University of Warsaw in Poland publishes Heaven with a Demon (Akuma no Iru Tengoku), a collection of 11 short stories translated by the students of Applied Linguistics.
Home Drama Channel in Japan rebroadcasts Men in Space (Uchu no Otokotachi), Annoying One (Urusai Aite), and A Targeted Planet (Nerawareta Hoshi). All were part of the 2009 International Emmy winning NHK Shinichi Hoshi Short-Shorts series.
Shinchosha's Miss Bokko reaches 2.6 million copies.
Chikuma Shobo in Japan publishes Philosophy of Shinichi Hoshi, a literary criticism of Hoshi’s complete works by Michiaki Asaba.
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery holds the Exhibition of Makoto Wada’s works. Makoto Wada was one of the two main illustrators for Hoshi’s Japanese books, and this exhibit includes some original artworks for Hoshi’s books.
Dolpagu Theater Company performs Martyrdom (Junkyo) at Hongik Art Center in Seoul, Korea.
2,603 stories are submitted to the 9th annual Hoshi Awards.
Yilin’s Miss Bokko (Bokko-chan) is selected as one of Weibo’s Top 10 Novels/Short Story Collections of August 2021 by the book reviewers in China.
Yilin in China publishes the first two volumes of Shinichi Hoshi’s Amazing Stories series: Miss Bokko (Bokko-chan), and Hey, Come on Out! (Oi, Detekoi).
Shinchosha selects The Delusion Bank (Moso Ginko) as one of the eight Premium Covers for its annual summer fair at bookstores around Japan.
Anhui Science and Technology Publishing’s Sci-Fi Classics for Teenagers series in Chinese includes two of Hoshi’s short stories. The Greetings from Space (Uchu no Aisatsu) is in the book A Drama in the Air, and Hey, Come on Out! (Oi, Detekoi) is in the book The Shipwreck Island.
Kadokawa selects The Whimsical Robot (Kimagure Robot) for its 2021 Kadokawa Festival.
Froebel Kan in Tokyo republishes The Flowers and Secret (Hana to Himitsu) picture book, illustrated by Makoto Wada.
Shinchosha’s The Patched Planet (Tsugihagi Planet) reaches 100,000 copies. This book is a collection of Hoshi’s short stories that were not included in any of his books until 2013.
Mr. N’s Amusement Park (Enushi no Yuenchi) is selected for Kodansha Paperback’s 50th Anniversary Spring Fair.
NHK Radio broadcasts And Then There Were… (Soshite Daremo…) on the Pavilion program.
Shinchosha’s Future Aesop (Mirai Aesop) reaches 1.75 million copies.
Besna Kobila in Serbia publishes The Other Side of the Swing (Buranko no Mukode), which was translated into Serbian by the students of Belgrade University.
Japan Movie Channel rebroadcasts the 1989 drama The Season of Trouble with Women (Jonan no Kisetsu) based on Hoshi’s short story of the same title.
Head of Zeus in London publishes an anthology We, Robots: Artificial Intelligence in 100 Stories, edited by Simon Ings. One of the stories included is Miss Bokko (Bokko chan).
British online magazine Granta publishes Pretty Polly (Kawaii Polly), translated by Eli K.P. William. Its 20 for 2020 project showcases twenty new translations of Japanese literature. Pretty Polly is free to read for non-subscribers untill May 2021.
2,339 stories are sent in to the eighth annual Hoshi Awards.
Ehime Prefecture Art Museum starts Hiroshi Manabe 2020 Exhibit to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his passing. The exhibit includes many of Hoshi’s book cover illustrations.
Talk event by the French translator of Bokko chan is held at Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris in France.
Artificial Intelligence Exploration Research Center offers a free online seminar for college students who want to write stories using AI and enter the Hoshi Awards.
The Hoshi Awards website offers Let’s Invent Stories video in order to help primary and middle school students write sci-fi stories during the COVID pandemic. The video is based on the writing workshop of Yu Esaka. (The free viewing period ended with the deadline of the awards entries on September 30)
Shinchosha selects Miss Bokko (Bokko chan) as one of the eight Premium Covers for its 100 Books of Summer fair. This is the 17th time that Miss Bokko was selected for this annual event.
China’s Higher Education Press includes Squion (Rion) in its Japanese Language Course 3. This is a textbook to teach the Japanese language to Chinese people.
Kadokawa selects The Whimsical Robot (Kimagure Robot) for its annual summer book fair, Kadokawa Festival 2020.
Kadokawa republishes a collection of essays The Whimsical School (Kimagure Gakumonjo). This concludes the republishing project of Hoshi’s six previously published essay collections: Memorandums of the Whimsical Planet, The Whimsical Encyclopedia, The Whimsical Travel Journals, The Whimsical Et Cetera, Curiosity for This and That, and The Whimsical School.
Rohan Prakashan of India publishes a collection of 21 short stories Shinzen Kiss in Marati language. (Actual publishing date was August 2018)
Norwegian publisher Cappelen Damm includes A Well-Kept Life (Yukitodoita Seikatsu) in its Norwegian literature textbook for the eighth grade Norsk 8. The Norwegian title is Automatisk eksistens.
Fukkan Dot Com of Japan publishes Tezuka Osamu's Birdman Anthology with an afterword by Hoshi.
Omake Books of France publishes Bokko Chan, a collection of the fifty best stories from Hoshi’s early career.
Kadokawa republishes Curiosity for This and That (Arekore Kokishin) paperback with a new book cover. It is a collection of Hoshi’s essays written between 1984 and 1985.
Iwaki city’s Board of Education gives out booklets with a short biography of Hajime Hoshi to the fifth and sixth graders in the city elementary schools. Hajime, Shinichi's father, was born in Iwaki city in 1873.
Michiaki Asaba holds the thirty-third Hoshi Yomi Seminar in Tokyo. Asaba, a literary critic, holds the on-going book club specializing in Hoshi’s books every month.
Kadokawa republishes The Whimsical Et Cetera (Kimagure Et Cetera) paperback with a new book cover. It is a collection of Hoshi’s essays written between 1975 and 1983.
Kagakudo 100 Books Committee selects Hoshi’s short-short collection, The Beginning of the Star (Hoshi no Hajimari), as one of their 100 recommended books to encourage young adults to study science. The committee is comprised of members of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, and the Editorial Engineering Laboratory.
1,878 stories are sent in to the seventh annual Hoshi Awards.
Talk event of Marina Hoshi and Sumi Konno is held at Asahi Culture School in Tokyo. They talk about the songs written by Kimiko Koganei and her relationships to brother Ogai Mori and grandson Shinichi Hoshi.
Students of Myongji School perform Human, Human! a play based on six of Hoshi’s short-short stories at Tri Bowl Theater in Seoul.
NHK Enterprises re-releases The Space City 008 DVD that includes one episode each of Hoshi’s The Spaceship Sirika, Osamu Tezuka’s The Galaxy Boys Brigade, and Sakyo Komatsu’s The Space City 008. All performed by puppets of Takeda Ningyoza between 1961 and 1970.
In a new book by Aritsune Toyota The Birth of Japan Sci-Fi – The Writers of Imagination and Science, he reminisces about friendships with Hoshi and other first generation sci-fi writers.
Shinchosha selects A Dinosaur Afternoon (Gogo no Kyoryu) as one of the eight Premium Covers for its annual summer fair at bookstores around Japan.
Kadokawa selects The Whimsical Robot (Kimagure Robot) as one of the titles for its summer book fair, Kadokawa Festival 2019. The Whimsical Robot reaches 2.45 million copies.
National Theater of Korea performs Miss Bokko - Shinichi Hoshi Short-Short Selection (original title I’m a Murderer) at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.
National Theater of Korea performs I'm a Murderer at Baek Seonghui & Jang Minho Theater in Seoul.
Shinchosha paperback Miss Bokko reaches 2.5 million copies.
Niigata Nippo’s evening newspaper Otona Plus runs a story on Hoshi’s grandfather Yoshikiyo Koganei.
Anhui Children’s Publishing House in China publishes five volumes of Hoshi’s short-short collections: The Whimsical Robot, Delusion Bank, The Dream City, Emotion Televisions, and Welcome, Earth!
Fukushima Minpo newspaper runs Hajime Hoshi’s biography written by Marina Hoshi for five Saturdays.
Ryuzo Torii Memorial Museum in Tokushima holds an exhibition Searching for the Origin of Japanese People that features Yoshikiyo Koganei. Yoshikiyo (1859-1944) is Hoshi’s grandfather, and was a leading anthropologist.
Kadokawa republishes The Whimsical Travel Journals (Kimagure Taikenkikou) paperback with a new book cover illustration by Yoshio Hayawaka. It is a collection of Hoshi’s travel journals during 1970’s.
Nakosozeki Literature History Museum in Iwaki city, Fukushima, holds a small exhibition of Hajime Hoshi’s books and memorabilia. Hajime (1873-1951) is Hoshi’s father and is the founder of Hoshi University.
2,489 stories are sent in to the sixth annual Hoshi Awards.
Yomiuri Kodomo News Paper selects The Whimsical Robot (Kimagure Robot) as one of their recommended books of the year and donates copies to 1500 childcare facilities in Japan.
Shinchosha selects Thief Inc. (Tozoku Gaisha) as one of the eight Premium Covers for its annual summer fair at bookstores around Japan. Premium Cover titles include works by Osamu Dazai, Soseki Natsume and Kenji Miyazawa.
Ehime Prefecture Art Museum starts the Shinichi Hoshi and Hiroshi Manabe Book Illustration Exhibit. Manabe had worked with Hoshi for forty years as an illustrator. Together they produced many iconic books such as Welcome, Earth! (Yokoso Chikyu-san).
Kadokawa selects The Whimsical Robot (Kimagure Robot) as one of the titles for its summer book fair, Kadokawa Festival 2018.
Penguin Books of England publishes The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories. It includes Hoshi’s Shoulder-Top Secretary (Kata no ueno Hisho) translated by Jay Rubin.
The website for the Reading Sci-Fi Animation project opens. You can now view the eleven animated short films that are based on the Hoshi Award winning stories created by the graduate students of Tokyo Zokei University.
Setagaya Literary Museum begins displaying the Sci-Fi World Part Two: Shinichi Hoshi in schools and public facilities as part of its Traveling Literary Museum program. The panels introduce Hoshi’s five stories including Miss Bokko (Bokko-chan) and Hey! Come On Out! (Oi, Detekoi).
Japanese Expression, Literature textbook for Japanese high school students by Kyoiku Shuppan, includes Hoshi’s essay A Path to Creation (Sosaku no Keiro) in its revised edition.
Dee Ten of Taiwan publishes the second volume of Japanese Short Fantasies that consists of Hoshi’s 13 stories such as A Well-Kept Life (Yukitodoita Seikatsu) and On a Dim Planet (Usugurai Hoshi de).
Yahoo! Japan News features Marina Hoshi’s essay The Things You’ll See When You Line Up Ogai, Kimiko and Shinichi.
The Bubbles ー The Person who Connects Ogai Mori and Shinichi Hoshi (Minawa no Uta ー Mori Ogai to Hoshi Shinichi o Tsunagu Hito) is published by the Hoshi Library. It is a collection of Kimiko Koganei’s waka and essays. Kimiko is the younger sister of Ogai Mori, and the grandmother of Shinichi Hoshi. (Waka is a form of short poetry consisting of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables instead of Haiku’s 5-7-5)
I’m a Murderer, the National Theater Company of Korea’s play based on Hoshi’s 10 short stories, won the 54th Dong-A Theater Award in three categories: Director, Acting and Stage Arts.
Bookstores around Japan participate in Shinchosha’s Hoshi Fair to commemorate the 60 years since his debut and 20 years since his passing. The special paper wraps around the books include recommendation words by cartoonists Moto Hagio and Naoki Urasawa, and comedian Hikari Ota.
The Christmas concert on the 24th at the Symphony Hall in Osaka, Christmas with Ninth Symphony, offers a reading of Hoshi’s The Crisis (Kiki).
Shinchosha publishes The Evolved Monkeys – The Best (Shinkashita Sarutachi - the Best). This paperback is a collection of essays that Hoshi wrote in the 60’s and 70’s about America’s one-frame cartoons. Hoshi was a collector of American cartoons.
Dee Ten of Taiwan publishes the first volume of Japanese Short Fantasies that consists of Hoshi’s 13 stories such as The Road to Escape (Toso no Michi) and The Gift (Omiyage). This is a textbook for Chinese speakers to learn Japanese and includes a CD.
National Theater Company of Korea puts on a play I am a Murderer that is based on Hoshi’s 10 short stories including Miss Bokko (Bokko-chan) and Men in Space (Uchu no Otokotachi).
Japanese children’s clothing company Miki House starts Shinichi Hoshi Short-Short Picture Book Series, each book consisting of two short stories. The first three volumes to be published are: Hey! Come on Out! (Oi, Detekoi) & The Dog in the Mirror (Kagami no naka no Inu) illustrated by Rie Nakajima, The Night We Lost Our Friend (Tomo o Ushinatta Yoru) & The Deal (Torihiki) illustrated by Rokudai Tanaka, The Traveling Circus (Sakasu no Tabi) & Medicated Dreams (Kusuri to Yume) illustrated by Momoro.
The Harvest Moon Viewing event on top of Mount Minobu, organized by FM Fuji Radio, includes a reading of Hoshi’s On the Misty Planet (Kiri no Hoshi de) by its DJ Yuichi Mori.
2,209 stories are sent in to the fifth annual Hoshi Awards.
The Vietnamese publisher, Phuong Nam Book, publishes Mr. N’s Amusement Park (Enushi no Yuenchi) in Vietnamese. It also publishes an anthology of Japanese short stories, The Journey – Japan Exhibition, that includes 10 of Hoshi’s stories such as The Chair (Isu) and The Strange Cat (Fushigina Neko).
The Japanese television program, Listen with Your Eyes, starts a monthly new series, Shinichi Hoshi’s Short Shorts by Sign Language. The first story of the series was The Promise (Yakusoku).
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, of which Hoshi was one of the founding members and the first president, becomes a general incorporated association.
Shinchosha releases the ebook The Record of My Grandfather, Yoshikiyo Koganei (Sofu Koganei Yoshikiyo no Ki) in two volumes. This non-fiction was originally published in 1974, and is the longest of all of Hoshi’s works.
Shinchosha selects Aesop Fables for the Future (Mirai Isoppu) as one of the eight Premium Covers for its annual summer fair at bookstores around Japan. Premium Cover titles include works by Osamu Dazai, Soseki Natsume and Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
Setagaya Literary Museum begins displaying the Introduction to the Sci-Fi World Part One: Shinichi Hoshi panels in schools and public facilities in the Setagaya district of Tokyo as a part of its Traveling Literary Museum. The panels introduce Hoshi’s works such as The Last Earthling (Saigo no Chikyujin) and Waaah, Waaah (A-n, a-n).
Kadokawa publishes a Tsubasa Bunko version of The Tale of the Bamboo Princess (Taketori Monogatari – Kaguyahime no Ohanashi) for younger readers. This science fiction tale from the ninth century is considered to be the oldest Japanese novel. It was translated by Hoshi into modern Japanese.
NHK World’s radio program Short Stories reruns Flower of Prosperity (Hanei no Hana) in 17 languages on March 25th.
At Takashi Hamada’s concert in Yokohama, Sound Track of Your Life, actor Seiji Fukushi recites The Box (Hako) with a live performance by an orchestra.
With the 90th reprinting, the paperback Heaven with a Demon (Akuma no iru Tengoku) by Shinchosha reaches 1,600,000 copies.
This is the 60th anniversary year of the publication of Sextra (Sekisutora), Hoshi’s debut work.
The Serbian publisher, Besna Kobila, publishes Divno Nebesko Telo, a collection of thirty short stories including the title story The Wonderful Celestial Body (Subarashii Tentai).
NHK World’s Radio Japan airs Hoshi’s stories in 17 languages: Flower of Prosperity (Hanei no Hana) on Nov. 19th and The Disaster (Sainan) and Hey, Come on Out! (Oi, Detekoi) on Nov. 26th.
Nikkei publishes The Day a Computer Writes a Novel, a non-fiction by Dr. Satoshi Sato of Nagoya University about his team’s effort to create a story-writing A.I. that’s good enough to enter the Hoshi Awards.
Yilin of China publishes The Last Major Construction (Saigo no Daikoji) in its magazine for foreign literature.
2,572 stories, including several by artificial intelligence, are sent in to the fourth annual Hoshi Awards.
The Whimsical A.I. Project: I’m a Writer is selected as one of twenty best Innovative Technologies of 2016 by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
An event was held to celebrate Hoshi’s 90th Birthday at Kinokuniya Bookstore in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Messages from the Whimsical Planet (Kimagureboshi karano Dengon) is published by Tokuma Shoten in Japan, which contains Hoshi’s short stories, essays, interviews, letters, etc. to commemorate Hoshi’s 90th birthday.
Shadow Play Theatre Kakashiza adapts three of Hoshi’s stories to its Hand Shadow Show. They’re The Cat (Neko), A Demon (Akuma) and Hey, Come on Out! (Oi, Detekoi).
NHK World TV’s program Today’s Close-Up broadcasts Artificial Intelligence: Creative or Copycat? One of the A.I. it introduces is The Whimsical A.I. Project: I’m a Writer.
My Nation (My Kokka) by Shinchosha becomes Hoshi's 18th million-seller book in Japan.
University of Tsukuba library holds a small event where the robot Pepper reads The Whimsical Robot (Kimagure Robotto) to a group of people.
Japanese anthology Monkey Business Vol.6 is published in the US. Shoulder-Top Secretary (Kata no Ue no Hisho) translated by Jay Rubin is included.
The exhibition The Women in the Mori Family: Kimiko, Shige, Mari and Anne starts at Ogai Mori Memorial Museum in Tokyo. Kimiko Koganei is the sister of Ogai Mori and the maternal grandmother of Shinichi Hoshi.
Shinchosha releases the voice of Shinichi Hoshi recorded in 1976. He talks about his book Many Taboos (Takusan no Tabu) which was published back then.
The Whimsical A.I. Project: I'm a Writer holds a press conference at Dentsu Hall in Tokyo and shares the short stories written with the Artificial Intelligence.
Newspapers, Yomiuri and Asahi, run the first trial piece written by the artificial intelligence of The Whimsical AI Project: I'm a Writer. Asahi calls it "a new work of Shinichi Hoshi"
The Shinichi & Hajime Hoshi Exhibition ends. The total number of visitors was 6,436.
A slide show The Hoshi Family Album is held to retrace Hoshi's life during the Shinichi & Hajime Hoshi Exhibition at Shimpei Kusano Memorial Literary Museum. 190 people attended.
The Shinichi & Hajime Hoshi Exhibition starts at the Shimpei Kusano Memorial Literacy Museum in Fukushima.
The Whimsical AI Project: I'm a Writer introduces a short movie on entering the Hoshi awards on YouTube.
2,561 stories, including several by artificial intelligence, are sent in to the third annual Hoshi awards by its deadline of September 30.
Thirty Years Later, the science fiction published by Hajime Hoshi (father of Shinichi) in 1918 is now republished by Marina (daughter of Shinichi) 97 years later to commemorate the Shinichi & Hajime Exhibition.
Nikkei introduces the Hoshi awards commercial on YouTube.
A Chinese translation of The Other Side of the Swing (Buranko no Mukoude) is published in Taiwan.
Victor Entertainment releases Hoshi's Storytelling Theater (Hoshi Yose) CD, which includes three of his Rakugo (comic story). They can also be downloaded from Victor Studio HD-Music and iTunes Store.
Nikkei announces the addition of the Student category (high school and college) for the third annual Hoshi awards.
Fifteen English and fifteen Japanese audiobooks are released on iTunes in 21 countries.
Four eBooks - A Well-Kept Life, The Whimsical Robot, Voice Net, and The Other Side of the Swing - are released on the Kindle Store in 11 countries, US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, India, Italy and Mexico. These eBooks are no longer available on the iBook Store.
Google offers free downloads of The Whimsical Robot (Kimagure Robot) eBook to its customers in Japan who bought Nexus 6 or 9 by February 2015.
Ten English and ten Japanese audiobooks are released on iTunes in 21 countries.
All of Hoshi's stories in Japanese are now available as eBooks from Shinchosha and Kadokawa.
The Guardian in England runs a story on the Hoshi awards, Japanese science fiction award opens entries to aliens and computers.
Samsung offers free downloads of The Whimsical Robot (Kimagure Robot) eBook to its customers in Japan who bought Galaxy tab S by February 2015.
1,954 stories are sent in to the second annual Hoshi awards by its deadline of September 30.
The exhibition The Dawn of Anthropology in Japan: Yoshikiyo Koganei starts at Niigata History Museum. Yoshikiyo Koganei is the maternal grandfather of Shinichi Hoshi.
Sci-Fi Land exhibition ends. The total number of visitors was 14,081.
Kaiseisha publishes the picture book Yukiko's Revenge (Yukiko-chan no Shikaeshi) in Japan.
Fans celebrated Hoshi's 88th birthday during the Sci-Fi Land exhibition at the Setagaya Literary Museum.
The Fairy Distribution Company (Yousei Haikyu Gaisha) by Shinchosha becomes Hoshi's 17th million-seller book in Japan.
Hoshi Awards Summer School is held at Setagaya Literary Museum to help children write stories.
A symposium titled Imagination Engine to commemorate the second annual Hoshi awards is held at Nikkei Hall in Tokyo.
Setagaya Literary Museum starts the summer exhibition Sci-Fi Land that includes Hoshi's first edition books, handwritten drafts, and more. The miniature book FoxCatAnt (Kitsunekoari), which includes Hoshi's The Cat (Neko), is published to commemorate the exhibition.
Nikkei announces the start of the second annual Hoshi awards competition.
CNN English Express magazine's June issue runs The Secret of the Circus (Sakasu no Himitsu) in English.
Kadokawa publishes The Whimisical Robot (Kimagure Robot) Tsubasa Bunko for children.
French sci-fi magazine Galaxies Vol.28 runs Ohe! Sors de la! (Oi Detekoi).
Akita Shoten publishes the fourth volume of Comic Shinichi Hoshi series The Guest from Space (Uchu kara no Kyaku) in Japan.
Shinichi Hoshi Mystery Special, omnibus drama based on Hoshi's five short stories, was aired on Fuji Television in Japan.
Shueisha publishes Little Wonder Collection of Shinichi Hoshi (Hoshi Shinichi Sukoshi Fushigi Kessakusen) Mirai Bunko for children.
3,057 stories are sent in to the Hoshi awards competition by its deadline of October 31.
The Patched Planet (Tsugihagi Planet) a collection of short stories that had been in magazines and papers but were not included in books is published in Japan.
Shinchosha republishes the novel The Target of the Nightmare (Muma no Hyoteki).
Chikuma Shobo republishes Hiroshi Manabe's Planetarium a collection of Manabe's illustrations and Hoshi's stories.
A symposium titled Imagination and Japan's Potential to commemorate the first annual Hoshi awards was held at the Nikkei Hall in Tokyo.
Hoshi Awards Summer School is held at Setagaya Literary Museum to help children write stories.
Booked for Japan, of NHK World, televised an interview of the astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, who recommended Hoshi's short-short Execution (Shokei).
Nikkei announces the start of the Hoshi Awards, a science fiction competition open to children and adults. Stories by artificial intelligence are also welcomed.
Shinchosha republishes The Defective Museum (Dekisokonai Hakubutsukan), a collection of ideas that Hoshi did not use for his stories.
Nihongo Club Medellin presents the play A Tale of a Night (Aru Yoru no Monogatari) for children at the Santa Claus Project in Columbia.
Kadokawa republishes the second collection of Hoshi's essays The Whimsical Encyclopedia (Kimagure Hakubutsushi).
Kadokawa republishes the first collection of Hoshi's essays Memorandums of the Whimsical Planet (Kimagure Boshi no Memo).
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan starts celebrating of its 50th anniversary.
The Whimsical AI Project: I'm a Writer introduces a plan to develop an artificial intelligence that writes stories by 2017.
Akita Shoten publishes the third volume of Comic Shinichi Hoshi series The Friendly Demon (Shitashigena Akuma) in Japan.
The short film, Le Commencement (Hajimari) animated by Ryu Kato, is an official selection for L'hybride in France.
The picture book, The Other Side of the Swing, is released on the iBook store of North America.
Three English eBooks - A Well-Kept Life, The Whimsical Robot, and Voice Net - are released on the iBook store of North America.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan raises 2,000,000 yen (approximately US$20,000) at Japan Giving for the Earthquake victims.
The Doctor and His Robot (Hakase to Robot), a short film by Pantograph, was an official selection for Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival in Canada.
Google Doodles celebrates Hoshi's 85th birthday on September 6th: The Day of Hoshi Crane.
A film opera Hey! Come on Out! (Oi Detekoi) by Streetwise Opera is selected for the British Films Directory.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan starts a fund-raising campaign for Earthquake victims at Japan Giving.
Free Phone (Muryo no Denwaki), a short film by Pantograph, was an official selection for Sapporo Short Fest in Japan.
A Chinese translation of Future Aesop (Mirai Isoppu) is published by Rightman in Hong Kong.
Shinichi Hoshi Exhibition ends. The total number of visitors was 12,229.
Hoshi Shinichi's Short Shorts by NHK wins the Intermedia-globe Silver Award in the Entertainment category in Germany.
Shinichi Hoshi Exhibition starts at Setagaya Literary Museum in Tokyo.
Le Commencement (Hajimari), animation by Ryu Kato, was an official selection for Fete De L'anim in France.
Kadokawa publishes Shinichi Hoshi Short-Short Picture Book.
Shinchosha releases The Rules of Inspiration (Hirameki no Housoku) CD, which is a recording of Hoshi's lecture in 1974.
Poplar publishes the third volume of Collection of Samurai Stories (Jidai Shosetsushu): The People (Hito no Maki).
Hoshi Shinichi's Short Shorts, by NHK, won an International Emmy award in the Comedy category.
Kadokawa publishes The Voice from Space (Uchu no Koe) Tsubasa Bunko for children.
Poplar publishes the second volume of Collection of Samurai Stories (Jidai Shosetsushu): The Earth (Chi no Maki).
Poplar publishes the first volume of Collection of Samurai Stories (Jidai Shosetsushu): The Heavens (Ten no Maki).
Radio Japan broadcasts An Incident on the Train (Shanai no Jiken) and A Piece of Paper (Shien) in Chinese and Korean.
Froebel publishes the picture book Flowers and Secrets (Hana to Himitsu), illustrated by Makoto Wada.
Kadokawa publishes The Phantom Planet (Maboroshi no Hoshi) Tsubasa Bunko for children.
The Hoshi Library, Inc. is established.
