Nextworld
Next World (Japanese: 来るべき世界, Hepburn: Kitarubeki Sekai), also known as Nextworld, is a Japanese science fiction manga series, written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in 1951.
| Nextworld | |
| 来るべき世界 (Kitarubeki Sekai) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction, steampunk |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Fuji Shobo |
| Published | 1951 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television film | |
| Fumoon (フウムーン) | |
| Directed by | Hisashi Sakaguchi |
| Produced by | Takamasa Matsutani Toru Horikoshi Touru Komori |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka Hisashi Sakaguchi |
| Music by | Yuji Ohno |
| Studio | Tezuka Productions |
| Original network | Nippon TV |
| Released | August 31, 1980 |
| Runtime | 91 minutes |
Plot edit
Created in a time when the Cold War was becoming hotter, Nextworld is Osamu Tezuka's parody of the tense relationship between the USA (represented as the 'Nation of Stars') and USSR (known in the work as the 'Uran Federation'). The main storyline focuses on atomic tests that create a race of mutant animals known as Fumoon, with psychic powers and intelligence beyond humans, who formulate a plan to evacuate hundreds of animals and a small group of people off the planet Earth. The reason for this is due to a large toxic cloud approaching the Earth, threatening to wipe out all life. Meanwhile, the two warring superpowers draw closer and closer to a confrontation.
Legacy edit
Next World is the last of Osamu Tezuka's early epic science fiction trilogy, consisting of Lost World (1948), Metropolis (1949) and Next World (1951). They were some of the earliest works featuring steampunk elements, which have since consistently appeared in mainstream manga. These steampunk elements eventually made their way into mainstream anime productions starting in the 1970s, with television shows including Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato (1974), Hayao Miyazaki's Future Boy Conan (1978), and the 1979 anime adaptation of Riyoko Ikeda's manga The Rose of Versailles (1972).[1]
Fumoon edit
| Fumoon | |
|---|---|
| フウムーン | |
| Genre |
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| Based on | Nextworld by Osamu Tezuka |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Directed by | Hisashi Sakaguchi |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Yuji Ohno |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| Production | |
| Producers |
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| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Production company | Tezuka Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nippon TV |
| Release | August 31, 1980 |
Fumoon (フウムーン) is a Japanese science fiction anime television film by Osamu Tezuka.[2] It is based on the manga Nextworld.
Plot edit
The anime film is similar, but omits characters from the manga. Another difference is that Kenichi (a character who also appears in the Metropolis manga and its anime adaptation) is a teenager in the film, whereas he is a child in the manga.
Cast edit
- Hiroki Suzuki as Kenichi Shikishima
- Junpei Takiguchi as Dr. Kagashi Yamadano
- Kaneto Shiozawa as Rock Clock
- Kenji Utsumi as Kei Gamata
- Kousei Tomita as Higeoyaji (Shunsaku Ban)
- Mari Okamoto as Rococo
- Minori Matsushima as Peach
- Chikao Ohtsuka as Lednof and Nikolai Rednov
- Hisashi Katsuta as Dr. Ochanomizu
- Ichirō Nagai as Notarian
- Kazuya Tatekabe as Tabasco
- Kenichi Ogata as Borokin
- Kumiko Takizawa as Cocoa
- Minoru Midorikawa as Suntory Whisky
- Ryoko Kinomiya as Mozu
- Shigezou Sasaoka as Gamata's Thug
- Tamio Ohki as Dr. Frankenstein
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Cavallaro, Dani (2015). "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (Fushigi no Umi no Nadia)". The Art of Studio Gainax: Experimentation, Style and Innovation at the Leading Edge of Anime. McFarland & Company. pp. 40-53 (40-1). ISBN 978-1-4766-0070-3.
- ^ "Anime Sols to Stream Original Yatterman, Aoi Blink, Tezuka Films". Anime News Network. May 4, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
External links edit
- Fumoon anime at TezukaOsamu@World
- Tioanime
- Nextworld (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia