a spirit of the sun anime

Alt title: Taiyou no Mokushiroku

Calamity strikes the country of Japan as a series of brutal earthquakes literally tear the island in two. Put in an impossible predicament, the Japanese government agrees to hand control of the country over to the United States and China in exchange for aid. Tensions flare, both at home and abroad in Taiwan, where 80,000 survivors have ended up.

Reviews

StoryAs scenarios go, Taiyou no Mokushiroku's is packed with potential. Japan is rent asunder by the awesome forces of nature, literally cleaved in two by a succession of earthquakes. Half is given over to Chinese control, half to the United States.

Synopsis

On August 10 2002, the eruption of Mount Fuji, as well as a series of large-scale earthquakes tsunamis inflict tremendous damage to Japan, sending the country into a state of emergency. Furthermore, another massive earthquake hit Japan on August 15, splitting the country into two.

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What is the spirit of the sun about?

A Spirit of The Sun (太陽の黙示録#N#,#N#Taiyou no Mokushiroku?) is a seinen manga written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi about a resourceful boy, Genichiro Ryu, as he survives a series of natural disasters and collapse of the economy in Japan set in the beginning of the 21st century. It was serialized in Shogakukan 's Big Comic. In February 2009, Shogakukan has currently released seventeen bound volumes, with the first on May 30, 2003. A Spirit of The Sun received the 2006 Shogakukan Manga Award for the seinen /general category along with Rainbow by Masasumi Kakizaki and George Abe.

What was the 2006 Shogakukan Manga Award?

A Spirit of The Sun received the 2006 Shogakukan Manga Award for the seinen /general category. It also received the grand prize for the comic category at the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006.