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The deep influence of the A-bomb on anime and manga
by Frank Fuller
At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film Akira, a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, swallowing it whole and leaving a skeleton of a city in its wake.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – along with the firebombings of Tokyo – were traumatic experiences …
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