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Japanese Science Fiction Con's Seiun Nominees Posted
posted on by Egan Loo
The organizers of Donbura Con L have announced the list of nominees for this year's 42nd Seiun Awards. As of the 50th Japanese National Science Fiction Convention, the Donbura Con L attendees will vote on the Japanese equivalent of the international Hugo Awards. Vying for the Best Media Award are the following titles:
District 9 
The Tatami Galaxy (Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (live-action) 
Uchū Inu Sakusen
In the Comic category, the following are nominees:
John Romita, Jr. (artist), Mitsuko Mitsuoka (translator) 
Bentoraā Bentoraā
Ryōma Nomura 
SF Taishō Special Edition: Banbutsu Riron (Perfect Edition)
Miki Tori
In the Free Entry category, the following are nominees:
- Hayabusa space probe's return to Earth
- Confirmation of Ikaros solar sail demonstrator spacecraft's acceleration via solar rays
- "ROBOTS and the ARTS: Visual Images in the 20th Century Japan" museum exhibition
- SF Magazine's 50th Anniversary Anthology
- Live feed of Hayabusa's return by Wakayama University's Institute for Education on Space
- iPad launch in Japan
In the Long Fiction category, The Tatami Galaxy creator Aqua Planet Chronicle) are among the nominees in the art category.
Donbura Con L will take place in Shizuoka during the September 3-4 weekend. The picked up Seiun Awards last year.
Source: Anime Anime Japan
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