Japan Sinks: Mapping the Identity of Postwar Japan
#JapanSinks
Japan Sinks is pretty important, so hopefully I go a bit into why that's the case.
Yes, I know I didn't cover everything. Watch until the end to see why!
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Stray Notes:
I found it difficult to find the Japan Sinks manga.
Gillieshere mentioned a really interesting thing, which is that in the Japan Sinks trailer there's a reference to a false alarm trip in 2016.
Chapters:
00:00 Start
01:40 Shinjinrui
05:00 Japan Sinks (1973)
14:17 Zero-Nendai
16:00 Japan Sinks (2006)
22:18 Japan Sinks: 2020
24:05 Retrospect
20:00 Epilogue and Rant
Text:
Azuma et al. "The Era of Disasters and the Words of Critical Thought." Genron 2011, https://bit.ly/2AE8hGk.
Suter, Rebecca. "Culture and Disaster in Japan." When the Tsunami Came to Shore, edited by Roy Starrs.
Tanaka, Motoko. Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction. 2014, Palgrave Macmillan.
Kazuko, Ide. "Japan Sinking? Sequel to 1970s Novel finds Japan Sunk and the Japanese Scattered." The Asia-Pacific Journal 4 (9), 2006.
Halloran, Richard. "Japan braces for a Full-Scale Oil Crisis." The New york Times, December 8, 1973, https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/08/ar...
Napier, Susan. "Panic Sites: The Japanese Imagination of Disaster from Godzilla to Akira." Journal of Japanese Studies 19 (2): 1993, 327-351.
Langer, Jessica. "Three versions of Komatsu Sakyo's Nihon Chinbotsu (Japan Sinks)." Science Fiction film and Television 2 (1): 2009, 45-57.
Uno, Tsunehiro. Zero-nendai no sozoryoku. 2008.
Homenick, Brett. "Sakyo Komatsu on Science Fiction!" Vantage Point Interviews, https://vantagepointinterviews.com/20....
Media:
Spoilers have an asterisk (*)
The Red Army PFLP Declaration of World War by Masao Adachi & Kôji Wakamatsu 1971, 70''
The Asama-Sansō incident - Part 1-3
Sinking of Japan (2006)*
Japan Sinks (1973)*
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Kamen Rider Ryuuki
Nikkei 225 Loses 73% Since Reaching Peak 20 Years Ago Video (Bloomberg News)
OPEC OIL EMBARGO - 1973
Kobe Earthquake 07.01.1995
JAPAN SUBWAY GAS ATTACK DEATH TOLL RISES TO TEN
Gojira (1954)
Battle Royale (2000)
昭和48年 (1973年)「第一次オイルショックの時のトイレットペーパー売り切れ騒動」
『日本沈没』 01+飛び散る海
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
Japan Sinks Netflix Trailer
Fate Stay Night, Unlimited Blade Works
Akira
Neon Genesis Evangelion + End of Evangelion
Tenki no Ko
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Mirai Nikki
Satougashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai
Audio by Skrullz:
the longer we sink the further the hole
stomp floor garden too
my love life titanic no leo
messing with the bed life
loving strangely in okinawa
happy sad in this world we know nothing
halo ends here
EVANBELLION
elongated psychic