Nextworld

Next World (来るべき世界, 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)
GenreScience fiction, steampunk
Manga
Written byOsamu Tezuka
Published byFuji Shobo
Published1951
Volumes2

Plot

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

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 Rose of Versailles (1972).[1]

Fumoon
Fumoon
フウムーン
Directed byOsamu Tezuka
Production
company
Release date
  • August 31, 1980 (1980-08-31)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Fumoon (フウムーン) is a Japanese science fiction anime film by Osamu Tezuka.[2] It is based on the manga Nextworld.

Plot

The anime film (based on the manga) 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.

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Anime Sols to Stream Original Yatterman, Aoi Blink, Tezuka Films". Anime News Network. 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2014-08-30.


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