The Days. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2012 book, On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
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On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
Ryusho Kadota, 2012
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Hideo Nakata, Masaki Nishiura, 2023

This series provides a detailed and insightful look into the tragic events that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. It delves into the failures of the plant’s safety measures, the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the disaster, and the ongoing struggles to clean up the radioactive contamination in the area.


Dark Water. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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Dark Water
Kōji Suzuki, 1996
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Hideo Nakata, 2002

Yoshimi Matsubara, in the midst of a divorce mediation, rents a run-down apartment with her daughter, Ikuko. She enrolls Ikuko in a nearby kindergarten and gets a job as a proofreader in a small publishing company. The ceiling of their apartment has a leak that worsens on a daily basis. Matsubara complains to the building superintendent but he does nothing to fix it.


20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1999 comic book, 20th Century Boys
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20th Century Boys
Naoki Urasawa, 1999
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Yukihiko Tsutsumi, 2008

Decades after a schoolboy pens a book of prophecies, a shadowy super-villain employs it as the blueprint for his grand scheme of global destruction.


20th Century Boys 3: Redemption. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1999 comic book, 20th Century Boys
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20th Century Boys
Naoki Urasawa, 1999
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Yukihiko Tsutsumi, 2009

In the year 2017, a resurrected Tomodachi reigns over the world, and all the prophecies from The New Book have manifested into reality.