Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Tennoheika Banzai!

The proposed cover art for the Aoshima 1/700 scale model kit of the Japan Naval Self-Defense Force vessel Hyuga:


Note the sinking PLAN carrier Liaoning in the background! Clearly "Operation Senkaku" was a devastating success for the JNSDF and the East China Sea is now an Imperial lake. Poor deluded Rob Farley, clearly baffled by Imperial propaganda, claims
"Obviously there’s been some sort of dreadful accident– apparently near the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands– and the Hyuga is rendering desperately needed assistance to the Chinese ship. Those Ospreys are undoubtedly rescuing scores of Chinese crewmen. I can only hope that the goodwill and generosity evident in this artwork helps serve as a bridge between the two great East Asian nations."
Ha! Foolish Yankee, you won't be so cheerful when California has become part of the New Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere!

2 comments:

Leon said...

Quite surprised that a model company, of all things, decides to go set a tree on fire and then stand under it.

Hysterical rioting from Chinese citizens in three... two...

FDChief said...

The story on this is that it's a "prospective" box cover; one wonders if this was just a sort of inside joke for the boys in the bullpen at Aoshima...

Still, given the history there, y'gotta wonder how freaking bright it was to let THAT little joke get out on the Internet?