Sushi Police Episode 1 Discussion

Kagami_Hiiragi said:
Lol the next OPM is here

Fai said:
To understand this show and why it exists, you need to be familiar with japanese politics and the recent-ish events, involving the popularity of nationalism being on the rise and stupid statements about "foreigners" that the politicians have made


In 2006, Japan's Minister of Agriculture pushed a proposition for creating an inspection force that would judge the foreign restaurants and whether they can call their products sushi. He claimed that most of foreigner sushi is not sushi and only taints the japanese culture.. The said taskforce would in secret infiltrate foreign sushi restaurants be it as workforce or clients, with the japanese government pressuring the sushi restaurants that are "not worthy to be called sushi".

The idea was just so silly and outrageous that most of news outlets made fun of it by coining the phrase "Beware, the sushi police are coming!"

For those interested this is a good read by washington post

Sushi Police is essentially a series of comedic shorts that satirizes Japan's obsession with nationalism and twisted view of foreigners. It might seem to be weird for the foreigners, but Japan's view towards its culture and the outrage that "foreigners mingling with it" causes is extremely topical.

As such the short accomplishes what it sets out to do - it showcases just how outrageously silly such ideas are and how silly japan's obsession with "japanese culture only for japanese" is.

NakedButtPirate said:
there should be anime police too,
like these guys are tainting japanese culture with their foreign styled animation, this isn't real anime

it's pretty far fetched but I just wanted to point that out, thought it'd be interest... cause it's a bit ironic... with everyone getting their boner ko'd by the art and all...

NakedButtPirate said:
there should be anime police too,
like these guys are tainting japanese culture with their foreign styled animation, this isn't real anime

it's pretty far fetched but I just wanted to point that out, thought it'd be interest... cause it's a bit ironic... with everyone getting their boner ko'd by the art and all...

raveninthemuddle said:
This "thing" and Sekkou Boys are two of the most retarded ideas, and is also the most awkwardly executed show of this season, is stuff like this makes you keep coming back to anime always thinking "Why?"

Takuan_Soho said:


This dates back to the time when EVERY country was doing the same thing: France enforcing the trademark on Champagne (which is why all non-French brands are now called "sparkling wine"), Korea trademarking Kiimichi (so that only Korean companies could call it that), and various other countries doing that with their well known products (Parmesan cheese having to come from Parma region of Italy being another). So there was nothing particularly unique about Japan doing it with sushi.

So the WP was just promoting the "oh those Japanese" meme that is so popular among Western elites and people on the internet.

And honestly, I wouldn't mind there being a "Sushi Police". When someone messes up with sushi, not only does it taste bad, but it is also very likely to make you sick. It's raw fish after all. It takes far more training than just slapping fish on rice to make good sushi, as anyone who has had great sushi knows.

Fai said:
To understand this show and why it exists, you need to be familiar with japanese politics and the recent-ish events, involving the popularity of nationalism being on the rise and stupid statements about "foreigners" that the politicians have made


In 2006, Japan's Minister of Agriculture pushed a proposition for creating an inspection force that would judge the foreign restaurants and whether they can call their products sushi. He claimed that most of foreigner sushi is not sushi and only taints the japanese culture.. The said taskforce would in secret infiltrate foreign sushi restaurants be it as workforce or clients, with the japanese government pressuring the sushi restaurants that are "not worthy to be called sushi".

The idea was just so silly and outrageous that most of news outlets made fun of it by coining the phrase "Beware, the sushi police are coming!"

For those interested this is a good read by washington post

Sushi Police is essentially a series of comedic shorts that satirizes Japan's obsession with nationalism and twisted view of foreigners. It might seem to be weird for the foreigners, but Japan's view towards its culture and the outrage that "foreigners mingling with it" causes is extremely topical.

As such the short accomplishes what it sets out to do - it showcases just how outrageously silly such ideas are and how silly japan's obsession with "japanese culture only for japanese" is.

Daeva-kun said:
To be honest, this anime doesn't look like it's making a parody of "Japanese Cooking Nationalism" at all.

It's making fun of the makers of "fake sushi" and the real parody seems to focus on the "stupidity" of the Non-Japanese people who eat their crap out of "freedom" and refuse to realize the preciousness of the authentic flavours.

In fact the ending contains explanations and trivia about "real sushi" to open your eyes about its "superiority" in the world of food.

--From this perspective I found this anime kinda offensive, but I'm still watching 'cause I want to see what's going to say about my country out of masochism for the sake of self-awareness x'D !