 3, 2008 to September 25, 2008. It is the most recent Japanese anime television series set in the Macross universe. Animated by Satelight, premiered Japan on MBS on April 3, 2008... |
| 2010 | Film Summer Wars Summer Wars is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction romance film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, animated by Madhouse and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and Ayumu Saitō... |
| 2011 | Film District 9 District 9 District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James... |
Best Comic of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Toward the Terra Toward the Terra is a Japanese science fiction manga series by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's Gekkan Manga Shōnen magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980... by Keiko Takemiya Keiko Takemiya is a Japanese manga artist. She is included in the Year 24 Group. She resides in Kamukura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Takemiya was one of the female authors who in the early 1970s pioneered a genre of girls' comics about love between young men; in December 1970 she published a short story, "In the... |
| 1979 | Fujōri Nikki by Hideo Azuma Hideo Azuma is a Japanese manga artist born on February 6, 1950 in Urahoro, Hokkaidō, Japan. Azuma made his professional debut in 1969 in the Akita Shoten manga magazine Manga Ō... |
| 1980 | Star Red by Moto Hagio Moto Hagio is a manga artist born on May 12, 1949 in Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, though she currently lives in Saitama Prefecture. She is considered a "founding mother" of modern shōjo manga, especially shōnen-ai. She is also a member of the Year 24 Group... |
| 1982 | Kibun wa Mō Sensō by Katsuhiro Otomo Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi.-Biography:Katsuhiro Otomo was... |
| 1983 | Gin no Sankaku by Moto Hagio Moto Hagio is a manga artist born on May 12, 1949 in Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, though she currently lives in Saitama Prefecture. She is considered a "founding mother" of modern shōjo manga, especially shōnen-ai. She is also a member of the Year 24 Group... |
| 1984 | Dōmu Domu (A Child's Dream) is a graphic novel created by Katsuhiro Otomo. Similar to his work AKIRA, the story centers on children possessing telekinetic powers. The manga was serialized between 1980 and 1982 and was later republished as a graphic novel in 1983... by Katsuhiro Otomo Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi.-Biography:Katsuhiro Otomo was... |
| 1985 | X + Y by Moto Hagio Moto Hagio is a manga artist born on May 12, 1949 in Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, though she currently lives in Saitama Prefecture. She is considered a "founding mother" of modern shōjo manga, especially shōnen-ai. She is also a member of the Year 24 Group... |
| 1986 | Appleseed by Masamune Shirow Masamune Shirow is an internationally renowned manga artist, born on November 23, 1961.Masamune Shirow is a pen name, based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune. He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and... |
| 1987 | Urusei Yatsura Urusei Yatsura is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien... by Rumiko Takahashi |
| 1988 | Kyūkyoku Chōjin R Kyukyoku Chojin R is a manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuuki. It was serialised in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday from 1985 to 1987. The series revolved around a teenage robot named R. Ichiro Tanaka. Later, it was revealed that R's creator Dr. Narihara only built R for a failed attempt to take over the... by Masami Yūki Masami Yuki , real name Shūji Satō , is a manga artist.Yuki graduated from Kutchan High School. He is a member of the artist group known as Headgear... |
| 1989 | Mermaid's Forest Mermaid Saga is a series of manga graphic novels in three volumes by Rumiko Takahashi. Two of the stories from the series, Mermaid Forest and Mermaid's Scar, have been adapted as anime OVAs, and all of the tales, except one, were later produced as an anime TV series.-Manga:The original manga was serialised in... by Rumiko Takahashi Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages... |
| 1990 | So What? by Megumi Wakatsuki |
| 1991 | Uchū Daizakka by Eiji Yokoyama |
| 1992 | Yamataika by Yukinobu Hoshino Yukinobu Hoshino is a Japanese manga artist. He was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō and dropped out of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music mid-semester from the fine arts department. He made his debut in 1975 with Kotetsu no Queen and with Harukanaru Asa won the Tezuka prize for an outstanding manga. On... |
| 1993 | OZ by Natsumi Itsuki Natsumi Itsuki is a Japanese shōjo manga artist best known for writing science fiction manga. She debuted in 1979 with Megumi-chan ni Sasageru Comedy in LaLa. She won the 1993 Seiun Award for best science fiction manga for Oz and the 1997 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Eight Clouds Rising... |
| 1994 | DAI-HONYA by Miki Tori Miki Tori , also known as Micky Bird or Mickey Bird, is a Japanese manga artist, character designer, essayist, and screenplay writer. Tori has won multiple awards for his work, including two Seiun Awards and one Bungeishunjū Manga Award... |
| Grant Leauvas Monogatari by Kyōko Shitō | |
| 1995 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) is a post-apocalyptic manga written and illustrated by acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki. It was serialised intermittently from 1982 to 1994 in Japan... by Hayao Miyazaki Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,... |
| 1996 | Parasyte Parasyte is a manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki, and published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1990 to 1995.The North American version of the manga was published by Tokyopop. The Tokyopop English-language manga went out of print on May 2, 2005. At the 2006 Comic-Con, Del Rey Manga... by Hitoshi Iwaaki |
| 1997 | Ushio and Tora Ushio and Tora is a yōkai manga by Kazuhiro Fujita. It received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1992. It was adapted into three OVA series: one with six episodes released from September 11, 1992 to February 1, 1993; one with four episodes released from June 11, 1993 to August 1, 1993; and one single... by Kazuhiro Fujita Kazuhiro Fujita ' is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. He made his professional manga debut in Shōnen Sunday in 1989. He is most famous for the manga Ushio and Tora, for which he won Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1992 and the Seiun Award in 1997, and the long-running Karakuri... |
| 1998 | SF Taishō by Miki Tori Miki Tori , also known as Micky Bird or Mickey Bird, is a Japanese manga artist, character designer, essayist, and screenplay writer. Tori has won multiple awards for his work, including two Seiun Awards and one Bungeishunjū Manga Award... |
| 1999 | Runnahime Hourouki by Eiji Yokoyama |
| 2000 | Itihaasa by Wakako Mizuki |
| 2001 | Cardcaptor Sakura Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as CCS and also known as Cardcaptors, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist group Clamp. The manga was originally serialized monthly in Nakayoshi from the May 1996 until the June 2000 issue, and later published in 12 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha... by Clamp Clamp (manga artists) , is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader , who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively ,... |
| 2002 | Planetes Planetes is a Japanese hard science fiction manga by Makoto Yukimura. It was adapted as a 26-episode television anime by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004... by Makoto Yukimura Makoto Yukimura is a Japanese manga artist. Yukimura made his debut in 2000 with the praised Planetes, serialized in Kodansha Weekly Morning mangazine and adapted into a 26 episodes anime series by the studio Sunrise... |
| 2003 | Chronoeyes by Yūichi Hasegawa |
| 2004 | From Far Away by Kyōko Hikawa |
| 2005 | Bremen II by Izumi Kawahara |
| 2006 | Onmyoji by Reiko Okano Reiko Okano is a Japanese manga artist. In 1989, she won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Fancy Dance. She is married to director Makoto Tezuka.- References :... |
| 2007 | Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko is a science fiction manga written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. The title can be translated Yokohama Shopping Log or Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip. One tankōbon volume, the publisher's former English language website, and the second original video animation series have the subtitle... by Hitoshi Ashinano Hitoshi Ashinano is a Japanese manga artist. He is most noted for Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō, for which he won Afternoon magazine's Four Seasons Award for debut works and the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Science Fiction Manga. Another notable work is PositioN. He has also been known to create dōjinshi under the name "suke"... |
| 2008 | 20th Century Boys 20th Century Boys is a science fiction-mystery manga created by Naoki Urasawa. It won the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, and the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. The last two volumes of the story were serialized under... by Naoki Urasawa Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist.-Early life:He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. In 2008, Urasawa had a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he taught classes on manga.-Manga career:... |
| 2009 | Trigun Maximum by Yasuhiro Nightow Yasuhiro Nightow is a Japanese manga artist and game creator who created the anime and manga Trigun. Nightow was born on April 8, 1967 in Yokohama, Japan. He moved to Yokosuka when he was in elementary school, and spent the junior high and high school years in Shizuoka.... |
| 2010 | Pluto Pluto (manga) is a manga series by Naoki Urasawa published in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original from 2003 to 2009. It has been licensed for release in English by Viz Media, under the name Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka. Takashi Nagasaki is credited as the series' co-author... by Naoki Urasawa Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist.-Early life:He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. In 2008, Urasawa had a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he taught classes on manga.-Manga career:... , Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack... , Takashi Nagasaki, Makoto Tezuka and Tezuka Productions Tezuka Productions Tezuka Productions is a company created by Osamu Tezuka. His son, Makoto Tezuka has the goal to extend Tezuka's manga series with new issues and publish posthumous works... |
| 2011 | Fullmetal Alchemist Fullmetal Alchemist , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution... by Hiromu Arakawa Hiromu Arakawa is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō. Her renowned manga, Fullmetal Alchemist, became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was later adapted into two television anime series. She often portrays herself as a bespectacled cow.-Biography:... |
Best Artist of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Naoyuki Kato Naoyuki Kato is a Japanese illustrator, a native of Hamamatsu City, Japan.-Illustration works:A noted science-fiction artist since the 1970s, he has contributed to many science fiction/fantasy magazines, novels and games.... |
| 1980 | Noriyoshi Ourai |
| 1981 | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator and manga artist in the anime industry.Yasuhiko dropped out of Hirosaki University and was hired by Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Productions in 1970 as an animator. He later went freelance and worked on various animation productions for film and television. In 1981 he won the Seiun... |
| 1982 | Shusei Nagaoka Shusei Nagaoka is a Japanese illustrator. He is best known for his music album cover art in the 1970s and 1980s. Artists for whom he illustrated covers include Electric Light Orchestra; Earth, Wind & Fire; Caldera, and Pure Prairie League.-Selected work:... |
| 1983 - 1986 | Yoshitaka Amano Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese artist. He began his career as an animator and has become known for his illustrations for the anime Vampire Hunter D and for his character designs, image illustrations and title logo designs for the Final Fantasy video game series developed by Square Enix . His influences include... |
| 1987 | Michiaki Satou |
| 1988 | Jun Suemi Jun Suemi Jun Suemi is a Japanese illustrator, born in Ōita, Ōita, Japan.-Illustration works:He has provided artwork, including monster design and graphic design, for various video games, fantasy and science-fiction books, the Guin Saga novel series written by Kaoru Kurimoto and the Kerberos Panzer Jäger... |
| 1989 | Hiroyuki Kato & Keisuke Gotou |
| 1990 | Katsumi Michihara Katsumi Michihara is a Japanese illustrator and character designer. She is most notable for creating the manga adaptions of Yoshiki Tanaka light novels, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, as well as illustrating the Tokuma Shoten release of Tytania, and for the yaoi series Ai no Kusabi... |
| 1991 | Eiji Yokoyama |
| 1992 | Masamune Shirow Masamune Shirow is an internationally renowned manga artist, born on November 23, 1961.Masamune Shirow is a pen name, based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune. He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and... |
| 1993 | Keinojō Mizutama |
| 1994 | Hitoshi Yoneda |
| 1995 | Keinojō Mizutama |
| 1996 | Akihiro Yamada Akihiro Yamada is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. He was born in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and now resides in Kyoto. Yamada is known for delicate images reminiscent of suiboku and depiction of fantasy subjects... |
| 1997 | Yuji Kaida |
| 1998 | Shigeru Mizuki Shigeru Mizuki is a Japanese manga author, most known for his Japanese horror manga GeGeGe no Kitaro . A specialist in stories of yōkai, he is considered a master of the genre... |
| 1999 | Takami Akai Takami Akai is an illustrator, game creator, character designer and animator born on November 21, 1961 in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. He was a board member of Gainax, and runs his own company titled NineLives. His wife is Kimiko Higuchi... |
| 2000 | Kenji Tsuruta Kenji Tsuruta is a Japanese manga artist. Among his most famous works is the science fiction series Spirit of Wonder, which has been adapted into an anime series and brought him much acclaim.-Profile:... |
| 2001 | Kenji Tsuruta Kenji Tsuruta is a Japanese manga artist. Among his most famous works is the science fiction series Spirit of Wonder, which has been adapted into an anime series and brought him much acclaim.-Profile:... |
| 2002 | Katsuya Terada Katsuya Terada , is a Japanese illustrator and cartoonist from the town of Tamano, Okayama. His alias is .-Biography:Katsuya Terada is probably best known in the United States as the character-designer for the animated film Blood: The Last Vampire... |
| 2003 | Makoto Shinkai Makoto Shinkai , better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle... |
| 2004 | Daisuke Nishijima |
| 2005 | Makoto Shinkai Makoto Shinkai , better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle... |
| 2006 | Range Murata Range Murata is a Japanese artist and designer, known for his unique style combining Art Deco and Japanese anime elements. He is best known for his conceptual design work on anime series Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6.... |
| 2007 | Yoshitaka Amano Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese artist. He began his career as an animator and has become known for his illustrations for the anime Vampire Hunter D and for his character designs, image illustrations and title logo designs for the Final Fantasy video game series developed by Square Enix . His influences include... |
| 2008 | Naoyuki Kato Naoyuki Kato is a Japanese illustrator, a native of Hamamatsu City, Japan.-Illustration works:A noted science-fiction artist since the 1970s, he has contributed to many science fiction/fantasy magazines, novels and games.... |
| 2009 | Naoyuki Kato Naoyuki Kato is a Japanese illustrator, a native of Hamamatsu City, Japan.-Illustration works:A noted science-fiction artist since the 1970s, he has contributed to many science fiction/fantasy magazines, novels and games.... |
| 2010 | Naoyuki Kato Naoyuki Kato is a Japanese illustrator, a native of Hamamatsu City, Japan.-Illustration works:A noted science-fiction artist since the 1970s, he has contributed to many science fiction/fantasy magazines, novels and games.... |
| 2011 | Naoyuki Kato Naoyuki Kato is a Japanese illustrator, a native of Hamamatsu City, Japan.-Illustration works:A noted science-fiction artist since the 1970s, he has contributed to many science fiction/fantasy magazines, novels and games.... |
Non-Fiction of the Year
| 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 Tetsu Yano Tetsu Yano was a Japanese science fiction translator and writer. He began to introduce to Japanese readers the works of US science fiction writers in the late 1940s. He was the first Japanese writer of the genre to visit the United States, in 1953... |
| 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 NHK NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.... |
| 1993 | The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes Daniel Keyes Daniel Keyes is an American author best known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.-Early life and career:Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New... |
| 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 Honda P series The P-series is a chronological progression of prototype humanoid robots as developed by Honda. The research conducted allowed the eventual creation of ASIMO.*P1 developed in 1993*P2 unveiled in 1996*P3 unveiled in 1997Notes:- See also :... by Honda Honda is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than... |
| 1999 | Uchū o Kūsō shitekita Hitobito by Masahiro Noda |
| 2000 | AIBO AIBO AIBO was one of several types of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony... by Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues.... |
| 2001 | Motto sugoi kagaku de mamorimasu! by Yūichi Hasegawa |
| 2002 | NHK Shōnen Drama Series no Subete by Hisaaki Masuyama |
| 2003 | Passport to the Universe by Yuichi Sasamoto Yuichi Sasamoto Yūichi Sasamoto is a Japanese science fiction writer who won Seiun Awards for Ariel and also for three non-fiction volumes Passport to the Universe. He also co-wrote with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko the film Venus Wars. His work Miniskirt Uchū Kaizoku will be adapted into an anime television series in... |
| 2004 | Passport to the Universe 2 by Yuichi Sasamoto Yuichi Sasamoto Yūichi Sasamoto is a Japanese science fiction writer who won Seiun Awards for Ariel and also for three non-fiction volumes Passport to the Universe. He also co-wrote with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko the film Venus Wars. His work Miniskirt Uchū Kaizoku will be adapted into an anime television series in... |
| 2005 | Maeda Kensetsu Fantasy Eigyobu by Maeda Corporation Maeda Corporation is a Japanese corporation which was established in 1919. Its main areas of business are building construction and civil engineering.Maeda has domestic offices in eleven Japanese cities, and overseas offices in Thailand, Hong Kong, and India.-History:... |
| 2006 | Disappearance Diary Disappearance Diary is a manga by Hideo Azuma and published by East Press in Japan in March 2005. The manga is a somewhat-fictionalized autobiography of part of the author's life. It has received multiple awards inside and outside of Japan... by Hideo Azuma Hideo Azuma is a Japanese manga artist born on February 6, 1950 in Urahoro, Hokkaidō, Japan. Azuma made his professional debut in 1969 in the Akita Shoten manga magazine Manga Ō... |
| 2007 | Passport to the Universe 3 by Yuichi Sasamoto Yuichi Sasamoto Yūichi Sasamoto is a Japanese science fiction writer who won Seiun Awards for Ariel and also for three non-fiction volumes Passport to the Universe. He also co-wrote with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko the film Venus Wars. His work Miniskirt Uchū Kaizoku will be adapted into an anime television series in... |
| 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 |
Free Genre
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2002 | H-IIA Rocket H-IIA H-IIA is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency . The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch an interplanetary... Test Flight 1, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The , or JAXA, is Japan's national aerospace agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on October 1, 2003, as an Independent Administrative Institution administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the... |
| 2003 | Humanoid Robot HRP-2 Promet, by Yutaka Izubuchi Yutaka Izubuchi is a Japanese anime designer and director. Izubuchi is credited for designing costumes, characters and creatures, but most of his designs are mechanical... and Kawada Industries |
| 2004 | Royal Science Museum Series 1, by Toshio Okada Toshio Okada is an anime producer, author, and lecturer. He is a co-founder and former president of the production company Gainax.-Childhood:Okada was born on July 1, 1958 in Osaka, Japan and attended Osaka University of Arts.... |
| 2005 | Japan Pavilion of the 9th Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice Biennale of architecture Mostra di Architettura di Venezia, the Architecture section of the Venice Biennale, was established in 1980, although architecture had been a part of the art biennale since 1968.... , by Japan Foundation Japan Foundation The was established in 1972 by an Act of the Japanese Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an independent administrative institution under the jurisdiction of the Foreign Ministry of Japan on 1 October 2003 under the "Independent... , Kaichirō Morikawa, and participating artists |
| 2006 | Landing on the asteroid Itokawa 25143 Itokawa 25143 Itokawa is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was the first asteroid to be the target of a sample return mission, the Japanese space probe Hayabusa.-Discovery and naming:... by the asteroid sample return mission MUSES-C "Hayabusa" Hayabusa was an unmanned spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis.... , by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The , or JAXA, is Japan's national aerospace agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on October 1, 2003, as an Independent Administrative Institution administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the... |
| 2007 | M-V Rocket, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The , or JAXA, is Japan's national aerospace agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on October 1, 2003, as an Independent Administrative Institution administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the... |
| 2008 | Hatsune Miku Hatsune Miku is a singing synthesizer application with a female persona, developed by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 synthesizing technology. The name of the character comes from a fusion of the Japanese for , and future , referring to her position as the first of Crypton's... , by Crypton Future Media Co. Crypton Future Media , or Crypton, is a media company based in Sapporo, Japan. It develops, imports, and sells products for music, such as sound generator software, sampling CDs and DVDs, and sound effect and background music libraries... |
| 2009 | (No award) |
| 2010 | Gundam 30th Anniversary Project Real G the Statue of Gundam by Sunrise Inc. Sunrise (company) is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios... and Nomura Co., Ltd. |
| 2011 | Returning of Hayabusa Hayabusa was an unmanned spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis.... Probe (20th Science Satellite MUSES-C) to Earth, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The , or JAXA, is Japan's national aerospace agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on October 1, 2003, as an Independent Administrative Institution administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the... |
Special Prize
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Uchūjin as Japanese Oldest Sci-fi Fanzine |
| 1989 | Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack... |
| 2005 | Tetsu Yano Tetsu Yano Tetsu Yano was a Japanese science fiction translator and writer. He began to introduce to Japanese readers the works of US science fiction writers in the late 1940s. He was the first Japanese writer of the genre to visit the United States, in 1953... |
| 2007 | Yoshihiro Yonezawa Yoshihiro Yonezawa was a Japanese manga critic and author. He is also known for being Comiket's co-founder and president. He died of lung cancer at 53... |
| 2008 | Kōichirō Noda (Masahiro Noda) |
| 2010 | Takumi Shibano Takumi Shibano was a Japanese science-fiction translator and author. He was a major figure in fandom in Japan and contributed to establishing the Japanese science fiction genre.... |
| 2011 | Sakyo Komatsu Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.-Early life:... |