Apocalypse Hotel, a 2025 original TV anime from Cygames Pictures, and its spinoff manga Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu have won three Seiun Awards between them, including Best Media and Best Comic, with the ceremony set for July.
The original anime Apocalypse Hotel, produced by Cygames Pictures and aired in 2025, has swept two major categories at the 57th Seiun Awards, Japan's oldest science fiction prize. The anime won Best Media Award, and its spinoff manga Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu won Best Comic. Mecha designer Ikuto Yamashita also won Best Artist. The awards were announced at the Japan Science Fiction Convention, with the ceremony scheduled for July.
The series began as a joint venture between Cygames and studio Liden, originally conceived as a purely comedic, slapstick concept. When the project stalled, Cygames Pictures president Nobuhiro Takenaka took over and broadened the scope, bringing in series composer Shigeru Murakoshi around 2020 to reimagine the series. The COVID-19 pandemic further disrupted Liden's schedule, prompting Takenaka to transfer production to Cygames Pictures, a move that faced internal criticism from Cygames' board. CyberAgent's Manami Kabashima backed the project, believing original works give pedigree to a production company.
Illustrator Izumi Takemoto, whose character designs date back to early 2020, is cited as a key factor in the series' positive critical reception in Japan. Director Kana Shundo joined after the episode outlines were settled, brought in to provide a female perspective on a team described as 'the equivalent of a group of unruly high school boys.' Art director Kouhei Honda, recruited after Shundo admired his work on Akiba Maid War, painted the series' overgrown, colorful post-apocalyptic backgrounds. The production path, marked by multi-studio shifts and creative chaos, has been framed by reviewers not as a flaw but as a thematic echo of a story about diverse elements mixing into something new.
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The 57th Seiun Awards were announced, with Cygames Pictures' original anime Apocalypse Hotel winning Best Media Award and its spinoff manga Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu taking Best Comic. The awards were revealed at the Japan Science Fiction Convention, with the ceremony set for July.
The 57th Seiun Awards winners were announced on Monday. CyberAgent and Cygames Pictures' Apocalypse Hotel original TV anime won Best Media, and its spinoff manga Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu won Best Comic. Mecha designer Ikuto Yamashita won Best Artist. Other winners included Rokudo Ningen's Labeled Human for Best Japanese Long Story and Iori Miyazawa's "Tokitoki Channel: How to Make Nonexistent Weather" for Best Japanese Short Story.
A new review from Sakuga Blog examines the production history of Apocalypse Hotel, the original anime from CygamesPictures that aired in 2025. The piece traces the project's origins as a joint venture between Cygames and studio Liden, where it began as a purely comedic, slapstick concept. When the project stalled, CygamesPictures president Nobuhiro Takenaka took over and broadened the scope, bringing in series composer Shigeru Murakoshi around 2020 to reimagine the series. The COVID-19 pandemic further disrupted Liden's schedule, prompting Takenaka to transfer production to CygamesPictures, a move that faced internal criticism from Cygames' board. CyberAgent's Manami Kabashima backed the project, believing original works give pedigree to a production company. Illustrator Izumi Takemoto, whose character designs date back to early 2020, is cited as a key factor in the series' positive critical reception in Japan. Director Kana Shundo joined after the episode outlines were settled, brought in to provide a female perspective on a team the review describes as "the equivalent of a group of unruly high school boys." Art director Kouhei Honda, recruited after Shundo admired his work on Akiba Maid War, painted the series' overgrown, colorful post-apocalyptic backgrounds.