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Jul 28, 2023 · Japanese pop culture in the 20th and 21st centuries has been shaped by this traumatic cultural memory, akin to how 21st century U.S. superhero movies are largely a cultural response to 9/11.
- Devin Meenan
Jul 28, 2023 · Madhouse. Based on Keiji Nakazawa’s manga series of the same name, this animated film tells the story of a six-year-old boy named Gen Nakaoka. It shows the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombings ...
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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 ...
Aug 18, 2023 · 10 Barefoot Gen. Barefoot Gen is an animated Japanese movie from 1983 directed by Mori Masaki and written by Keiji Nakazawa, one of the survivors of the Hiroshima bombing. The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima through the eyes of a young child, exploring his life before the bomb was dropped as well as during the fallout.
- Jeremy Paterson
- 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.
Feb 5, 2016 · Japanese animated film, or “anime” as it is commonly known, has been part of the mainstream entertainment in Japan since the 80s, when they experienced a boom in production. In the following decades, anime became a global phenomenon, and currently over 430 production companies are involved in an industry that has a total market value of $13 ...
Aug 5, 2020 · This story was originally featured on The Conversation. At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film Akira, a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its ...
