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Nihon SF Taisho Award
The 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. are awarded to the works that is considered to be special by the juries. Since 2011, or is presented to the deceased person. Winners *1st (1980) ''Taiyōfū Kōten'' (''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) '' Tokyo Blackout'' (''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) ** ''Misak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Science Fiction
Science fiction is an important genre of modern Japanese literature that has strongly influenced aspects of contemporary Japanese pop culture, including anime, manga, video games, tokusatsu, and cinema. History Origins Both Japan's history of technology and mythology play a role in the development of its science fiction. Some early Japanese literature, for example, contain elements of proto-science fiction. The early Japanese tale of "Urashima Tarō" involves traveling forwards in time to a distant future, and was first described in the ''Nihongi'' (720). It was about a young fisherman named Urashima Taro who visits an undersea palace and stays there for three days. After returning home to his village, he finds himself three hundred years in the future, where he is long forgotten, his house in ruins, and his family long dead. The 10th-century Japanese narrative ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'' may also be considered proto-science fiction. The protagonist of the story, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingo Aizu
Shingo can refer to: Religion *Shingon Buddhism Locations *Shingō, Okayama (神郷町), a town located in Atetsu District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan *Shingō, Aomori is a village located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the village has an estimated population of 2,192 in 895 households and a population density of 15 persons per km2 (42 people per square mile). The total area of the village is . Geography Shing ... (新郷村), a village located in Sannohe District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan which claims to be the final resting place of Jesus Christ People * Shingo (given name) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, also known as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, and directed by Hideaki Anno. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 1995 to March 1996. The story is set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm in the futuristic fortified city of Tokyo-3. The protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy recruited by his father Gendo to the mysterious organization Nerv. Shinji must pilot an Evangelion, a giant biomechanical mecha, to fight beings known as Angels. The series explores the experiences and emotions of the Evangelion pilots and Nerv members as they battle Angels. They are called upon to understand the ultimate cause of events and the motives behind human action. The series has been described as a deconstruction of the mecha genre, and features archetypal imagery derived from Shinto cosmology and mystical Judeo-Christian traditions, including Midrashic tales and Kabbalah. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Miyabe
is a Japanese writer of genre fiction. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature, the Shiba Ryotaro Prize, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been widely adapted for film, television, manga, and video games, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. Early life and education Miyabe was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1960. Her mother was a seamstress and her father was an assembly line worker at a factory. She graduated from Sumidagawa High School, then attended a business training school before taking an administrative job at a law office. Career Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. In 1984, while working at a law office, Miyabe began to take writing classes at a writing school run by the Kodansha publishing company. She made her literary debut in 1987 with 'Our Neighbour is a Criminal' "Warera ga rinjin no hanzai" (我らが隣人の犯� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shūsuke Kaneko
is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Shūsuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June 8, 1955. According to the biography on his official website Kaneko was interested in science fiction, particularly Godzilla and Gamera films, from a young age. He became involved in amateur film making in his teen years, but majored in education when he attended Tokyo Gakugei University. After graduation, he found a job at the major Japanese movie studio Nikkatsu. By 1982 he was a screenwriter and assistant director for Nikkatsu's ''Roman Porno'' film series. Kaneko made his debut as a director with Nikkatsu in February 1984 with ''Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging'', part of a long-running Nikkatsu series based on the works of erotic novelist Kōichirō Uno. That work along with two other ''Roman Porno'' films he directed for Nikkatsu that year, and , won him the Best New Director award at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival. The next year, his manga-based April 1985 movie for Nikkatsu, ''Minna Agech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack Of Legion
Attack may refer to: Warfare and combat * Attack (fencing) * Charge (warfare) * Offensive (military) * Strike (attack) Books and publishing * ''The Attack'' (novel), a book * '' Attack No. 1'', comic and animation * Attack! Books, a publisher * ''Attack!'' (publication), a tabloid publication of the National Alliance from 1969 to 1978 * ''Der Angriff'', a.k.a. ''The Attack'', a newspaper franchise * In newspaper headlines, to save space, sometimes " criticise" Films and television * '' Attack! The Battle of New Britain'', a 1944 American armed forces documentary film * ''Attack'' (1956 film), also known as ''Attack!'', a 1956 American war film * ''Attack'' (2016 film), a 2016 Telugu film * ''Attack'' (2022 film), a 2022 Hindi film * ''The Attack'' (1966 film), an Australian television play * ''The Attack'' (2012 film), a 2012 film directed by Ziad Doueiri * "The Attack" (''Australian Playhouse'') * "The Attack", a season 7 episode of ''Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Kotani
is a Japanese science fiction critic, best known as the author of ''Evangelion as the Immaculate Virgin (analysis of the anime serie Neon Genesis Evangelion),'' Tokyo: Magazine House, 1997 and of ''Joseijou muishiki: techno-gynesis josei SF-ron josetsu,'' Tokyo: Keiso shobo, 1994 (''Techno-Gynesis: The Political Unconscious of Feminist Science Fiction),'' which won the 15th Nihon SF Taisho Award. Kotani is one of the founders of the Japanese Sense of Gender Award (equivalent to the Tiptree Award) in 2001, and of The Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy. She is now the chair of the Japan PEN Women Writers Committee and a member of the Science Fiction Writers of Japan. "Textual harassment" lawsuit In 1997, Media Works published a reference book, ''Alternative Culture'', which contained an article describing Kotani's book, ''Evangelion as the Immaculate Virgin,'' and depicted Mari Kotani's name as a pseudonym for her husband Takayuki Tatsumi, a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Ōhara
is a Japanese science fiction writer. She won the 6th Hayakawa SF Contest in 1980, when she was still a student. Later she published various SF works and became the 10th president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. Ōhara is the Winner of the Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1994. Biography Ōhara was born in Osaka. She wrote Kirk/Spock fan fiction in her teens. She graduated in psychology from the University of the Sacred Heart (Japan) (). Ōhara won the 6th Hayakawa SF Contest for her short story "''Hitori de Aruite itta Neko (A Cat who Walked along Alone)''" in 1980. Next year, in 1981, she graduated from the University and started publishing her stories in the S-F Magazine. She belongs to the 3rd generation of the Japanese SF writers. In 1991, her "''Haiburiddo Chairudo'', Hybrid Child" ( won the Seiun Award for Japanese novel. Then, in 1995 she won the 15th Nihon SF Taisho Award for "''Sensō-wo Enjita Kamigamitachi'', Gods who Bandied War" (). She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorō Masaki
is a Japanese science fiction writer whose career began in 1986. His most famous work is ''Venus City''(, 1992). In 1993, he won the Seiun Award for Japanese novel. He also won the 1993 Nihon SF Taisho Award. Bibliography *''Evil Eyes'' (1988) *''Ichiban Ue no Oniichan'' (1989) *''Venus City'' (1992) *''Tekusuto no Chiseigaku'' (1994) *''Shadow Orchid'' (2002) References External links * *Entryin The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (''SFE'') is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo Award, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus and BSFA Award, British SF Awards. Two print editions appea ... 1957 births Japanese science fiction writers Writers from Kanagawa Prefecture Living people {{Japan-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasutaka Tsutsui
is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. His ''Yumenokizaka bunkiten'' won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Nihon SF Taisho Award. Writing style His work is known for its dark humor and satirical content. He has often satirized Japanese taboos such as disabilities and the Tenno system, and has been subject to much criticism as a result. His works are seen as the basis for Japan's postmodern science-fiction. Features of his work include psychoanalysis and surrealism, which were themes of his 1957 master's thesis. He has dealt with themes such as time-travel in '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (1965), a massively multiplayer online game's virtual world in ''Gaspard in the Morning'' (1992), and dream worlds in ''Paprika'' (1993). Adaptations One of Tsutsui's first novels, '' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' (1967), has been adapted into numerous media including film, televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujio Ishihara
is a former professor of electronics at Tamagawa University, and a Japanese science fiction author. He graduated Waseda University with a degree in electronics. He made his science fiction debut in 1965. During the 1970s and 1980s he has been an active hard SF advocate. In the first half of the 1980s, he coined the term "Kōseiki Sekai" (光世紀世界, Light Century Universe), defined as the sphere with a diameter of 100 light years (within 50 light years radius from the Sun). He also edited ''Kōseiki Seihyō'' (光世紀星表, Light Century Catalogue), the star catalogue of Light Century Universe (738 stars had been known at the time, include the Sun). Also he is known for bibliographies of Japanese science fiction. He received the Seiun Award best non-fiction book in 1985 for ''Kōseiki no Sekai'', and Nihon SF Taisho Award special award in 1991 for his bibliography works. Works Fiction *''Planet'' series ** ''Haiuei wakusei'' (ハイウェイ惑星 ''Highway Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
