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Choi Seung-hee Yes, most of the things in the article was relevant to the article topic. It was neutral. Article gave readers a decision to think if she was pro-Japanese or not. Most of her work and about her life when she was in North Korea is underrepresented in the article. Probably, due to lack of resource materials. There were total two links and only one of them worked. And one working link was only accessible to the certain people, so I couldn't access to the full material through the link. There aren't any appropriate, reliable references on the article. (One working link was not accessible for me at least.) Article needs to find better references. Choi Seung-hee is official classified as pro-Japanese in Korea. And there is one young girl who are inheriting Choi Seung-hee style dancing from the former student of Choi Seung-hee. There was one user asking about the term used in the article. Sometimes people will just translate and use inappropriate word from the dictionary. It is not part of any WikiProjects. Article is not rated and ii is at Start status. Article didn't cover any of her dance work and didn't mention any reason why she was famous and popular at the time.
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 * Motofumi Kobayashi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motofumi_Kobayashi

There is really no information about him. He is pretty famous military art artist in Japan and in South Korea as well. Even though I didn't read all of his books, I can talk more about him in general and can talk about his work as well. There aren't many cited sources so I will have to look for the links as well.


 * Choi Seung-hee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Seung-hee

Prety much same as Motofumi Kobayashi's article. Even though it is in a better shape, it still lacks many information. Basic information about her can be worked on since we already discussed within the class together. Her life in North Korea and her students teaching her technique is also not mentioned. Need to replace the links with the working one.

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Apocalypse Meow, The Silent Service, Zipang (manga)


 * What to add and any ideas?

More information about writers by mentioning his other work as well. Additional historical background of both material Historical aspect of the book. Correcting possible false informations and clearfying informations. Book's main theme. Talking about why Military Manga genre.


 * Possible articles and sources materials...

Penney, Matthew. (2007).‘War Fantasy’ and Reality—‘War as Entertainment’ and Counter-narratives in Japanese Popular Culture. Japanese Studies, 27(1), 35-52. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10371390701268638?scroll=top&needAccess=true

Occhi D.J. (2017) Where Japanese and Occidental Cultural Conceptualisations Meet: Reading Manga Which Anthropomorphise Nations as Kyara ‘Characters’ Through the Lens of Cultural Linguistics. In: Sharifian F. (eds) Advances in Cultural Linguistics. Cultural Linguistics. Springer, Singapore

Miller, L. (2010). Japan’s Zoomorphic Urge. ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, 17(2), 69-82. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/ane.208

Kodosky, Robert J. (2011). Holy Tet Westy!: Graphic Novels and the Vietnam War. The Journal of Popular Culture 44(5), 1047-1066.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00887.x/abstract

Hallin, D. C. (1986). The "uncensored war": The media and Vietnam. New York: Oxford University Press.

Johnson-Woods, T. (2010). Manga: An anthology of global and cultural perspectives. New York: Continuum.

Symonds, C. L., Clipson, W. J., & United States Naval Institute. (1995). The Naval Institute historical atlas of the U.S. Navy. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press.

Hagan, K. J., & McMaster, M. T. (2008). In peace and war: Interpretations of American naval history. Westport, Conn: Praeger Security International.

Mendel, D. (1972). Japan's Postwar Defense Policy, 1947–1968. By Weinstein Martin E.. (New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1971. Pp. 160. $7.50.). American Political Science Review, 66(3), 1095-1096. doi:10.2307/1957557

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Historical Aspects and analysis of both comics.

Additional information about reception and impact of both manga.

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Fix errors.

Draft Section
The Silent Service

Characters
 * Kaieda Siro (海江田四郎)
 * Main Character of the series. He is the captain of the diesel submarine 'Yamanami'. He was selected as a captain for the Japanese's first nuclear submarine called 'Seabat'. During the test with the U.S. Navy, he orders his crews to fire a torpedo against the U.S. Navy submarines and sneaks away from the area. Later, Kaieda declares that his submarine is an independent state and he names his state 'Yamato'.


 * Fukamachi Hirosi (深町洋)
 * Working->


 * Yamanaka Eiji (山中栄治)
 * Executive Officer of the submarine 'Yamato'. He worked with Kaieda for 10 years. They both trust in each other's abilities.


 * Utsumi (内海)
 * Navigation Officer of the submarine 'Yamato'.


 * Migoguchi Takuo (溝口拓男)
 * Sonar Specialist of the submarine ‘Yamato'

Responses

By looking at the plot it can seem pro-militarism. JSDF is armed with a nuclear-powered submarine and it becomes a rouge submarine and starts attacking not only the Russian Navy, but the U.S. Navy as well. Also, the main character names his submarine states as 'Yamato', which resembles one of the biggest battleship ever made during World War II.

Kawaguchi’s theme in this manga changed a lot overtime. In the beginning, Kawaguchi expresses his message that Japan should be independent from others countries. However, in the end, his message changes to one of unison and that all countries need to work together. The reason why he changed his message in the manga is related to the situation of the Japan at the time. When Kawaguchi started the series, the Cold War was still present and the Japanese economy was at the peak. However, as time goes, communism collapsed and the Japanese economy started to collapse as well.

Additional Facts

Speaking of realism art, some of the scenes in the manga are far from realism. Especially the scene where the submarine uses com wire to sink down another submarine. It is absolutely absurd. However, this scene impacted the Korean movie called “Phantom,” which used the same tactic against the JSDF submarine. The submarine chase scene from the movie, “Hunt for Red October” was also adopted in the ‘Silent Service,’ where they used a torpedo’s safety feature to counter attack incoming enemy submarine.

Zipang