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wedgeofpie
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Check out Pumpkin Scissors. The focus of the story is actually post-war and the numerous difficulties faced in the aftermath of a long running conflict, but the setting is very much based on europe caught between the first and second world war.
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Sarii Seiichirou Haydn
 Posts: 18 Location: Indonesia (English is my 2nd language) |
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yessss...gundam is the most awesome war anime
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i watched a war anime lyk gundam but i forgot the tittle(i always forget the tittle) lolz... haaaha, maybe i'll write again if i remember the tittle
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Unit 03.5-ish
Posts: 1540 Location: This space for rent |
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If you can stand the whining and angst and the whining, I guess Gundam's OK for a universe based on the very idea of war, though I could never stand Gundam in its various incarnations for reasons that would better be outlined in a discussion on Gundam. Needless to say it's not my style.
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7983 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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I personally would not recomend that to anybody because spoiler[of the fact that it just leaves you hanging and feels really incomplete. It makes a large effort to build up that plotline about that secret society giving out advanced weaponry but then doesn't do anything with it. It's in desperate need of a second season.] Didn't stop me from enjoying it or buying it once the sets came out though. |
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USMCoif
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You should try "the cockpit" i think is like 3 different stories. But if u really REALLY want to get a good war story, there is nothing but actual story from those that been in there and came back alive. I highly recommend you the book "With the old breed" you can either read or audio book this. Also Startship troopers is great (although its fiction), also there is audio book.
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Bento-Box
 Posts: 1049 Location: Florida |
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I can't think of any "military" shows without mecha to be completely honest. Most of the new stuff is mecha (that I've seen, anyways).
You could always try Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The series is more "magic" and "action/adventure" than military, but it does have a lot of militaristic themes in it and has similar modern political and military situations that someone interested in history might appreciate. |
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ShinobiX
 Posts: 889 Location: NY |
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Watch Black Lagoon, Madlax, or Noir. Only ones I can think of right now. Realistic, no fiction, mostly black ops stuff or assassinations. Closest I think ur going to get.
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luffypirate
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I'd say Flag, but you said you are tired of mecha and they do tie it into the show...
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Kruszer
Posts: 7983 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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It's simply not all that popular because things based on WWII would reopen the giant cultural scar that seemingly still hasn't healed. If it had I'd think there'd be more of that sort of entertainment. Add to that the restrictions placed on their military strength afterward you won't see them entering many conflicts and thus not having that much material to write fiction on. That being said, go watch Cat Shit One. It may have cuddly animals as main characters, but it's a serious, modern war OVA, featuring modern weaponry and tactics. Last edited by Kruszer on Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:09 am; edited 2 times in total |
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the Rancorous
 Posts: 2248 Location: Hunting the Dragon in Gransys |
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Well, because to the rest of the world, Japan was the "bad-guys" in WWII. They were "expanding territory" AKA: conquering surrounding nations. If you're familiar with what they did to Nanking, China, you should know why that's a black piece of history people in general would like to forget. Also, like dormcat said, since their defeat in WWII, Japan really hasn't had a military; therefore, they have far less war-stories to exploit compared to the U.S., U.K., Russia, etc. |
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rho
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I've heard of Barefoot Gen, which is about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II and a survivor's aftermath.
There's also FMA Brotherhood as someone else suggested, though that takes place in a different universe, so there's no countries like America or France. |
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DuskyPredator
 Posts: 15465 Location: Brisbane, Australia |
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Damn Kruszer got her first in saying Cat Shit One, as it is modern war really, just with cudly animals, although the camels are not very cuddly. They are really only animals to represent their nationality.
I can not really think of many that fit the description, Full Metal Panic has flashbacks in what would probably be modern war. It is just that most of the anime is set with mecha, and the good guys aswell as bad have extra strong mecha in comparison. There are a few battles that are done without the mecha, and most of Sousuke's hijinx such as what he does at school is not too sci-fi. |
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wanderlustking
 Posts: 449 Location: Bozeman, Montana |
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I've been bitching about this for a long time. One reason is because, having spent a great deal of time in Japan; as a Marine in my youth, and as a civilian later in life- I would love to see Americans exposed to the way the Japanese treat members of their deference force, which is extremely respectful. Another reason is that I returned last year from a deployment in Afghanistan, and unfortunately, I'm one of those Marines that just can't let the place go. I'd go back tomorrow if I could, but since I've been wounded in action one to many times, that's not going to happen. The next best thing for me would be to see my war accurately portrayed in my favorite medium.
It would be especially interesting, I think, if it were handled by Japanese Marines. I've worked a lot with those guys, and they include some of my dearest friends, but they have some really crazy ideas about urban warfare...but I digress. |
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poilk92
 Posts: 433 Location: Long Beach California |
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Well alot of anime is about the spectacle, special effects are cheap when animated so it fills the niche of "razzle dazzle" with all its giant robots and space explosions. Because of this I think many creators believe not having giant robots and laser beams will make their anime seem bland. And always remember they are not making anime for us, they are making it for the Japanese who might be less interested in US dominated modern warfare
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madlaxNoir2001
Posts: 49 Location: Anacortes,Washington |
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Konpeki no Kentai or deep blue fleet is one of big and surprising has a very long ova run like Legend of Galactic Heroes . Sadly with the idea of japan win world war 2 and the high episode count i highly doubt that they will ever license this show .
Silent service and zipang are two example of military show that got licensed sadly cpm only put part 1 not both part 1 and part 2 .The good news is that zipang was fully released before Geneon went out . |
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