Anime 'Bodacious Space Pirates' and Manga 'Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono' Win Seiun Award 2013

The 52nd Japan Science Fiction Convention was held on July 20th and the winners of this year's 44th Seiun Award were announced. Bodacious Space Pirates and Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono won the best media and the best comic of the year, respectively.

Seiun Award is one of the most authoritative science fiction awards in Japan. The candidates are selected from the sci-fi works completed in the previous year and the winners are chosen by the votes of the attendees of the Japan Science Fiction Convention.

The full results, which include domestic and foreign science fiction and short story, can be found in the official website of Seiun Award:
http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2013result.html

Ref. The Nomination List of Seiun Award 2013


Best Media
Bodacious Space Pirates
Iron Sky
Marvel's The Avengers
009 Re:Cyborg
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
Rinne no Lagrange
Eureka Seven AO

Best Comic
Tetsuwan Birdy Evolution
Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono
The Next Sheet of MAPS
Himitsu: Top Secret
Otomo Katsuhiro Artwork Kaba 2
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Mahou Sensei Negima

Last year, the best media and the best comic awards were won by Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin respectively.

Source: Official website of Seiun Award