The Nihon SF Taikai (Japan Science Fictions Convention) is holding its historic 60th event and a slew of titles have been announced as nominations for the 52nd Seiun Awards.
Here are the nominees by category:
Novel
- Seikai Izumo no Heitan (The Logistics of Star System Izumo) by Jyouji Hayashi
- One More Nuke by Taiyō Fujii
- Rail Wars! by Takumi Toyoda
- Kanki no Uta: Hakubutsukan Wakusei III (Ode to Joy: Museum Planet III) by Hiroe Suga
- Titan by Mado Nozaki (Babylon)
- Sono Hate wo Shirazu (Without Knowing That End) by Taku Mayumura (Psychic School Wars)
- Shuri no Uma (A Horse from Shuri) by Haneko Takayama
- Jinkōchinō de 10-oku Get-suru Kanzen Hanzai Manual (The Perfect Crime Manual to Getting 1 Billion Yen via AI) by Jinzō Takeda
- The Irregular at Magic High School by Tsutomu Satou
Media
- Deca-Dence (TV anime series)
- NHK Drama Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai (live-action TV series)
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (live-action film
- Ultraman Z (live-action TV series)
- ID: INVADED (TV anime series)
- BNA: Brand New Animal (TV anime series)
- Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (anime film)
- Eiga Precure Miracle Leap: Minna to Fushigi na 1-nichi (anime film)
- Drifting Dragons (TV anime series)
- Maeda Kensetsu Fantasy Eigyōbu (live-action film)
Comic
- Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (complete in 23 volumes)
- Toriko Gin’s Kimi wo Shinasenai tame no Storia (complete in eight volumes)
- Natsumi Eguchi’s Hozuki’s Coolheadedness (complete in 31 volumes)
- Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s The Promised Neverland (complete in 20 volumes)
- Norimitsu Kaihō and Sadoru Chiba’s School-Live! (complete in 12 volumes)
- Masao Ohtake’s Hinamatsuri (complete in 19 volumes)
The winners will be announced at the 60th Japan science fiction convention in takamatsu on August 21-22. Those who registered for the event can vote online for the winners between April 24 and June 15.
