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Fantasia Grand Award ふぁんたじあたいしょう

Edition 13 (2001)

Full-length novelLight novel

Winners

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山本敬弘 やまもと たかひろ runner-up selection

A modern supernatural fantasy in which a young man estranged from a clan of fire mages confronts his past after a series of murders. The prize entry Wind ni Inori o was published as Kaze no Stigma.

Pride and failure within a family of fire mages are unsettled by the return of a protagonist who now commands the wind.

301 pages
supernatural combatfamily estrangementrevenge and reconciliation
Toshiharu Matsushita まつした としはる honorable mention

A historical action novel set in the Western Regions during the Former Han, where the officer Chen Tang rescues a Wusun princess and is drawn into a conflict with a powerful enemy.

Blending historical figures with a fictional princess, the novel turns the tensions of the Western Regions into an adventure of young swordsmen.

380 pages
Former HanWestern Regionshistorical adventure
松川周作 まつかわ しゅうさく honorable mention

A steampunk-flavored action fantasy in which a struggling trespasser crew tries to revive a legendary vampire to strengthen its business.

A debt-ridden crew chases a comeback by borrowing the dangerous power of a monster.

313 pages
steampunkvampiresteam action
和田賢一 わだ けんいち effort award

A Japanese-style fantasy from Fujimi Fantasia Bunko centered on revenge, following a wounded survivor who carries a lost homeland and a violent past into a journey of confrontation.

The memory of a destroyed home pushes the protagonist into a journey of quiet anger and revenge.

249 pages
revengeJapanese-style fantasyloss
Masaki Watanabe わたなべ まさき final selection

A merit-award work from the thirteenth Fantasia Long Novel Award. Its publication record is unclear; the title suggests a fantastic long-form work built around the mystery of the moon and an infant.

The title links moon imagery with new life, evoking a story drawn toward an unknown fate.

fantasybirthfate