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Fumi Yoshinaga's Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Manga Wins 42nd Nihon SF Taishō Awards' Grand Prize
posted on by Egan Loo
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ) announced on Saturday that Godzilla Singular Point television anime, Mikihiko Hisanaga's Shichijūyon-byō no Senritsu to Kodoku (74-Second Melody and Solitude) short story collection, the Post-Corona no SF (Post-COVID-19 Science Fiction) anthology, and Fumio Takano's Mazeru-na Kiken (Compound Danger) short story collection.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:
In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the Shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the Shogun's Inner Chamber...
Author Jin Kusakami, author Mari Kotani, manga creator Crest of the Stars) were in this year's nomination committee.
Works released from September 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021 were eligible for this year's award. The SF Carnival at Tokyo's YouTube channel.
Yoshinaga launched the manga in shōjo division, and the 5th Sense of Gender Prize's Special Award.
The manga Ōoku: Eien - Emonnosuke・Tsunayoshi Hen in December of the same year.
Sources: SFWJ website, Comic Natalie
