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** Not to mention the mega-tsunamis that would hit any coasts on the Pacific as well instead of only minor damage to other countries seen in the anime.
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Based on the 1970's (1973) novel of nearly the same name written by Sakyo Komatsu, ''Japan Sinks: 2020'' takes many liberties with the characters, events and themes. As such, many of the tropes that applied to the book might not apply here.

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Based on the 1970's (1973) 1973 novel of nearly the same name written by Sakyo Komatsu, ''Japan Sinks: 2020'' takes many liberties with the characters, events and themes. As such, many of the tropes that applied to the book might not apply here.
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* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: The [[spoiler:Russian news anchor and doctors]] in episode #10 were voiced by native [[spoiler:Russian]] speakers.
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* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: [[spoiler: Koichiro turns out have some very impressive and useful survivalist skills, so naturally he's the first main character to die, getting killed off at the end of episode 2.]]
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Based on the 1970's novel of nearly the same name written by Sakyo Komatsu, ''Japan Sinks: 2020'' takes many liberties with the characters, events and themes. As such, many of the tropes that applied to the book might not apply here.

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Based on the 1970's (1973) novel of nearly the same name written by Sakyo Komatsu, ''Japan Sinks: 2020'' takes many liberties with the characters, events and themes. As such, many of the tropes that applied to the book might not apply here.
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''Japan Sinks: 2020'' (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu 2020) is the second collaborative series between acclaimed director Creator/MasaakiYuasa of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' fame and Creator/ScienceSARU, which was also distributed through Creator/{{Netflix}}. It follows the Mutohs, a mixed-race Filipino-Japanese family as they struggle through the collapsing countryside of Japan after [[DisasterMovie disaster strikes]]. The journey centers around Mutoh Ayumu, a naive trackstar, her fully Japanese father [[PapaBear Koichiro]], [[BigBeautifulWoman larger than life]] swimmer mother [[BigFun Mari]], and her little brother, [[BrattyHalfPint wannabe e-sport athlete]] Go. Tagging along are two classmates who manage to survive the destruction with her, Nanami and Koda.

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''Japan Sinks: 2020'' (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu 2020) is the second collaborative series between acclaimed director Creator/MasaakiYuasa of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' fame and Creator/ScienceSARU, Creator/ScienceSARU (with production assistance by Creator/{{Akatsuki}}), which was also distributed through Creator/{{Netflix}}. It follows the Mutohs, a mixed-race Filipino-Japanese family as they struggle through the collapsing countryside of Japan after [[DisasterMovie disaster strikes]]. The journey centers around Mutoh Ayumu, a naive trackstar, her fully Japanese father [[PapaBear Koichiro]], [[BigBeautifulWoman larger than life]] swimmer mother [[BigFun Mari]], and her little brother, [[BrattyHalfPint wannabe e-sport athlete]] Go. Tagging along are two classmates who manage to survive the destruction with her, Nanami and Koda.
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* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler:When an earthquake finally reaches Shun city, some of the employees get bright idea to loot the vault instead of evacuating. Mari catches two in the act, only for a separate group to arrive with the same intentions. This results in a shooting match which everybody dead except Mari.]]
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Defunct trope.


* AmbiguousDisorder: Daichi, the child icon of Shan City, has a developmental disorder that left him unable to speak, implied to be autism.
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* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: After disappearing for a couple of episodes in which [[spoiler:Mari, Go and Ayumu are stranded at sea]] after Japan is about half sunk, KITE reappears doing a BigDamnHeroes with an amphibious APC that he obtained from someplace.
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* DeterminedWidow: After losing her husband, [[spoiler:Mari]] will do anything to keep her children and their friends safe as they try to find a way to survive.
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* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Mari's trip overseas was to have surgery to implant a ventricular assist device to supplement her weakened heart, the pouch she is seen carrying throughout the series being a container for the device's battery. After Mt. Fuji erupts and the skies are blacked out by ash, Mari becomes unable to use solar power to recharge her battery: from that point, her life would not last much longer.]]

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%%* AmazonianBeauty:
%%** Mari, due to her past career as a pro swimmer.
%%** [[spoiler:Ayumu is also shown to have grown up into one in the epilogue, having become a track star.]]



* ApocalypseHow: ApocalypseHow/Class0. The earthquakes are centered on Japan, with nearby costal areas suffering lesser effects, but the damage to Japan is severe. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, the entire archipelago has been submerged, but is beginning to re-emerge.]]

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* ApocalypseHow: ApocalypseHow/Class0. The earthquakes are centered on Japan, with nearby costal coastal areas suffering lesser effects, but the damage to Japan is severe. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, the entire archipelago has been submerged, but is beginning to re-emerge.]]
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Zero Context. Also the trope is for muscular women portrayed as attractive not any muscular woman.


* AmazonianBeauty: Mari, due to her past career as a pro swimmer. [[spoiler:Ayumu is also shown to have grown up into one in the epilogue, having become a track star.]]
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* BigSisterInstinct: Ayumu for Go, which only increases as the series goes on (not that you can blame her). Kite kinda acts as one for the group as a whole.
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''Japan Sinks: 2020'' (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu 2020) is the second collaborative series between acclaimed director Creator/MasaakiYuasa of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' fame and Creator/ScienceSARU, which was also distributed through Creator/{{Netflix}}. It follows the Mutohs, a mixed-race Filipino-Japanese family as they struggle through the collapsing countryside of Japan after [[DisasterMovie disaster strikes]]. The journey centers around Mutoh Ayumu, a naive trackstar, her fully Japanese father [[PapaBear Koichiro]], [[BigBeautiuflWoman larger than life]] swimmer mother [[BigFun Mari]], and her little brother, [[BrattyHalfPint wannabe e-sport athlete]] Go. Tagging along are two classmates who manage to survive the destruction with her, Nanami and Koda.

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''Japan Sinks: 2020'' (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu 2020) is the second collaborative series between acclaimed director Creator/MasaakiYuasa of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' fame and Creator/ScienceSARU, which was also distributed through Creator/{{Netflix}}. It follows the Mutohs, a mixed-race Filipino-Japanese family as they struggle through the collapsing countryside of Japan after [[DisasterMovie disaster strikes]]. The journey centers around Mutoh Ayumu, a naive trackstar, her fully Japanese father [[PapaBear Koichiro]], [[BigBeautiuflWoman [[BigBeautifulWoman larger than life]] swimmer mother [[BigFun Mari]], and her little brother, [[BrattyHalfPint wannabe e-sport athlete]] Go. Tagging along are two classmates who manage to survive the destruction with her, Nanami and Koda.

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