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Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa, loosely based on Nakazawa's experiences as a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. The series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima , Japan , where six-year-old Gen Nakaoka lives with his family.
Jun 13, 1992 · Barefoot Gen is a 1983 anime film based on a manga by Keiji Nakazawa, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as a child. It depicts the horrors of the nuclear fallout and the courage of the people who lived through it.
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- Animation, Biography, Drama
- Mori Masaki
- 1992-06-13
In 1945, World War II is at its peak. As Japanese cities are fire-bombed and the nation is cornered by US forces, Japan is collapsing under the immense pressure. Gen Nakaoka, a bold, free-spirited young boy, lives in Hiroshima.
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Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a 1983 Japanese adult animated war drama film loosely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Keiji Nakazawa.
A wiki dedicated to the manga series Barefoot Gen or Hadashi No Gen, a manga series by Keiji Nakazawa about a young boy named Gen Nakaoka and his adoptive brother Ryuta trying to navigate and survive the destroyed city of Hiroshima after the nuclear bombings.
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. An historical anime: Barefoot Gen tells the story of a boy's struggle to survive the nuclear fallout of the Hiroshima Bombing.
Jun 24, 2023 · Mikio Miura miraculously survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, just like Gen Nakaoka, the protagonist in Keiji Nakazawa’s autobiographical manga series “Hadashi no Gen” (Barefoot Gen).