The winners of the Seiun Awards for best science ficion published in Japan in 2005 were announced at the 45th Japan Science Fiction Convention, July 8-8, 2006.

Japanese Long Stories: Samaa/Taimu/Toraberaa [Summer Time Traveler - official English title]

Japanese Short Stories: "Tadayotta Otoko" ("A Man Adrift") by Issui Ogawa

Foreign Long Stories: Diaspora [Diasupora] by Greg Egan/Trans. Makoto Yamagishi

Foreign Short Stories: "The Human Front" ("Jinrui Sensen") by Ken MacLeod/Trans. Youichi Shimada

Media: Tokusou Sentai Dekarenjaa ("Power Rangers SPD" - official English title) Director: Katsuya Watanabe

Comics: Onmyouji 1 - 13 ("Onmyoji" - official English title) by Reiko Okano/based on the novel by Baku Yumemakura

Artwork: Range Murata

Nonfiction: Shisso Nikki [Disappearance Diary - official English title] by Hideo Azuma

Free: MUSES-C Hayabusa Itokawa Chakuriku Misshon ("MUSES-C: The Hayabusa's Landing Mission on the Asteroid Itokawa")

Posted July 10, 2006