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In the year 2011, a small percentage of humans began manifesting psychokinetic abilities known as "Cantus." Over a millennium later, in the small town of Kamisu 66, Saki Watanabe is the last of her friends to awaken her powers and join the Sage Academy, a school for psychics like her. Although everyone at the institution has Cantus, they are not all equal; shortly after Saki enrolls, one of her classmates who is regarded as being weaker than the others suddenly disappears. Walking home one day with her friends—the determined Maria Akizuki, the intelligent Shun Aonuma, the observant Satoru Asahina, and the timid Mamoru Itou—she comes across two unfamiliar creatures known as "Monster Rats." Th...
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What is Cantus in From the New World?
Cantus is the psychokinetic power that reshapes human society in From the New World. The anime begins with people developing these abilities in 2011, then jumps more than a thousand years ahead to Saki Watanabe's life in Kamisu 66.
Why do people compare From the New World to dystopian science fiction instead of normal school anime?
Although Saki and her friends attend Sage Academy, the story is really about social control, memory, taboo history, and engineered fear. The school setting hides a much darker system built to manage children with potentially catastrophic psychic powers.
Who made the From the New World anime?
The anime was produced by A-1 Pictures and adapts Yusuke Kishi's novel Shinsekai yori. It aired as a 25-episode TV series in the early 2010s.
What are the queerats in From the New World?
The queerats, also called Monster Rats in some translations, are one of the story's central nonhuman societies. Their relationship with psychic humans becomes more important as Saki learns how Kamisu 66's peaceful surface depends on exploitation and hidden violence.
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