Japanese A-bomb cartoonist Nakazawa joins U.S. awards' Hall of Fame

Too bad the depiction of the atomic bomb effects is complete nonsense. Just saying...

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Hiroshima-bombing-scene-in-Barefoot-Gen-1983-film-an-accurate-depiction-of-what-happens-to-a-human-body-when-in-the-area-of-a-nuclear-blast

Such an award after years of the movie being made speaks to both Nakazawa's artistry and to the Will Eisner perception, even though the film is decades old. It was a great movie and its message is one many people can fully agree with. Congratulations to the man and the awards for the good work.

The caricature of Japanese were racist and made Japanese look non human Google World 2 US Japanese Cartoon Propaganda

Barefoot Gen is an autobiographical comic released in 1973. It has been widely used as educational material to teach Japanese youths about the importance of peace and has been translated into various languages including English, French, Korean, Thai and Russian.

It is deserving an hyperreal in the tradition of comics.

What happened to Hisashi Ouchi at Tokaimura showed some of the most grotesque effects of radiation poisoning.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/1999/12/22/national/jco-worker-succumbs-after-83-days/

In recent years there has been an attempt by authorities to remove the "leftist" manga from schools while the two visceral anime movies with their anti-government /war slant are too strong for NHK and other TV networks to stomach. They were, however, shown recently on WOWOW and a repeat showing is scheduled for September.

Not only cruelty like "artificial inferno" that atomic bomb brought, Barefoot Gen strictly criticizes everything that cause the war, and also mentioned war crime or war perpetration of wartime Japan.

But, those are very "eyesore" for LDP regime or Japanese far-rights who want to justify or beautify wartime Japan and who plan to mislead people to the war again, recent years, they try to eliminate "Barefoot Gen" from public facilities such as library.

u-s- & Aoi - so true.

Friends live in Matsue Shimane and protested the removal of the book from school libraries a few years ago.

They were removed not because of graphic scenes but because of right-wing pressure stating the text was leftist propaganda telling lies about Japanese military atrocities and pushing defeatism.

It was later back on shelves.

To this day it is not widely read or promoted essentially because of it's anti-imperialism message as opposed to "not suitable graphics".

In a country where the common folk suffered so much and war memories are still alive in millions, you'd think such an internationally awarded book would be standard reading for youth.

Should put a copy on display in the Yushukan Museum at Yasukuni or sell it at it's bookshop.

Maybe it is.

I remember reading the whole thing in the library at elementary school.

It's outrageous to exclude it!

Just like Grave of the Fireflies, we need to take a good look at it again.

By the way, Korean residents in Japan are disliked in this work as well.

@TaiwanisnotChina The link you referred to is for the 1983 movie version. Is it an accurate recreation of what appeared in the manga? I am genuinely asking because I've never read the manga!

mountainpearToday 02:47 am JST

@TaiwanisnotChina The link you referred to is for the 1983 movie version. Is it an accurate recreation of what appeared in the manga? I am genuinely asking because I've never read the manga!

From what I can tell from Google, the manga does seem tamer than the movie with less eyeballs melting, so it does seem to be more accurate than the film.