Animentary: Ketsudan

Just some kool anime from the 70s

Collection of historical semi-realistic (minimal fantasy) or realistic (no superpowers or fantasy) works that detail the historical events of Japan or daily life of people in Japanese historical context.

Reference:

794 – 1185 - Heian period
1185 – 1336 - Kamakura period
1336 – 1573 - Muromachi period
1336 – 1392 - Nanbokucho period
1467 – 1590 - Sengoku period
1568 – 1603 - Azuchi-Momoyama period
1603 – 1868 - Edo period
1853 – 1868 - Bakumatsu (final years of the Edo period)
1868 – 1912 - Meiji period
1912 – 1926 - Taisho period
1926 – 1989 - Showa period
1989 – 2019 - Heisei period

Collection of historical semi-realistic or realistic works that detail the historical events of America or daily life of people in American historical context.

Shows where ships play some fairly notable part in the story. Stack is biased toward ocean-going vessels. Submarines are also included.

Collection of series that feature, provide commentary and explore themes heavily related to Cultural, Political, Religious, Sociological or Economic fields and the impact that those fields and processes that they contain have to the general population.

Japan has waged countless wars within its territories and beyond her shores for thousands of years now, and in anime we can see some of the perspectives, interpretations and depictions the Japanese people have developed with regards to this topic.

In this stack list I have gathered what I consider to be the essential anime with the theme of war, whether they show it from the perspective of the soldiers who fight them or from the experience of the bystander civilians who have to endure its effects on society and the environment. War is a theme that comes up, even tangentially, in most of everything, so I can't really make a list of every good anime that has some reference to war in it, so here I tried to put shows that either have a direct focus on war as a core theme, or shows whose main focus isn't war and only have war related elements in certain limited sections, but still do provide an interesting and valuable perspective on it when the theme of war eventually comes up.

I don't necessarily agree with all of these shows' views on war (I actively disagree with some), nor do I believe every show here is good. I just think that all of these could offer interesting insight on the different perspectives about war that come up in Japanese animation. You decide which view of war you agree with the most or find most emotionally genuine and politically nuanced.

Series and films that feature live action aspects or footage to enhance the animated experience.

For help with challenge: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2022043&show=0

These titles are either available in raw form only or have a number of episodes that have yet to be officially subbed (or fansubbed). Corrections or suggestions would be appreciated. Any entries that are removed once subs become available will be linked below.

Removed entries:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/23569/Kagirinaki_Rakuen
https://myanimelist.net/anime/961/Virtua_Fighter

Educational Anime
- (contains Anime that aren't educational for everyone or shows that are educational in a wider sense).
- excluding adaptations of western literature like Heidi, Three Musketeers etc.

Collection of series that are based on real people or events

明日をつくった男　田辺朔郎と琵琶湖疏水 - (Asu wo Tsukutta Otoko Tanabe Sakuro to Biwako Sousui) was deleted from MAL on the false grounds that it was mostly live action despite being half animated.

Anime/Movies that are set during, based off of/characters from, or setting in a world similar to ours during World War 2. I will not be including sequals, 2nd (Or 3rd, or n-th) seasons, movies, or any other media related to the primary (1st season) show/movie.

Set during World War 2:
-Animentary: Ketsudan
-Joker Game
-Konpeki no Kantai (Alternate History)

Based off of or characters from World War 2:
-Drifters
-Kantai Collection: KanColle
-Hetalia Axis Powers

Setting in a world similar to ours during World War 2:
-Youjo Senki
-Strike Witches
-Shuumatsu no Izetta