Anime/Manga started in 1907

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@@user-td2jw9ze2cwhy are people on this website so pedantic? I highly doubt anime would exist in a world where most of the population was busy dying at war

More like the degeneration and westernization of anime or manga, which started many years earlier

@@user-td2jw9ze2c Just as the seed for liberty was planted long before the tree bore fruit.

No fucking way!

Its a small world after all...

You'll never guess who played Batman then. 😉

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ps: I was there as an extra. (US Soldier)

​@@dieglhix wait, you were an extra in Empire of the sun? Did you meet Ben Stiller back then?

Hirohito was not against the war, he just wasn't the driving force behind Japanese policy.

@@TheZerech Unfortunately as soon he disagreed with the military council he was placed under house arrest and disappeared from public view. This was intentionally kept secret from the rest of the Japanese military and society, which would have most likely revolted and very possibly ended the war.

@@fettfan91 Do you mean near the end of the war with the failed coup, or before that?

He wasnt lol. He supportrf when its gping well and he regretted when japan is falling apart 😂. Hrs just opportunist, but hes not a militatistic like tojo 😂

that's not true, that was part of the US revisionist history implemented in japan in 1946 . the real thouhts of the emperor could have been either way

Le Japon méritait l'humiliation l'humiliation

It would depend on the enemy,

Well look at Germany and Japan after WW2 compared to Germany after WW1. The same mistake there was recognised and avoided.

_”When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you. And any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king at all. Aerys never understood that, but you will. When I've won your war for you, we will restore the king's peace and the king's justice.”_

​@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723like how exactly it depends?

I never served a day in uniform ... But after dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki I think this was the right move for the United States and Japan.

Imagine being soldier of Imperial Japanese Army side. Swore loyality to the Emperor till death.. Finally surrendered to their enemy, swallowed their pride, took away their dignity, and facing the same offering - from their former adversary..

​@@roelmd8907and most of them abandoned and hated by their own countrymen who they sweared to protect. Lots of them, having no limbs. Were Insulted and isolated.

Its the civilized thing to do. It's what separates us from the barbarous Asians and Africans

​@@roelmd8907imagine being a young girl from China only to be a lab rat for the most heinous crimes and experiments to be conducted on you by the Japanese.Justice was never served and Japan got away light handed so you could antagonize the bloody commies for nothing.

by shogun, do you mean someone who pays war criminals and allows them to get off with their crimes? read up on unit 731

@@subliminaljuggernaut7278 yup he was the man in power doesnt matter of what he did, that is what a Shogun does

@@subliminaljuggernaut7278 It technically makes him a Shogun since he was a military man in charge of Japan while Emperor himself is mere figurehead.

@@subliminaljuggernaut7278chinese and korean propaganda

A title that surely did not go to his head or inflate his already enormous ego whatsoever 😂 still, fucking badass 👏🏻

Siguen viviendo de la fantasía.

manque d'humiliation

The Wrath of Amaterasu upon her people, using the Gaijin as the Rod of Chastisement.

He was demoted after tho right? Any reason do u know of?

⁠@@yeyongei believe fellers rank of Brigadier General was only a temporary rank granted for him, temporary ranks are usually granted for people assigned tasks or missions during war and after conflict is over they usually go back to their previous rank which is why he was demoted back to colonel. After ww2 ended 212 other army generals were demoted as the ranks were merely wartime ranks.

@@VEXPERO If i recall correctly he failed upward

Yeah and what about the thousands of GIs in the occupation that were beaten by the Japanese and it was never announced?

@@yeyonge Kind of but not really.

Very sorry for your loss

Sorry for your loss friend, I'm glad you have a lot of happy memories together with him :)

Thanks for your kindness. Movies were a passion we shared. Probably learned it from him. We watched at least one movie together almost every week for practically my entire life. In the hospital I’d bring my laptop to watching movies with him. We also watched Kong skull island, Olympus has fallen and Conspiracy while he was in the hospital and the last movie we watched before we went to hospital was M3gan. These movies will always hold a space in my heart and be forever grateful that even if he wasn’t the genesis of my love of film he certainly fanned the flames. He died at around 1am yesterday and we watched Emperor earlier that day while he was still remaining conscious. He wasn’t focusing much on it, understandably, but whenever there was a scene with Tommy Lee Jones and my grandpa heard Mr Jones speak, his eyes moved to the screen. It’s official that Tommy Lee Jones as an incredibly authoritative voice and magnetic charisma that it was able to make him pay attention even with advanced dementia, respiratory depression, a morphine drip and less than 24 hours left to live.

@@jimmy2k4o It's heartwarming knowing he passed while spending time with someone he loved while doing something he loved. Both my grandmothers suffered from severe alzheimers so I understand dealing with dementia. Those moments where they remembered me were like little golden nuggets in an otherwise very hard situation though.

@@Ragazar I’m so sorry. I must say that his dementia was vascular so it seems to affect his mobility and vocabulary but he never forgot us. Compared to Alzheimer’s I always thought us lucky. I’m Sorry for your losses too.

Outstanding comment!

General John Pershing takes a photo with Kaiser Wilhelm II. Amazing. 👍

After years a brutal fighting the allies(the French) wanted to every minute left in the war to take as much ground as they could. Relentless in their imperial ambitions even after the war, they effectively unleashed heavy sanctions against who they considered the aggressor of the worst war to ever occur. To put it into perspective, it would have been easier to ask who didn’t participate in the war than to ask who did. Million lost loved ones and millions died in what was effectively a German invasion of the rest of Europe. The allies gave no quarter in its punishment as a form of deterrence for all the good and *BAD* it could cause. They simply couldn’t imagine a worse outcome the what had just occurred. Just like privet Henry Tandy, they had no way of knowing the extent of their actions that day.

President Wilson did not. He told British and French not to.

@@crusader2112 Wilhelm II had already been overthrown in the German revolution, such a photo would have had to have been with Friedrich Ebert as head of the provisional government, which would have had less of a psychological impact

Sounds like an average tiktoker

​@@Baegitte nah, it takes a tiktoker ten times that.

​@@BaegitteDouglas was very particular on pics

@@williamwest9204 yeah, sounds like an anverage tiktoker

​@@Baegittebro really tried to compare MacArthur with tiktokers😂

One of the most poignant things they did was that picture of Hirohito and General MacArthur side by side. It robbed the Emperor of his deification by his subjects.

@@matthewriley7826 No, the image itself didn’t immediately strip Hirohito of his divine status, it was part of a series of steps taken during the post-war period to redefine the Emperor’s role in Japanese society. Over time, Hirohito’s role was redefined to that of a constitutional monarch, distancing himself from the former divine status attributed to the Emperor, although the complete shift in perception among the Japanese people took time and was influenced by various factors beyond just a single photograph.

Rebuilt the Japanese Economy, gave them back power over their own nation. Japan is like the 4th Largest Economy in the World today. Yeah I don't think the US are the bad guys here.

@@LordDirus007 After the war, most of the food aid the United States provided to Japan was low-quality wheat used as livestock feed. Furthermore, after 1955, as Japan recovered and gained economic power, the United States tried to unfairly contain the Japanese economy through export restrictions and other measures. It is true that the United States helped Japan, but that is hypocritical, and as a Japanese person, I cannot honestly express my gratitude.

Also, while I am not claiming that Japan and Germany were not at all at fault for World War II, I would like you to keep in mind that the United States and European countries were also major causes. Germany was cornered by excessive demands from the victorious countries due to its defeat in World War I, and by the Great Depression. Japan was cornered by the Great Depression and discrimination against Asians.

The cultural differences and the strategic location of Japan means they cannot let Russia take it

You're adding nothing new to the discussion.

Very true...and its such an interesting dynamic with the Emperor knowing things were wrong and not able to control anything even though if he said 'end the war' it would have ended.

@@kulio1214 I wasn't aware there was a discussion in the first place...

@@Excalibur01 Yes, exactly.

It was also a way for MacArthur to show that, whatever respect he was willing to show Hirohito, ultimately he was in charge. He reacted to Hirohito like an American, offering a handshake. No bowing and scraping.

Well, a couple months earlier Hirohito literally walk himself to shake the hand of Indonesian delegation Ir. Soekarno thats suprised the entire room including Ir. Soekarno and other Indonesian delegation

Out of three 1:15 axis leaders. He's probably one the least insane in there.

"What are you doing after the war, your Majesty?" "I'm going to Disneyland!!"

Well Japan have a culture of the Shogun being the real power behind the throne and the Emperor being the spiritual leader. General McArthur fit in nicely as the white Shogun.

The Slavs salute each other with a handshake, but in a Funeral no one touches each other and they just bow. In the Lunch which normally follows the burial, everyone washes their hands three times. Actually, I believe this has very much to do with disease prevention, rather than just a tradition. On the other hand, the deceased is buried shoeless, so he won't be able to walk if he resurrects. And when leaving home for the very last time, the gasket is raised and lowered three times meaning "this is not your house anymore and your soul shall not stay lingering here". Now, _that_ is superstition! I observed all this in my Ukrainian Father in Law's funeral, plus the Orthodox Liturgy in which the deceased too held a _lit_ candle, and found all that very unusual to a West European. 😬 Musicians must be hired too, at least a violinist and a trumpeter. And the next morning the close family will have breakfast by the grave and leave a slice of bread and a cup of _Vodka_ or similar Spirit. (which will be promptly pilfered! 😀) Good Old Ukraine. I miss it so much. ❤ 🇺🇦

​​@@duartesimoes508you killed the tsar.

@@duartesimoes508 no such country as ukraine, nor such ethnicity as ukrainians. furthermore, do not speak for all Slavs, because we have different customs, given we are a really diverse group that is united basically only by language family - and all of yours are totally alien in my country. btw handshake is not western per se, it developed independently around the world.

@@AaronBiswas the long noses did, for all it's worth.

Wasnt it actually even forbidden to touch the emporer?

Hirohito went on a state visit to England in I think 1928 and there was a photo of him smiling that got banned domestically. As per the Time-Life WWII series volume “Japan At War”, *it made the emperor look too human* .

The photo also accentuated MacArthur's towering presence versus Hirohito's short stature. The Americans got it right choosing to rebuild (West) Germany and Japan with the Marshall Plan and MacArthur's leadership. They realized the mistake made by the allies leaving Germany in financial ruin after WWI as that gave rise to Hitler and the Nazi's. Japan had to be westernized and exposed to democracy or they would slip back into feudal imperialism.

@@davidw.2791 indeed. This time though, Japan had completely no say and I think that makes this photograph with MacArthur far more poignant.

@@scottsmith6631 The photo reminds me of the negotiations between the US and China in Korea. After early negotiations, the Americans noticed the Chinese cut the American's chair legs, affecting the US's later negotiations.

It was Meiji who ended the practice of the emperor should not be seen by commoners. He was also the first emperor whose picture was taken by modern photographic camera.

Probably not the Great Depression killed much of the World reconstruction.

Possibly, though the best thing they could have done was make sure Germany’s economy didn’t take and the German State was able to keep its dignity. The Kaiser had a coup against him, the best chance would have been an abdication in favor of a humble heir

Short answer, nope. Complicated and incomplete answer, the Weimar Republic had a built-in constitutional kill switch called article 48 gathering way too much power into the executive branch.

Totally

No but the “War Guilt” fuckery in Versailles would have been much harder to maintain.

Plus, Hirohito had been elevated to near-godhood by those immediately below him. If he went "yeah, nah, fuck the war, we messed up big", the entire country would most likely go "Bro, what the fuck?! You're literally God of this whole shabang, hakku-ichiu and all that?! Mandate of Heaven?! Fuck you, fuck the monarchy!"

I mean their society have been this way for many many year The shogun (millitary leader, second to the Emperor) is in charge and have all the power

@@joelthorstensson2772 actually no, the emperor doesnt speak normal japanese, he speaks a dialect that makes him sound like latin to italians.

MacArthur had a rack of ribbons that was unparalleled. He wore a very modest uniform quite unlike Patton. Both were egomaniacs but remember Patton was a junior officer in the Great War while MacArthur was a battalion commander.

​@@MyHentaiGirl その通りです。 １０００年くらい前から、天皇に政治的主体性は持っていませんでした。 日本において「天皇」とは、国旗と同じです。

It was also a power stunt from MacArthur. We did good by helping Japan re grow but MacArthur wasn't stupid he knew if he forced the emperor to take a picture it would shoe who's really in charge why else would he demand the title of "Supreme commander"

Ами закрыл глаза... Когда японец своим ртом... Полировал его орудие линкора

faced the consequences? really?

Mussolini was killed in combat btw.

@@user-km3yu9dx9c What? Mussolini was executed along with his mistress.

@@Evil0tto He was captured by partisans and killed, what I'm getting at is that he didn't really have the option to meet with the western allies.

@@user-km3yu9dx9c he was captured while fleeing and executed 28 april 1945

Jj! Nice to see you here!

Really like to see more of this kind.

I love the way massive KZfaqrs with huge followings are occasionally hiding in a random comment sections.

the film still sucks

@@FlagAnthem😂 Yeah. It really does, but this scene almost redeems it…. almost!

TIL

There is a famous film about that episode ""Corações sujos"

盗品なら返して

泥棒との間に友情はありえない

@@uA-gy8wk He did not say that the artwork was stolen. They were probably tourist trade knick knacks that he presumably bought

​They speak from a position of abysmal ignorance, but they're not smart enough to realize it. ​@@sgabig

They speak from a place of ignorance, but aren't bright enough to realize it. ​@sgabig

Негр стал японцем

@@user-bo4yy1wz1h English translation

I believe the last one was Richard III who died in battle in 1485

@@hereward1975 And they flayed the guy who dealt the (ultimately) killing crossbow blow, despite Richard's wishes otherwise.

​@@hereward1975 The last would be Napoleon actually. Though he didn't fight in first lines, he was active in artillery.

yankee kindness y'say?

@@kohtalainenalias Oh, boy... here we go.

The Soviets were the real threat. Nips weren't afraid of the nuke. It was the soviets that truly scared the japanese

That’s actually the most succinct summary I’ve ever seen, although i think pacified might be a better worded than calmed.

​@@Antimanele104kindness 😂

Well said

if you read up on the Japanese war machine, you will see that the Emporer was the final and ultimate leader, far more than Hitler. he absolutely knew that his forces were burying people alive, dissecting them alive, waging germ warfare against civilians, doing utterly terrible things that if I listed them would make you cry if you had any humanity. The only reason the Americans didn't pursue prosecution was because they wanted an advantage over them by using human experimentation data. The emporere sanctioned such things. The nasty dwarf.

Absolutely not, never and ever the Emperor of Japan at any point in the past 1000 years had more power than the military-political wills of daimyos and shoguns, much less over anyone akin to Hitler. It's simply the old western naive cliché of "monarchy bad" to think that something like Togo and the war party in the Imperial Navy would simply stop their intentions to hear what the Emperor had to say.

Not only that. The Emperor was kept under the supervision of the Allies in order to prevent the advance of Communism in Japan. Having a military presence in Japan would discourage any attempt of invasion by the Soviet Union, which it did.

No question. Anyone with enough influence on Japan - either the occupiers or a national government - could claim soviet-supported attempts to be an attack against the imperial power itself.

Yes he knew, but MacArthur wasn't wrong in his actions, think of Iraq, Vietnam Afghanistan, I'd choose Japan occupation with all its flaws over the others. The Emperor's support was arguably key.

@@alistairmcnaughton1933 Lmao every nation that was occupied by japan would strongly disagree with you

But keeping him alive and used as a Public relations for ending the war is crucial.

It is true that legally Hirohito could have stopped the invasion plan, but Hirohito is not a cruel person. At that time, the Japanese economy was in a very difficult situation. Shortly before the war, it was estimated that more than 10 million people would be unemployed as a result of the Great Depression. The only solution to this problem was overseas expansion. In other words, Hirohito did not stop the war even though he had the authority to stop it because he judged it to be unavoidable in order to protect his own people.

​@@alistairmcnaughton1933 Tojoboo detected.

What do you mean?

Japan became the third strongest country and rise to immeasurable wealth after WW2. Wdym?

Those officials other than him made more brutal atrocities in Asia than the entire German atrocities did in the Holocaust, you think they just let them go

Marshall's plan for Europe and MacArthur's rebuilding of Japan couldn't happen without Truman behind them. Truman was not appreciated by many in his own country.

Yeah they occupy Japan and Germany till today. Imposing american liberalism.

You mean colony?

It's also due to Japan not choosing to remain hostile. It could have begrudgingly accepted its loss with a desire to tolerate occupation, get it over with, and then get back to business as usual militarism. Instead Japan made the decision to change at a basic level. Americans, on the whole, don't hold grudges for long. "Don't start none, won't be none" seems to be baked into our national DNA. (Not to say that America hasn't done some absolutely terrible things.)

I have to disagree that the UK and the US is another prime example of enemies turned Allies. UK and the US have nearly always universally backed each other in crises and disputes, especially over the last 110 years. True the UK depends on the US more than the UK but in many ways, shared history, a common language, an overlap in religious beliefs and legal principles, and kinship ties. The Brits often might bad mouth the Yanks as the Brits say but beneath that crap talk the UK I believe respects the US very dearly.

USA and UK are both controlled by Zionists, Japan is just a lapdog. ​@@joshuagrover795

Americans fell in love with a little Nazi car the design of which was apparently sketched on a napkin by Adolf Hitler himself. Those VW Beetles were everywhere when I was a kid. There are plenty of Mercedes Benzes and BMWs on American roads too.

@@user-td2jw9ze2c People like you are so tiresome.

Two face, Space Cowboys, and the US Marshall movies would prove you wrong.

@@rannenw6207 Thanks for pointing that out Tommy.

they were protesting MacArthur touching the Emperor, who was still seen as a god

Maybe some rural yokels might have thought that but photography was quite popular in Japan

No, there were tons of pictures of Japanese people before that era, including the emperor, just look it up on google images, there are several images of them doing random stuff or posing. The reason was that the general was taller than him and he was standing to the right of the emperor and it was symbolically seen as the emperor being just a small human. So the picture was more casual and not suited for the japanese propaganda. And usually women were standing/sitting to the left of the men on pictures so it also symbolized that the emperor's position was that of a woman's, and as such weaker/subordinate etc. And then the japanese press was hesitant about putting the picture on the newspaper but the americans insisted on it.

@@inkyzollerYup. What do they think the soldiers were bowing and shouting “BANZAI” at, but a PHOTO of the emperor? Photos are ok but the dude must be made to look dignified and stiff-upperlip and, well, majestic.

and the US and Germany.

That's hilarious man hahaha.

Not Minister Tojo. He’d have to settle for the end of a noose.

​@@jonathancarlson6127That and a slap on his bald head.

@@jonathancarlson6127 neither the Unit 731 😵

@@jonathancarlson6127 Tojo tried to off himself He just really sucked at aiming for his heart. The bullet only grazed it and he was saved (only to be hanged a few months later)

​@@KalashVodka175He was sentenced to death by hanging three years later.

This is because the emperor was a god. This is different from the Christian or Muslim God.

His investigation of the emperor himself.

Watch the movie

MacArthur wasn't prepared for Hirohito. The rule was that the Emperor had to come to him but he could choose the time and the General would stop whatever he was doing and receive him. MacArthur just happed to be wearing khakis at the time the Emperor showed up. Macarthur changed clothes frequently over the course of a day to fit any occasion but he didn't want to keep the Emperor waiting.

Tell that to the Chinese who were victims of Japanese war crimes and never got justice for it

MacArthur didn't have the swag that Patton had, who had more victories and took care of his men. Haven't met WW2 vets who were proud to say they served under MacArthur while every 3rd Army vet will proudly proclaim they served with Patton

​@@jamalwilburn228 My grandfather fought for Patton in the 3rd Army and hated him until the day that he died. He called him, General "our blood and his guts." He lost respect for Patton especially after Patton slapped the man who had severe shell shock and called him a coward. I know that Patton was a military genius and respect that absolutely. However, when it comes to matters of life and death, my grandfather was there killing and trying not to be killed. He earned his opinion.

McArthur got a real nuke fetish in the 50s, had he been president ww3 whould have happened already

The Nuke controversy in Korea killed his chances.

@@andrewstravels2096 I can't argue with that fact

The mutual enemy was the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists who were to seize power in a few years.

because the United States forces Japan to be its friend.

@@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground No. You can't force friendship. The occupation was a mild one intended to break the back of the militarists and turn Japan into a constitutional democracy.

Because they both hated the communists

“Emperor”

2012.