Aug 7, 2014
Who are your enemies? Who are your friends? What does it mean to be at war? How much is one life worth? What would you do if you could change the past? War & Fighting are a genre that anime are a euphemism for entertainment. That was not the case here.
Zipang is a show that brims with both regret and hope. It's a historical-fiction/action anime; one of the rare few that tackles real-world history.
While there are plenty of tense, thrilling moments make no mistake: actions have consequences.
Much of Zipang is spent answering the aforementioned questions. A crew of a Japanese (SDF) cruiser from
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around the year 2000 finds themselves adrift back in the 1940's during World War II w/ highly advanced technology and armament. How do they survive?
I personally enjoyed Zipang, because, while slow-moving it is not a show in which the protagonists are in a position to judge their actions carelessly. Zipang is a show that leads up to a climax of tough decisions.
On another hand Zipang is a critique of the state of military affairs between Japan & the United States during World War II. Zipang reflects on the attitudes, mentalities, capabilities and the capacities for both benevolence and malevolence.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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