The results are officially out for the winners for the 48th Japan Science Fiction Convention’s 48th annual Seiun Awards and both Hideaki Anno’s “Shin Godzilla” and Yasumi Kobayashi’s “Ultraman F” takes home awards from one out of the eight categories of the awards.
“Shin Godzilla” is a 2016 Japanese kaiju film featuring Godzilla and is the 31st installment in the “Godzilla franchise. Officially released in Tokyo on July 25, 2016, the film is co-directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with the screenplay written by Anno.
Prior to having taken the win for the Media category in the awards, “Shin Godzilla” has also won seven awards out of its 11 nominations, including Picture of the Year and Director of the Year at the 40th Japan Academy Prize. Not only that but it has been recognized for becoming the highest-grossing live-action Japanese film of 2016.
“Ultraman F” on the other hand has taken the win for the Japanese Fiction category. A light novel written by Yasumi Kobayashi and illustrated by Masayuki Gotou, it is the third novel from the “TSUBURAYA X HAYAKAWA UNIVERSE” collaboration series. Following after “Return to Tatara Island: Ultra Monster Anthology” and “Ultraman Dual”; the novel serves as an alternate continuity in-between the finale of “Ultraman” and the beginning of “Ultraseven.”
The Seiun Award is a Japanese speculative fiction award for the best science fiction works and achievements during the preceding year. Created in1970 by the Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan, there are awards presented for eight categories including both Japanese and foreign literature, media, art, and nonfiction. But should there be any work recognized by the judges which do not fit into any of the categories, they may fall into the free nomination category.
Japanese Novel
Ultraman F
Author: Yasumi Kobayashi / Publisher: Hayakawa S
Japanese Short Fiction
“Last and First Idol”
Author: Gengen Kusano
Translated Novel
United States of Japan
Author: Peter Tieryas / Translator: Naoya Nakahara
Two Way Tie: Translated Short Fiction
“Backward, Turn Backward”
Author: James Tiptree, Jr. / Translator: Kazuko Onoda
“Simulacra”
Author: Ken Ryou / Translator: Yoshimichi Furusawa
Media
Shin Godzilla
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
Comic
KochiKame
Creator: Osamu Akimoto
Art
Naoyuki Kato
Nonfiction
SF no S wa, Suteki no S
Author: Haruna Ikezawa
Free Category
The naming of Nihonium, element 113 — the first time an Asian country has been represented on the Periodic Table of Elements.
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork
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