How anime has been reading war trauma: Traumatic constructions of late night shows. Aim : To examine representations and treatments of Japanese war trauma by anime, following their history from Astro Boy to recent late night anime shows represented by noitaminA . After describing “nuclear energy” “kamikaze” “loss,” and “apocalypse” in the robot genre, Japanese anime, along with the development of the late-night show, abandons the representation of the robot and further pursues the themes of “final war,” ”final weapon,” and “apocalypse.” It has been and is producing creative work within the tension between “avoidance of catastrophe” and “mourning,” with an effort to digest topics from contemporary social issues and the world state of affairs. It successfully serves as an agent for transgenerational succession of traumatic themes. The first boom (mid 1960s、SF) ethics facing an extreme situation flashback Trans- generational impact crisis already in daily life destruction Toshie Mori, Masahiro Kinoshita, & Shigeyuki Mori Collabo. with Shigeo Kawaguchi Konan Institute of Human Sciences THE SUPER DIMENSION FORTRESS MACROSS STAR BLAZERS NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND otaku formation, or good-for-nothingness of protagonists Twitter in Japanese (2008) time-axes final war Birth of robot anime ASTRO BOY MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM CODE GEASS LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION KEMONO FRIENDS ASTRO BOY nuclear weapon sekai-kei battle girl anime kamikaze noitaminA focuses on adult audiences. serious themes children’s participation on the frontier natural environment nichijou-kei SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL The second boom (mid 1970s〜mid 80s) The third boom (introducing late-night shows) (mid 1990s〜mid 2000s) pursuit of themes by use of night-show Great Hanshin Earthquake Sarin attack by Aum (1995) Cuba Crisis (1962) “the end of the world” sentiment target anime The boom history trauma related concept otaku formation qualitative shift MACROSS related anime SAILOR MOON the Equal Employment Opportunity Law(1985) political genre magical girl PRINCESS MONONOKE September 11 (2001) ultimate weapon main theme the financial crisis (2008) youtube launched (2005) SHE, THE ULTIMATE WEAPON *We did not include the genre of AI and cyborg by closing up destructive weapons and the destruction of the world. GHOST IN THE SHELL PSYCHO-PASS Charlie Hebdo shooting (2015) SHIN GODZILLA MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS crisis intrusive to daily life RE:ZERO − STARTING LIFE IN ANOTHER WORLD GIRLS' LAST TOUR “Catastrophe must be avoided” -> “it can’t be helped. We will get along here.” resignation or maturation? WHEN THEY CRY repetition compulsion desperate time leaps aiming at avoidance of catastrophe THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA LUCKY☆STAR K-ON! ‘terrorism’ and ‘world politics’ visualized in a daily life =not a remote world short-cut from personal agony to the end of the world without mediating agencies like society, politics, economy… influence SPIRITED AWAY economic-labour problem political themes “giant robot genre” declines mobile spreads surveillance society the reality of global financial crisis, which can not be avoided by personal effort. ‘loose’ anime attracts general audience other than anime-fan Just one e-mail distorts the world from “ avoidance of catastrophe to “survival after catastrophe” YOUR NAME A PLACE FURTHER THAN THE UNIVERSE acceptance of mother’s death without her body time leap sekai-kei genre flow of genre SALLY THE WITCH robot anime ultimate weapon Time travel + nichijou-kei NEON GENESIS EVANGELION political theme thematic trend STEINS;GATE 0 ominous nichijou-kei Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) STEINS;GATE PUELLA MAGI MADOKA☆ MAGICA bloody-minded work place lifetime employment destroyed dispatched employee trauma in foreground MOYASIMON: TALES OF AGRICULTURE biological & chemical weapon flashback FAFNER IN THE AZURE BOKURANO late night shows ambiguous loss women’s empowerment, working mother AKIRA KEMURIKUSA