Land of the Lustrous, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Kia Asamiya Win Seiun Awards – News

The Japanese Science Fiction Conference revealed the winners of the 56th Seiun Awards on Thursday. Haruko Ichikawa‘ l Comics (pictured right) won the Best Comic Award. Miya Kazuki‘ asc ((honzuki nogekokujō-shisho ni ni naru tame niwa shudan o eraandeiramasen) The novel series “Biblia Fantasy” won the Best Japanese Novel Award. Comic Creator Kia asamiya Winning the Best Artist Award.

Other winners of this year include:

• The best Japanese short story: Yuri Matsuzaki’s “Yamanote-Sen ga tensei-shite kasokuki ni ni narimashita”. (The Yamanot series has been redistributed into the particle accelerator.”
• Best Translation Long Story: Martha Wells System crash Translated by Naoya Nakahara
• Best Translation Short Story: Yukimi Ogawa’s “Portrait of Survivor, Observed from Water”, translated by Umiyuri Katsuyama
• Best Media: Timely warriors Movie directed by Junichi Yasuda
• Best Non-Fiction: Yasuo Nagayama’s Girls’ History SF Comics, Focusing on Startime Golden Age
• Non-category: Slim’s smart lander achieves the world’s first high-precision landing to the moon

Ichikawa launches l exist Kodansha‘ afternoon 2012 magazine. Kodansha Volume 13 was published in November 2024. comics Finish April 2024.

Kodansha US Publishing yes release English comics.

12 episodes of animation adapt The comic premiered in October 2017. Hidive flow The series aired in the United States and Canada, and additional American and Canadian animation started in June 2018. Amazon Production has now been discontinued Animation strike Serve flow The series airs in the United States and Canada. Sentai Filmworks issued In January 2019, the complete collection of “Book of Steel”.

comics won The Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Award (SFWJ) was the 45th NIHON SFTAISHō Award in February.

Kazuki start original asc The novel on the website “Shōsetsuka NiNarō” in 2013 ends the online novel You Shiina The printed version is illustrated. Main series Finish December 2023, its Volume 33 (Part 5 Volume 12). The new series has over 12 million copies (including digital copies).

J-Novel Club yes release Both Lightweight novels and various comics adaptations in English. Suzuki draws art for the manga adaptation of Part 1 and Part 2 RyōNamine A part 3 adaptation is being drawn. Hikaru Katsuki A part 4 adaptation is being drawn. J-Novel Club Releasing a comic adaptation of Parts 1-4.

Light novels inspired three seasons of a TV anime adaptation Ajia-do. The first anime season Premiere In October 2019, 14 episodes ended in December 2019. this second The season premiered in Japan in April 2020. Season 3 of the anime Premiere April 2022. crunchyroll flow The third season of the airing begins flow English Dubbing May 2022.

asc: The adopted daughter of the Grand Dukenew TV Japanese cartoons This will fit into the third part of the original novel series, Will Premiere In spring 2026.

Asamiya created The silent Mobius,,,,, Steam detective,,,,, Compilerand Trash: The last hero’s record Comics, etc. He is Mars successor Nadiko Anime (He later adapted Nadiko Comic), adapted Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Threat Take a comic, write and draw Batman: The Dream Kid comics. Many of his comics have been adapted into anime.

This is the second consecutive year Asamiya has won the Best Artist Award.

The 56th Seiun Awards Ceremony will be held at the 63rd Nihon SF Taikai in Tokyo on August 3.

These nominees were selected among works released between January 1 and December 31, 2024. Those who have registered for the 63rd Japan Science Fiction Conference can vote for winners online between May 11 and June 30.

“SeiunShō” literally means “Neiyun Award”, but the Japanese SF Con’s Seiun Award is more like a Hugo Award, as the participants in each award voted on the winners. There is another set of awards, Japan’s Nihon SfTaishō honors science fiction and fantasy writers, a rough reward for Japanese science fiction and fantasy writers at the U.S. U.S. Nebula Awards. Like the Hugo Awards, the Seiun Awards honor all forms of speculative novels (including but not limited to science fiction) and related materials.

last year, ryōko instead‘ Delicious in the dungeon ((Dungeon Meshi) Comics won the Best Comic Award. That‘ Godzilla minus one Movie Winning Best Media Award. Asamiya also won the Best Artist Award last year.

Previous Seiun Awards include CHI: Actions about the Earth,,,,, Shin Ultraman,,,,, Kemono friends,,,,, However, the town has moved,,,,, Shin Godzilla,,,,, Kochikame,,,,, Girl and tank,,,,, Sidonian Knights,,,,, The world of Naru,,,,, Savage space pirates,,,,, Range Murata,,,,, Masamune Shirow,,,,, Makoto Shinkai,,,,, Iron Alchemist,,,,, Gundam: Origin,,,,, 20th century boy,,,,, Summer War,,,,, cardcaptor cherry blossom,,,,, The little emperor magicPacific Rim, Space battleship Yamato 2199,,,,, Moyashimon,,,,, Astra lost in space,,,,, How many light years is Babylon?,,,,, Batman Ninja,,,,, Studio Nue Co-founder Naoyuki Katōand more.

Source: Japanese Science Fiction Convention,,,,, Comic Natalie

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