Translated by The Asahi Shimbun from the website of Anime Anime.
“The Empire of Corpses,” a novel completed by Toh Enjoe following the death of his writer friend, won in the Best Japanese Long Story category at the 44th Seiun (Nebula) Awards.
The award-giving ceremony of prestigious awards for works related to science fiction was held on July 20 as part of the 52nd Japan Science Fiction Convention (Koicon) in Hiroshima.
The winners of the Seiun Awards were based on the votes of attendees at Koicon for titles released the previous year.
Enjoe finished “The Empire of Corpses” after popular writer Project Itoh died in 2009 at age 34. Itoh had written the first 30 pages.
Itoh posthumously received the Special Citation award by the judges of the Philip K. Dick Award for his “Harmony.”
Set in the 19th century, the story follows John H. Watson--who later teams up with Sherlock Holmes--on a secret mission in a world where technology developed by Victor Frankenstein to use dead bodies as laborers and soldiers has become widespread.
The Seiun Awards have nine categories that recognize excellence in the works of Japanese and foreign novels, short stories and other materials, such as comics, art and nonfiction, that focus on but are not limited to science fiction.
Chohei Kanbayashi’s “Ima Shugoteki Muishiki wo” (Collective unconsciousness now) won in the Best Japanese Short Story category.
“Bodacious Space Pirates,” an animated TV series based on Yuichi Sasamoto’s “Minisuka Uchu Kaizoku” (Miniskirt space pirates) light novel series, was the winner in the Best Dramatic Presentation category. The anime was produced by Satelight Inc. with Tatsuo Sato at the helm.
Yukinobu Hoshino’s “Inherit the Stars,” which was adapted from British writer James P. Hogan’s book of the same name, won the Best Comic award. The original novel also won in the Best Translated Long Story category in 1981.
Manga artist and illustrator Kenji Tsuruta was named the Best Artist.
An offprint of the May 2012 issue of IPSJ Magazine published by the Information Processing Society of Japan featuring singing synthesizer application Hatsune Miku, the Nico Nico Douga video-sharing website and other trends won in the Best Nonfiction category.
Human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell research at Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application received the Non Section award.
Visit the official websites of the Seiun Awards at (http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/index.html) and Koicon at (<A Href="http://www.koicon.com/ja/top.html" Target="_blank">http://www.koicon.com/ja/top.html</A>).
Translated by The Asahi Shimbun from the website of Anime Anime.
The Asahi Shimbun
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“The Empire of Corpses,” a novel completed by Toh Enjoe following the death of his writer friend, won in the Best Japanese Long Story category at the 44th Seiun (Nebula) Awards.
The award-giving ceremony of prestigious awards for works related to science fiction was held on July 20 as part of the 52nd Japan Science Fiction Convention (Koicon) in Hiroshima.
The winners of the Seiun Awards were based on the votes of attendees at Koicon for titles released the previous year.
Enjoe finished “The Empire of Corpses” after popular writer Project Itoh died in 2009 at age 34. Itoh had written the first 30 pages.
Itoh posthumously received the Special Citation award by the judges of the Philip K. Dick Award for his “Harmony.”
Set in the 19th century, the story follows John H. Watson--who later teams up with Sherlock Holmes--on a secret mission in a world where technology developed by Victor Frankenstein to use dead bodies as laborers and soldiers has become widespread.
The Seiun Awards have nine categories that recognize excellence in the works of Japanese and foreign novels, short stories and other materials, such as comics, art and nonfiction, that focus on but are not limited to science fiction.
Chohei Kanbayashi’s “Ima Shugoteki Muishiki wo” (Collective unconsciousness now) won in the Best Japanese Short Story category.
“Bodacious Space Pirates,” an animated TV series based on Yuichi Sasamoto’s “Minisuka Uchu Kaizoku” (Miniskirt space pirates) light novel series, was the winner in the Best Dramatic Presentation category. The anime was produced by Satelight Inc. with Tatsuo Sato at the helm.
Yukinobu Hoshino’s “Inherit the Stars,” which was adapted from British writer James P. Hogan’s book of the same name, won the Best Comic award. The original novel also won in the Best Translated Long Story category in 1981.
Manga artist and illustrator Kenji Tsuruta was named the Best Artist.
An offprint of the May 2012 issue of IPSJ Magazine published by the Information Processing Society of Japan featuring singing synthesizer application Hatsune Miku, the Nico Nico Douga video-sharing website and other trends won in the Best Nonfiction category.
Human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell research at Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application received the Non Section award.
Visit the official websites of the Seiun Awards at (http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/index.html) and Koicon at (<A Href="http://www.koicon.com/ja/top.html" Target="_blank">http://www.koicon.com/ja/top.html</A>).
Translated by The Asahi Shimbun from the website of Anime Anime.
The Asahi Shimbun
<A Href="http://ajw.asahi.com/" Target="_blank">http://ajw.asahi.com/</A>
■関連記事
Ueda's 'Ocean Chronicles' wins Nihon SF Taisho Award
'Madoka Magica' nominated for SF award
Keikaku Ito's "Harmony" wins Philip K. Dick Award for excellence
Animal Land’ wins children’s prize at Kodansha Manga Awards
Anime and ad campaign among digital media award winners
