"Zwei eindrucksvolle Erzählungen aus dem Leben der Wanderarbeiter in einem japanischen Atomkraftwerk bilden den Auftakt zu diesem Manga. Mehr als zwanzig Jahre vor der Nuklearkatastrophe in Fukushima 2011 nutzte Susumu Katsumata, der selbst Kernphysik studiert hatte, das Medium, um auf die Gefahren der Atomkraft und die prekären Bedingungen aufmerksam zu machen, unter denen in Japan Atomkraftwerke instand gehalten werden."

Links: https://reprodukt.com/products/teufelsfisch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susumu_Katsumata_(manga_artist)
https://www.reddition.de/blog/frisch-gelesen-archiv/reprodukt/fg-377-teufelsfisch-susumu-katsumata-reprodukt
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/fukushima-atomkatastrophe-im-auge-des-mangas-100.html

"The Atom Suit continues the thread of Yanobe’s earlier works—the complex robotized machines and suits designed to protect their hosts from environmental hazards. Scholars often refer to these artworks as “survival vehicles,” “survival devices,” or “survival gear.” Because the artist created them for gallery exhibitions, their preoccupation with survival was understood merely as an art theme, a play of “near autistic imagination” that either distracts from the world’s challenges or indulges in an apocalyptic delusion. This attitude also carries over to the Atom Suit Project. Even though it was staged not in a gallery but at a nuclear disaster site, scholars still consider the project’s inclinations toward survival as imaginary or symbolic"

Nazar Kozak: "Kenji Yanobe, Atom Suit, and Chornobyl: Enacting Survival After Nuclear Disaster". In: Afterimage (2023) 50 (3): 55–80. (University of California Press)

https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2023.50.3.55

Links: https://online.ucpress.edu/afterimage/article/50/3/55/197197/Kenji-Yanobe-Atom-Suit-and-ChornobylEnacting
https://yanobe.com/en_works/1748

Atom Suit Project: Tanks, Chernobyl (1997) by Kenji Yanobe; © Kenji Yanobe, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art collection; courtesy the artist; photograph by Russell Liebman.

"The traveling exhibition from Princeton University, “Shadows and Ashes: The Peril of Nuclear Weapons,” investigates the consequences of nuclear weapons in the technical and emotive senses. This exhibit of art and science examines the role of nuclear weapons in our society and reflects on their results. By combining artwork and scientific information, it opens conversations on the practical and the philosophical implications of humans’ continued efforts to create and to dismantle nuclear weapons."

Links:

https://cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/system/resources/attachments/3/d/5/original-f277bc48cddb86efd9164f18a6119a3dfe4ff256.pdf

https://spia.princeton.edu/events/shadows-and-ashes-peril-nuclear-weapons

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/reppy-institute-peace-and-conflict-studies/events/paths-peace

"This collection of now-famous drawings and paintings by “Hibakusha” (A-Bomb survivors) is now housed in the Peace Memorial Museum and pieces from the collection form a traveling exhibition from time to time. They also are the subject of a book, Unforgettable Fire: Pictures Drawn by Atomic Bomb Survivors, an account of what happened and a catalogue of images of the mushroom cloud and aftermath of fire, black rain, and radiation." (Psychology Today, Review, 6. August 2020)

Links: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/arts-and-health/202008/images-tell-the-stories-atrocity-and-humanity

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/04/world/gallery/hiroshima-70th-anniversary-drawings/index.html

"Marine organisms and resources are a common wealth for all humanity. The ocean plays a crucial role in the biogeochemical cycles of the Earth. The discharge of radioactive elements from the Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the ocean can lead to the spread of radioactive nuclides, causing long-term unknown effects on the evolution and health of marine organisms, ultimately impacting human well-being."

(Zhou 2024)

Links: https://academic.oup.com/jpe/article/17/3/rtae006/7588758 (Xiaoqi Zhou: Uncharted effects of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Wastewater Discharge on marine life; 2024)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00244-024-01063-z (Decline in the Conception Rate of Wild Japanese Monkeys after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident; Hayama Shin-ichi et. al., 25. April, 2024)

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/fotografie/fukushima-japans-retter-der-verlorenen-tiere-fotoreportage-17235209.html  (10. März 2021)

https://www.ippnw.de/commonFiles/pdfs/Forum/141/Auswirkungen_Tschernobyl-Fukushima_auf_die_Tierwelt.pdf