India, July 5 -- A wave of anxiety is sweeping across Asia as two separate prophecies, one from a late Japanese manga artist and other from framed Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga, have sparked growing fears of disaster in 2025. Despite there being no scientific basis for these doomsday claims, it has caused fear in some.

At the heart of the panic is Ryo Tatsuki, a manga artist known for her 1999 book The Future I Saw, Ladbible reported. Among several eerily timed predictions, one idea has now grabbed international attention: a prophecy about a catastrophic event in southern Japan on July 5, 2025, with visions of the ocean 'boiling'.

After the recent earthquake in Myanmar and a fresh government report warning of possible mega-quakes near Jap...