The Seiun Award is a Japanese science fiction 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. [1]
The professional works released in the previous calendar year are eligible for vote. If the work is a series, it is eligible when the series is finished. 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.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Reichōrui Minami e by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1971 | Tsugu no wa Dare ka? by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1972 | Ishi no Ketsumyaku by Ryō Hanmura |
| 1973 | Kagami no Kuni no Alice by Tadashi Hirose |
| 1974 | Japan Sinks by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1975 | Ore no Chi wa Tanin no Chi by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1976 | Nanase Futatabi by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1977 | Saikoro Tokkōtai by Musashi Kanbe |
| 1978 | Chikyū Seishin Bunseki Kiroku / Eld Analusis by Masaki Yamada |
| 1979 | Shōmetsu no Kōrin by Taku Mayumura |
| 1980 | Hōseki Dorobō by Masaki Yamada |
| 1981 | Kaseijin Senshi by Chiaki Kawamata |
| 1982 | Kirikiri-Jin by Hisashi Inoue |
| 1983 | Sayonara Jupiter by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1984 | Teki wa Kaizoku / Kaizokuban by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1985 | Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1986 | Dirty-Pair no Daigyakuten by Haruka Takachiho |
| 1987 | Prism by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1988 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka |
| 1989 | Babylonia Wave by Akira Hori |
| 1990 | Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi by Baku Yumemakura |
| 1991 | Hybrid Child by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1992 | Merusasu no Shōnen by Hiroe Suga |
| 1993 | Venus City by Gorō Masaki |
| 1994 | Owari naki Sakuteki by Kōshū Tani |
| 1995 | Kishin Heidan by Masaki Yamada |
| 1996 | Hikishio no Toki by Taku Mayumura |
| 1997 | Seikai no Monshou by Hiroyuki Morioka |
| 1998 | Teki wa Kaizoku / A-kyū no Teki by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1999 | Suisei Gari by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 2000 | Good luck, Sentou Yousei Yukikaze by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 2001 | Eien no Mori, Hakubutsukan Wakusei by Hiroe Suga |
| 2002 | Fuwa-fuwa no Izumi by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2003 | Usurper of the Sun by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2004 | Dai-Roku Tairiku by Issui Ogawa |
| 2005 | ARIEL by Yūichi Sasamoto |
| 2006 | Summer/Time/Traveler by Kazuma Shinjō |
| 2007 | Nihon chinbotsu Dai 2 Bu by Sakyo Komatsu and Kōshū Tani |
| 2008 | Toshokan Sensō Series by Hiro Arikawa |
| 2009 | harmony by Keikaku Itō |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | "Furu Neruson" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1971 | "Vitamin" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1972 | "Shirokabe no Moji wa Yūhi ni Haeru" by Yoshio Aramaki |
| 1973 | "Kesshō Seidan" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1974 | "Nippon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1975 | "Kamigari" by Masaki Yamada |
| 1976 | "Vomisa" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1977 | "Metamorphoses Guntō" by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| 1978 | "Gordian Knot" by Sakyō Komatsu |
| 1979 | "Chikyū wa Plain yogurt" by Shinji Kajio |
| 1980 | "The Dirty Pair's Great Adventures" by Haruka Takachiho |
| 1981 | "Green Requiem" by Motoko Arai |
| 1982 | "Neptune" by Motoko Arai |
| 1983 | "Kotobazukaishi" by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1984 | "Super Phoenix" by Chōhei Kanbayashi |
| 1985 | (No award) |
| 1986 | "Lemon Pie, Oyashiki Yokochō Zero Banchi" by Masahiro Noda |
| 1987 | "Martian Railroad 19" by Kōshū Tani |
| 1988 | "Yama no ue no Kōkyō-gaku" by Norio Nakai |
| 1989 | "Kurage no Hi" by Jin Kusakami |
| 1990 | "Aqua Planet" by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1991 | "Jōdan no Tsuki wo Kurau Inoshishi" Baku Yumemakura |
| 1992 | "Kyōryū Laurentiis no Genshi" by Shinji Kajio |
| 1993 | "Sobakasu no Figure" by Hiroe Suga |
| 1994 | "Kuruguru Tsukai" by Kenji Ōtsuki |
| 1995 | "Nonoko no Fukushū Jigujigu" by Kenji Ōtsuki |
| 1996 | "Hitonatsu no Keikenchi" by Kō Hiura |
| 1997 | "Diet no Hōteishiki" by Jin Kusakami |
| 1998 | "Independence Day in Ōsaka (Ai wa Nakutomo Shihonshugi)" by Mariko Ōhara |
| 1999 | "Yoake no Terrorist" by Hiroyuki Morioka |
| 2000 | "Taiyō no Sandatsusha" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2001 | "Ashibiki Daydream" by Shinji Kajio |
| 2002 | "Ginga Teikoku no Kōbō mo Fude no Ayamari" by Hirofumi Tanaka |
| 2003 | "Ore wa Misairu" by Mizuhito Akiyama |
| 2004 | "Unaccepted Death" by Shinji Kajio |
| 2005 | "Katadorareta Chikara" by Hirotaka Tobi |
| 2006 | "Tadayotta Otoko" by Issui Ogawa |
| 2007 | "A Furoshiki and Spider’s Thread" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2008 | "Chinmoku no Flyby" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| 2009 | "Nankyokuten no Peer-Peer dōga" by Hōsuke Nojiri |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | "The Squirrel Cage" by Thomas M. Disch |
| 1971 | "The Poems" by Ray Bradbury |
| 1972 | "The Blue Bottle" by Ray Bradbury |
| 1973 | "The Black Ferris" by Ray Bradbury |
| 1974 | "A Meeting with Medusa" by Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1975 | "Eurema's Dam" by R. A. Lafferty |
| 1976 | "Wet Paint" by A. Bertram Chandler |
| 1977 | "Rozprawa" by Stanisław Lem |
| 1978 | (No award) |
| 1979 | "All The Myriad Ways" by Larry Niven |
| 1980 | (No award) |
| 1981 | "A Relic of the Empire" by Larry Niven |
| 1982 | "The Brave Little Toaster" by Thomas M. Disch |
| 1983 | "Nightflyers" by George R. R. Martin |
| 1984 | "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny |
| 1985 | (No award) |
| 1986 | (No award) |
| 1987 | "Press Enter■" by John Varley |
| 1988 | "The Only Neat Thing To Do" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 1989 | "Eye for Eye" by Orson Scott Card |
| 1990 | "Think Blue, Count Two" by Cordwainer Smith |
| 1991 | "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger |
| 1992 | "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo" by John Varley |
| 1993 | "Groaning Hinges of the World" by R. A. Lafferty |
| 1994 | "Tangents" by Greg Bear |
| 1995 | "The Planet Named Shayol" by Cordwainer Smith |
| 1996 | "Robot Visions" by Isaac Asimov |
| 1997 | "Heads" by Greg Bear |
| 1998 | "The Death of Captain Future" by Allen Steele |
| 1999 | "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons |
| 2000 | "Out of the Everywhere" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 2001 | "Oceanic" by Greg Egan |
| 2002 | "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang |
| "Reasons to be Cheerful" by Greg Egan | |
| 2003 | "Luminous" by Greg Egan |
| 2004 | "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang |
| 2005 | "And Now the News..." by Theodore Sturgeon |
| 2006 | "The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod |
| 2007 | "The Astronaut from Wyoming" by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion |
| 2008 | "Weather" by Alastair Reynolds |
| 2009 | "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1970 | TV Series The Prisoner |
| Film Charly | |
| 1971 | TV Series UFO |
| 1972 | Film The Andromeda Strain |
| 1973 | Film A Clockwork Orange |
| 1974 | Film Soylent Green |
| 1975 | Anime Uchū Senkan Yamato |
| 1976 | Film Star |
| 1977 | (No award) |
| 1978 | Film Solaris |
| 1979 | Film Star Wars |
| 1980 | Film Alien |
| 1981 | Film Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1982 | (No award) |
| 1983 | Film Blade Runner |
| 1984 | Film The Dark Crystal |
| 1985 | Film Kaze no tani no Naushika |
| 1986 | Film Back to the Future |
| 1987 | Film Brazil |
| 1988 | Film Onneamis no Tubasa |
| 1989 | Film Tonari no Totoro |
| 1990 | Anime Top wo Nerae! |
| 1991 | TV Ginga Uchū Odyssey |
| 1992 | Film Terminator 2 |
| 1993 | Anime Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei |
| 1994 | Film Jurassic Park |
| 1995 | Film Zeiram 2 |
| 1996 | Film Gamera Daikaiju Kuchu Kessen |
| 1997 | Film Gamera2 Legion Syurai |
| 1998 | Tokusatsu Ultraman Tiga |
| 1999 | Film Kido Senkan Nadesico The Movie |
| 2000 | Anime Cowboy Bebop |
| 2001 | Video game Gunparade March |
| 2002 | Tokusatsu Kamen Rider Kuuga |
| 2003 | Anime Hoshi no Koe |
| 2004 | Film The Two Towers |
| 2005 | Anime Planetes |
| 2006 | Tokusatsu Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger |
| 2007 | Anime The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
| 2008 | Anime Dennō Coil |
| 2009 | Anime Macross Frontier |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Terra e... by Keiko Takemiya |
| 1979 | Fujōri Nikki by Hideo Azuma |
| 1980 | Star Red by Moto Hagio |
| 1982 | Kibun wa mou sensou by Katsuhiro Otomo |
| 1983 | Gin no Sankaku by Moto Hagio |
| 1984 | Dōmu by Katsuhiro Otomo |
| 1985 | X + Y by Moto Hagio |
| 1986 | Appleseed by Masamune Shirow |
| 1987 | Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi |
| 1988 | Kyūkyoku Chōjin R by Masami Yūki |
| 1989 | Ningyo no Mori by Rumiko Takahashi |
| 1990 | So What? by Megumi Wakatsuki |
| 1991 | Uchū Daizakka by Eiji Yokoyama |
| 1992 | Yamataika by Yukinobu Hoshino |
| 1993 | OZ by Natsumi Itsuki |
| 1994 | DAI-HONYA by Miki Tori |
| Grant Leauvas Monogatari by Kyōko Shitō | |
| 1995 | Kaze no Tani no Naushika by Hayao Miyazaki |
| 1996 | Kiseijū by Hitoshi Iwaaki |
| 1997 | Ushio to Tora by Kazuhiro Fujita |
| 1998 | SF Taishō by Miki Tori |
| 1999 | Runnahime Hourouki by Eiji Yokoyama |
| 2000 | Itihaasa by Wakako Mizuki |
| 2001 | Cardcaptor Sakura by Clamp |
| 2002 | Planetes by Makoto Yukimura |
| 2003 | Chronoeyes by Yūichi Hasegawa |
| 2004 | Kanata Kara by Kyōko Hikawa |
| 2005 | Bremen II by Izumi Kawahara |
| 2006 | Onmyoji by Reiko Okano |
| 2007 | Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō by Hitoshi Ashinano |
| 2008 | 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa |
| 2009 | Trigun Maximum by Yasuhiro Nightow |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 1980 | Noriyoshi Ourai |
| 1981 | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko |
| 1982 | Shusei Nagaoka |
| 1983 - 1986 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 1987 | Michiaki Satou |
| 1988 | Jun Suemi |
| 1989 | Hiroyuki Kato & Keisuke Gotou |
| 1990 | Katsumi Michihara |
| 1991 | Eiji Yokoyama |
| 1992 | Masamune Shirow |
| 1993 | Keinojō Mizutama |
| 1994 | Hitoshi Yoneda |
| 1995 | Keinojō Mizutama |
| 1996 | Akihiro Yamada |
| 1997 | Yuji Kaida |
| 1998 | Shigeru Mizuki |
| 1999 | Takami Akai |
| 2000 | Kenji Tsuruta |
| 2001 | Kenji Tsuruta |
| 2002 | Katsuya Terada |
| 2003 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 2004 | Daisuke Nishijima |
| 2005 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 2006 | Range Murata |
| 2007 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 2008 | Naoyuki Kato |
| 2009 | Naoyuki Kato |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Kōseiki no sekai by Fujio Ishihara |
| 1986 | Tokusatsu Hero Retsuden by Noriaki Ikeda |
| 1987 | Ishihara Hakase no SF Kenkyūshitsu by Fujio Ishihara |
| 1988 | Wizardry nikki by Tetsu Yano |
| 1989 | Space Opera no kakikata by Masahiro Noda |
| 1990 | Future Magic by Robert L. Forward |
| 1991 | SF Handbook, edited by Hayakawa Shobō Editorial Office |
| 1992 | TV Series "Denshi Rikkoku Nippon no Jijoden" by NHK |
| 1993 | The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes |
| 1994 | Yasashii Uchū Kaihatsu Nyūmon by Masahiro Noda |
| 1995 | Itoshino Wonderland by Masahiro Noda |
| 1996 | Tondemo-bon no sekai, edited by Togakkai |
| 1997 | Tondemo-bon no gyakushū, edited by Togakkai |
| 1998 | Walking Humanoid Robot P2 by Honda |
| 1999 | Uchū o Kūsō shitekita Hitobito by Masahiro Noda |
| 2000 | AIBO by Sony |
| 2001 | Motto sugoi kagaku de mamorimasu! by Yūichi Hasegawa |
| 2002 | NHK Shōnen Drama Series no Subete by 増山久明 |
| 2003 | Passport to the Universe by Yuichi Sasamoto |
| 2004 | Passport to the Universe 2 by Yuichi Sasamoto |
| 2005 | Maeda Kensetsu Fantasy Eigyobu by Maeda Corporation |
| 2006 | Disappearance Diary by Hideo Azuma |
| 2007 | Passport to the Universe 3 by Yuichi Sasamoto |
| 2008 | Hoshi Shinichi: 1001 Wa o Tsukutta Hito by Hazuki Saishō |
| 2009 | Sekai no SF ga yattekita! Nippon con file 2007 edited by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2002 | H-IIA Rocket Test Flight 1, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2003 | Humanoid Robot HRP-2 Promet, by Yutaka Izubuchi and Kawada Industries |
| 2004 | Royal Science Museum Series 1, by Toshio Okada |
| 2005 | Japan Pavilion of the 9th Venice Biennale of Architecture, by Japan Foundation, Kaichirō Morikawa, and participating artists |
| 2006 | Landing on the asteroid Itokawa by the asteroid sample return mission MUSES-C "Hayabusa", by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2007 | M-V Rocket, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2008 | Hatsune Miku, by Crypton Future Media Co. |
| 2009 | (No award) |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Uchūjin as Japanese Oldest Sci-fi Fanzine |
| 1989 | Osamu Tezuka |
| 2005 | Tetsu Yano |
| 2007 | Yoshihiro Yonezawa |
| 2008 | Kōichirō Noda (Masahiro Noda) |
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