[Machine Translation] Tracing the legacy of Japanese postwar science fiction through the contemporary significance of the issues raised by Frankenstein, which was written 200 years ago, such as the "succession of sequences," "replication of intelligence and labor," and "interpretation of motherhood"! The theme of "From Monsters to Robots and Cyborgs" connects domestic manga and anime such as Astro Boy, Tetsujin 28, and Android Kikaider, and traces their succession and transition to leading Japanese SF authors such as Sakyo Komatsu, Ryu Mitsuse, Yoshio Aramaki, Koji Tanaka, and Masanori Yamada, as well as to the collaboration work of Keisuke Ito and Tou Enjo, "Empire of the Corpse". The spiritual history that underlies "Empire of the Corpse," a collaboration between Keigaku Ito and To Enjo....