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Japanese Science Fiction Con's Seiun Nominees Posted

The organizers of Tokon 10 have announced on Saturday the preliminary list of nominees for this year's Seiun Awards. As of the 49th Japanese National Science Fiction Convention, the Tokon attendees will vote on the Japanese equivalent of the international Hugo Awards. Vying for the Best Media Award are the following titles:

Summer Wars
Director: Madhouse


Avatar
Director: 20th Century Fox (distributor)


Star Trek
Director: J.J. Abrams
Paramount (distributor)


Watchmen
Director: Zack Snyder
Paramount (distributor)
Released in North America by Warner Brothers


Terminator: Salvation
Director: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Director: Michael Bay
Paramount (distributor)


Fresh Precure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!?
Director: Jin
Producers: TBS



In the Comic category, the following are nominees:

Yomikirimonono…
Young King Comics
Released in North America by Pluto
Story & Art: Naoki Urasawa
Original creator: Osamu Tezuka
Producer: Shogakukan's Big Comics
Released in North America by Media Factory's MF Comics Flapper Series
To be released in North America by Ryu Comics


"Rakuen no Izumi" (part of the Caravan Sarai book)
Utata Yoshikawa
Shodensha's Feel Comics Fantasy



In the Free Entry category, the following are nominees:
Life-Size Released on September 24, 2009
[This augmented-reality iPhone app was ed 100,000 times within four days of its release.]


The Loveplus phenomenon
Released on September 3, 2009
[This dating simulation game for the released Gonzo's Yukikaze video anime series.

Tokon 10 will take place in Tokyo during the August 7-8 weekend.

Source: animeanime.jp

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