Seiun Award Explained

Seiun Award
Awarded For:Science fiction works and achievements of previous year
Country:Japan
Year:1970
Website:www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/index.html

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 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.[1] 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 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.

Categories

There are effectively no official English names for categories, so they vary depending on translators. For example, "Long Work" may be written as "Long Story", "Long Form", or "Novel"; "Short Story" may be referred to as "Short Form" and so on.

Current categoriesYear startedCurrent description
Best Japanese Long Work
(Japanese: 日本長編,)
1970 Science fiction novels and stories which appear or are translated for the first time during the eligible year. Serialized works on magazines may be eligible when they are finished; other works may be eligible when they get published as a book. A multi-volume work may also be eligible as a whole series when it concludes.
Best Japanese Short Story
(Japanese: 日本短編,)
Best Translated Long Work
(Japanese: 海外長編,)
Best Translated Short Story
(Japanese: 海外短編,)
Best Dramatic Presentation
(Japanese: メディア, Media)
Films, plays, and any other audio-visual works. As is the case with Long Works, serial dramatic works can be nominated as a single entity upon their conclusion.
Note: The name was changed from in 1980.
Best Comic
(Japanese: コミック, Comic)
1978 Manga. Serial works may be nominated upon completion as is the case with Long Works.
Best Artist
(Japanese: アート, Art)
Artists with notable achievements.
Best Nonfiction
(Japanese: ノンフィクション, Nonfiction)
1985 Nonfiction works about SF such as studies and critiques, including translated ones. Serial nonfiction can be nominated upon completion as is the case with Long Works.
Non category Nomination
(Japanese: 自由,)
2002 Any events which do not fit in other categories, such as "things", phenomena, or feats of science and technology.

Winners and candidates

Best Japanese Long Work

  *   Winners and joint winners  +   No winner selected
YearWorkAuthor(s)Publisher or publication
1970Kodansha
1971Sekai SF Zenshū Vol.29: Sakyo Komatsu, Hayakawa Publishing
1972Nihon SF Novels, Hayakawa Publishing
1973Kawade Shobō Shinsha
1974Kappa Novels, Kōbunsha
1975Kawade Shobō Shinsha
1976Shinchōsha
1977Nihon SF Novels, Hayakawa Publishing
1978Tokuma Shoten
1979SF Magazine Feb 1976 - Oct 1978
1980SF Magazine Dec 1977 - Aug 1979
1981SF Magazine Jul 1979 - Oct 1980
1982Shinchosha
1983Sankei Shuppan
1984Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
1985Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
1986Hayakawa Publishing
1987Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
1988 (10 books) Tokuma Novels, Tokuma Shonten
1989Tokuma Shoten
1990Hayakawa Publishing
1991Hayakawa Publishing
1992Shinchō Bunko, Shinchōsha
1993Hayakawa Publishing
1994Hayakawa Publishing
1995 (10 books) C Novels, Chūōkōronsha
1996 (5 books) Hayakawa Publishing
1997 trilogy Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
1998Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
1999Sonorama Bunko,
2000Hayakawa Publishing
2001Hayakawa Publishing
2002Famitsu Bunko, Enterbrain
2003Hayakawa SF Series J collection, Hayakawa Publishing
2004Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
2005Sonorama Bunko, Asahi Sonorama
2006Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
2007Shogakukan
2008 (4 books) ASCII Media Works
2009Hayakawa SF Series J Collection, Hayakawa Publishing
2010 (130 books) Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
2011PHP Institute
2012Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
2013Kawade Shobō Shinsha
Hayakawa Publishing
Shinchosha
Kadokawa Shoten
(17 books) Dengeki Bunko, ASCII Media Works
Hayakawa SF Series J Collection, Hayakawa Publishing
Kadokawa Shoten
2014Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
Sogen Nihon SF Selection, Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa SF Series J Collection, Hayakawa Publishing
NOVA Collection, Kawade Shobō Shinsha
Shinchosha
2015Hayakawa Publishing
Tokuma Bunko, Tokuma Shoten
Kodansha
Kodansha
(9 books) Gagaga Bunko, Shogakukan
KADOKAWA / Kadokawa Shoten
2016 (3 books) Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa SF Series J Collection, Hayakawa Publishing
Sogen Nihon SF Selection, Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
(5 books) Tokuma Novels, Tokuma Shoten & Kodansha Novels, Kodansha
Hayakawa Bunko JA, Hayakawa Publishing
Asahi Shinbun Shuppan
Hayakawa Publishing
Bungeishunjū
2017Hayakawa Publishing
Kodansha
Tokuma Shoten
(2 books) Hayakawa Publishing
Kawade Shobō Shinsha
Kodansha
Kawade Shobō Shinsha
Kodansha
2018KADOKAWA
Hayakawa Publishing
(2 books) Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Dengeki Bunko, KADOKAWA
KADOKAWA
Kawade Bunko, Kawade Shobō Shinsha
(16 books) Kappa Novels, Kōbunsha
2019Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Kodansha
(3 books) Seikaisha Fictions, Kodansha
Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
Tokyo Sogensha
2020 (17 books) Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Tokyo Sogensha
KADOKAWA
Hayakawa Publishing
Shueisha
Hayakawa Publishing
2021 (9 books) Hayakawa Publishing
Shinchosha
Kodansha
Kodansha
(32 books) KADOKAWA
Hayakawa Publishing
Shinchosha
Hayakawa Publishing
(20 books) Sōgeisha & Jitsugyō no Nihonsha
2022 (7 books) Gagaga Bunko, Shogakukan
S-F Magazine, Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
KADOKAWA
(11 books) Sneaker Bunko, KADOKAWA
Tokyo Sogensha
Shodensha
Hayakawa Publishing
2023Hayakawa Publishing
(5 books)Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
『鯉姫婚姻譚』Shinchosha
(4 books)KADOKAWA
(26 books)MF Books, KADOKAWA
Shueisha
Shueisha
2024Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
KADOKAWA
Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Kokushoukankokai
Ichijinsha
Hayakawa Publishing
Bungeishunju

Best Japanese Short Story

YearWinner
1970 by Yasutaka Tsutsui
1971 by Yasutaka Tsutsui
1972 by Yoshio Aramaki
1973 by Sakyo Komatsu
1974 by Yasutaka Tsutsui
1975 by Masaki Yamada
1976 by Sakyo Komatsu
1977 by Yasutaka Tsutsui
1978 by Sakyo Komatsu
1979 by Shinji Kajio
1980 by Haruka Takachiho
1981 by Motoko Arai
1982 by Motoko Arai
1983 by Chōhei Kanbayashi
1984 by Chōhei Kanbayashi
1985(No award)
1986 by Masahiro Noda
1987 by Kōshū Tani
1988 by Norio Nakai
1989 by Jin Kusakami
1990 by Mariko Ōhara
1991 Baku Yumemakura
1992 by Shinji Kajio
1993 by Hiroe Suga
1994 by Kenji Ōtsuki
1995 by Kenji Ōtsuki
1996 by Kō Hiura
1997 by Jin Kusakami
1998 by Mariko Ōhara
1999 by Hiroyuki Morioka
2000 by Hōsuke Nojiri
2001 by Shinji Kajio
2002 by Hirofumi Tanaka
2003 by Mizuhito Akiyama
2004 by Shinji Kajio
2005 by Hirotaka Tobi
2006 by Issui Ogawa
2007 by Hōsuke Nojiri
2008 by Hōsuke Nojiri
2009 by Hōsuke Nojiri
2010 by Hirotaka Tobi
2011 by Issui Ogawa
2012 by Hōsuke Nojiri
2013 by Chōhei Kanbayashi
2014 by Kōshū Tani
2015 by Hirotaka Tobi
2016 by Hiroshi Yamamoto
by Hirofumi Tanaka
2017 by Gengen Kusano
2018 by Katsuie Shibata
2019 by Gengen Kusano
2020 by Hiroe Suga (SF Magazine 2/19)
2021 by Haruna Ikezawa (Nova Summer '21), based on the movie by Mitsuyasu Sakai
by Katsuie Shibata (American Buddha)
2022 by Satoshi Ogawa
2023 by Koichi Harukure
2024 by Mikihiko Hisanaga

Best Translated Long Work

  *   Winners and joint winners  +   No winner selected
YearWorkAuthor(s)Translator(s)Publisher or publication
1970Tokyo Sogensha
1971Hayakawa Publishing
1972Nightwings Hayakawa Publishing
1973Hayakawa Publishing
1974Dune Hayakawa Publishing
1975Up the Line Tokyo Sogensha
1976Hayakawa Publishing
1977Hayakawa Publishing
1978I Will Fear No Evil Hayakawa Publishing
1979Ringworld Hayakawa Publishing
1980Rendezvous with Rama Hayakawa Publishing
1981Inherit the Stars Tokyo Sogensha
1982Tokyo Sogensha
1983Dragon's Egg Hayakawa Publishing
1984Hayakawa Publishing
1985Hayakawa Publishing
1986Elric sagaHayakawa Publishing
1987Neuromancer Hayakawa Publishing
1988Norstrilia Hayakawa Publishing
1989FootfallTokyo Sogensha
1990Collision with Chronos Tokyo Sogensha
1991Hayakawa Publishing
1992Tokyo Sogensha
1993Tau Zero Tokyo Sogensha
1994Entoverse Tokyo Sogensha
1995Hyperion Hayakawa Publishing
1996Hayakawa Publishing
Timelike Infinity Hayakawa Publishing
King of Morning, Queen of Day Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Voyage to the Red Planet Hayakawa Publishing
Doomsday Book Hayakawa Publishing
Tokyo Sogensha
Dead Girls Treville
1997End of an Era Hayakawa Publishing
Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
TwistorHayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Tokyo Sogensha
Mother of Storms Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
1998Fallen AngelsTokyo Sogensha
Sunglasses After Dark Hayakawa Publishing
Jumper Hayakawa Publishing
Desolation Road Hayakawa Publishing
Feersum Endjinn Hayakawa Publishing
Little, Big Kokusho Kankōkai
Moving Mars Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
1999Hayakawa Publishing
Red Mars Tokyo Sogensha
Dydeetown World Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Wielkość urojonaKokusho Kankōkai
When Worlds Collide Tokyo Sogensha
Slow River Hayakawa Publishing
Snow Crash ASCII Corporation
2000Kirinyaga Hayakawa Publishing
Endymion / The Rise of Endymion Hayakawa Publishing
Starplex Hayakawa Publishing
One of Us Sony Magazines
Quarantine Tokyo Sogensha
Forever Peace Tokyo Sogensha
Permutation City Hayakawa Publishing
Tokyo Sogensha
2001Tokyo Sogensha
Robert Silverberg
Ender's Shadow Hayakawa Publishing
Simulacron-3 Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
All Tomorrow's Parties Kadokawa Shoten
Darwin's Radio Sony Magazines
Barrayar Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
2002There and Back Again Hayakawa Publishing
Children of the Mind Hayakawa Publishing
Orgasmachine Core Magazine
Green Mars Tokyo Sogensha
Kadokawa Shoten
Cetaganda Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
Flashforward Hayakawa Publishing
Brightness Reef Hayakawa Publishing
All the Weyrs of Pern Hayakawa Publishing
2003Illegal Alien Hayakawa Publishing
Cryptonomicon Hayakawa Publishing
Gloriana Tokyo Sogensha
Davy Fusosha Publishing
Freeware Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Passage Sony Magazines
Tokyo Sogensha
Kawade Shobō Shinsha
Thraxas Hayakawa Publishing
2004Heaven's Reach Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Leviathan Tokyo Sogensha
Tokyo Sogensha
Iwanami Shoten
Hayakawa Publishing
Ethan of Athos Tokyo Sogensha
Fastwalker Tokyo Sogensha
2005Distress Tokyo Sogensha
To Say Nothing of the Dog Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Kokusho Kankōkai
Kokusho Kankōkai
Kokusho Kankōkai
Down the Bright Way Hayakawa Publishing
2006Diaspora Hayakawa Publishing
Revelation Space Hayakawa Publishing
Space Chantey Kokusho Kankōkai
Tuf Voyaging Hayakawa Publishing
trilogy Hayakawa Publishing
Kokusho Kankōkai
Tokyo Sogensha
2007Mortal Engines Tokyo Sogensha
Singularity Sky Hayakawa Publishing
Mars Crossing Hayakawa Publishing
Ilium Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Chasm City Hayakawa Publishing
2008Brightness Falls from the Air Hayakawa Publishing
Olympos Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Old Man's War Hayakawa Publishing
Kiln People Hayakawa Publishing
Camouflage Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Kokusho Kankōkai
Hayakawa Publishing
2009Spin Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
Redemption Ark Hayakawa Publishing
Light Kokusho Kankōkai
Hayakawa Publishing
Sun of Suns Hayakawa Publishing
Seeker Hayakawa Publishing
2010Hayakawa Publishing
Accelerando Hayakawa Publishing
Rainbows End Tokyo Sogensha
Perdido Street Station Hayakawa Publishing
Probability trilogy Hayakawa Publishing
Shinchosha
2011Eifelheim Tokyo Sogensha
World War Z Bungeishunjū
Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
Hunter's RunHayakawa Publishing
Un Lun Dun Kawade Shobō Shinsha
Genesis Hayakawa Publishing
2012Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Tokyo Sogensha
Dhalgren Kokusho Kankōkai
Little Brother Hayakawa Publishing
Millennium People Tokyo Sogensha
2013Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
Vortex Tokyo Sogensha
Blackout Hayakawa Publishing
Leviathan trilogy Hayakawa Publishing
2014Blindsight Tokyo Sogensha
Incandescence Hayakawa Publishing
Serpent's Egg Seishinsha
Embassytown Hayakawa Publishing
Kraken Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
All Clear Hayakawa Publishing
2015Hayakawa Publishing
Pathfinder Hayakawa Publishing
Ready Player One SB Creative
Tokyo Sogensha
Redshirts Hayakawa Publishing
Among Others Tokyo Sogensha
2016Ancillary Justice Tokyo Sogensha
Zendegi Hayakawa Publishing
Ack-Ack Macaque Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
Tokyo Sogensha
Tokyo Sogensha
2017United States of Japan Hayakawa Publishing
Jack Vance Treasury 1: Magnus RidolphKokusho Kankōkai (Japanese original collection)
Hayakawa Publishing
Roderick Kawade Shobō Shinsha
KADOKAWA / Kadokawa Shoten
Imperial Radch trilogy Tokyo Sogensha
Enchanted Night Hakusuisha
2018Sleeping Giants Tokyo Sogensha
Hayakawa Publishing
Hayakawa Publishing
My Real Children Tokyo Sogensha
Blue Mars Tokyo Sogensha
(История советской фантастики) (Роман Арбитман) as Rustam Katz (Рустам Кац) Kyōwakoku
Jack Vance Treasury 3: Space OperaKokusho Kankōkai (Japanese original collection)
2019Mecha Samurai Empire Hayakawa Publishing
Artemis Hayakawa Publishing
We Are Legion Hayakawa Publishing
Provenance Tokyo Sogensha
Waking Gods Tokyo Sogensha
Six Wakes Tokyo Sogensha
Seveneves Hayakawa Publishing
2020The Three-Body Problem (三体) (劉慈欣) Hayakawa Publishing
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Tokyo Sogensha
The Paradox Men Takeshobo
Jade City Hayakawa Publishing
Only Human Tokyo Sogensha
A Man Lies Dreaming Takeshobo
The Murderbot Diaries [''All Systems Red'', ''Artificial Condition'', ''Rogue Protocol'', and ''Exit Strategy'']Tokyo Sogensha
2021The Dark Forest (三体II: 黒暗森林)Hayakawa Publishing
All the Birds in the Sky Tokyo Sogensha
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's DaughterHayakawa Publishing
The Fifth Season Tokyo Sogensha
The Calculating Stars Hayakawa Publishing
Ninefox Gambit Tokyo Sogensha
The Psychology of Time Travel Tokyo Sogensha
Embers of War Tokyo Sogensha
Avengers of the Moon Tokyo Sogensha
2022Project Hail MaryAndy WeirHayakawa Publishing
Network EffectMartha WellsTokyo Sogensha
The Man with the Compound Eyes (複眼人)Wu Ming-yi (呉明益)KADOKAWA
The Fated SkyMary Robinette KowalHayakawa Publishing
Death's End (三体III: 死神永生)Liu CixinHayakawa Publishing
No Enemy But TimeMichael BishopTakeshobo
This Is How You Lose the Time WarAmal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneHayakawa Publishing
Children of TimeAdrian TchaikovskyTakeshobo
2023[2] Foundation trilogyIsaac AsimovYasuko KajiTokyo Sogensha
Ninth Step StationMalka Older, Curtis C. Chen, Jacqueline Koyanagi, and Fran WildeKana Yoshimoto / Yui Nogami / Sumiko Kudo / Yuka TachikawaTakeshobo
NSA - Nationales Sicherheits-AmtAndreas EshbachMomoko AkasakaHayakawa Publishing
L'anomalieHervé Le TellierKaori KatōHayakawa Publishing
The Three-Body Problem X (三体X 観想之宙)BaoshuNozomi Ohmori / Chai Wang / Sakura MitsuyoshiHayakawa Publishing
The Last AstronautDavid WellintonNaoya NakaharaHayakawa Publishing
The Three-Body Problem Zero (三体0 球状閃電)Liu CixinNozomi OhmoriHayakawa Publishing
2024The Kaiju Preservation SocietyJohn ScalziMasayuki UchidaHayakawa Publishing

Best Translated Short Story

  *   Winners and joint winners  +   No winner selected
YearWorkAuthor(s)Translator(s)Publisher or publication
1970"" SF Magazine
1971"" SF Magazine
1972"" SF Magazine
1973"" Dark Carnival, Hayakawa Publishing
1974"" SF Magazine
1975"Eurema's Dam" SF Magazine
1976"Wet Paint" SF Magazine
1977"Rozprawa" SF Magazine
1978(No award)
1979"Inconstant Moon" SF Magazine
1980(No award)
1981"" SF Magazine
1982"" SF Magazine
1983"Nightflyers" SF Magazine
1984"Unicorn Variation" SF Magazine
1985(No award)
1986(No award)
1987"Press Enter■" SF Magazine
1988"" SF Magazine
1989"Eye for Eye" SF Magazine
1990"Think Blue, Count Two" SF Magazine
1991"Schrödinger's Kitten" SF Magazine
1992"Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo" SF Magazine
1993"Groaning Hinges of the World" SF Magazine
1994"Tangents" Tangents: Greg Bear's New Collection, Hayakawa Publishing
1995"" , Hayakawa Publishing
1996"Robot Visions" SF Magazine
1997"Heads" SF Magazine
1998"" SF Magazine
1999"This Year's Class Picture" SF Magazine
2000"Out of the Everywhere" Out of the Everywhere, Hayakawa Publishing
2001"Oceanic" SF Magazine
2002"Story of Your Life" SF Magazine
"Reasons to be Cheerful" 20-seiki SF vol. 6 [The 20th Century SF vol. 6], Kawade Shobō Shinsha
2003"Luminous" 90-nendai SF Kessaku-sen: the Second Volume [The Best SF of Nineties: the Second Volume], Hayakawa Publishing
2004"Hell Is the Absence of God" Story of Your Life, Hayakawa Publishing
2005"And Now the News..." SF Magazine
2006"" SF Magazine
2007""SF Magazine
2008"Weather" Great Wall of Mars, Hayakawa Publishing
2009"" SF Magazine
2010"Dark Integers" SF Magazine
2011"Carry the Moon in My Pocket" , Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original anthology)
"Exhalation" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
"Crystal Nights" SF Magazine
"Pump Six" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
2012"" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
"Troika" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
2013"Pocketful of Dharma" Pump Six and Other Stories, Hayakawa Publishing
"" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
"" Pump Six and Other Stories, Hayakawa Publishing
"With Unclean Hands" SF Magazine, Hayakawa Publishing
"Vishnu at the Cat Circus" Cyberabad Days, Hayakawa Publishing
2014"" SF Magazine
"Palimpsest" SF Magazine
"Vacuum Lad" SF Magazine
"Christopher Raven" SF Magazine
"" SF Magazine
"Final Exam" SF Magazine
2015"" SF Magazine
SF Magazine
"Hunter Come Home" Black Destroyer and Other Stories, Tokyo Sogensha (Japanese original anthology)
"Water" SF Magazine
"For Want of a Nail" SF Magazine
"Year of the Rat" SF Magazine
"War 3.01" SF Magazine
2016"Good Hunting" The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original collection)
"" SF Magazine
"White Sin, Now" SF Magazine
"Mask" Fantstyczny Lem: Antologia według czytelników, Kokusho Kankōkai
"Relays and Roses" Gene Wolfe's Book of Days, Kokusho Kankōkai (Japanese original collection)
"Alfred's Ark" The Bookshop and Other Stories, Tokyo Sogensha (Japanese original anthology)
"Beautiful Boys" SF Magazine
2017"Backward, Turn Backward" Crown of Stars, Hayakawa Publishing
"Simulacrum" SF Magazine
"Seventh Sight" SF Magazine
SF Magazine
SF Magazine
The Deathbird and Other Stories, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original collection)
2018"Folding Beijing" (北京折叠) (郝景芳) SF Magazine
(as the English translator)
SF Magazine
Memories of My Mother, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original collection)
"Healing Benjamin" Neko ha Utyū de Marukunaru [Cats Curling Up in Space], Takeshobo (Japanese original anthology)
"Travel Diary" Adam and No Eve, Tokyo Sogensha (Japanese original collection)
"Knotting Grass, Holding Ring" Memories of My Mother, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original collection)
2019 (円) (劉慈欣) Invisible Planets, Hayakawa Publishing
(as the English translator)
SF Magazine
"Liar's House" The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule, Takeshobo (Japanese original collection)
"Monster in the Midest" FUNGI: The Second Colony, P-vine ele-king books
"Převychování" Czech SF Collection, Heibonsha (Japanese original collection)
"Between Nine and Eleven" SF Magazine
"Cybertank vs. Megazillus" SF Magazine
2020Bit Players and Other Stories, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original collection)
Exhalation, Hayakawa Publishing
Exhalation, Hayakawa Publishing
The Tea Master and the Detective, Takeshobo (Japanese original collection)
Bit Players and Other Stories, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original collection)
The Reborn and Other Stories, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original collection)
SF Magazine
2021"Zima Blue" Best SF of the 2000s, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original anthology)
"Our Science Fiction World" Baoshu (宝树) SF Magazine
"This is Not the Way Home" SF Magazine
"About My Space Hero" (김초엽) If We Cannot Move at the Speed of Light, Hayakawa Publishing
"The Weight of Memories" Liu Cixin SF Magazine
"The Snow of Jinyang" (晋阳三尺雪) (張冉) Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, Hayakawa Publishing
"My Crappy Autumn" Zion's Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature, Takeshobo
"The Syllables of Silence" (昼温) The Stairway of the Time, Shinkigensha (Japanese original anthology)
2022"The One With the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses"James Alan GardnerFederations, Tokyo Sogensha
"Yakiniku Planet" (烤肉自助星)Liang Qingshan (梁清散)Chinese&American Enigmatic SF, Hakusuisha (Japanese original anthology)
"Mother Tongues"S. Qiouyi LuShimi no Techō vol.02, Tokyo Sogensha
"Nomad"Karin LowacheeArmored, Tokyo Sogensha
"The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary"Ken LiuSpring of the Universe, Hayakawa Publishing (Japanese original collection)
"Power Armor: A Love Story"David Barr KirtleyArmored, Tokyo Sogensha
"The King of Time" (时间之王)Baoshu (宝树)SF Magazine
"A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies"Alix E. HarrowSF Magazine
2023[3] [4] "Sooner Or Later Everything Falls Into The Sea"Sarah PinskerIdumi IchidaSooner Or Later Everything Falls Into The Sea, Takeshobo
"The Wandering Earth"Liu CixinNozomi Ohmori, Masako FuruichiThe Wandering Earth, KADOKAWA
"Polished Performance"Alastair ReynoldsNaoya NakaharaMade to Order, Tokyo Sogensha
"Go. Now. Fix."Timons EsaiasMasato NaruniwaSF Magazine
"Unfamiliar Gods"Adam-Troy Castro & Judi B. CastroKazuko OnodaCosmic Powers, Tokyo Sogensha
"Running Red"Su WanwenToya TachiharaChinese Female SF Writers Anthology: Running Red, Chuō Kōronsha
"Eichmann in Alaska"Chang Kang-myoungKanae KiraHighly Personal Superpowers, Hayakawa Publishing
"Fandom for Robots"Vina Jie-Min PrasadChiori SadaSF Magazine
"Signal"L. D. LewisUmiyuri KatsuyamaVirtualGorilla
2024"Solidity"Greg EganMakoto YamagishiS-F Magazine

Best Dramatic Presentation

  *   Winners and joint winners  +   No winner selected Denotes a Japanese work
YearWorkMedia type
1970The Prisoner TV series
Charly film
A Thousand and One Nights animated film
1971UFO TV series
Maroonedfilm
Beneath the Planet of the Apesfilm
1972The Andromeda Strainfilm
1973A Clockwork Orangefilm
1974Soylent Greenfilm
1975Space Battleship Yamato animated TV series
1976Star theatrical play
1977(no award)
1978Solarisfilm
1979Star Warsfilm
1980Alienfilm
Silent Runningfilm
Galaxy Express 999 animated film
The Man Who Stole the Sun film
Supermanfilm
Nanase Once More TV series
Halloweenfilm
The Lord of the Ringsanimated film
The China Syndromefilm
Heaven Can Waitfilm
1981The Empire Strikes Backfilm
Mobile Suit Gundam animated TV series
film
TV program
Virus film
Toward the Terra animated film
The Final Countdownfilm
Panorama Solar System TV program
animated film
All That Jazzfilm
1982(no award)
Excaliburfilm
Time After Timefilm
Altered Statesfilm
Superman IIfilm
Somewhere in Timefilm
Scannersfilm
Escape from New Yorkfilm
Flash Gordonfilm
Samurai Reincarnation film
Stalkerfilm
1983Blade Runnerfilm
1984The Dark Crystalfilm
Crusher Joe animated film
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time film
Time Banditsfilm
animated film
Return of the Jedifilm
film
film
Okay, My Friend film
Ginga Hyōryū Vifam animated TV series
1985Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind animated film
Gremlinsfilm
animated film
Ghostbustersfilm
NHK Special:
"The World's Scientists Predict - Earth after Nuclear War"
TV program
Bye-Bye Jupiter film
The Return of Godzilla film
Armored Trooper VOTOMS animated TV series
Ginga Hyōryū Vifam animated TV series
animated film
1986Back to the Futurefilm
The Terminatorfilm
Night on the Galactic Railroad animated film
Angel's Egg OVA
Urusei Yatsura animated TV series
Dunefilm
film
Ladyhawkefilm
Sukeban Deka TV series
Dirty Pair animated TV series
Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū film
Electric Dreamsfilm
Super Mario Bros. video game
Fight! Iczer OneOVA
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam animated TV series
Kyodai Ken Byclosser TV series
The Tower of Druaga video game
1987Brazilfilm
Stonehenge (trilogy) theatrical play
The Red Spectacles film
Aliensfilm
Vampire Hunter D animated film
Super Kabuki: "Yamato Takeru" theatrical play
1988 animated film
Dragon Quest (I and II) video game
The Flyfilm
Tokyo Blackout film
The Witches of Eastwickfilm
Innerspacefilm
film
Little Shop of Horrorsfilm
1989My Neighbor Totoro animated film
RoboCopfilm

"Encounter at Farpoint"

TV series episode
Spaceballsfilm
Willowfilm
film
Akira animated film
Mobile Police Patlabor OVA series
Summer Vacation 1999 film
Shigatsu Kaidan film
Dragon Quest III video game
1990Gunbuster OVA series
1991NHK Special:
A Galactic Odyssey
TV program
Back to the Future Part IIIfilm
Total Recallfilm
Godzilla vs. Biollante film
Ghostfilm
Tokyo Heaven film
La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine TV series
1992film
Edward Scissorhandsfilm
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah film
Otaku no Video OVA
Armored Police Metal Jack animated TV series
animated TV series
1993Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei animated TV series
film
Bram Stoker's Draculafilm
Godzilla vs. Mothra film
Naked Lunch film
Romancing SaGa video game
Freejackfilm
Batman Returnsfilm
1994Jurassic Parkfilm
animated film
The Ultraseven I Loved TV series
video game
Forever Youngfilm
NIGHT HEAD TV series
1995Zeiram 2 film
Dirty Pair Flash OVA series
Demolition Manfilm
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Brilliantly Shining Heresy OVA series

"Unification"

TV series episode
The Nightmare Before Christmasanimated film
Timecopfilm
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time TV series
1996 film
Apollo 13film
Ghost in the Shell animated film
Johnny Mnemonicfilm
Star Trek Generationsfilm
Village of the Damnedfilm
The Maskfilm
Memories animated film
1997 film
The Outer Limits

"The Sandkings"

TV series episode
Toy Storyanimated film
12 Monkeysfilm
Escape from L.A.film
The Vision of Escaflowne animated TV series
Choukou Senshi Changéríon TV series
4th Super Robot Wars Scramble video game
1998Ultraman Tiga TV series
Revolutionary Girl Utena animated TV series
Contactfilm
The Fifth Elementfilm
Mars Attacks!film
film
Independence Dayfilm
film
1999 animated film
Serial Experiments Lain animated TV series
Generator Gawl animated TV series
Ring film
Starship Troopersfilm
Alien Resurrectionfilm
Deep Impactfilm
Nanase Once More TV series
Trigun animated TV series
2000Cowboy Bebop animated TV series
Space Pirate Mito animated TV series
Red DwarfTV series
film
film
film
Digimon Adventure animated short film
The Matrixfilm
2001Gunparade March video game
The Iron Giantanimated film
Bicentennial Manfilm
X-Menfilm
Sakuya Yōkai-den film
Juvenile film
animated short film
October Skyfilm
animated film
Infinite Ryvius animated TV series
2002Kamen Rider Kuuga TV series
Avalon film
Princess Arete animated film
animated film
animated TV series
Galaxy Questfilm
animated film
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius film
Z.O.E. Dolores, I animated TV series
2003Voices of a Distant Star OVA short
film
RahXephon animated TV series
film
Kamen Rider Agito TV series
Haibane Renmei animated TV series
Shaolin Soccerfilm
2004film
Stellvia animated TV series
animated film
NHK Drama Love Poem: "Like an Angel" TV series
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemenfilm
Dokkoida?! animated TV series
Overman King Gainer animated TV series
2005Planetes animated TV series
The Place Promised in Our Early Days animated film
Tetsujin 28-gō animated TV series
animated film
Fullmetal Alchemist animated TV series
film
Astro Boy animated TV series
2006Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger TV series
Genesis of Aquarion animated TV series
film
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG animated TV series
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's animated TV series
Pani Poni Dash! animated TV series
2007The Girl Who Leapt Through Time animated film
Zegapain animated TV series
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya animated TV series
Paprika animated film
Nihon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu film
2008Den-noh Coil animated TV series
Gurren Lagann animated TV series
Transformersfilm
Oh! Edo Rocket animated TV series
Pan's Labyrinthfilm
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers animated TV series
2009Macross Frontier animated TV series
Real Drive animated TV series
Kamen Rider Den-O TV series
animated TV series
The Dark Knightfilm
Fireball animated TV series
Library War animated TV series
2010Summer Wars animated film
Avatarfilm
Star Trekfilm
Watchmenfilm
Terminator Salvationfilm
film
Fresh Pretty Cure! The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!? animated film
Jin TV series
2011District 9film
The Tatami Galaxy animated TV series
Kamen Rider W TV series
Welcome to the Space Show animated film
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger TV series
film
Operation Space Dog TV series
2012Puella Magi Madoka Magica animated TV series
Paulfilm
Penguindrum animated TV series
Steins;Gate animated TV series
Tiger & Bunny animated TV series
Real Steelfilm
2013Bodacious Space Pirates animated TV series
Iron Skyfilm
The Avengersfilm
animated film
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo short film
animated TV series
animated TV series
2014Pacific Rimfilm
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet animated TV series
animated TV series
Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova- animated TV series
Psycho-Pass animated TV series
Gravityfilm
Patema Inverted animated film
Girls und Panzer animated TV series
2015 animated film
Expelled from Paradise animated film
Space Dandy animated TV series
Interstellarfilm
Big Hero 6animated film
Kill la Kill animated TV series
Mysterious Transfer Student TV series
2016Girls und Panzer der Film animated film
film
film
Chappiefilm
The Congressfilm
Wish Upon the Pleiades animated TV series
The Empire of Corpses animated film
animated film
2017Shin Godzilla film
Your Name animated film
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress animated TV series
Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyfilm
Concrete Revolutio animated TV series
Zegapain Adaptation animated film
Look Who's Backfilm
Kuromukuro animated TV series
2018Kemono Friends animated TV series
Arrivalfilm
Blade Runner 2049film
ID-0 animated TV series
animated TV series
animated TV series
Kubo and the Two Stringsanimated film
Passengersfilm
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Childrenfilm
2019SSSS.Gridman animated TV series
Ready Player Onefilm
Cells at Work! animated TV series
Beatless animated TV series
animated TV series
Planet With animated TV series
Penguin Highway animated film
(uncut version)film
film
2020Astra Lost in Space animated TV series
Hello World animated film
Godzilla: King of the Monstersfilm
Promare animated film
Weathering with You animated film
video game
Fly Me to the Saitama film
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: The Mythically Fast ALFA-X That Came From The Future animated film
2021Ultraman Z TV series
Deca-Dence animated TV series
NHK Drama: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan TV series
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! film
Id – Invaded animated TV series
animated TV series
animated film
Pretty Cure Miracle Leap: A Wonderful Day with Everyone animated film
Drifting Dragons animated TV series
film
2022Godzilla Singular Point animated TV series
animated TV series
Knights of Sidonia

Love Woven in the Stars

animated film
Dunefilm
Sing a Bit of Harmony animated film
animated film
TV series
The Door into Summer film
2023[5] Shin Ultraman  film
Lycoris Recoil animated TV series
TV series
Break of Dawn animated film
The Orbital Children animated film
TV series
Summer Time Rendering animated TV series
Suzume animated film
What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? film
Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman
HD remaster
short film
2024[6] Godzilla Minus One  film
16bit Sensation: Another Layer animated TV series
River film
animated film
Gridman Universe animated film
The Creatorfilm
animated film
M3GANfilm

Best Comic

YearWorkAuthor/ArtistPublisher or Publication
1978Gekkan Manga Shonen, since Jan 1977
1979Bessatsu Kisotengai No. 6, "SF Manga Compendium Part 2", Dec 1978
1980Weekly Shōjo Comic, 1978 (No. 23) to 1979 (No. 3)
Weekly Shōnen Jump, since 1978
Young Jump, 1979 (No. 5)
Action Deluxe, Jan 27, 1979 (No. 5)
Bouquet, Dec 1979
SF Magazine, Oct 1979 - Jun 1980
(collected edition) Kisotengaisha
Kisotengai Comics
Comic Again, May - Nov 1979
Shogakukan
Tentomushi Comics
Shueisha
Jump Comics
1981Bouquet, May to June 1980
Action Deluxe, since Jan 19, 1980
Hakusensha
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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Awards . Nippon2007: 65th World Science Fiction Convention . 2009-03-15.
  2. Web site: 2023年 第54回星雲賞 . 2023-05-01 . www.sf-fan.gr.jp.
  3. Web site: 2023年 第54回星雲賞 . 2023-08-18 . www.sf-fan.gr.jp.
  4. Web site: locusmag . 2023-04-26 . 2023 Seiun Awards Nominees . 2023-08-18 . Locus Online . en-US.
  5. Web site: April 19, 2023 . 2023年 第54回星雲賞 . 2023: 54th Seiun Award . June 20, 2024 . Japan SF Fan Group . jp.
  6. Web site: June 5, 2024 . 2024年 第55回星雲賞 . 2024: 55th Seiun Award . June 20, 2024 . Japan SF Fan Group . jp.