KFR 41: How has war shaped anime? 75 years after Hiroshima & Nagasaki

This week is the 75th anniversary of the US dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan in 1945 – marking the end of the Pacific War and thus - World War 2.

 

We’re looking at how the war has impacted the way Japan talks about war in its storytelling and in particular anime.

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00:00:00 – Show Opener

00:00:43 – Opening Chat: New Studio, God of Highschool, Black Clover

00:10:19 – Anime News Talk: Attack on Titan Children’s Book, Splinter Cell Anime

00:18:17 – Anime News: Headlines

00:23:05 – Anime History: World War 2 and Anime

00:44:31 – Anime History: War in Animation

00:56:42 – Cinema Club: In This Corner of the World

01:15:22 – Show Outro

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