The article referenced recent controversies around the popular anime series Pokemon, Detective Conan and My Hero Academia, saying that “the evil influence of Japanese militarism lives on in sports and culture.”
Last month, a Pokemon card game event that was scheduled at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for Jan. 31 was canceled after Chinese backlash.
The shrine commemorates the 2.5 million Japanese soldiers who died in war, including 30,304 Taiwanese.
Countries that were targets of Japanese aggression, especially China and the Koreas, see visits to the shrine as a lack of remorse about Japan’s wartime past.
China condemned the Pokemon Co for holding an event at a shrine, with the People’s Daily saying that enterprises “must not make light of the heavy weight of history in the name of entertainment.”
The article also condemned table tennis player Tomokazu Harimoto for praying at the Togo Shrine, which is dedicated to Togo Heihachiro, an admiral in the First Sino-Japanese War who China sees as a pioneer of Japanese militarist expansionism.
It also referenced the Japanese boy band Rampage, whose choreography was previously criticized for resembling the Nazi salute.
It’s odd that Japan never came to terms with “being the bad guys” in the way Germany did
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
on 10 Feb 14:35
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They didn’t really have to. Germany got split in half, completely lost it’s civilian leadership, and got occupied by two of us adversaries and had a pretty robust war crimes tribunal.
Japan didn’t have anything like that scale of post war disruption.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world
on 10 Feb 15:05
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You’re right, but American occupation wasn’t great
No but they are getting scared of North Korea and a bit of China and they are talking about expanding their defensive military to be less defensive and they’re learning that the US is a useless ally for that.
IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip
on 10 Feb 14:11
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I want a Pokémon army
Pokémon Adventures manga, Kanto arc.
Adventures is cited by Satoshi Ken as being the closest adaptation to how he imagined Pokémon when he first came up with them. At the end of the Kanto arc, the OG Elite 4 try to take over the region with armies of their type Pokémon, and the gym leaders spearhead the resistance while Red and Blue (Ash and Gary, respectively) fight Lance.
cannedtuna@piefed.world
on 10 Feb 17:07
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That sounds bad ass. Why couldn’t we’ve gotten a tv adaptation of that? I want a dark Pokémon cartoon
IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip
on 10 Feb 17:18
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It’s fucking intense! During the Fire Red/Leaf Green arcs, Red (Ash) uses Mewtwo in a showdown against Giovanni and Deoxis. I think I stopped reading around the end of the Diamond/Pearl arc, and Diamond (the boy I think) teaches his Torterra how to use Razor Leaf to shoot a single leaf as accurate as a sniper!
And in the Lavender Town ghost tower, they fight actual zombified dead Pokémon. Or maybe it was an illusion? Been a while, guess it’s time for a reread.
hoagecko@sh.itjust.works
on 10 Feb 14:51
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The article introduced by OP overlooks a crucial fact regarding the description of the event held at Yasukuni Shrine.
According to an official statement from The Pokémon Company, the event in question was organized by “an individual certified for the Pokémon Trading Card Game,” and the company stated that this was mistakenly posted on its official website due to insufficient verification.
This was therefore a prank perpetrated by a malicious individual. It is incorrect to assume this event was officially organized by The Pokémon Company.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 10 Feb 16:07
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Detective Conan? I think Team Coco is taking the whole “branching out” thing TOO far now!
China has no ground to stand on when it comes to aggressive nationalism. They are trying to claim a whole ocean. Their fishing vessels attack florigen fishing vessels that are near their homes. What a load of manure.
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It’s odd that Japan never came to terms with “being the bad guys” in the way Germany did
They didn’t really have to. Germany got split in half, completely lost it’s civilian leadership, and got occupied by two of us adversaries and had a pretty robust war crimes tribunal.
Japan didn’t have anything like that scale of post war disruption.
You’re right, but American occupation wasn’t great
They did get 2 suns dropped on them. Not that I’m excusing the bombs or Japanese imperialism, Just saying
Is modern Japan militaristic at at least some tiny extent?
Have you seen the Gundam they been printing
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No but they are getting scared of North Korea and a bit of China and they are talking about expanding their defensive military to be less defensive and they’re learning that the US is a useless ally for that.
So yes they’re voting full far right now.
I want a Pokémon army
Pokémon Adventures manga, Kanto arc.
Adventures is cited by Satoshi Ken as being the closest adaptation to how he imagined Pokémon when he first came up with them. At the end of the Kanto arc, the OG Elite 4 try to take over the region with armies of their type Pokémon, and the gym leaders spearhead the resistance while Red and Blue (Ash and Gary, respectively) fight Lance.
That sounds bad ass. Why couldn’t we’ve gotten a tv adaptation of that? I want a dark Pokémon cartoon
It’s fucking intense! During the Fire Red/Leaf Green arcs, Red (Ash) uses Mewtwo in a showdown against Giovanni and Deoxis. I think I stopped reading around the end of the Diamond/Pearl arc, and Diamond (the boy I think) teaches his Torterra how to use Razor Leaf to shoot a single leaf as accurate as a sniper!
And in the Lavender Town ghost tower, they fight actual zombified dead Pokémon. Or maybe it was an illusion? Been a while, guess it’s time for a reread.
Yup. Just ordered the set for the first 7. I’m stoked for this.
It’s less kid-friendly and less profitable. Pokemon has been printing money for Nintendo for decades.
That’s awesome!
My Spinda breeding continues apace.
Nobody tell them about GATE then …
The article introduced by OP overlooks a crucial fact regarding the description of the event held at Yasukuni Shrine.
According to an official statement from The Pokémon Company, the event in question was organized by “an individual certified for the Pokémon Trading Card Game,” and the company stated that this was mistakenly posted on its official website due to insufficient verification.
イベント告知に関するお詫び｜株式会社ポケモン｜The Pokémon Company
This was therefore a prank perpetrated by a malicious individual. It is incorrect to assume this event was officially organized by The Pokémon Company.
Detective Conan? I think Team Coco is taking the whole “branching out” thing TOO far now!
I would no lie watch the fuck out of that concept
He’s too tall for that.
AKA “Case Closed,” here in the US.
China, and China simps, are the most laughably sensitive authoritarians I’ve ever seen.
The butthurt does flow heavily from their mouths.
Edit: Thanks for the laugh. I got two downvotes immediately. Its even funnier when you realize they are shilling for china for free.
Right? Can’t even get fifty cents.
South Park made an episode about this called Chinpokomon.
Tell me you haven’t watched all 1186 episodes of Detective Conan without telling me you haven’t watched all 1186 episodes of Detective Conan.
lolwat
Niether of those even have militaristic… Anything.
China has no ground to stand on when it comes to aggressive nationalism. They are trying to claim a whole ocean. Their fishing vessels attack florigen fishing vessels that are near their homes. What a load of manure.
… so chimpokomon from southpark?