Nextworld

Japanese manga series

来るべき世界 (Kitarubeki Sekai)
Nextworld
Genre	Science fiction, steampunk
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Fuji Shobo
Published	1951
Volumes	2
Anime television film
Fumoon (フウムーン)
Directed by	Hisashi Sakaguchi
Produced by	Takamasa Matsutani Toru Horikoshi Touru Komori
Written by	Osamu Tezuka Hisashi Sakaguchi
Music by	Yuji Ohno
Studio	Tezuka Productions
Original network	Nippon TV
Released	August 31, 1980
Runtime	91 minutes

Next World (Japanese: 来るべき世界, Hepburn: Kitarubeki Sekai), also known as Nextworld, is a Japanese science fiction manga series, written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in 1951.

Plot

Created in a time when the Cold War was becoming hotter, Nextworld is Osamu Tezuka's parody of the tense relationship between the USA (represented as the 'Nation of Stars') and USSR (known in the work as the 'Uran Federation'). The main storyline focuses on atomic tests that create a race of mutant animals known as Fumoon, with psychic powers and intelligence beyond humans, who formulate a plan to evacuate hundreds of animals and a small group of people off the planet Earth. The reason for this is due to a large toxic cloud approaching the Earth, threatening to wipe out all life. Meanwhile, the two warring superpowers draw closer and closer to a confrontation.

Legacy

Next World is the last of Osamu Tezuka's early epic science fiction trilogy, consisting of Lost World (1948), Metropolis (1949) and Next World (1951).

Fumoon

Hiroki Suzuki
Junpei Takiguchi
Kaneto Shiozawa
Kenji Utsumi
Kousei Tomita
Mari Okamoto
Minori Matsushima
Chikao Ohtsuka
Hisashi Katsuta
Ichirō Nagai
Kaneto Shiozawa
Kazuya Tatekabe
Kenichi Ogata
Kumiko Takizawa
Minoru Midorikawa
Ryoko Kinomiya
Shigezou Sasaoka
Tamio Ohki

Music byYuji OhnoCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseProductionProducers

Takamasa Matsutani
Toru Horikoshi
Touru Komori

Running time91 minutesProduction companyTezuka ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkNippon TVReleaseAugust 31, 1980 (1980-08-31)

Fumoon (フウムーン) is a Japanese science fiction anime television film by Osamu Tezuka.^[1] It is based on the manga Nextworld.

Plot

The anime film is similar, but omits characters from the manga. Another difference is that Kenichi (a character who also appears in the Metropolis manga and its anime adaptation) is a teenager in the film, whereas he is a child in the manga.

Cast

Hiroki Suzuki as Kenichi Shikishima
Junpei Takiguchi as Dr. Kagashi Yamadano
Kaneto Shiozawa as Rock Clock
Kenji Utsumi as Kei Gamata
Kousei Tomita as Higeoyaji (Shunsaku Ban)
Mari Okamoto as Rococo
Minori Matsushima as Peach
Chikao Ohtsuka as Lednof and Nikolai Rednov
Hisashi Katsuta as Dr. Ochanomizu
Ichirō Nagai as Notarian
Kazuya Tatekabe as Tabasco
Kenichi Ogata as Borokin
Kumiko Takizawa as Cocoa
Minoru Midorikawa as Suntory Whisky
Ryoko Kinomiya as Mozu
Shigezou Sasaoka as Gamata's Thug
Tamio Ohki as Dr. Frankenstein

References

^ "Anime Sols to Stream Original Yatterman, Aoi Blink, Tezuka Films". Anime News Network. May 4, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2014.

External links

Fumoon anime at TezukaOsamu@World
Tioanime
Nextworld (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Osamu Tezuka

Manga
1940s	Diary of Ma-chan (1946) Shin Takarajima (1947) Lost World (1948) Angel Gunfighter (1949) Metropolis (1949)
1950s	Faust (1950) Kimba the White Lion (1950–1954) Nextworld (1951) Age of Adventure (1951–1953) Ambassador Atom (1951–1952) The Fossil Island (1951) The Adventure of Rock (1952–1954) Astro Boy (1952–1968) Crime and Punishment (1953) Princess Knight (1953–1956) Chief Detective Kenichi (1954–1956) The Devil of the Earth (1954) Lion Books (1956–1957) Biiko-chan (1957) The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight (1958) The Film Lives On (1958–1959) Peacock Shell (1958) The Twin Knights (1958) Dr. Thrill (1959) The Merchant of Venice (1959) Song of the White Peacock (1959)
1960s	Angel's Hill (1960–1961) Captain Ken (1960–1961) Brave Dan (1962) Big X (1963–1966) Princess Knight (1963–1966) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Ambassador Magma (1965–1967) The Vampires (1966–1967) Dororo (1967–1969) Gum Gum Punch (1967–1969) Phoenix (1967–1988) Princess Knight (1967–1968) Activist Student (1968) Grand Dolls (1968) Swallowing the Earth (1968–1969) The Crater (1969–1970) Triton of the Sea (1969–1971)
1970s	Alabaster (1970–1971) Apollo's Song (1970) Bomba! (1970) The Book of Human Insects (1970–1971) Marvelous Melmo (1970–1972) Ode to Kirihito (1970–1971) Birdman Anthology (1971–1975) Lion Books II (1971–1973) Little Wansa (1971–1972) Serenade of a Pig's Navel (1971) Ayako (1972–1973) Buddha (1972–1983) Lay of the Rhine (1972) Lord Iechika Mogami (1972) The Moon and Wolves (1972) Old Folk's Home (1972) Black Jack (1973–1983) Microid S (1973) The Record of Peter Kürten (1973) Sensual Nights (1973) Son of Godfather (1973) The Three-Eyed One (1974–1978) Boy Detective Zumbera (1975) Rainbow Prelude (1975) MW (1976–1978) Unico (1976–1979) Don Dracula (1979) Insect Collector (1979) Insect Collector – The Butterfly Road Smells of Death (1979) The Thief Akikazu Inoue (1979)
1980s	Hidamari no Ki (1981–1986) Rainbow Parakeet (1981–1983) Spaceship Ringel Rock (1982) Suspicion (1982) Volcanic Eruption (1982) Message to Adolf (1983–1985) Peace Concert (1984) Duke Goblin (1985–1986) Gringo (1987–1989) Ludwig B (1987–1989)

Anime
1960s	Alakazam the Great (1960) Astro Boy (1963–1966) Big X (1964–1965) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Kimba the White Lion (1965–2009) Leo the Lion (1966–1967) Gokū no Daibōken (1967) Princess Knight (1967–1999) Dororo (1969) A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
1970s	Cleopatra (1970) Marvelous Melmo (1971–1972) Triton of the Sea (1972–1979) Belladonna of Sadness (1973) Little Wansa (1973) Microid S (1973) Jetter Mars (1977) Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979) Unico (1979–1983)
1980s	Astro Boy (1980–1981) Fumoon (1980) Phoenix 2772 (1980) Don Dracula (1982) The Green Cat (1983) Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984) Lunn Flies into the Wind (1985) The Three-Eyed One (1985–1991) Phoenix (1986–2004) Yamataro Comes Back (1986) Blue Blink (1989–1990) The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (1989–1990) Rain Boy (1989)
1990s	Adachi-ga Hara (1991) Akuemon (1993) Ambassador Magma (1993) Black Jack (1993–2011) In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997) Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
2000s	Hidamari no Ki (2000) Metropolis (2001) Astro Boy (2003–2004) Phoenix (2004) Astro Boy (2009) Ravex in Tezuka World (2009)
2010s	Buddha (2011–2014) Dororo (2019) Phoenix: Eden17 (2023)

Characters
Astro Boy Black Jack Hosuke Sharaku Rock Robita List of Astro Boy characters

Related
Animerama Galaxy Boy Troop Mushi Production Star System Tezuka Award Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Tezuka Productions The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime Tokiwa-sō

v t e Tezuka Productions
Television series	Marvelous Melmo (1971–1972) Astro Boy (1980–1981) Don Dracula (1982) Blue Blink (1989–1990) The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (1989–1990) The Three-Eyed One (1990–1991) Dear Brother (1991–1992) In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997) Astro Boy (2003–2004) Phoenix (2004) Black Jack (2004–2006) Black Jack 21 (2006) Mokke (2007–2008) Genji Monogatari Sennenki (2009) Kids on the Slope (2012) Samurai Warriors (2015) Young Black Jack (2015) Dagashi Kashi 2 (2018) Dororo (2019) The Quintessential Quintuplets (2019) Adachi and Shimamura (2020) How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω (2021) Girlfriend, Girlfriend (2021) Muteking the Dancing Hero (2021) The Dawn of the Witch (2022) Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte (2023) My Home Hero (2023) The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses (2023) Under Ninja (2023) The Fable (2024) My Wife Has No Emotion (2024) Astro Boy Reboot (TBA)
OVAs/ONAs	The Green Cat (1983) Phoenix: Yamato/Space Chapter (1987) Ambassador Magma (1993) Black Jack (1993–2011) Black Jack: The Boy Who Came from the Sky (2000) Ravex in Tezuka World (2009) The Prince of Tennis: Best Games!! (2018–present)
Feature films	Phoenix 2772 (1980) Phoenix: Karma Chapter (1986) Black Jack: The Movie (1996) Jungle Emperor Leo (1997) Astro Boy: Mighty Atom - Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA (2005) Black Jack: Futari no Kuroi Isha (2005) Jungle Taitei – Yūki ga Mirai wo Kaeru (2009) Buddha (2011) The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012) Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha ~Owarinaki Tabi~ (2014) Tezuka's Barbara (2019) My Tyrano: Together, Forever (2021)
Video games	Astro Boy: Omega Factor (2003) Astro Boy (2004) Blood Will Tell (2004) Astro Boy: The Video Game (2009)
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