Annual science fiction award
The Nihon SF Taishō Award (日本SF大賞, Nihon Esu Efu Taishō, lit. "Japan SF Grand Prize") is a Japanese science fiction award. It has been compared to the Nebula Award as it is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan or SFWJ. The Grand Prize is selected from not only Science Fiction novels, but also various SF movies, animations, and manga.
Special Awards (特別賞, Tokubetsushō) are awarded to the works that is considered to be special by the juries. Since 2011, Special Services Award (特別功労賞, Tokubetsu kōrōshō) or Contribution Award (功績賞, Kōsekishō) is presented to the deceased person.
Winners
- 1st (1980) Taiyōfū Kōten (Solar Wind Node) by Akira Hori
- 2nd (1981) Kirikiri-Jin by Hisashi Inoue
- 3rd (1982) Saigo no Teki (The Last Enemy) by Masaki Yamada
- 4th (1983) Dōmu by Katsuhiro Ōtomo
- 5th (1984) Genshi Gari (Fancy-Poem Hunting) by Chiaki Kawamata
- 6th (1985) Tokyo Blackout (Capital City Disappeared) by Sakyō Komatsu
- 7th (1986) Warai Uchū no Tabi Geinin (Jongleur in Laughing Cosmos) by Musashi Kanbe
- 8th (1987) Teito Monogatari (Empire Capital Saga) by Hiroshi Aramata
- 9th (1988)
- 10th (1989) Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi (The Lion Eats Increscent Moon) by Baku Yumemakura
- 11th (1990) Ad Bird by Makoto Shiina [ja]
- 12th (1991) Salamander Senmetsu (Salamander Omnicide) by Shinji Kajio
- 13th (1992) Asa no Gaspard (Gaspard of the Morning) by Yasutaka Tsutsui
- 14th (1993) Venus City by Gorō Masaki
- Special Award for Hisashi Kuroma [ja]
- 15th (1994)
- 16th (1995) Kototsubo (Wordpot) by Chohei Kanbayashi
- Special Award to Masahiro Noda [ja]
- 17th (1996) Gamera 2: Attack of Legion directed by Shūsuke Kaneko
- 18th (1997)
- 19th (1998) Brain Valley by Hideaki Sena
- Special Awards to:
- Shinichi Hoshi
- NHK Ningen Daigaku "Uchū o Kūsō Shitekita Hitobito" by Masahiro Noda [ja]
- Igyō Collection, edited by Masahiko Inoue [ja]
- 20th (1999) Tigris to Euphrates by Motoko Arai
- 21st (2000) Nihon SF Ronsōshi by Takayuki Tatsumi
- 22nd (2001) Kamekun by Yūsaku Kitano [ja]
- 23rd (2002)
- Arabia no Yoru no Shuzoku by Hideo Furukawa [ja]
- Kugutsukō by Osamu Makino [ja]
- 24th (2003) Mardock Scramble by Tō Ubukata
- 25th (2004) Innocence by Mamoru Oshii
- 26th (2005) Katadorareta Chikara by Hirotaka Tobi
- 27th (2006) Otherworld Barbara by Moto Hagio
- 28th (2007) Hoshi Shinichi 1001Wa o Tsukutta Hito by Hazuki Saisho [ja]
- 29th (2008)
- 30th (2009) Harmony by Keikaku Itō
- 31st (2010)
- 32nd (2011)
- 33rd (2012)
- Kiryū Keisatsu: Jibaku Jōkō by Ryōe Tsukimura [ja]
- Banjō no Yoru by Yūsuke Miyauchi [ja]
- Special Award to Shisha no Teikoku by Keikaku Itō and Toh Enjoe
- 34th (2013)
- Kaikin no To by Dempow Torishima
- Special Awards to:
- NOVA Original anthology series, edited by Nozomi Ohmori [ja]
- Johannesburg no Tenshi Tachi by Yūsuke Miyauchi [ja]
- 35th (2014)
- 36th (2015)
- 37th (2016)
- 38th (2017)
- Game no Ōkoku by Satoshi Ogawa [ja]
- Jisei no Yume by Hirotaka Tobi
- Contribution Award to Kōichi Yamano [ja]
- 39th (2018)
- 40th (2019)
- Tenmei no Shirube by Issui Ogawa
- Yadokari no Hoshi by Dempow Torishima
- Special Award to the Best Japanese SF series, edited by Nozomi Ohmori [ja] and Sanzō Kusaka [ja]
- Contribution Award to Hideo Azuma and Taku Mayumura
- SFWJ President Award to Takashi Ogawa [ja] and Takashi Hoshi [ja]
- 41st (2020)
- Kanki no uta Hakubutsukan wakusei III by Hiroe Suga
- Seikei Izumo no heitan series (nine volumes) by Jōji Hayashi [ja]
- Special Award to Tōya Tachihara [ja] for translation and introduction of Chinese science fiction
- Contribution Award to Yasumi Kobayashi
- 42nd (2021)
- 43rd (2022)
- SF-suru Shikō - Aramaki Yoshio SF Hyōron Shūsei by Yoshio Aramaki
- Zangetsuki by Masakuni Oda [ja]
- Contribution Awards to Tsukasa Shikano [ja], Yasumi Tsuhara [ja], and Masayoshi Yasugi [ja][1]
- 44th (2023)
- Protocol of Humanity by Satoshi Hase [ja; fr]
- Contribution Awards to Takashi Ishikawa [ja], Aritsune Toyota [ja], Yuki Hijiri [ja; pt], Leiji Matsumoto
See also
References
- "日本SF大賞" (in Japanese). Science Fiction Writers of Japan. Retrieved June 1, 2009.[dead link]
- 日本SF大賞, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan.
- ^ "Announcement regarding the 43rd Japan SF Grand Prize". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
External links
- Awards (in Japanese), at SFWJ