Wikipedia / Nextworld
Wikipedia / Nextworld
, also known as Nextworld, is a Japanese science fiction manga series, written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in 1951.
It is the third and final work in what is regarded as Osamu Tezuka's early science fiction trilogy, consisting of Lost World (1948), Metropolis (1949) and Nextworld (1951). Though they are separate, self-contained stories, they are often collected together in reprints.
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.
Fumoon
is a 1980 Japanese science fiction anime television film created for Nippon Television Network's annual 24-hour charity program, . Its plot is based on Nextworld.
Plot
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
Hiroki Suzuki as Kenichi Shikishima
Junpei Takiguchi as Dr. Kagashi Yamadano
Kousei Tomita as Higeoyaji (Shunsaku Ban)
Mari Okamoto as Rococo
Chikao Ohtsuka as Lednof and Nikolai Rednov
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
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