38th Seiun Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 38th Seiun Award (Nebula Award), one of the most famous Japanese science fiction awards, have been announced during the 65th World Science Fiction Convention & the 46th Japan Science Fiction Convention. Hitoshi Ashinano's Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou won in the Comics Category. Other entries in the category were Death Note, Busou Renkin, Karakuri Circus, and Yousei-koku no Kishi.

A complete English list of winners has been provided by Science Fiction Awards Watch:

  • Japanese Long Fiction: Japan Sinks, Part 2 - Sakyo Komatsu and Koshu Tani (Shogakukan)
  • Japanese Short Fiction: "A Furoshiki and Spider's Thread" - Housuke Nojiri (Hayakawa Publishing Corportation)
  • Translated Long Fiction: Mortal Engines - Phillip Reeve (Translated by Rei Anno, Tokyo Sogensha)
  • Translated Short Fiction: "The Astronaut from Wyoming" - Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion (Translated by Hisashi Asakura. Hayakawa Publishing Corporation)
  • Media: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (directed by Mamoru Hosoda, animation production by Mad House, production by Tokikake Film Partners)
  • Comics: Quiet Country Cafe (Yokohama Shopping Trip) - Hitoshi Ashinano (Kodansha)
  • Artist: Yoshitaka Amano
  • Non Fiction: Passport Into Space 3: Space Pioneers A Frontline Report - Yuichi Sasamoto (Asahi Sonorama)
  • Special Award: The M-V Launch System - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Special Award: Yoshihiro Yonezawa

Source: Anime! Anime!