Ichi-f
A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
- Paperback
1 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2017
Summary
The strongest earthquake in Japanese history hit the Tohoku region on March 11, 2011, and the resulting tsunami killed over 15,000 people. But, for residents of Fukushima Prefecture, the nightmare was just beginning. The world watched as the Fukushima Dai-ichi (Fukushima #1, or 1-F) nuclear plant, its safety equipment drowned by the tsunami, experienced a slow and catastrophic meltdown. Over the following years, the cleanup effort would be fraught with controversy, setbacks, and, most of all,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781632363558 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1632363550 |
| Author: | Kazuto Tatsuta |
| Publisher: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Imprint: | Kodansha Comics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 557g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 146mm |
| Series: | Ichi-F |
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Critics Review
“This is a very human look at a sensationalized issue, and Tatsuta’s approach is level headed and informative without being dry.” -Otaku USA “An emotional and personal work…
“This is a very human look at a sensationalized issue, and Tatsuta’s approach is level headed and informative without being dry.” -Otaku USA
“An emotional and personal work… that should have appeal beyond the normal manga reader crowd.” -Anime News Network
“A tremendous amount of work from the translator Stephen Paul and others at Kodansha has gone into Ichi-F in an effort to make the manga as accurate and as widely accessible as possible… What in many ways started out as just a job ends with Tatsuta caring deeply about and for his colleagues at the plant, the locals and residents of Fukushima, and the area itself… an individual perspective critical to the larger context.” -Experiments in Manga
About The Author
Kazuto Tatsuta
After participating in the Fukushima nuclear cleanup effort for six months in 2012, before being forced to quit due to radiation exposure, Kazuto Tatsuta decided to draw a graphic memoir about his experiences to give the public a look inside the secretive effort. Ichi-F started as a short amateur manga, which was extended into a longer work after winning the Morning Manga Open Award. It is his professional manga debut.
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