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Post by robertagilmour on May 21, 2011 13:01:25 GMT -5
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Post by ldorado on May 27, 2011 17:25:57 GMT -5
The reason this is such a sensitive topic for American games is because we saw firsthand what Nazis did. I've noticed in Japanese media that despite having been allies with them during WWII, it was only a strategic alliance and to an extent, the Japanese already knew how bad they were to begin with. Because Japan has so much baggage left over from their Pacific campaigns, it doesn't have much emotional involvement with the European front (which they never fought anyways, despite the USSR's fears).
Some examples regarding video games I can think of include the following:
-In the Super Robot Wars games that have Mazinger and/or Getter Robo, there are two villains in particular from the respective animes: Count Brocken and General Hidler. Brocken was a Nazi general who was decapitated in a car accident and was revived as a cyborg with a detachable head by Dr. Hell. Hidler is a general of the Hundred Oni Empire who was obviously designed after Hitler. Naturally, other than this, no WWII references ever really come up.
-Hate to say this, but at least one of the Urotsukidoji eroges, none of which I've played. I do know the villain that's the grandson of a Nazi scientist who blew up Berlin trying to summon a demon via colossal rape-machine. Nothing more from there...
-Possibly the game 1942--never played it.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2011 18:10:12 GMT -5
Thinking about it, Japan has shown such a huge ignorance towards racial issues over the years, I'm half-surprised that Koei never made a game about the Civil war, with slaves as a resource.
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Post by ldorado on May 27, 2011 18:19:36 GMT -5
Thinking about it, Japan has shown such a huge ignorance towards racial issues over the years, I'm half-surprised that Koei never made a game about the Civil war, with slaves as a resource. Hate to say this at this risk of being banned from yet again another forum, but East Asian countries are arguably the most xenophobic countries in the world. It's not necessarily something personal, it's just that Japan still embraces the Sakoku policy and South Korea is beyond desperate to do anything to spite the northern half. It was only until about 1988 that minstrel caricatures were acceptable in Japanese media. Despite this, racial humor is seldom ever present in Japanese media, not even of people from other Asian countries. Back to the Nazi thing, I'd like to reiterate that because of Japan's lack of any real involvement in Europe, Swastikas and Nazi symbols are general seen as an aesthetic means of historical accuracy. It's not like you can depict the Civil War without at least one Confederate flag waving around, just saying. |
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