Gate is popcorn watching. The vibe that I got off of it is that the creators really, really, really wanted to glorify the Japanese military and imperialism. Un

Gate is popcorn watching. The vibe that I got off of it is that the creators really, really, really wanted to glorify the Japanese military and imperialism. Unfortunately, Japan having not been in a significant combat role for many decades, there was no actual concrete thing to reference. So, instead, they had to fabricate a civilization so far backwards that the military could show off uncontested (hence Bronze-age tech) but which could still be portrayed as an aggressor (hence the portal and attempted invasion of Tokyo). And that's not even touching on the weirdness of the normal harem tropes (things like a gothic lolita demigod, etc.) that interrupt an otherwise entertaining if absurdist portrait of military operations. The funniest thing in the series is how the other countries are portrayed, especially the United States. Then again, I'd much rather watch a show about the US doing an Iraq peacekeeping mission in fantasyland than what Gate has to offer. It's pandering.