Understanding Japanese Apocalypticism

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A brief, beginner-friendly introduction to some big (but obviously not exhaustive) apocalyptic threads in Japan. There's a huge amount just left out in visual novels, literature, light novels, web novels, games, etc., that I just missed mainly due to limitations on time, hence the basic introduction aspect of it all.

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Since this is a condensed version of the prior videos, there's not much new to cite that hasn't already been cited. If you're curious, you can find a lot of previous sources in the video description of previous videos:

Why Japan Sinks Matters:    • Japan Sinks: Mapping the Identity of Postw...  
Understanding Disaster, Part 4:    • Understanding Disaster, Part 4: Yokohama K...  
Understanding Disaster, Part 3:    • Understanding Disaster, Part 3: Evangelion...  
Understanding Disaster, Part 2:   • Understanding Disaster, Part 2: Akira and ...  
Understanding Disaster, Part 1:    • Understanding Disaster, Part 1: Death Note...  

The only major addition would be Uno Tsunehiro's Zero-nendai no sozoryoku, "Imagination of the 2000's." and Richard Lloyd Perry's Ghosts of the Tsunami.

Chapters:

00:00 Context
01:06 Video Start
02:50 What is Apocalypticism?
04:43 Japanese Apocalypticism
08:28 The Death of the Dream
11:22 The Age of Fiction
14:55 World Types
23:35 3.11
29:09 Whose Japan?
31:56 Ending Thoughts + Patreon Credits

Media:

Death Note
Akira
Japan Sinks (1973)
Japan Sinks (2020)
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Your Name
Gojira
Shin Gojira
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Atomic Bomb Aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Beast from the 20,000 Fathoms
"Why We Can't Go Back to How Things Were Before"
"The Asama Sanso Incident, Parts 1-3"
Battle Royale (2000)

Youtube Media:
Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
A day in Tokyo, Japan, in 1963 東京
Exclusive interview with Japanese PM
Jap Students Are A Riot (1964)
Japan 1960 political demonstrations 政治デモ
Kobe Earthquake - 1995 Today In History 17 Jan 19
Kobe Earthquake 07.01.1995
The aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti
The Complete Tokyo 1964 Olympics Film Olympic History
Zero Hour - Terror In Tokyo - S01E04 - Documentary Movie- National Geographic 2015
Japanese Prime Minister at memorial service for victims of WTC attack
昭和48年 (1973年)「第一次オイルショックの時のトイレットペーパー売り切れ騒動」
Atomic Bomb Aftermath Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Castle Bravo The Big One
Japan's Economic Bubble and the Lost Decade, with William Tsutsui
The Last War
The Lucky Dragon Incident
The Red Army PFLP Declaration of World War by Masao Adachi & Kôji Wakamatsu 1971 70''
Why We Can't Go Back to How Things Were Before COVID-19
Demonstrations Tokyo 1960 昭和の日本
WW2 Japanese footage

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