Media that won (or were nominated for) the Seiun award

This is a list of Japanese live-action stuff that won or was nominated for the Media Division category of the Seiun Award (japanese sci-fi award, equivalent to the Hugo Award, though "seiun" actually means "nebula" instead).

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiun_Award#Winners_and_candidates
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/SeiunAward
- as well as the available results pages (on the list itself under the relevant entries)

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1. Zeiram 2

Japanese Movie - 1994
2. Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

Japanese Movie - 1995

Won in 1996.
3. Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

Japanese Movie - 1996

Won in 1997.
4. Ultraman Tiga

Japanese Drama - 1996, 52 episodes

7.5

Won in 1998.
5. Kamen Rider Kuuga

Japanese Drama - 2000, 49 episodes

Won in 2002.
6. Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger

Japanese Drama - 2004, 50 episodes
7. Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

Japanese Movie - 2005

Was nominated in 2006.
8. The World Sinks Except Japan

Japanese Movie - 2006
9. Kamen Rider W

Japanese Drama - 2009, 49 episodes

8.0
10. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

Japanese Drama - 2009, 49 episodes

Was nominated in 2011.
11. Time Traveller

Japanese Movie - 2010

Was nominated in 2011.
12. Uchu Inu Sakusen

Japanese Drama - 2010, 24 episodes

Was nominated in 2011.
13. Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

Japanese Movie - 2012
14. Nazo no Tenkousei

Japanese Drama - 2014, 12 episodes
15. Shin Godzilla

Japanese Movie - 2016
16. Tonde Saitama

Japanese Movie - 2019
17. Ultraman Z

Japanese Drama - 2020, 25 episodes

7.5

Won in 2021.
(http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2021result.html)
Btw here's a translation (by DeepL - it gives a more natural translation than Google Translate) of what the director Taguchi Kiyotaka said about receiving the award:

"The mere mention of 50-meter monsters and aliens running amok can only be fanciful; the S of science fiction is basically unviable. Even though we knew this, many works have continued to challenge this idea. I myself, while directing Ultraman every year for the past several years, have been trying to make it into something that could be called science fiction. And with a limited budget, the staff and cast worked together to create "Ultraman Z" in an attempt to come up with the best that we could. I am very happy to have received the Nebula* Award, as I believe it means that this work has been recognized as science fiction. I will continue to devote myself to it.
July 18, 2021 Kiyotaka Taguchi"
* = Seiun means Nebula in Japanese
18. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan

Japanese Drama - 2020, 3 episodes

Was nominated in 2021.
19. Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Japanese Movie - 2020

Was nominated in 2021.
20. Project Dreams: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar

Japanese Movie - 2020

Was nominated in 2021.
21. Japan Sinks: People of Hope

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

Was nominated in 2022.
22. The Door into Summer

Japanese Movie - 2021

Was nominated in 2022.
23. Shin Ultraman

Japanese Movie - 2022

Won in 2023.