Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction

Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945.

Autorentext
Motoko Tanaka is an Associate Professor at Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan

Inhalt

1. The Trajectory of Apocalyptic Discourse 2. Apocalypse in Japan 3. Apocalyptic Fiction from 1945 to the 1970s 4. Apocalyptic Fiction in 1980s Japan 5. Apocalyptic Fiction after 1995 Sekaikei Works 6. Apocalyptic Imagination after 2011