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Seeing how anime culture has permeated the military in Japan makes me wonder if anime/manga/games like Strike Witches[0], Kancolle[1], and Girls und Panzer[2] a
by fluxquanta 11y ago
Seeing how anime culture has permeated the military in Japan makes me wonder if anime/manga/games like Strike Witches[0], Kancolle[1], and Girls und Panzer[2] are strictly for entertainment purposes or if they are in part developed as a recruitment tool?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_Witches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_Witches
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Collection
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_und_Panzer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_und_Panzer
Edit: As I read more of the article I see it mentions "Combined Fleet Girls Collection" which is the Kancolle I referenced.
- an_ko 11y ago> recruitment tool Are Counter Strike, Battlefield and their ilk in the west "recruitment tools"? Nah. Fiction involving military is still just fiction and implies little about its purpose. All those examples are definitely entertaining though.
- fluxquanta 11y agoWhile Counter Strike and Battlefield in particular aren't used as recruitment tools, the US military has (albeit overtly) gotten involved in video games in the past[0], so it's not outside the realm of possibility. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army