U.S. Navy uses manga for PR in Japan
June 5th, 2008 by James
Reuters reports that the U.S. Navy will be giving out free comic books aimed at improving relations with Japanese who live near a major naval base:
The navy will distribute free copies of a 200-page manga in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, where the aircraft carrier USS George Washington will be based, with downloads also available online, U.S. Naval Forces Japan said in a statement on Wednesday.
The manga features a Japanese-American sailor and includes a scene in which the character quickly snuffs out a small fire on the warship, scheduled to be deployed in August, Kyodo news agency said.
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First an anime for Megumi in NK, now the US Navy using manga for PR? I never knew cartoons could be so versatile! Come to think of it, though, the GI Joe of my childhood was the very essence of propaganda.
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Go Joe!
The picture is of Rio de janeiro, the city where I live, I don’t know if the carrier is American or not.
On the background you can see the Santos Dumont airport runway and even back the sugar loaf mount.
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Good Idea for these guys
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Hell, I’m more excited about free 200-page manga than about the US Navy using it for recruitment…
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Why does a rich modern country like Japan have to take orders from America ? by the way is there going to be a rape scene in the manga ? i mean after all this manga isn’t propaganda, it’s just about good will and reality. Oh and if Japanese people resist colonialism will they get put under martial law ?
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