Nihon SF Taisho Award

Nihon SF Taishō Award (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) is presented to the deceased person.

Winners

• 1st (1980) Taiyō-fu Kouten (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 ÅŒtomo.
• 5th (1984) Genshi Gari (Fancy-Poem Hunting) by Chiaki Kawamata.
• 6th (1985) Shuto Shōshitsu (Capital City Disappeared) by Sakyō Komatsu.
• 7th (1986) Warai UchÅ« no Tabi Geinin (Jongleur in Laughing Cosmos) by Musashi Kambe.
• 8th (1987) Teito Monogatari (Empire Capital Saga) by Hiroshi Aramata.
• 9th (1988)
  • Misaki Ichiro no Teikō (Registance of Misaki Ichiro) by Ryō Hanmura,
  • Kaidanji:Oshikawa Shunrō (Devil of a fellow: Oshikawa Shunrō) by Jun'ya Yokota and Shingo Aizu.
• 10th (1989) Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi (The Lion Eats Increscent Moon) by Baku Yumemakura
  • Special Award for Osamu Tezuka.
• 11th (1990) Ad Bird by Makoto Shiina.
• 12th (1991) Salamander Semmetsu (Salamander Omniside) by Shinji Kajio,
  • Special Award for Fujio Ishihara.
• 13th (1992) Asa no Gaspard (Gaspard of the Morning) by Yasutaka Tsutsui
• 14th (1993) Venus City by Gorō Masaki
  • Special Award for Hisashi Kuroma.
• 15th (1994)
  • Sensō wo Enjita Kamigamitachi (Gods Who Played War) by Mariko ÅŒhara,
  • Joseijō Muishiki by Mari Kotani.
• 16th (1995) Kototsubo (Wordpot) by Chohei Kanbayashi
  • Special Award to Masahiro Noda.
• 17th (1996) Gamera 2: Attack of Legion directed by ShÅ«suke Kaneko.
• 18th (1997)
  • Gamōtei Jiken by Miyuki Miyabe
  • Shinseiki Evangelion by Hideaki Anno
• 19th (1998) Brain Valley by Hideaki Sena
  • Special Awards to:
    • Shinichi Hoshi
    • NHK Ningen daigaku "UchÅ« o kÅ«sō shitekita hitobito" by Masahiro Noda
    • Igyō Collection, edited by Masahiko Inoue
• 20th (1999) Chigurisu to YÅ«furatesu by Motoko Arai
  • Special Award to RyÅ« Mitsuse
• 21st (2000) Nihon SF Ronsōshi by Takayuki Tatsumi
• 22nd (2001) Kamekun by YÅ«saku Kitano
• 23rd (2002)
  • Arabia no yoru no shuzoku by Hideo Furukawa
  • Kugutsukō by Osamu Makino
• 24th (2003) Marduk Scramble by Tō Ubukata
• 25th (2004) Innocence by Mamoru Oshii
  • Special Award to Tetsu Yano
• 26th (2005) Katadorareta chikara by Hirotaka Tobi
• 27th (2006) Barbara Ikai (Otherworld Barbara) by Moto Hagio
• 28th (2007) Hoshi Shinichi 1001wa wo tsukutta hito by Hazuki Saisho
• 29th (2008)
  • Shinsekai yori by Yusuke Kishi
  • Denno Coil by Mitsuo Iso
  • Special Award to Masahiro Noda
• 30th (2009) Harmony by Keikaku Itō
  • Special Award to Guin Saga by Kaoru Kurimoto
• 31st (2010)
  • Nihon SF Seishinshi by Yasuo Nagayama
  • Pengin Haiwei (Penguin Highway) by Tomihiko Morimi
  • Special Award to Takumi Shibano and Hisashi Asakura
• 32nd (2011)
  • KaryÅ« no miya by Sayuri Ueda
  • Special Award to Kindai nihon kisō shōsetsushi meiji hen by Jun'ya Yokota
  • Special Services Award to Sakyo Komatsu
• 33rd (2012)
  • KiryÅ« keisatsu jibaku jōkō by Ryoue Tsukimura
  • Banjō no yoru by YÅ«suke Miyauchi
  • Special Award to Shisha no teikoku by Keikaku Itō and Tō Enjō
• 34th (2013)
  • Kaikin no to by Dempow Torishima
  • Special Awards to:
    • NOVA original anthology series, edited by Nozomi Ohmori
    • Yohanesuburugu no tenshi tachi by YÅ«suke Miyauchi
• 35th (2014)
  • Orbital Cloud by Taiyō Fujii
  • My Humanity by Satoshi Hase
  • Distinguished Services Award to Kazumasa Hirai

References

• "日本SF大賞" (in Japanese). Science Fiction Writers of Japan. Retrieved June 1, 2009. 

External links

• SFWJ