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Apr 10, 2023 · When the tsunami and quake ravaged the Tōhoku region of northern Japan and prompted a nuclear meltdown, Shinkai, a now 50-year-old director and animator of some of the most popular anime features in the world, could feel his sense of storytelling crumbling.
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- Film Writer And Critic
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 ...
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- When the Wind Blows (1986) An elderly British couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs, go about their daily lives as the tensions of an impending nuclear war begin to mount.
- The Iron Giant (1999) October 1957: as the Cold War quietly rages, an object falls from the sky and crashes into the ocean just off the coast of Maine, USA.
- Waltz with Bashir (2008) When meeting with a friend in 2006 and discussing their experiences in the Lebanon War in the early 80’s, Ari Folman finds that he can remember nothing from that period, in which he was a young IDF infantry soldier.
- Mulan (1998) (No, not the more recent live action disaster, the good one). During the Han dynasty, Imperial China is invaded by Shan Yu and his Hun henchmen, prompting the Emperor to conscript one man from each family into the Imperial Army to help defend the nation.
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.
- Hiroshima (1953) Set in the aftermath of the August 6, 1945 bombing, Hideo Sekigawa’s Hiroshima follows a group of survivors, known as hibakusha, as they flee destruction and attempt to rebuild their lives.
- Black Rain (1989) Despite surviving nuclear warfare, hibakusha and their children faced enormous discrimination in post-war Japan. This was largely due to ignorance surrounding the last effects of radiation sickness and the belief that it was contagious.
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) Also known as Frankenstein Conquers the World, this is a wildly different interpretation of WWII nuclear anxiety, but an important one all the same.
- Godzilla (1954) Speaking of monster movies as metaphor for nuclear anxieties, it’s hard to talk about the genre without mentioning Godzilla. Though the original 1954 film doesn’t explicitly depict the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, they’re deeply felt in the story.
Nov 5, 2023 · 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 Hiroshima. The film is based on...
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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.
