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Now I know how Paul McCartney feels about Micheal Jackson owning the beatles song rights....

Darth Paul: "NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

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Originally posted by thesmilingassassin
Hands off Atlantean poperty!

Alteran property, you mean.

(You may have noticed that I had Brazil referring to the people of Atlantis as Lanteans...)






(...and you thought the Filipinos made big explosions before? Just imagine them with drone weapons...)

Trying to catch up a bit with the news. Not easy when the mind refuses to cooperate.

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October 10, 1934
News came today that a South African patrol intercepted a Chinese freighter carrying a large cargo of weapons, 110 miles NNE of Mar del Plata. The cargo consisted of crates with Japanese infantry weapons, including Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistols, Type 38 Rifles and 44 Cavalry Rifles and thousands of rounds for the weapons. There were also five 50mm Model 1926 guns together with ammunition among the cargo.

October 21, 1934
Today, the Great MacRobertson's Air Race started with Oonishi "Crash" Manzo flying a G3M1 representing Japan.
Japan's Floating Deck Casino was seen in Melbourne and it is expected that a lot of betting will take place, not only on the carrier, but in other cassinos around the world as well.

October 22, 1934
After one day racing, Manzo has already lost his way...
... but let's be honest. Did we truly expect otherwise?
A couple of people made momey today as they betted that Manzo would get lost between 4-6 hours after the race started. Most people betted that he would get lost within the first 2 hours of the race, but it was quite a miracle that he managed to stick to the race route for that long.


November 19, 1934
Visit of Herre Berger to Japan as he arrived at Edo Harbour on the Gota Lejon. Over the next few days, Herre Berger will meet with the Japanese government.


December 29, 1934
With data being leaked of Iberia's "Imperio Iberico" class of battleships, the Japanese Naval Command are looking at various options for types of vessels that will be build over the next decade. One of the options that got out was a project called Muteki Nippon which appears to be some sort of super battleship. No data was available for this ship.

That reminds me that I have yet to finish that friggin race! I have the next to last stage finish, I just have to do the last stage. Oh and there will be something with Manzo in there...

January 1, 1935
News came in that the leaked data of the "Imperio Iberico" was actually a joke and part of what Iberia calls "Innocent's Day". However Japanese Naval Command isn't convinced and believes that Iberia actually will build that class and use "Innocent's Day" as an excuse to make nations look into another direction while in reality those battleships are constructed.

January 8, 1935
Kanzaki Heavy industries came with the prototype of a new type of electric locomotive today. Considering the expected performances of this locomotive, it is believed that this will be the train used on the Aomori-Kagoshima line rather than the Atlantean Utopian 4-6-4 once the Hoshu-Kyushu tunnel is completed. It is expected that the E-2 will become operational once the tunnel is completed in 1936.


KHI E-2
Type: 1'Do'1' mixed-traffic electric
Power: 15,000 V at 16 2/3 Hz AC from overhead
Output: 3720 kW
Max. operating speed: 180 km/h
Maximum speed: 225 km/h.
Weight: 110.7t
Overall length: 16.920m
Gauge: 1435mm

January 31, 1935
Due to the situation in South America, Japan decided to take the same approach as the Dutch. The Japanese merchant marine was ordered to cease delivery of any strategic goods to Argentina or Brazil. Also, keeping the October incident in mind, when a South African patrol intercepted a Chinese vessel carrying Japanese weapons, the decision was made to increase security at the numerous weapons factories and storage buildings to make sure that no weapons are taken by unwanted elements and smuggled out of the country..


March 22, 1935
Matches and vampires beat guns apparently.
Remembering that 50 years ago, "Roundhay Garden Scene" was filmed by Louis Le Prince on March 22, 1885 (*) in Leeds, Yorkshire, several groups of movie experts had gone onto the streets of many cities and towns in Japan during the last 3 weeks in order to create a list of the best movies ever made.
It was rather surprising that with the exception of "Tsushima", which is a Russian/Japanese production, no other movies in the top 10 are Japanese or partly Japanese. What was even more surprising was that the hugely successful Sergei Eisenstein masterpiece "Tsushima", which the experts had dubbed as "The Best Movie Ever", came in third, beaten by Jean Renoir's silent movie "La Petite Marchande d'allumettes" and 'Dracula' directed by Tod Browning.

Top 10 of the best movies according to the people of Japan:
1) La Petite Marchande d'allumettes (1928)
2) Dracula (1931)
3) Tsushima (1930)
4) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
5) Shanghai Express (1932)
6) Cimarron (1931)
7) It Happened One Night (1934)
8) Anna Christie (1931)
9) The Broadway Melody (1929)
10) Metropolis (1927)

(*) OOC: historically it was in 1888, but since Wesworld has the habit of producing things sooner, I made it 1885. :)

April 25, 1935
China action to set foot on the Paracels has met protests from Iberia and its ally Denmark. We certainly that this does not escalate. After all, we're talking about a couple of worthless rocks sticking out of the South China Sea. Is it truly worth it to make such a big fuss about?


June 11, 1935
Mitsubishi are currently busy testing with a new prototype fighter plane to be used on Aircraft carriers, designated Kyuu-juu-roku (96). No details were given but it is said that the plane will be substantially better than the Nakajima Ki-12 fighter used today.

June 24, 1935
Good Ne... Bad News!! Manzo has been downed by a stomach bug. The doctors have stated that he will be out of action for at least 6 months. (OOC: read "The doctors will make sure that he will not be flying for six months")

July 19, 1935
As ever interesting things happening in the world. Several days ago, NATO made an announcement of a naval and air excersize in the western part of the Carribean. This resulted in a reaction from Denmark, who objected about the Canadian presence in the area. Demark appears to be worried (and rightfully so) about the safety of the Danish Virgin Islands (though it is confusing that only Canada is addressed in this matter). NATO stated that this is simply a defensive exercise... but we all know that the best defense is offence.

July 22, 1935
More interesting developments iin the world. The announcement of a joint co-operation in the Far East for defensive purposes between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands fell rather poorly with some government officials. One needed to be taken to the hospital due to stomach problems this news caused. The government stated that Japan would keep a close eye on how this situation will develop.

Oh, poor Manzo!

But at least we have news about him again - and he´s still among the living.

Yes as long as he lives and breathes, he'll be causing trouble... Hell even if he were to die, he would still be causing trouble, whether they send him to Heaven or Hell.
It should be noted that the doctors are doing their best to come up with something that would extend his down time.

August 11, 1935
Bad Ne... Good News!! Manzo has managed to escape from the... *ahem* "Evil Clutches of the Hopital". The soldiers responsible for letting him get away (and thus endanger world peace), have been sent to serve as guards at MEVOS on Antarctica.



October 25, 1935
One of Japan's submarines had a unusual encounter during its patrol in the Pacific.

About a week ago, the I-85 ran across a strange vessel which at first appeared to be a Yukino class heavy cruiser but upon closer inspection did not belong to that class. While the ship seemingly was flying the Japanese banner, the ship matched none of the vessels in the Imperial Japanese Navy or any other Navy in this world.

A few pictures could be taken of the vessel. However, the I-85 was unable to get close as the vessel suddenly increased its speed and vanished into the distance at high speed.

Submarine I-85's pictures of the unknown vessel...




[SIZE=1](snapshots taken from the Anime Zipang; the third one was edited)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1](EDIT: Actually all pictures have been edited (changed to greyscale and added noise). However the third picture is actually the second one with another picture of the Mirai pasted into it)[/SIZE]

When I saw first picture I immediately thought "Oh my god, the Japanese are attacking Lady Liberty!"^^

Are the KONGOs finally back from the realms of nowhere?

I find it amazing that a WWII diesel sub was able to get close enough to a Kongo to take scope shots without them being from a somewhat lower angle... like directly underneath.

And is that anime as good as I've heard?
If it's a quality storyline, I'm gonna have to look it up.
Rate it on a scale of 1-10 for me, with 1 being DragonballZ and 10 being Fullmetal Alchemist.

Yup the Kongos are back, just not the Kongos that got lost!

Actually, it is neither a Kongo class vessel nor a Kongo class vessel.

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When I saw first picture I immediately thought "Oh my god, the Japanese are attacking Lady Liberty!"

Don't give me any bad ideas.

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And is that anime as good as I've heard?

Depends on what you have heard. I think it is quite good.

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Rate it on a scale of 1-10 for me, with 1 being DragonballZ and 10 being Fullmetal Alchemist.

That would make it difficult as I would rate DBZ at -100 and FMA I have never seen so I cannot rate that one.

I give it an 8 but I would have rated it higher if the Americans had spoken English in stead of Japanese.

I am bit surprised that you didnt choose the pic you PMed me

I did use it... not for the news but for the encyclopedia. Seems a bit premature to already send it out to sea when it hasn't even been laid down at this point.

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Originally posted by Carthaginian
And is that anime as good as I've heard?
If it's a quality storyline, I'm gonna have to look it up.
Rate it on a scale of 1-10 for me, with 1 being DragonballZ and 10 being Fullmetal Alchemist.

It's pretty good, but the English voice acting is a bit goofy (Gotta love the japanese officers with midwestern american farmer accents...)

It ends somewhat abruptly with no real conclusion, as it follows the first few books of the Manga (which is not availible in English), and as far as I know, there's no plans to continue adapting the remaining volumes.

It's littered with various technical and historical errors, but nothing too obvious to the layman.

I really should go back and watch it; I haven't since I worked on the fansubbing a few years back.

Also, Walter;
1) You're a few years early
2) I call dibs on Final Countdown*. Nimitz class > Yukinami class

*[SIZE=1](No one's allowed to have dibs on Axis of Time, due to the absurdity of a ship named after the Clinton Hildebeast. )[/SIZE]

It's not this Kongo?

the 3rd picture showed what seemed to be an AEGIS aerial to the left of the crosshair.

No, it's the Manga author's idea of a Kongo sequel (a la Flight IIA Burkes) from before the Atagos were proposed and built;


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDG-182_Mirai
Yukinami class

I knew it was based on the Kongo, but I never actually realized that the Atago was such a different beast than the Kongo. I mean, they are like comparing a Flight I Burke with a Flight II... right?

The arrangement of the SPY antenna were what made me think it also, though the hanger in the 3rd pic is definately no standard equipment on the Kongo.