thinking about this post again. they don't have to be directly about it, subtext is a real thing to take into consideration here. artists who have strong opinions on it should be taken into account. i have pretty broad standards for what counts here, i'm just trying to figure out how accurate the post is generously
right off the bat we've got a bunch
- patlabor (2 especially)
- gate
- gits sac 2nd gig
- kyoukai senki
- zipang
- drifters
- code geass
- gundam seed
- aot (iirc iseyama has opinions)
- kantai collection (this level of nostalgia for ww2 military stuff definitely goes here)
- space battleship yamato
- universal century gundam (abstractly, if you take the read of zeon being close to 1 to 1 with imperial japan to be true)
i know there's way more on the tip of my tongue but i can't think of them rn. and if you could include any details on what makes you say it's about article 9 i'd appreciate that
Stein's Gate? Maybe, if we're being broad. Unless that's what you meant by gate.
Gate is the "JSDF gets isekaied" show if I remember right
yep! used as actual recruitment propaganda for the jsdf
Ah. Haven't seen that one.
haven't seen stein's gate, what makes you say that?
Really reaching and my memory of the series isn't great lol, but in Stein's:Gate 0 the US and Russia have operatives in Japan fighting for control of a time machine. There's a timeline where WW3 breaks out and Japan is one of the hardest hit places. Can't help but feel like it might be a bit of a commentary on how Japan is just a place where superpowers are able to impose their will. Even season one's main antagonist organization was a foreign entity (SERN, a play on real life CERN).