
While some of these anime movies may be escapist, others will leave you sad and teary eyed. There’s something so relieving about a good purgative cry. My list here attempts to put together anime that evokes genuine human emotions from hand-drawn or computer-generated characters. All these anime were largely aimed at adults and incorporated complex, mature themes sometimes missing even in live-action films. But the Japanese animation perfectly addressed the nation’s social realities and created plenty of naturalistic dramas. Consequently, the video revolution of the 1980s strengthened the prospects of anime in the Western countries.Īnimation is naturally expected to feature fantastical and otherworldly elements.

Moreover, with the emergence of major animation studios in Japan in the 1980s, the manga were adapted into anime. The diversification is so profound that manga covers everything from dystopian sci-fi tales to slice-of-life social dramas. The Japanese graphic or comic novels, known as manga, don’t confine themselves to superhero saga and risqué adult stories. But in Japan, anime and manga have long been major cultural forces, and in the 21 st century have gained admirers and fans across the globe. In cinema, animation is reduced into a genre for family entertainment.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Animation is repeatedly misunderstood as a medium for kids. My father, trapped inside the house, begged my mother to do something. He frantically kicked his legs and cried out for my mother. His head was caught under the rafter over the doorway. My brother had been sitting in the front doorway, playing with a toy ship. The second floor collapsed onto the first, trapping my father, my sister Eiko, and my brother Susumu under it.

Miraculously, my mother survived without a scratch. The blast blew the entire balcony, with my mother on it, into the alley behind our house. She was on the second floor balcony of our house, had just finished hanging up the wash to dry, and was turning to go back inside when the bomb exploded. My mother, Kimiyo, was eight months pregnant. Instead, I found myself in a living hell, the details of which remain etched in my brain as if it happened yesterday. If I hadn't been standing in its shadow, I would have been burned to death instantly by the 5,000degree heat flash. I owe my life to the school's concrete wall. I was a little over a kilometer away from the epicenter, standing at the back gate of Kanzaki Primary School, when I was hit by a terrible blast of wind and searing heat.

A Note From the Author: The atomic bomb exploded 600 meters above my hometown of Hiroshima on Augat 8:15 a.m.
