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 i

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Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction

10.1057/9781137373557 - Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction, Motoko Tanaka

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Motoko Tanaka

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Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction

apocalypse in contemporary japanese science fiction

Copyright © Motoko Tanaka, 2014.

First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. E-ISBN 978-1-137-37355-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by SPi Global First edition: January 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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List of Figures

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Prefacexi Acknowledgmentsxiii Note to the Reader

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Introduction1 1  The Trajectory of Apocalyptic Discourse

9

2  Apocalypse in Japan

31

3 Apocalyptic Science Fiction from 1945 to the 1970s

63

4 Apocalyptic Science Fiction in 1980s Japan

81

5 Apocalyptic Science Fiction after 1995–Sekaikei Works

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6 Apocalyptic Imagination after 2011

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Conclusion147 Notes157 Bibliography175 Index183

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