Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The spectrum of the disaster, ubiquitous in manga

Fist of the North, Akira, Neon Genesis Evangelion. The Apocalypse, whatever its form, is a major theme of the manga, the Japanese cartoon ever popular and vibrant amazing. The spectrum of the tsunami, or earthquake, appears in many series, where she can drive the plot, the backdrop for a story in rose water, playground or point remote start justifying the existence of a post-apocalyptic world.

It reflects the landscape of the manga, divided according to its readership in seinen (adult themes to "serious") shojo (for girls), shonen (for boys), and many other sub categories. In Tokyo Mew Mew (2000), a slight manga for girls, the main character is seen with magical powers and a feline appearance after an earthquake, on the other end of the spectrum, magnitude 8 Tokyo (2009) depicted with a realism studied the consequences of a gigantic earthquake that devastated the archipelago.

This last series describes a fairly standard path of initiation, one of two survivors in the ruins of an artificial island hit by an earthquake, but also seeks to describe the rescue organization with a strong attention to detail. Among these many works, one stands out particularly: Spirit of the Sun (2003), Kaiji Kawaguchi.

The manga begins with a gigantic earthquake of such magnitude that it cuts Honshu, the main island of Japan, in two parts, followed by a tsunami that devastated the rest of the country. The Chinese army, under cover of providing humanitarian aid, took possession of what will soon become the "Japan-North", while the U.S.

military moved south. Under the edge of post-apocalyptic manga classic Spirit of the Sun also brush with some finesse, critical portrait of Japan of the 2000s. With, including thinly veiled allusions to the strict immigration policy conducted by the board in Tokyo describing the living conditions of refugees Japanese in Taiwan.

Common themes, cross the earthquake and tsunami are not necessarily neutral topics. X, a fantastic manga inspired the Bible and especially of the Apocalypse, has seen its publication suspended for several months in 1995 showing numerous earthquakes are supposed to announce the imminent end of the world, the manga was sensitivity struck many readers, while Kobe had just been hit by an earthquake that claimed nearly 6,500 lives.

Several publications should be suspended in the next few days in Japan: the reruns on television adaptation of the cartoon Tokyo magnitude 8 have already been suspended, and other anime contains scenes of tsunamis have been deprogrammed or are being modified. Leloup

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