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The historical fantasy romance centers on Yougyoku Kan (or Yang Yuhuan in Chinese), who lost her parents and now lives with her adoptive parents in cramped conditions. She was naturally born with a rare beauty, and although her beauty troubles her, she wants to know the meaning of love someday. (Source: Anime News Network) *Note: Based on the novels of writer Baku Yumemakura, illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, and ceramics artist Shoukoku Kanou about Yang Guifei, who is known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China.*
The catastrophe, "Hammer of Eden," resulted in the loss of six billion lives and the flooding of 90% of the land. The New United Nations were formed to pursue peace on the ruined lands 14 years later. Keel is a boy living in a town called Yabitsu, an area which prospered due to the energy from the nuclear generator brought by the catastrophe. His next kin, Aoi, is the secretary general of the New United Nations. She views the catastrophe as an opportunity to create a new world in which nations can help one another overcome differences in races and religions. However, her efforts to realize that vision fail because of the unwillingness of the nations to change. Gould, a military officer, feels that the only way to make an order is through the military. Using Ulysses, a nuclear submarine, along with his crew, including Keel's brother Tean, Gould carries out a coup to declare war against the New United Nations in his attack on Yabitsu. (Source: ANN)
Set twenty-five years after conclusion of the popular manga series *Submarine 707*...... Captain Hayami and his crew have grown older as they set out on an unknown voyage with a new generation! The realistic depiction of submarine navigation and equipment such as sonar and torpedoes has had a profound influence on other maritime works. (Source: Bunkasha, translated)
Daisan no Nami (The Third Wave) makes startling sense of the violent changes now battering our world. Its sweeping synthesis casts fresh light on our new forms of marriage and family, on today’s dramatic changes in business and economics. It explains the role of cults, the new definitions of work, play, love, and success. It points toward new forms of twenty-first-century democracy. (Source: Penguin Random House) Note: Cover image of volume 3 is unavailable.
