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Expelled from Paradise, Space Dandy, Kill la Kill Receive Seiun Award Nominations (Updated)

The 54th Japan Science Fiction Convention (Nihon SF Taikai) revealed the list of nominees for the 46th Seiun Awards on Saturday. The awards this year are separated into nine categories: Japanese Long Story, Japanese Short Story, Translated Long Story, Translated Short Story, Media, Comic, Art, Nonfiction, and a "Free" category. Each category has between 4-10 nominees. The nominees were chosen among works that were released between January 1 and December 31 2014.

The attendees of "Comecon" in Yonago in Tottori prefecture will vote on the winners. The 54th Japan Science Fiction Convention will take place during the convention, and the staff will announce the winners on August 29.

"Seiun Shō" literally translates to "nebula awards," but the Japan SF Con's Seiun Awards are more akin to Worldcon's Hugo Awards, in that the attendees of each respective convention vote on the winners. There is another set of awards, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan's Nihon SF Taishō honors, that are the rough Japanese equivalent of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Nebula Awards. Like the Hugo Awards, the Seiun Awards honor all forms of speculative fiction — including but not limited to science fiction — and related materials.

Previous winners of the Seiun Awards Madoka Magica and more.

The nominees of the Media and Comic categories include:

Media Category

• Expelled from Paradise film
• Space Dandy TV anime series
• Interstellar film
• Uchū Senkan Yamato 2199: Hoshi-Meguru Hakobune (Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Star-Voyaging Ark) film
• Big Hero 6 film (called Baymax in Japan)
• Kill la Kill TV anime series
• Nazo no Tenkōsei (Mysterious Transfer Student) television drama

Comic Category

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (all 14 volumes)
• Moyashimon (all 13 volumes)
• Oh My Goddess! (all 48 volumes)
• The World God Only Knows (all 26 volumes)
• Moonlight Act (all 29 volumes)
• Mysterious Girlfriend X (all 12 volumes)

Additionally, in the Art category, Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis manga) received nominations.

In the Japanese Long Story category, all nine volumes of Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit fantasy anime series.

Also, Kazuhiko Shimamoto's manga received a nomination in the "Free" category.

Update: Added relevant nominations in the Japanese Long Story category. Thanks, vanfanel.

Source: animeanime.jp