"Taira" to "Takashi". Another fictionalized account of the conflict forms the central plot of "Civil War" (also known as "Turbulent Times"), the ninth volume of Osamu Tezuka's celebrated Phoenix series of comics. The Genpei War is the backdrop for much of Katherine Patterson's young adult novel, Of Nightingales That Weep. In popular culture Literary fiction The entire story of Yoshitsune has been told in a novel form by Pamela S. Turner in the book Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune (2016). Film and television The science-communicating book Cosmos (1980) and subsequent television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980), presented by Carl Sagan, features the Genpei War in the second episode, "One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue", broadcast on 5 October 1980, as an introduction to discuss the phenomenon of the Heike Crabs. The conflict between the Genji and Heike gangs in the 2007 Japanese Western film Sukiyaki Western Django mirrors that of the actual Genpei war, albeit "a few hundred years after." The 61st Taiga Drama, The 13 Lords of the Shogun, features the Genpei War in the first 17 episodes. Games Cinemaware's 1989 Amiga title Lords of the Rising Sun features the Genpei War. On 21 September 2011, The Creative Assembly released a DLC pack for Total War: Shogun 2 entitled "Rise of the Samurai", which allows players to play as members of the Taira, the Minamoto, or the Fujiwara families. Through a complex system of province building, diplomacy, research, and combat, players can decide the outcome of the Genpei War for themselves. "The Forgotten", an expansion developed for Ensemble Studios's 1999 Age of Empires II which was released for free with 2013's Age of Empires II: HD Edition included a scenario based loosely on the Battle of Kurikara. The player attacks five Taira princes before taking Kyoto. Namco's 1986 arcade horror/fantasy Genpei Tōmaden imagines the outcome of the Genpei War bringing an age of darkness to Japan, with a resurrected Taira no Kagekiyo tasked to defeat a demonic rendition of Minamoto no Yoritomo. In the Nioh 2 DLC The Tengu's Disciple, the Protagonist travels back in time to the Genpei War. See also Kuroshima and Taijima, a set of islands off the coast of Wakayama used as a naval base during the war Military history of Japan Outline of war Sanemori (Noh play) Sukiyaki Western Django, a film inspired by the events References External links Genpei