Forum - View topicINTEREST: Hundreds Clamor To See Restored Zero Fighter After The Wind Rises Film
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mdo7
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Wow, didn't know this would happen. Very interesting.
 
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ajr
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A few summers ago I was surprised to learn that there are only 3 Zeroes left in flying condition out of the produced 10,939. The movie Tora! Tora! Tora! had to use T-6 Texans instead.
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mdo7
Posts: 6253 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Yeah comparing the T-6 Texans: 
and the Mitusubishi A6M Zero: 
They do look very much alike. |
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Sailor S
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And of those three, there's only one that still has the original engine. The other two use a similar American engine, a Pratt and Whitney. |
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hashihime
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I guess "hundreds" of people wanting to see the plane isn't too many, but it always worries me when Japanese start thinking positively about any aspect of their warlike past. Germans have rejected that past far more definitely than Japanese seem to have.
Of course, I wish Americans would reject their warlike present, too, but that is a different matter. |
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Kougeru
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Mohawk52
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Corsair 
and the P-51 
Shame ours couldn't get a chance to get a few in 
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mgosdin
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There are many quotes regarding the dangers of ignoring the past. It is vital to understand what happened and why, otherwise repeats of historical errors will happen. An unblinking honest assessment is what is needed. Oh, and the Zero was a hell of a piece of engineering / art. It deserves careful study & preservation along with it's contemporaries from the US, Britain & Germany. Mark Gosdin |
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GATSU
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I think they just like planes for the same reason kids like plane simulators. Just the fantasy. Obviously, they wouldn't want to be forced to kill someone in a real-life situation.
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7jaws7
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I think it's cool that more people are getting interested in aircraft because of anime
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mdo7
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Wow, didn't know that. 
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xScar
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I took this picture yesterday in front of Hakata Station in Fukuoka.
Obviously this one isn't restored like the one in the news post, but I was quite surprised to see it out there yesterday.
And that's the point of the Wind Rises -- Jiro wanted to make a beautiful plane. His goal wasn't a war machine. |
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Chagen46
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I don't think that was what they were implying. Japan's population, especially its youth, is starting to take on a more worringly nationalistic and xenophobic (even more than usual) political bent in response to the failures of the Japanese economy. For a good example of this, just look at Kancolle and it's immense popularity--part is from the girls and gameplay, but part is because it fetishizes and majesties Japan's military and navy. I was brought to this unique opinion from a South Korean editorial, which is unfortunately only in Korean. I'm not fully sold on it--the author could be a crank. who knows--but it's food for thought. |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
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And this is only a problem if your ancestors were on the "wrong" side? What about good ol' Uncle Sam? If I was to post a random picture of a gun, chances are the next American who came along would be able to ID it instantly. That's not military fetishism? |
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Chagen46
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Talk to the person who wrote that article. Remember that my source is someone saying what the gist of the article was (not even a translation), so I'm skeptical of it as of now but it's food for thought.
Even if I was Japanese I'd be worried about the shift to reactionary nationalism by Japan's youth in general. I don't approve of the US' military fetishism either.
Are you not American? I know it's a stereotype, but the gun nuts/otaku are actually a small but VERY vocal amount of Americans. Most wouldn't be able to ID a gun instantly. |
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