The 55th annual Japan SF Convention (nicknamed "Iseshimacon" this year) has announced its slate of winners for the 47th Seiun Awards, and two anime / manga properties took home awards this year.

Girls und Panzer der Film (directed by Tsutomu Mizushima) won the Seiun Award for media, while Knights of Sidonia (written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei) won the Seiun Award for manga. The awards were announced on July 09, 2016, at the Todaya hotel venue in Toba City, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Similar to the Hugo Awards given out by the World Science Fiction Convention, the winners of the Seiun Awards are chosen by the attendees of the Japan SF Convention, with the additional caveat that works nominated for Seiun Awards must be written in or translated into Japanese in order to be eligible. There are eight categories in total for the Seiun Awards: long form fiction, short form fiction, foreign long form fiction, foreign short form fiction, media (film and theater division), manga, art, and non-fiction.

Source: Anime! Anime!

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