Zipang

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Japanese: ジパング

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 8, 2004 to Apr 1, 2005

Premiered: Fall 2004

Broadcast: Fridays at 01:25 (JST)

Producers: Marvelous Entertainment, Animax, Pony Canyon, TBS

Licensors: Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: Studio Deen

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Themes: Adult Cast, Historical, Military, Time Travel

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.50¹ (scored by 7,701 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #1903²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #4595

Members: 22,665

Favorites: 188

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Synopsis

A Ripple in Time Turns the Crucial Tide of WWII.

Scheduled for routine military exercises, Commander Kadomatsu and the crew of Japan's newest and most modern Battlecruiser, The Mirai, are ready to test out the ship's state-of-the-art Aegis System. Instead, they find themselves transported back to June 4th, 1942—date of the crucial Battle of Midway, where the Japanese fleet was dealt a crippling blow. When an overzealous Kadomatsu rescues one of the battle's victims, Kusaka, from a sinking zero fighter, the Mirai's fate is sealed. The crew pledges not to do anything to alter the past further. However, they're now forced to fight a U.S. submarine in a battle that should never have occurred. Thus setting off a chain of events that may forever change the flow of history!

(Source: Geneon Entertainment USA, edited)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kusaka, Takumi

Main

Touchi, Hiroki
Japanese

Kadomatsu, Yosuke

Main

Inada, Tetsu
Japanese

Umezu, Sabure

Main

Yara, Yuusaku
Japanese

Yamamoto, Isoroku

Supporting

Tobayama, Bunmei
Japanese

Kikuchi, Masayuki

Supporting

Hoshino, Takanori
Japanese

Ishiwara, Kanji

Supporting

Tatsuta, Naoki
Japanese

Tsuda, Kazuma

Supporting

Nojima, Kenji
Japanese

Taki, Eiichirou

Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou
Japanese

Momoi, Sachiko

Supporting

Iseki, Yoshiko
Japanese

Oguri, Kouhei

Supporting

Ueda, Yuuji
Japanese

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Furuhashi, Kazuhiro

Director, Script, Storyboard, Series Composition

Hiramitsu, Takuya

Sound Director

Matsushita, Yukihiro

Episode Director, Storyboard

Okamoto, Hideki

Episode Director

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Opening Theme

"Rashinban (羅針盤)" by AUDIO RULEZ

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Ending Theme

"Kimi wo Miteiru (君を見ている)" by BEGIN

Reviews

Dec 11, 2020

Celtronis

Recommended

Zipang takes a more realistic look at how a modern military ship from our time would interact with a period in time where the world was fighting itself. We watch as Mirai's crew tries to alter history, and as they scavenge for food. While some parts are off, or inaccurate, it manages to overall potray a lifelike scenario. The characters themselves can be bland, and at times, uninteresting, but its not over the top. Theres no big eyed anime girls to be found, or SDF worshipping like GATE, but rather an actual scenario that could be expected.
Overall, it can be boring at times, but it ...

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Nov 4, 2021

ST63LTH

Mixed Feelings

In the 21st Century Mirai, a JSDF naval destroyer embarks on its training drill in the Pacific Ocean alongside other escort ships only to be swept up into the chaos of a storm. As the escorting ships disappear among the mist caused by the storm, the crew of Mirai discover they have been sent into the the Battle of Midway in 1942. Concerned with not interfering with the path of history, the Mirai crew maintain passive in the battles until Kadomatsu, Yosuke tries to save an Imperial Japanese Lieutenant Kusaka, Takumi and makes the riskiest decision of sharing classified information to Kusaka unintentionally changing history. ...

Story: 6/10
Although the story ends without a proper ending like the Manga, the world of Zipang is large and very detailed. It highlights many different historic figures and locations of interest during World War II. However, the story progress occurs repetitively where the crew of Mirai underestimate how people during World War II would respond to their 21st century destroyer. In the story, Mirai constantly keeps a passive stance which results in several casualties and damages of their own crew and ship - where the general consensus was to ensure safety to the crew. Also, at this point the general consensus was to prevent meddling into historic affairs yet the MC Kadomatsu went ahead and shared historic information with an axis lieutenant and let him walk free despite explicitly saying he'd need to stay on board Mirai. There are many plot holes or change of focus such as preventing historic meddling or ensuring crew safety which makes Mirai's logic redundant. As this occurred the story lost touch and spiraled into a chaotic domino effect as soon as Kusaka left the Mirai. The story is pretty interesting but it was logically challenging.

Art & Sound: 6/10
2004 art style was pretty detailed and surprisingly had nice CGI aircraft and battleship models. The animation wasn't fully there but it's to be expected of an ancient relic of a show. It still somewhat rivals current day equivalent in visuals such as GATE or Outbreak Company.

Sound was ok, I couldn't help but notice the suspenseful music play every time MC gets involved with Kusaka, it's like a foreshadow of him being a ticking time bomb risking everything to prevent war - even spilling historic and military secrets to convince the superiors.

Character: 6/10
The Mirai characters had realistic personalities as people from the 21st century, they have logical approaches but it doesn't help them on board a powerful ship in the middle of war. They are intentionally risky which leads to their demise especially MC Kodamatsu who, in order to develop the plot went against his crew to release an Imperial Japanese soldier back into Imperial Japan. The characters from the historic world are all arrogant, an intentional development as they are all in the midst of a dangerous war. This makes their personalities shallow because we know that they will call all Mirai's attacks bluffs and suffer in the end.

Overall: 6/10
I wish for the series to get a remaster. Watching it in 2021, it does have a sense of nostalgia in terms of tech and historical elements. If this were to get a remaster it could have a better chance at development. Zipang's ending hasn't been adapted but it is a controversial topic if adapted in the current day. The story and characters were pretty basic in development but the visuals was probably the main attraction of the show.

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Aug 22, 2022

weeb_me_daddy

Not Recommended

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Basically the movie Final Countdown but in anime and worse. Just like final countdown it's just bullshit propaganda. The anime talks about a 21st century's JSDF destroyer leaving the port for training exercises and encountering some sort of anomaly that sends them back in time to 1942 year (Yes it's a copy of the final countdown but the author didn't give the movie any credits). This was when WW2 is still on the way. when Japan were in a war against USA. Some people start saying some bullshit that the single destroyer could change the course of the war which is dumb. Only idiots ...

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