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speculative fiction Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, nat ...

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 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 The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of prof ...

. It is similar to the

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier ...

, which is presented by the members of the

World Science Fiction Society Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, duri ...

, 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 Japanese.

Eligibility and the selection process

A professional work or achievement which appeared for the first time in the previous calendar year may be considered eligible. The eligibility of magazines is determined via nominal publication date, which often tend to be a month or two ahead of the actual date due to Japanese publication customs. There are no written rules about word count for literary fiction categories, so that the decision of eligibility in that regard is left up to the voters. Usually in spring, SFFAN issues reference nominee lists for reference in each category, which is chosen by the preliminary vote of their member groups. However, voters can cast their ballots for any eligible works outside of the list in the final ballot. With consideration for voters' availability, a work which appears in a magazine (such as a part of serialized works or short story) or released as audio-visual media (such as a TV show or film) but wasn't chosen for the reference nominee lists may be eligible again if published as a book or released in any other media format.

Winners and candidates

Best Japanese Long Work

* Winners and joint winners + No winner selected

Best Japanese Short Story

Best Translated Long Work

* Winners and joint winners + No winner selected

Best Translated Short Story

* Winners and joint winners + No winner selected

Best Dramatic Presentation

* Winners and joint winners + No winner selected Denotes a Japanese work

Best Comic

{, class="wikitable" , - !Year !Work !Author/Artist !Publisher or Publication , - style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! 1978 , , , , , ''Gekkan Manga Shonen'', since Jan 1977 , - style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! 1979 , , , , , ''Bessatsu Kisotengai'' No. 6, “SF Manga Compendium Part 2”, Dec 1978 , - style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! rowspan="10" , 1980 , , , , , ''

Weekly Shōjo Comic , formerly published under its full name until December 2007, is a ''shōjo'' manga magazine published semimonthly in Japan by Shogakukan since 1968. The manga featured in ''Sho-Comi'' are later compiled and published in book form (''tankōbon' ...

'', 1978 (No. 23) to 1979 (No. 3) , - , , , , , ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the '' Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that ru ...

'', since 1978 , - , , , , , '' Young Jump'', 1979 (No. 5) , - , , , , , ''Action Deluxe'', Jan 27, 1979 (No. 5) , - , , , , , '' Bouquet'', Dec 1979 , - , , , , , ''

SF Magazine is a science fiction magazine published by Hayakawa Shobō in Japan. It was Japan’s first successful science fiction prozine. History ''S-F Magazine'' was established in 1960. It began publication with the February 1960 issue, which appear ...

'', Oct 1979 - Jun 1980 , - , (collected edition) , , , , Kisotengaisha
Kisotengai Comics , - , , , , , ''Comic Again'', May - Nov 1979 , - , , , , ,

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the ...

Tentomushi Comics , - , , , , ,

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The fol ...

Jump Comics , sometimes stylized ''JUMP'' and also known as ''Jump Comics'', is a line of manga anthologies (manga magazines) created by Shueisha. It began with '' Shōnen Jump'' manga anthology in 1968, later renamed ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. The origin of ...

, - style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! rowspan="10" , 1981 , , , , , ''Bouquet'', May to June 1980 , - , , , , , ''Action Deluxe'', since Jan 19, 1980 , - , , , , ,

Hakusensha is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series. The c ...

Hana to Yume Comics , - , , , , , ''Gekiga Alice'' Oct 1979 - Apr 1980 , - , , , , , ''Manga Kisotengai SF Manga Daizenshuu'' No. 1, Apr 1980 , - , , , , , ''Kisotengai'', Sept 1980 , - , , , Jun Ishikawa , , ''Manga Kisotengai SF Manga Daizenshuu'' No. 1, Apr 1980 , - , , , , , ''Rocking On'', May 1979 - May 1980. , - , {{nihongo4, ''She...'', , {{sort, Sabea, Noma Sabea , , ''Light Blue Page'', Kisotengaisha , - , {{nihongo4, ''

Ship of Fools The ship of fools is an allegory, originating from Book VI of Plato's ''Republic'', about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert kn ...

'', 阿呆船, Ahōsen , , {{sortname, Shio, Satō , , ''SF Manga Taizenshuu Part 4'' No. 9, Jan 1980 , - style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! rowspan="10" , 1982 , {{nihongo4, ''Already Feels Like War'', 気分はもう戦争, Kibun wa Mō Sensō , , Toshihiko Yahagi and {{sortname, Katsuhiro, Otomo , , '' Weekly Manga Action'', Apr 1980 to Nov 1981 , - , {{nihongo4, ''The Mask of Ongoro'', オンゴロの仮面, Ongoro no Kamen , , {{sortname, Daijiro, Morohoshi , , Akita Shoten
Shonen Champion Comics , - , {{nihongo4, '' A, A′'', , {{sortname, Moto, Hagio , , ''

Princess Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin '' princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subs ...

'', Aug 1981 , - , {{nihongo4, ''Winter Planet'', 冬の惑星, Fuyu no Wakusei , , {{sortname, Yukinobu, Hoshino , , ''Kekkan Starlog'', May/June 1981 issue , - , {{nihongo4, ''The Mysterious Person Ackerman'', 怪人アッカーマン, Kaishin Akkaman , , Takako Nitta , , ''Comic Gang'' and '' Bessatsu Manga Action'' , - , {{nihongo4, ''Dream Garden'', 夢庭園, Yume Teien , , Akeru Toto , , Kisotenkaisha , - , {{nihongo4, ''Legend of the Flute Player'', 笛吹伝説, Usui Densetsu , , Mineko Yamada , , ''Ryu'', Mar and May 1981 issues , - , {{nihongo4, ''The Promised Land'', 約束の地, Yakuzoku no Chi , , Jun Ishikawa , ,

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', '' Afternoon'', '' Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' ...

Young Magazine KC , - , {{nihongo4, ''Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow Again'', 明日も、明日も、また明日も, Ashita mo, Ashita mo, Mata Ashita mo , , Yōko Kondō , , ''Kaisotengai'', Jun 1981 , - , {{nihongo4, ''

Dokkiri Doctor is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from March 1981 to February 1982, with its chapters collected in four ''tankōbon'' ...

'', どっきりドクター , ,

Fujihiko Hosono is a Japanese manga artist. Hosono was born in Ōta, Tokyo. In 1979, he made his debut with ''Crusher Joe'' while he was a student at Keio University. Around the same time, he joined the as an animator. He has had stories published in the manga ...

, ,

Shōnen Sunday Comics , - style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! 1983 , {{nihongo4, ''Silver Triangle'', 銀の三角, Gin no Sankaku ,

Moto Hagio is a Japanese manga artist. Regarded for her contributions to ''shōjo'' manga ( manga aimed at young and adolescent women), Hagio is considered the most significant artist in the demographic and among the most influential manga artists of al ...

, ''

'', Dec 1980 to Jun 1982 , - ! 1984 , {{nihongo4, '' Domu: A Child's Dream'', 童夢, Dōmu , , {{sortname, Katsuhiro, Otomo , ,

Futabasha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.会社概要
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, - ! 1985 , ''X + Y'' by

, - ! 1986 , '' Appleseed'' , , {{sortname, Masamune, Shirow , ,

, - ! 1987 , '' Urusei Yatsura'' , , {{sortname, Rumiko, Takahashi , ,

, - ! 1988 , '' Kyūkyoku Chōjin R'' by

Masami Yūki , real name Shūji Satō (佐藤修司 ''Satō Shūji'', born December 19, 1957, in Kutchan, Abuta District, Hokkaidō), is a Japanese manga artist. Yuki graduated from Kutchan High School. He is a member of the artist group known as Headgear. ...

, - ! 1989 , ''

Mermaid Saga is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It consists of 9 stories told in 16 chapters irregularly published in Shogakukan's '' Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' and ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1984 to 1994. In North ...

'' , , {{sortname, Rumiko, Takahashi , ,

, - ! 1990 , ''So What?'' by Megumi Wakatsuki , - ! 1991 , ''Uchū Daizakka'' by Eiji Yokoyama , - ! 1992 , ''Yamataika'' by Yukinobu Hoshino , - ! 1993 , ''OZ'' by Natsumi Itsuki , - ! rowspan="2" , 1994 , ''Dai-Hon'ya'' by

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 (in 1994 for ''Dai-Hon'ya'', and in 1998 for ''SF T ...

, - , , ''Grant Leauvas Monogatari'' by Kyōko Shitō , - ! 1995 , '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' by

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widel ...

, - ! 1996 , ''

Parasyte is a Japanese science fiction horror manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki and published in Kodansha's ''Morning Open Zōkan'' and ''Monthly Afternoon'' magazine from 1988 to 1995. The manga was published in North Amer ...

'' , , {{sortname, Hitoshi, Iwaaki , ,

, - ! 1997 , ''

Ushio & Tora is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 1990 to October 1996, with its chapters collected in thirty-three '' ...

'' , , {{sortname, Kazuhiro, Fujita , ,

, - ! 1998 , ''SF Taishō'' by

, - ! 1999 , ''Runnahime Hourouki'' by Eiji Yokoyama , - ! 2000 , ''Itihaasa'' by Wakako Mizuki , - ! 2001 , ''

Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 ''tankōbon'' ...

'' by Clamp , - ! 2002 , ''

Planetes ''Planētes'', "Wanderers", lead=yes is a Japanese hard science fiction manga written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Morning'' between January 1999 to January 2004, with its ...

'' by Makoto Yukimura , - ! 2003 , ''Chronoeyes'' by Yūichi Hasegawa , - ! 2004 , ''

From Far Away is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga by Kyoko Hikawa. It was published by Hakusensha in ''LaLa'' from 1993 to 2003 and collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. It is licensed in North America by Viz Media. The story follows a high schoolgirl who is sent ...

'' by Kyōko Hikawa , - ! 2005 , ''Bremen II'' by Izumi Kawahara , - ! 2006 , '' Onmyōji'' by Reiko Okano , - ! 2007 , '' Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō'' by

Hitoshi Ashinano is a Japanese manga artist. He is most noted for '' Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō'', for which he won the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Science Fiction Manga. Another notable work is ''PositioN''. Prior to his debut, Ashinano worked as an assistant to mang ...

, - ! 2008 , '' 20th Century Boys'' by Naoki Urasawa and

Takashi Nagasaki is a Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga. He started his professional career at Shogakukan in 1980 and worked as an editor on the publisher's various manga magazines, including as editor-in-chief of ''Big Comic Spirits'' fr ...

, - ! 2009 , '' Trigun Maximum'' by Yasuhiro Nightow , - ! 2010 , ''

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'' by Naoki Urasawa,

Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu''; – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such ...

Macoto Tezka , officially romanized as Macoto Tezka, is a Japanese film and anime Film director, director, born in Tokyo. He fashions himself as a visualist and is involved in the creation of moving images beyond film and animation. He partially owns Tezuka P ...

and

Tezuka Productions is a Japanese animation studio founded by Osamu Tezuka in 1968. It is known for animating notable works such as ''Marvelous Melmo'', the 1980 and 2003 ''Astro Boy'' series, and '' Black Jack''. It is also the holder of the intellectual property ...

{{cite web, title=2010年星雲賞, url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2010result.html, work=Nihon SF Taikai, language=Japanese, access-date=2021-10-15 , - ! 2011 , '' Fullmetal Alchemist'' by

Hiromu Arakawa is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the manga series '' Fullmetal Alchemist'' (2001–2010), which became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was adapted into two anime television series. She is also known for '' Silv ...

, - ! 2012 , '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin'' by

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a manga art ...

, - ! 2013 , ''Inherit the Stars'' by Yukinobu Hoshino , - ! 2014 , ''

The World of Narue is a Japanese manga series by Tomohiro Marukawa. The series follows Kazuto Izuka, an alien girl named Narue Nanase and the trials and tribulations of the young couple as they get to know each other. The title is taken from A. E. van Vogt's ''T ...

'' by Tomohiro Marukawa , - ! 2015 , '' Moyasimon'' by Masayuki Ishikawa , - ! 2016 , '' Knights of Sidonia'' by Tsutomu Nihei , - ! 2017 , '' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' by Osamu Akimoto , - ! 2018 , ''

And Yet the Town Moves , abbreviated as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. The manga ran in the monthly magazine '' Young King OURs'' from March 2005 to October 2016, and was collected into sixteen bound volumes. The series ...

'' by Masakazu Ishiguro , - ! 2019 , ''

Girls' Last Tour is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukumizu. It was serialized monthly through Shinchosha's ''Kurage Bunch'' manga website from February 2014 to January 2018 and collected in six '' tankōbon'' volumes. An English relea ...

'' by Tsukumizu , - ! rowspan="2" , 2020 , '' How Many Light-Years to Babylon?'' by Seiman Douman , - , , ''

Batman Ninja is a 2018 animated superhero film directed by Junpei Mizusaki, produced by Warner Bros., and animated by Kamikaze Douga and YamatoWorks, which features the DC Comics character Batman. Takashi Okazaki, the creator of '' Afro Samurai'', is the ch ...

'' by Masato Hisa , - ! rowspan="2" , 2021 , ''

Hozuki's Coolheadedness is a Japanese manga series that was written and illustrated by . The plot revolves around Hozuki, a demon who works for the King and Head Judge of Hell. Kodansha serialized the manga in the magazine ''Morning'' between March 2011 and Januar ...

'' by Natsumi Eguchi , - , , ''Kimi o Shinasenai tame no Storia'' by Toriko Gin , - ! 2022 , ''

Psychic Squad ''Psychic Squad'', known in Japan as is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from July 2005 to July 2021, with its chapte ...

'' by

Takashi Shiina is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily for the weekly Shogakukan manga publication ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. When he started at the company in 1989, he began with an anthology of various shorts and one-shots collectively known as ''S ...

Best Artist

{, class="wikitable" , - !Year !Work , - ! 1979 , Naoyuki Kato , - ! 1980 , Noriyoshi Ohrai , - ! 1981 ,

, - ! 1982 , Shusei Nagaoka , - ! 1983 , Yoshitaka Amano , - ! 1984 , Yoshitaka Amano , - ! 1985 , Yoshitaka Amano , - ! 1986 , Yoshitaka Amano , - ! 1987 , Michiaki Satō , - ! 1988 ,

Jun Suemi Jun Suemi (末弥純 ''Suemi Jun'', born 1959) is a Japanese illustrator, born in Ōita, Ōita, Japan. Illustration works She has provided artwork, including monster design and graphic design, for various video games, fantasy and science-fic ...

, - ! 1989 , Hiroyuki Katō & Keisuke Gotō , - ! 1990 ,

Katsumi Michihara is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. 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 s ...

, - ! 1991 , Eiji Yokoyama , - ! 1992 , Masamune Shirow , - ! 1993 , Keinojō Mizutama , - ! 1994 , Hitoshi Yoneda , - ! 1995 , Keinojō Mizutama , - ! 1996 , Akihiro Yamada , - ! 1997 , Yuji Kaida , - ! 1998 ,

Shigeru Mizuki was a Japanese manga artist and historian, best known for his manga series ''GeGeGe no Kitarō''. Born in a hospital in Osaka and raised in the city of Sakaiminato, Tottori, he later moved to Chōfu, Tokyo where he remained until his death ...

, - ! 1999 , Takami Akai , - ! 2000 , Kenji Tsuruta , - ! 2001 , Kenji Tsuruta , - ! 2002 ,

Katsuya Terada , is a Japanese illustrator and cartoonist from the town of Tamano, Okayama. His alias is the portmanteau . Terada's prolific visual arts practice uniquely straddles the lines between manga, fine art, and digital design. His work ranges widely f ...

, - ! 2003 , Makoto Shinkai , - ! 2004 , Daisuke Nishijima , - ! 2005 , Makoto Shinkai , - ! 2006 , Range Murata , - ! 2007 , Yoshitaka Amano , - ! 2008 , Naoyuki Kato , - ! 2009 , Naoyuki Kato , - ! 2010 , Naoyuki Kato , - ! 2011 , Naoyuki Kato , - ! 2012 , Naohiro Washio , - ! 2013 , Kenji Tsuruta , - ! 2014 , Naoyuki Kato , - ! 2015 , Keinojō Mizutama , - ! 2016 , Noriyoshi Ohrai , - ! 2017 , Naoyuki Kato , - ! 2018 , Noriko Nagano , - ! 2019 , Naoyuki Kato , - ! 2020 , Yūko Shiraishi , - ! 2021 , Yūko Shiraishi , - ! 2022 , Naoyuki Kato

Best Nonfiction

{, class="wikitable" , - !Year !Work , - ! 1985 , {{nihongo4, , 光世紀の世界, ''Kōseiki no Sekai'' by

Fujio Ishihara is a former professor of electronics at Tamagawa University, and a Japanese science fiction author. He graduated Waseda University with a degree in electronics. He made his science fiction debut in 1965. During the 1970s and 1980s he has been a ...

, - ! 1986 , {{nihongo4, , 特撮ヒーロー列伝, ''Tokusatsu Hero Retsuden'' by Noriaki Ikeda , - ! 1987 , {{nihongo4, , 石原博士のSF研究室, ''Ishihara Hakase no SF Kenkyūshitsu'' by

, - ! 1988 , {{nihongo4, , ウィザードリィ日記, ''Wizardry Nikki'' by

Tetsu Yano Tetsu Yano (Japanese 矢野徹 ''Yano Tetsu''; October 5, 1923 – October 13, 2004) 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 ...

, - ! 1989 , {{nihongo4, , スペース・オペラの書き方, ''Space Opera no Kakikata'' by Masahiro Noda , - ! 1990 , ''Future Magic'' by Robert L. Forward , - ! 1991 , {{nihongo4, , SFハンドブック, ''SF Handbook'', edited by Hayakawa Publishing Editorial Office , - ! 1992 , TV Series {{nihongo4, , 電子立国日本の自叙伝, "Denshi Rikkoku Nippon no Jijoden" by NHK , - ! 1993 , '' The Minds of Billy Milligan'' by Daniel Keyes , - ! 1994 , {{nihongo4, , やさしい宇宙開発入門, ''Yasashii Uchū Kaihatsu Nyūmon'' by Masahiro Noda , - ! 1995 , {{nihongo4, , 愛しのワンダーランド――スペース・オペラの読み方, ''Itoshino Wonderland: Space Opera no Yomikata'' by Masahiro Noda , - ! 1996 , {{nihongo4, , トンデモ本の世界, ''Tondemo-bon no Sekai'', edited by Togakkai , - ! 1997 , {{nihongo4, , トンデモ本の逆襲, ''Tondemo-bon no Gyakushū'', edited by Togakkai , - ! 1998 , Walking Humanoid Robot P2 by

Honda is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a producti ...

, - ! 1999 , {{nihongo4, , 宇宙を空想してきた人々, ''Uchū o Kūsōshitekita Hitobito'' by Masahiro Noda , - ! 2000 , AIBO by

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

, - ! 2001 , {{nihongo4, , もっとすごい科学で守ります！, ''Motto Sugoi Kagaku de Mamorimasu!'' by Yūichi Hasegawa , - ! 2002 , {{nihongo4, , NHK少年ドラマシリーズのすべて, ''NHK Shōnen Drama Series no Subete'' by Hisaaki Masuyama , - ! 2003 , {{nihongo4, , 宇宙へのパスポート, ''Uchū eno Passport'' by Yūichi Sasamoto , - ! 2004 , {{nihongo4, , 宇宙へのパスポート 2, ''Uchū eno Passport 2'' by Yūichi Sasamoto , - ! 2005 , {{nihongo4, , 前田建設ファンタジー営業部, ''Maeda Kensetsu Fantasy Eigyobu'' by

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. ...

, - ! 2006 , {{nihongo4, , 失踪日記, ''

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 and of his alcohol dependency problems. It has received multiple awards inside and ...

'' by Hideo Azuma , - ! 2007 , {{nihongo4, , 宇宙へのパスポート 3, ''Uchū eno Passport 3'' by Yūichi Sasamoto , - ! 2008 , {{nihongo4, , 星新一一〇〇一話を作った人, ''Hoshi Shinichi: 1001 Wa o Tsukutta Hito'' by Hazuki Saishō , - ! 2009 , {{nihongo4, , 世界のSFがやってきた!!――ニッポンコン・ファイル2007, ''Sekai no SF ga Yattekita! Nippon Con File 2007'' edited by

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, or SFWJ (Japanese official name: , ''Nihon SF Sakka Club'') is an organization of SF-related people, professional or semi-professional. It was formerly a friendship organization, but it is a general inco ...

, - ! 2010 , {{nihongo4, , 日本SF精神史, ''Nihon SF Seishinshi'' by Yasuo Nagayama , - ! 2011 , {{nihongo4, , サはサイエンスのサ, ''Sa wa Science no Sa'' by Tsukasa Shikano , - ! 2012 , {{nihongo4, , 吾妻ひでお〈総特集〉――美少女・SF・不条理ギャグ、そして失踪, ''Azuma Hideo Sōtokushū: Bishōjo, SF, Fujōri Gag, Soshite Shissō'', edited by Kawade Shobō Shinsha , - ! 2013 , Offprint of "The Present and Future of CGM: The World Opened Up by

Hatsune Miku , also called Miku Hatsune, and officially code-named CV01, is a Vocaloid software voicebank developed by Crypton Future Media and its official anthropomorphic mascot character, a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise twintails. Miku's pers ...

, Nico Nico Douga, and PIAPRO" from the May 2012 issue of IPSJ Magazine, published by Information Processing Society of Japan , - ! 2014 , {{nihongo4, , 宇宙へ行きたくて液体燃料ロケットをDIYしてみた, ''Utyū he Ikitakute Ekitai Nenryō Rocket o DIY shitemita'' by Yoshitoo Asari , - ! 2015 , {{nihongo4, , サンリオSF文庫総解説, ''Sanrio SF Bunko Sōkaisetsu'' edited by Shinji Maki and Nozomi Ohmori , - ! 2016 , {{nihongo4, , SFまで10,000光年, ''SF made 10,000 Kōnen'' and {{nihongo4, , SFまで100,000光年以上, ''SF made 100,000 Kōnen Ijō'' by Keinojō Mizutama , - ! 2017 , {{nihongo4, , SFのSは、ステキのS, ''SF no S ha Suteki no S'' by Haruna Ikezawa , - ! 2018 , {{nihongo4, , アリエナクナイ科学ノ教科書〜空想設定を読み解く31講〜, ''Arienakunai Kagaku no Kyōkasho'' by Kurare, collaborated with Yakuri Kyōshitsu , - ! 2019 , {{nihongo4, , 筒井康隆、自作を語る, ''Tsutsui Yasutaka Jisaku o Kataru'' by Yasutaka Tsutsui, edited by Sanzō Kusaka , - ! 2020 , {{nihongo4, NHK's 100 minutes on a famous book: Sakyo Komatsu Special "Mythology in the Age of Godlessness", NHK 100分de名著『小松左京スペシャル「神」なき時代の神話』, ''NHK Hyappun De Meicho: Komatsu Sakyō Special "Kami" naki Jidai no Shinwa'' by Tetsuya Miyazaki (NHK Publishing, Inc.) , - ! 2021 , {{nihongo4, NHK's 100 minutes on a famous book: Arthur C. Clarke Special "Not Just Imagination", NHK 100分de名著『アーサー・Ｃ・クラークスペシャル　ただの「空想」ではない』, ''NHK Hyappun De Meicho: Arthur C. Clarke Special Tada no "Kūsō" deha nai'' by

Hideaki Sena is a Japanese pharmacologist and novelist. Sena was a graduate student at Tohoku University when he wrote his prizewinning debut novel, '' Parasite Eve''. Writing career His most famous novel, '' Parasite Eve'', was adapted into a film directe ...

(NHK Publishing, Inc.) , - ! 2022 , {{nihongo4, , 学研の図鑑スーパー戦隊, ''Gakken's Visual Encyclopedia: Super Sentai'' by Hiroshi Matsui, Toei Company, Ltd., and Gakken Plus Co., Ltd.

Free Nomination

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Work , - ! 2002 , H-IIA Rocket Test Flight 1, by

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into o ...

, - ! 2003 , Humanoid Robot HRP-2 Promet, by

Yutaka Izubuchi is a Japanese anime designer, screenwriter and director. Izubuchi is credited for designing costumes, characters and creatures, but most of his designs are mechanical (both robots and other vehicles). He created and directed the ''RahXephon'' ...

and Kawada Industries , - ! 2004 , Toy ''The Royal Museum of Science'' series one, supervised by Toshio Okada, manufactured by

Takara Takara Co., Ltd. (株式会社タカラ) was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. In March 2006, the company merged with Tomy Co., Ltd. to form Takara Tomy. The Takara motto was 遊びは文化」("playing is culture"). Products Toys In 1 ...

and Kaiyodo , - ! 2005 , Japan Pavilion of the 9th

Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 20 ...

, by

Japan Foundation The was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an Independent Administrative Institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministr ...

, Kaichirō Morikawa, and participating artists , - ! 2006 , Landing on the asteroid Itokawa by the asteroid sample return mission MUSES-C "Hayabusa", by

, - ! 2007 , M-V Rocket, by

, - ! 2008 ,

, by Crypton Future Media Co. , - ! 2009 , (No award) , - ! 2010 , Gundam 30th Anniversary Project Real G the Statue of Gundam, built by Sunrise Inc. and Nomura Co., Ltd. , - ! 2011 , Return of

Hayabusa was a robotic spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis. ''Hayabusa'', formerly known as MUSES-C fo ...

probe (the 20th Science Satellite MUSES-C) to Earth, operated by

, - ! 2012 , (No award) , - ! 2013 , iPS cells, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University , - ! 2014 , ''NOVA'' original anthology series, edited by Nozomi Ohmori , - ! 2015 , TV drama '' Aoi Honō'' , - ! 2016 , Publication of the 500th volume of '' Perry Rhodan'' series in Japan , - ! 2017 , Formal designation of element 113 as Nihonium , - ! 2018 , The tribute project to the 50th anniversary of ''

Locke the Superman is a Japanese manga series created by Yuki Hijiri, which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. The movie was given an obscure video release in the United States by Celebrity Home Entertainment as ''Locke the Superpowe ...

'' , - ! 2019 , MINERVA-II-1 landed on the surface of asteroid Ryugu (the world's first man-made object to explore movement on an asteroid surface), Hayabusa2 Project , - ! 2020 , The first-ever image of a black hole, by Event Horizon Telescope collaboration , - ! 2021 , Amabie, a Japanese monster that wades off an epidemic , - ! 2022 , Completion of Evangelion: New Theatrical Series

Special Award

SFFAN may give out special awards, which are not voted on. They are regarded as official Seiun Awards. All but one, '' Uchūjin'', of them were given posthumously for people who contributed Japanese SF fandom. {, class="wikitable" , - !Year !Winner , - ! 1980 , Motoichirō Takebe, artist , - ! 1982 , '' Uchūjin'' as Japanese oldest Sci-Fi fanzine , - ! 1989 ,

, comic artist , - ! 2005 ,

, translator/author , - ! 2007 ,

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. He won the 2007 Seiun Award in the special category and 2010 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Special Award. Biog ...

, manga critic/author/Comiket's co-founder and president , - ! 2008 , Kōichirō Noda (Masahiro Noda), translator/author , - ! 2010 , Takumi Shibano (Rei Kozumi), translator/author , - ! 2011 ,

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 Born Minoru "Sakyo" Komatsu in Osaka, he was a graduate of Kyoto University where he stud ...

, author

Notes

{{reflist, refs= {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/regaward.html , title=年次日本SF大会におけるSF賞選定に関する規定 , trans-title=Regulation for the Selection of SF Award of the Annual Japan SF Convention , language=ja , publisher=Federation of the Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan , date=2006-07-08 , access-date=2009-09-15 {{cite web , url=http://prizesworld.com/prizes/sf/siun.htm , title=星雲賞受賞作・参考候補作一覧 , trans-title=List of The Seiun Awards Winners & Candidates , access-date=2016-03-25 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2013/07/2013-seiun-award-winners/ , title=2013 Seiun Awards Winners , publisher=Locus Online , date=2013-07-22 , access-date=2015-04-23 {{cite web , url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/07/2014-seiun-award-winners/ , title=2014 Seiun Awards Winners , publisher=Locus Online , date=2014-07-21 , access-date=2015-04-23 {{cite web , url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/06/2015-seiun-awards-winners/ , title=2015 Seiun Awards Winners , publisher=Locus Online , date=2015-06-30 , access-date=2016-03-25 {{cite web , url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/07/2016-seiun-awards-winners/ , title=2016 Seiun Awards Winners , publisher=Locus Online , date=2016-07-11 , access-date=2016-07-11 {{cite web , url=https://locusmag.com/2020/08/2020-seiun-awards-winners/ , title=2020 Seiun Awards Winners , publisher=Locus Online , date=2020-08-24 , access-date=2020-08-25 {{cite web , url=https://locusmag.com/2021/07/2021-seiun-awards-winners/ , title=2021 Seiun Awards Winners , publisher=Locus Online , date=2021-07-21 , access-date=2020-07-21 {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2008.html , title=2008年星雲賞 , trans-title=2008 Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , access-date=2016-03-28 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/vote2009/ , title=2009年第40回星雲賞投票フォーム , trans-title=2009 The 40th Seiun Awards voting form , publisher=SFFAN , access-date=2016-03-28 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://tokon10.net/seiun_award.html , title=星雲賞: 第49回日本SF大会2010TOKON10 , trans-title=The Seiun Awards: The 49th Japanese SF convention "2010TOKON10" , publisher=2010TOKON10 , access-date=2016-03-28 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2011result.html , title=2011年第42回星雲賞 , trans-title=2011 The 42nd Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , date=2011-07-10 , access-date=2016-03-25 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2012result.html , title=2012年第43回星雲賞 , trans-title=2012 The 43rd Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , date=2012-07-07 , access-date=2016-03-25 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2013result.html , title=2013年第44回星雲賞 , trans-title=2013 The 44th Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , date=2013-03-21 , access-date=2016-03-25 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2014result.html , title=2014年第45回星雲賞 , trans-title=2014 The 45th Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , date=2014-07-19 , access-date=2016-03-25 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2015result.html , title=2015年第46回星雲賞 , trans-title=2015 The 46th Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , date=2015-07-27 , access-date=2016-03-25 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2016result.html , title=2016年第47回星雲賞 , trans-title=2016 The 47th Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , access-date=2016-07-11 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2017result.html , title=2017年第48回星雲賞 , trans-title=2017 The 48th Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , access-date=2017-07-22 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2018result.html , title=2018年第49回星雲賞 , trans-title=2018 The 49th Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , access-date=2018-04-15 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2019result.html , title=2019年第50回星雲賞 , trans-title=2019 The 50th Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , access-date=2021-09-23 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2021result.html , title=2021年第52回星雲賞 , trans-title=2021 The 52nd Seiun Awards , publisher=SFFAN , access-date=2021-07-21 , language=ja {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2022result.html , language=Japanese , script-title=ja:2022年第53回星雲賞 , publisher=Science Fiction Fan Groups' Association of Nippon , access-date=29 August 2022

References

* {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/list.html , title=星雲賞リスト , trans-title=List of Seiun Awards Winners , language=ja , publisher=Federation of the Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan , access-date=2009-06-03 * {{cite web , url=http://ameqlist.com/ , title=翻訳作品集成 (Japanese Translation List) ameqlist , author=Takashi Amemiya , language=ja , access-date=2014-10-21 * {{cite web , url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/seiun_award , title=Seiun Award , publisher=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction , access-date=2016-03-25 {{Seiun Award - Best Media {{Seiun Award - Best Comic {{Science fiction {{Japanese literary awards {{Manga Industry Awards Awards established in 1970 Japanese science fiction awards S Manga awards 1970 establishments in Japan Science fiction awards

Eligibility and the selection process

Categories

Winners and candidates

Best Japanese Long Work

Best Japanese Short Story

Best Translated Long Work

Best Translated Short Story

Best Dramatic Presentation

Best Comic

Best Artist

Best Nonfiction

Free Nomination

Special Award

See also

Notes

References