Nihon SF Taisho 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 Award of Merit (功績賞, Kōsekishō) 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 Ōtomo.
• 5th (1984) Genshi Gari (Fancy-Poem Hunting) by Chiaki Kawamata.
• 6th (1985) Shuto Shōshitsu (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)
  • 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 Ōhara,
  • 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 Shūsuke 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 "Uchū o kūsō shitekita hitobito" by Masahiro Noda
    • Igyō Collection, edited by Masahiko Inoue
• 20th (1999) Chigurisu to Yūfuratesu by Motoko Arai
  • Special Award to Ryū Mitsuse
• 21st (2000) Nihon SF Ronsōshi by Takayuki Tatsumi
• 22nd (2001) Kamekun by Yūsaku 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)
  • Karyū 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)
  • Kiryū keisatsu jibaku jōkō by Ryōe Tsukimura
  • Banjō no yoru by Yūsuke Miyauchi
  • Special Award to Shisha no teikoku by Keikaku Itō and Tō Enjō
• 34th (2013)
  • Kaikin no to by Dempō Torishima
  • Special Awards to:
    • NOVA original anthology series, edited by Nozomi Ohmori
    • Yohanesuburugu no tenshi tachi by Yūsuke Miyauchi
• 35th (2014)
  • Orbital Cloud by Taiyō Fujii
  • My Humanity by Satoshi Hase
  • Award of Merit to Kazumasa Hirai
• 36th (2015)
  • Koronbia zero (Columbia Zero) by Kōshū Tani
  • Toppen by Hiroyuki Morioka
  • Special Award to Gessekai shōsetsu by Osamu Makino
  • Award of Merit to Noriyoshi Ohrai
• 37th (2016)
  • WOMBS by Yumiko Shirai
  • Special Award to Shin Godzilla directed by Hideaki Anno (chief), Shinji Higuchi
• 38th (2017)
  • Gēmu no ōkoku by Satoshi Ogawa
  • Jisei no yume by Hirotaka Tobi
  • Award of Merit to Kōichi Yamano

See also

• Seiun Award
• Sense of Gender Awards

References

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

External links

• Awards (in Japanese), at SFWJ