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Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a 1983 Japanese adult animated war drama film loosely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Keiji Nakazawa.
The Wind Rises is a fictionalised biographical film of Jiro Horikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, used by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The film was adapted from Miyazaki's manga of the same name.
Oct 4, 2018 · Insofar as Akira may be seen as a film concerning both the anxieties surrounding technology and nuclear war as well as a celebration of the potentials of reconstituting the self following chaos and social collapse, the theme of adolescence seems especially poignant. Certainly the themes of absentee fathers and problematic authority figures ...
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Aug 11, 2023 · One aspect not touched in the movie, at least visually, is the horror, pain, and devastation wreaked upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the atomic bombs. There’s a variety of anime out there that touch on the topic of World War 2 through the eyes of Japanese citizens, the prime example being Ghibli’s “Grave of the Fireflies”.
Nov 16, 2023 · Grave of the Fireflies has a reputation as one of the most depressing animated movies of all time, and its ending explains the cost of war on the people of Japan, particularly Seita and Setsuko. Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 animated movie from Studio Ghiblo, the second film produced by the Japanese studio following Castle in the Sky in 1986.
Jul 28, 2023 · Serizawa (Akihiko Hirata), who creates an oxygen-destroying device to stop Godzilla, is practically a Japanese Oppenheimer. Osamu Tezuka's "Astro Boy," the harbinger of modern manga and anime, is ...
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Aug 18, 2023 · By Robert Pitman. Published Aug 18, 2023. Oppenheimer has reignited the discussion of the controversial atomic bombing of Japan, and these 10 movies also tackle the horrors of the attack. Summary. Barefoot Gen, an animated Japanese film, offers a horrifying depiction of the bombing of Hiroshima through the eyes of a young child.
