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Nihon SF Grand Prize にほんSFたいしょう

Edition 18 (1997)

SF

Winners

2 people

Takashi, a cram-school graduate visiting Tokyo for entrance examinations, is sent back in time by a hotel fire to the city just before the February 26 Incident. At the home of Army General Noriyuki Gamo, he meets people caught in history's violent current and struggles to choose his own way of living.

A time-travel mystery set across four days in snowy imperial Tokyo as the February 26 Incident approaches.

427 pages
Time travel and altering historyThe February 26 IncidentWar and individual choice
Hideaki Anno award

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a television anime series set in a world after the arrival of colossal Angels. It follows the boy Shinji Ikari as he pilots the Evangelion and confronts his relationships with others and his own sense of self. Directed by Hideaki Anno, its television series and theatrical films were recognized by the Nihon SF Taisho Award.

An animated work in which a boy pilots the Evangelion while confronting a world in crisis and his own inner life.

364 pages
human relationshipsself-identityapocalyptic worldmecha anime