Zipang - Mirai in Battle

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[Pzgraf]

First of all, the concept of the show here is that a top-modern AEGIS cruiser gets sent back to WWII.

These have superior radar and scouting abilities to anything found in WWII, even AC's.

Modern deck guns like that also are very advanced. Laser range finders and dunamic lead (like I had on my tank when I was in the service) and flak-shells that explode on proximity and/or a pre-set range.

You should really check out this show, it's pretty realistic for an anime.

[Pzgraf]

Those cannons can very well target aircraft, and should have no problems with an old WWII fighter.

And a modern Tomahawk against an old carrier with no modern counter-measure systems?

Well duh, ofcourse the ship will sink.

[SayokoHatsuya]

@l0nelydude Except for the part where the 'dirty japs with a modern boat' seriously have no wish to engage either USN or IJN forces, but were repeatedly forced into doing so.

They actually made a serious attempt to not change history, but just by BEING there they did so, and by their want to save lives, both American and Japanese.

[SayokoHatsuya]

@Pzgraf AEGIS destroyer. ( /DDG/ - 182, after all.)

But then again, at this point, after lengthening to accomodate hangar and aircraft, that Yukinami (similar/close to identical to Atago class, or Arleigh Burke class Flight IIa) easily rivals the length and displacement of the Ticonderoga class AEGIS cruisers, so...

[SayokoHatsuya]

@libog0 Thank you for demonstrating that you know absolutely fucking jack shit about the modern AEGIS combat system.

[ValiantVendetta]

@l0nelydude The difference is the concepts, the Japs sent that ship to US war games and it got caught in some random storm that brought them to the past. They tried to stay out of it completely but end up getting dragged into WW2 as the ship can't sail forever without being resupplied. They get attacked by both sides and betrayed by the Japanese of the past as well. In Final Countdown, they actually try to stop Pearl Harbour rather than stay out the war like the crew of the Mirai in Zipang.

[ValiantVendetta]

@l0nelydude It got dragged into the past on the way to war game exercises with the US Navy, mate. They ended up almost sailing into Pearl Harbor and they don't exactly side with their counterparts, they try to stay out of it and it ends up costing them quite abit because they get attacked by both sides repeatedly.

[harlequin2262]

@l0nelydude

You did. It was called Final Countdown, and it did reasonably well at the box office. Mid 80s.

It was also an aircraft carrier.

[crazykidd65]

love this anime but If anyone likes this concept you should read the Axis of time novels by John Birmingham there great books

[solidsnake2234]

Horray for the anime version of the Final Countdown ( the 1981 move with a simmilar story )

[l0nelydude]

@harlequin2262 20$ says that if we made a show about sending a modern warship into the past to slap the japs, there'd be a shitstorm of "WOW WUT A BUNCH OF FUKKED UP JRKS!!1!"

[harlequin2262]

@l0nelydude

Don't give me that crap. It's a show about the motivations of the men on the ship, and the nature of things in Japan. It's a good concept, and it's done justice. Don't view this as a fit of pique.