Seiun Award - Television Tropes & Idioms

The Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Award (though, ironically, "seiun" means "nebula"), the Seiun Award is an award for the best Science Fiction published in Japan in the previous year, as voted on by fans who attend the Japan Science Fiction Convention. Named after the first professional science fiction magazine in Japan, they have been run since 1970.

Works that have won or been nominated for a Seiun Award include:

Anime - Best Media

Uchuu Senkan Yamato (won 1975)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (won 1985)
Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (won 1988)
My Neighbor Totoro (won 1989)
Gunbuster (won 1990)
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince Of Darkness (won 1999)
Cowboy Bebop (won 2000)
Voices of a Distant Star (won 2003)
Planetes (won 2005)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (won 2007)
Dennou Coil (won 2008)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (nominated 2008)
Darker than Black (nominated 2008)
Oh! Edo Rocket (nominated 2008)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers (nominated 2008)
Macross Frontier (won 2009)
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (nominated 2009)
Fireball (nominated 2009)
Summer Wars (won 2010)
Fresh Precure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!? (nominated 2010)
The Tatami Galaxy (nominated 2011)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (nominated 2012)
Mawaru Penguin Drum (nominated 2012)
Steins;Gate (nominated 2012)
Tiger & Bunny (nominated 2012)

Comic Books (Best Comic)

Kick-Ass (nominated 2011)

Film (Live Action) - Best Media

Charly (tied winner 1970 with The Prisoner)
The Andromeda Strain (won 1972)
A Clockwork Orange (won 1973)
Soylent Green (won 1974)
Solaris (won 1978)
Star Wars:
- A New Hope (won 1979)
- The Empire Strikes Back (won 1981)
Alien (won 1980)
Blade Runner (won 1983)
The Dark Crystal(won 1984)
Back to the Future (won 1986)
Brazil (won 1987)
Terminator:
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (won 1992)
- Terminator: Salvation (nominated 2010)
Jurassic Park (won 1994)
Zeiram 2 (won 1995)
Gamera:
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (won 1996)
- Gamera: Attack of Legion (won 1997)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (won 2004)
Transformers (nominated 2008)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (nominated 2010)
Pan's Labyrinth (nominated 2008)
The Dark Knight (nominated 2009)
Avatar (nominated 2010)
Star Trek (nominated 2010)
Watchmen (nominated 2010)
District 9 (won 2011)
Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (nominated 2011)
Paul (nominated 2012)
Real Steel (nominated 2012)

Literature (Japanese) - Best Japanese Novel, unless noted

Sentou Yousei Yukikaze (won 1985); Good Luck, Sentou Yousei Yukikaze (won 2000)
The Dirty Pair's Great Adventures (won Best Japanese Short Story, 1980); Dirty Pair no Daigyakuten (won 1986)
Legend of Galactic Heroes (won 1988)
Crest of the Stars (won 1997)
Library War series (won 2008)
Guin Saga series (won 2010)