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Sense Of Gender Awards
The Sense of Gender Awards are annual awards given by the Japanese Association for Gender, Fantasy & Science Fiction since 2001 for the science fiction or fantasy fiction published in the Japanese language in the prior year which best "explore and deepen the concept of Gender." An award is also given for works that have been translated into Japanese. The organization that gives the award is known as the Japanese Association for Feminist Fantasy and Science Fiction. The award and organization were founded by science fiction critic Mari Kotani, professional SF reviewer Reona Kashiwazaki, and Noriko Maki, the chair of the Japanese science fiction fandom confederation. They are sometimes called the "Japanese Tiptree Awards". Past winners include Fumi Yoshinaga, N. K. Jemisin, and Eileen Gunn. List of winners ; Best Sense of Gender Award ; Best Sense of Gender Award in Translation ; Special Award See also * James Tiptree Jr. Award * Nihon SF Taisho Award * Seiun Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Science Fiction
Science fiction is an important genre of modern Japanese literature that has strongly influenced aspects of contemporary Japanese pop culture, including anime, manga, video games, tokusatsu, and Cinema of Japan, cinema. History Origins Both Japan's history of technology and Japanese mythology, mythology play a role in the development of its science fiction. Some early Japanese literature, for example, contain elements of proto-science fiction. The early Japanese literature, Japanese tale of "Urashima Tarō" involves Time travel, traveling forwards in time to a distant future, and was first described in the ''Nihon Shoki, Nihongi'' (720). It was about a young fisherman named Urashima Taro who visits an undersea palace and stays there for three days. After returning home to his village, he finds himself three hundred years in the future, where he is long forgotten, his house in ruins, and his family long dead. The 10th-century Japanese narrative ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posuka Demizu
is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and designer. She is particularly known for having drawn ''The Promised Neverland''. She debuted as a manga artist with the 2013 CoroCoro Comic series ''Oreca Monster Bouken Retsuden''. A collection of illustrations, ''The Art of Posuka Demizu'', was released in 2016 by PIE International. Biography Posuka Demizu was born on January 17, 1988 and lives in Tokyo, Japan. She emerged on the manga scene in 2008 with a mini-series for the monthly manga magazine ''CoroCoro''. She has worked on a wide range of projects with children’s magazines and video game companies. Notably, she has worked with the animation studio J.C.Staff on the series ''The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'' and illustrated a manga based on the popular card game Orca Battle. She has also published several works on the artists' website Pixiv. Beginning in 2016, Demizu collaborated with author Kaiu Shirai on ''The Promised Neverland''. The series began in ''Weekly Shōnen Jumps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Awards
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitioners ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiun Award
The is a Japanese speculative fiction award given each year for the best science fiction works and achievements during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by , the awards are given at the annual Nihon SF Taikai, Japan Science Fiction Convention. It is the oldest SF award in Japan, being given since the 9th Japan Science Fiction Convention in 1970. "Seiun", the Japanese word for "nebula", was taken from the first professional science fiction magazine in Japan, which had a short run in 1954. The award is not related to the American Nebula Award. It is similar to the Hugo Award, which is presented by the members of the World Science Fiction Society, in that all of the members of the presenting convention are eligible to participate in the selection process, though it is not a one-on-one comparison as the Hugo Awards are open to works from anywhere in any language, while the Seiun is implicitly limited to works released in Japan and written in or translated to Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihon SF Taisho Award
The is a Japanese science fiction award. It has been compared to the Nebula Award as it is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan or SFWJ. The Grand Prize is selected from not only Science Fiction novels, but also various SF movies, animations, and manga. are awarded to the works that is considered to be special by the juries. Since 2011, or is presented to the deceased person. Winners *1st (1980) ''Taiyōfū Kōten'' (''Solar Wind Node'') by Akira Hori *2nd (1981) ''Kirikirijin, Kirikiri-Jin'' by Hisashi Inoue *3rd (1982) ''Saigo no Teki'' (''The Last Enemy'') by Masaki Yamada (writer), Masaki Yamada *4th (1983) ''Domu: A Child's Dream, Dōmu'' by Katsuhiro Ōtomo *5th (1984) ''Genshi Gari'' (''Fancy-Poem Hunting'') by Chiaki Kawamata *6th (1985) ''Tokyo Blackout'' (''Capital City Disappeared'') by Sakyō Komatsu *7th (1986) ''Warai Uchū no Tabi Geinin'' (''Jongleur in Laughing Cosmos'') by Musashi Kanbe *8th (1987) ''Teito Monogatari'' (''Empire Capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tiptree Jr
Alice Bradley Sheldon (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author better known as James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman. From 1974 to 1985 she also used the pen name Raccoona Sheldon. Tiptree was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012. Tiptree's debut story collection, ''Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home'', was published in 1973 and her first novel, ''Up the Walls of the World'', was published in 1978. Her other works include 1973 novelette " The Women Men Don't See", 1974 novella "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", 1976 novella "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?", 1985 novel ''Brightness Falls from the Air'', and 1990 short story "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever"''.'' Early life, family and education Alice Hastings Bradley came from a family in the intellectual enclave of Hyde Park, a university neighborh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiyuki Shinbo
is a Japanese animator, director, writer, and storyboard artist. Best known for his works with Shaft (company), Shaft, he has attained international recognition with the studio for his unique visual style and storytelling methods. Born in Koori, Fukushima, Koori, Fukushima Prefecture, Shinbo began his career in 1980s as an animator, and became known while at Studio One Pattern in the mid-to-late 1980s, which worked extensively as a subcontractor for Pierrot (company), Pierrot and Madhouse (company), Madhouse. In the early 1990s, Shinbo became a freelance creator and worked across multiple series at both studios as an episode director. He debuted as a series director with the J.C.Staff television series ''Metal Fighter Miku'' (1994), and over the next several years, Shinbo would develop his artistic directorial style and work with various industry creators as a freelance director and storyboard artist; his works from this time include ''The SoulTaker'' (2001), ''Le Portrait de Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gen Urobuchi
is a Japanese novelist, visual novel writer and anime screenwriter. He is known for being the co-creator of the highly acclaimed and commercially successful anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', which earned him the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Scriptwriter, as well as the writer of the 2003 visual novel ''Saya no Uta'', the 2012 anime ''Psycho-Pass'', the light novel and anime '' Fate/Zero'', and the 2013–2014 tokusatsu show ''Kamen Rider Gaim''. He currently works at Nitroplus and Nitro+chiral. Anime written by Urobuchi that have won the Newtype Anime Awards have been ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' in 2011, ''Fate/Zero'' in 2012 and '' Psycho-Pass: The Movie'' in 2015. History Urobuchi graduated from Wako University with a degree in History. He aspired to become a novelist and after seeing Shizuku and Kizuato by Leaf, he felt confident about the range of expression that games have. He then started working at Nitroplus and worked on ''Phantom of Inferno'' as his debut se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend (Lu Novel)
Legend is a 2011 dystopian young adult novel written by American author Marie Lu. It is the first book in the ''Legend'' series followed by ''Prodigy'', ''Champion'', and ''Rebel''. Lu draws inspiration from events and experiences throughout her life and media she has consumed such as the movie '' Les Miserables.'' Background Published by Penguin Young Readers Group under the Putnam imprint in July 2010, ''Legend'' is Marie Lu's first published work. Lu drew inspiration from several sources while writing this novel. One of her biggest inspirations was ''Les Misérables'', basing her characters of Day and June on the police inspector Javert and ex-convict Jean Valjean in the movie. In an interview with Judith Pereira from ''The Globe and Mail'', Lu explained that watching ''Les Misérables'' drew her to adapt the criminal versus detective narrative to make it a teen version. Additionally, Lu drew inspiration from events in East Asia such as the Eugenics movement in early 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
''The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'' is a 2010 fantasy novel by American writer N. K. Jemisin, the first book of '' The Inheritance Trilogy''. Jemisin's debut novel, it was published by Orbit Books in 2010. It won the 2011 Locus Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the World Fantasy, Hugo, and Nebula awards, among others. Its sequel, ''The Broken Kingdoms'', was also released in 2010. Summary Yeine Darr, mourning the murder of her mother, is summoned to the magnificent floating city of Sky by her grandfather Dekarta, the ruler of the world and head of the Arameri family. As Yeine is also Arameri (though estranged due to the circumstances of her birth), he names her his heir but has already assigned that role to both his niece and his nephew, resulting in a thorny three-way power struggle. Yeine must quickly master the intricacies of the cruel Arameri society to have any hope of winning. She is also drawn into the intrigues of the gods, four of whom dwell in Sky as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis (novel)
''Genesis'' (2006) is a philosophical science fiction novel by New Zealand author Bernard Beckett. It won the 2007 Esther Glen Award for children's literature, and the 2007 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a series of literary awards presented annually to recognise excellence in children and young adult's literature in New Zealand. The awards began in 1982 as the New Zealand Governme .... As of 2008 it has been published in 22 countries. ''Genesis'' looks at questions such as the origins of life (hence ''Genesis''), ideas about human consciousness, and the nature of a soul which separates humans from other animals or machines. John Ottinger III, TOR, March 5, 2009. Genesis also has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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