Yeah , of course Gate had a right aftertaste and i know that is was sponsored by the JSDF and the author is a far right nationalist but to be honest , i was happy to see a story that does this trope with somebody else than the US . Luckily , the somewhat extremist author ' s views didn ' t leak in the anime as much as in the original web novel . And yes , the JSDF wank did appear refreshing after years of watching US armed forces wank . Somebody once said Gate is like Stargate as an anime , and i think he is quite right with this . And they portrayed the US quite well , at least the US under Republican presidents . No , honestly , I found their stereotypical depiction of foreign countries to be one of the weakest points of the show . Same goes for Zipang , i loved the dilemma of the characters and that they were so good citizens that they knew that it would be wrong to intervene in the war for only the good of Japan . They showed how the JSDF should act in such a situation , at least according to their official mission and orientation , if this attitude lives in the troops and officers is of course something i can ' t know . I ' m still curious how the heck they had tommahawks when their destroyers don ' t actually have any offensive weaponry on them . As in , they don ' t have those missiles IRL . it takes 15 ~~ Shermans ~~ Ronsons to destroy one Tiger FTFY My appreciation for the Tiger I and the Panzer IV is merely from their looks , i like the edgybox design , knowing that angled armour would make a better job . There was this guy who said the Tiger I ' s boxy armour was good because it allowed angling . as if having sloped armour somehow makes angling worse ? never heard of compound angles perhaps . then again , maybe I understood him wrong . though I don ' t think I did in this case . it is still common opinion in Germany that the Poles charged with their cavalry against our glorious tanks . Dragoons Shock Cavalry to some people . Cheers , MR