All tagged japan sinks 2020
So, the summer 2020 anime season is looking a little... barren. We’ve got less than 20 new full-length anime, and even though some of them are fantastic so far (like The God of High School and Deca-Dence), it’s hard not to feel the crushing impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on both the release schedule and sometimes the content of the shows themselves. While we wallow in frustration at the state of our favorite entertainment medium, let’s check out five anime that have been delayed, censored, or rewritten because of real-world disasters like the one we’re living in right now.
Director Masaaki Yuasa is well known for his offbeat and heavily character-driven anime such as Tatami Galaxy, Ping Pong the Animation, and Devilman Crybaby. His most recent work, Japan Sinks 2020, is a bold reimagining of a classic 1973 novel about a series of earthquakes that causes the entirety of Japan to sink into the ocean. Yuasa’s version follows a biracial family as they try to escape the country, meeting strange new companions along the way and working together to keep each other alive. It’s gained notoriety online for its heavy themes of nationalism, so let’s take a closer look to see what exactly it’s trying to say about the land of the rising sun.
