2012 Seiun nominees announced

From Science Fiction Awards Watch, here are the 2012 Seiun nominees:

Japanese Novel

• Tengoku to Chikoku
• Yakusoku no Hakobune (Ark of Promises)
• Kanzennaru Binagaryuu no Hi
• Hikari o Wasureta Sei de (Star of Forgotten Light)
• Kitsune no Tsuki (Fox Moon)
• Genocide

Japanese Short Story

• “Space Kinyuudou”
• “Ushinawareta Wakusei no Isan” (“Legacy of the Lost Planet”)
• “Utau Sensuikan to Piapia Douga”
• “Zero Nendai no Rinkaiten” (“The Critical Point of Era Zero”)
• “Kore wa Pen Desu” (“This is a Pen”)
• “Saikou no Sofu” (“The Ultimate Empress’s Grandfather”)

Foreign Novel

• The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
• The City and the City, China Miéville
• The Chronoliths, Robert Charles Wilson
• Dhalgren, Samuel Delaney
• Little Brother, Cory Doctorow
• Millennium People, James Ballard

Foreign Short Story

• “The Pelican Bar”, Karen Joy Fowler
• “The Lifecycle of Software Objects”, Ted Chiang
• “The Gambler”, Paolo Bacigalupi
• “The People of Sand and Slag”, Paolo Bacigalupi
• “Troika”, Alastair Reynolds
• “The Little Goddess”, Ian McDonald

Media

• Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• Paul
• Mawaru Penguin Drum (The Turning Penguin Drum)
• Steins;Gate
• Tiger & Bunny
• Real Steel

Comics

• Bokura no Yoake (Our Daybreak) volume 2
• Kidou Senshi GUNDAM: THE ORIGIN (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin)
• Igyuutachi ni Yoru to Sekai wa…
• Mirai Nikki (Future Diary) volume 12
• Halcyon Ranch volume 2
• Gaidenrou
• Excel Saga volume 27

Art

• Katsuyuki Hoshino
• Katsuya Terada
• Koushi Suzuki
• Mikio Masuda
• Kairi Yura
• Kenichiro Tomiyasu
• Pablo Uchida
• Daisuke Nishijima
• Naoyuki Katou
• Naohiro Washio

Nonfiction

• Kindai Nihon Kisoushousetsushi: Meiji Hen
• Bradbury Nendaiki (The Bradbury Chronicles)
• 3.11 no Mirai Nihon – SF – Souzouryoku (Future Japans of 3/11 – SF – Creativity) [“3/11” is shorthand for last year’s earthquake and tsunami]
• Ranshi Dokusha no SF Kougi (The Astigmatic Reader’s SF Lectures)
• Azuma Hideo < Soutokushuu > — Bishoujo – SF – Fujouri Gyaku, Soshite Shissou (The Hideo Azuma Omnibus – Beautiful Girls – SF – Reversing Absurdity, Then Vanishing)

Open Category

No nominations, though there is a write-in option (as there is for all categories).