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Tsunami

No, not rhetoric. The cataclysm that is shaking the Japanese can not really leave me indifferent. In the first instance as in Japan lives a dear relative. During the day we were able to hear from him. The first thought was honest about his condition, very frightened but otherwise all right. Compared to the affected areas of the South, to be precise in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on the east coast of the country, fortunately, the least affected by the violence of the shock and tsunami.
Later, our thoughts go to Japan as a whole, this country so far yet so close to ours, especially for the generations of the past forty years have intertwined with Japanese culture more or less ties pronfondi due mainly to Japanese comics and animation, but also to the cinema, literature, all 'art of the country of the Rising Sun. Our imagination, like it or not, is partly soaked in influences of Japan, it seems obvious, no need to disturb the talented essayists in the industry. in mind we are all a little 'Japanese.
Finally, the historical reasons. During World War II Italy and Japan were allies. We know how that turned out. Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked a tipping point in human history. The Japanese
to overcome the disasters have shown great tenacity and a willingness in the past.
In Japan, however, many nuclear plants have suffered serious damage from the quake. The latest news admit the possibility of leakage of radioactivity into the environment. What is happening should lead all to a deep reflection on the relationship between man and nature. And the fate of man on Earth. We also cartoonists have to deal with the reality of these arguments, we can not remain indifferent.
The image above is a reproduction of a work by Japanese Katsushika Hokusai entitled The Great Wave of Kanagawa , which is part of a cycle dedicated to the broader views of Mount Fuji taken in the early nineteenth century. Hard not to think of the tsunami that struck Japan. If the paint can "see" before, even the comic then it could "get" before. To help understand the present and imagine a different future.