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In This Corner of the World (この世界の片隅に, Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) is a 2016 Japanese animated wartime drama film produced by MAPPA, co-written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, featuring character designs by Hidenori Matsubara and music by Kotringo.
Mar 1, 2022 · This outstanding Japanese animated movie features a family in 1945 Hiroshima. The tension and panic of the buildup to the bombing on August 6, 1945, is spine-chilling and incredibly well done. The attack itself is slowed down to show the gruesome effects vividly — as it can only be done either with animation or CGI.
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.
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.
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.
Aug 10, 2017 · Now, that power has been captured in a thoughtful new film. A lushly animated historical drama about a young woman who comes of age during the tumult of World War II, Sunao Katabuchi’s “ In ...
Jul 28, 2023 · Dr. 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...
