From the New World (novel)
| From the New World | |
Cover of the 2009 reprint
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新世界より (Shin Sekai Yori) |
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| Genre | Speculative fiction, Science fiction, Horror, Drama |
| Novel | |
| Written by | Yusuke Kishi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Teenage, Young Adult |
| Imprint | Kodansha Novels Kodansha Bunko |
| Published | January 23, 2008 August 7, 2009 (Kodansha Novels) January 14, 2011 (Kodansha Bunko) |
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| Written by | Yūsuke Kishi |
| Illustrated by | Tōru Oikawa |
| Published by | Kōdansha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Imprint | Kodansha Comics |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | May 9, 2012 – June 9, 2014 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masashi Ishihama |
| Produced by | Yutaka Ōmatsu |
| Written by | Masashi Sogo |
| Music by | Shigeo Komori |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
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| Original network | CS TV Asahi Channel, TV Asahi, ABC |
| English network | Anime Network |
| Original run | September 29, 2012 – March 23, 2013 |
| Episodes | 25 |
From the New World (新世界より Shin Sekai Yori?) is a Japanese novel by Yusuke Kishi, originally published in 2008 by Kodansha. It received the 29th Nihon SF Taisho Award. The novel has received a manga adaptation in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, which was serialized between May 2012 and June 2014, and an anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures, which aired in Japan between September 2012 and March 2013. The manga series has been licensed by Vertical Inc and the anime by Sentai Filmworks in North America.
Set in Japan, 1000 years after the modern era Shin Sekai Yori follows the life of Saki Watanabe, a girl from the town of Kamisu 66. In this age, all humans possess powerful psychic abilities, and live an idyllic life in agrarian villages. Despite her parents' fears that she may not awaken her powers, Saki gains her special powers at the age of twelve and joins her friends Satoru Asahina, Maria Akizuki, Mamoru Itou, Shun Aonuma, and Reiko Amano in enrolling at school to hone her gifts. However, the children are unaware that the village government is monitoring and evaluating them through the education system. Based on these evaluations, certain students are removed from society, whether it is for poor performance, such as with Reiko, or for cheating. These removed students are also forgotten by the other children; Saki and her remaining friends have no memory of Reiko. Later, during an unsupervised camping field trip, Saki and her friends encounter the False Minoshiro, a mythical animal revealed to be an ancient library robot. The False Minoshiro explains much of the violent truth of their people's history and what their special powers truly are.
In AD 2013, 0.1 percent of the population developed psychic abilities that allowed them to alter their surrounding environment. Soon after the powers manifest, many begin using them for violence and crime. This leads to a breakdown of modern society and a world war that devastates the human population. The conscious and unconscious use of these powers alter the wildlife and the environment. After the fall of modern society, oppressive, feudalistic regimes rise up over humanity. These regimes, too, dissolve in chaos due to the violence of the psychic humans. Eventually, the psychic endowed humans established a stable society where they control their powers by using genetic modification and social conditioning to make themselves incapable of violence against other humans (Attack Inhibition). If a psychic human kills another, a biological Death Feedback is activated, causing the murderer's organs to shut down and the attacker to die almost instantly. The villages also use genetically designed animals for various purposes. The mole-like Monster Rats resemble humanity, able to speak human language and living in a complex eusocial society ruled by queens. The feline Impure Cats are used to kill children at risk of developing one of the two dangerous disorders: the Karmic Demons (業魔 Gōma?), who are unable to control their powers, and the Ogres (悪鬼 Akki?), who can suppress the Attack Inhibition and Death Feedback and use their special powers against humans.
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