| Nextworld | |
 The cover to Volume 1 of the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition | |
| 来るべき世界 (Kitarubeki Sekai) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Fuji Shobo |
| English publisher | |
| 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.
It is the third and final work in what is regarded as Osamu Tezuka's early science fiction trilogy, consisting of Lost World (1948), Metropolis (1949) and Nextworld (1951).[2] Though they are separate, self-contained stories, they are often collected together in reprints.[3][4]
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.
Fumoon (フウムーン) is a 1980 Japanese science fiction anime television film created for Nippon Television Network's annual 24-hour charity program, Ai wa Chikyū o Suku (愛は地球を救う; "Love Saves The Earth"). Its plot is based on Nextworld.
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.
