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NEWS: U.S. Navy to Create Manga to Explain Itself to Japan


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grgspunk



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:20 pm Reply with quote
Is anyone going to be doing scanalations of this? I'd like to take a look just for the heck of it.
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:10 am Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
"Greetings, Japanese citizens. We're not occupying your islands; we're just 'borrowing' them to fend off Korean commie aggressors. When our stand-off with them ends, we'll gladly return them to you. If the time it took to end the Cold War is any indication, we'll be out of here in about a couple more decades or so. Thanks."


that's funny. well...actually the fact that its basically true makes it sad. Crying or Very sad
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 9:49 am Reply with quote
britannicamoore wrote:
GATSU wrote:
"Greetings, Japanese citizens. We're not occupying your islands; we're just 'borrowing' them to fend off Korean commie aggressors. When our stand-off with them ends, we'll gladly return them to you. If the time it took to end the Cold War is any indication, we'll be out of here in about a couple more decades or so. Thanks."


that's funny. well...actually the fact that its basically true makes it sad. Crying or Very sad
That might be sooner than GATSU thinks. Wink
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The Ramblin' Wreck



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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:09 pm Reply with quote
Using a cartoon (manga) medium to promote a government program/agency/mission?

My goodness, that's so radical, so unorthodox!

Someone go tell Woodsy the Owl, Smokey the Bear, or McGruff the CrimeDog.
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ZeroRyoko1974



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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:59 am Reply with quote
Whats the name of that manga that has like a R Lee Ermey marine character that curses in engrish using lines from Full Metal Jacket?
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mrgazpacho



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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:01 am Reply with quote
ZeroRyoko1974 wrote:
Whats the name of that manga that has like a R Lee Ermey marine character that curses in engrish using lines from Full Metal Jacket?


Maritan?
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ZeroRyoko1974



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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:10 am Reply with quote
yeah, thats it. They don't need to create a manga, Japan already did it for them Very Happy
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mrgazpacho



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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:53 pm Reply with quote
Here's a little example of the rather fruity language in Maritan - Not Safe For Work, obviously: http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1533/maritan03uu9.jpg

Laughing
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:27 am Reply with quote
Kubrick and moe seems kinda weird...
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