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Barefoot Gen, a Japanese animated feature film, tells the story of Gen (pronounced with a hard “G”), a young boy who, along with his mother, survives the bombing of Hiroshima. The story chronicles their struggles as they try to rebuild their lives from the bomb’s ashes.
Nov 5, 2023 · Image by Jefferson Chacon. The Big Picture. Barefoot Gen is a historically authentic and emotionally devastating anime that depicts the horrors of war and the aftermath of the atomic bomb in...
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Oct 4, 2018 · Perhaps one of the most notable apocalyptic narratives in anime history is Kutsuhiro Otomo’s groundbreaking 1988 fantasy-drama Akira. The following article will focus on Akira and the significance of the telekinetic apocalypse it depicts in relation to post-war Japan, as well as the manner in which Otomo’s film resists interpretation.
Jul 28, 2023 · Oppenheimer tells the story of the atom bomb wholly from the American standpoint. These eight Japanese films tell it from those impacted by it.
Aug 10, 2017 · A lushly animated historical drama about a young woman who comes of age during the tumult of World War II, Sunao Katabuchi’s “In this Corner of the World” is scattered and emotionally ...
List of the best anime films about a nuclear explosion according to the audience: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, From Up on Poppy Hill, Lu Over the Wall, Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic, Okko's Inn, Grave of the Fireflies, Kid's Story, Blade R.
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War is a depressingly popular subject, and many artists express their war trauma through animation. Here are some of the best animated war movies.
