Hiroshima & Nagasaki

2021: Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Hiroshima & Nagasaki 2021 - 76 Jahre danach
Hiroshima - 6. August 1945 - 2021
Nagasaki - 9. August 1945 - 2021

Depictions of The Bomb and Nuclear Apocalypse in Japanese Anime
Mhairi Shaw Hawkins
Abstract:
This article examines the often-noted “cuteness” in early post-war Japanese animation, and explains how this style has led in more recent years to grittier works depicting war’s devastation through fantasy and cinematic technology. Anime provides insight into the social attitudes of each post-war era; and, into how collective memory has processed “unimaginable” horror. The author argues that what is concealed within “unrealistic” animation often reveals more than what is shown about people grappling with an apocalyptic legacy in search of a national identity.

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