Hey guys,
you guys should already know what gundams are, but for those who don’t, Gundams are giant military robots. The Gundam series started on April 7, 1979, as a serial TV show called Mobile Suit Gundam. That first TV series has since spawned a franchise that has come to include works released in numerous media.
we know that Japan loves Gundam. in fact, the japanese love it so much that a major political party has announced that it is considering an actual, real-life Gundam development program for its military.
Reactions online in Japan have been mixed. one commentator criticized the impracticality of fielding billion-dollar machines that could be taken down with some tripwire, Battle of Hoth-style. “Gundams would be useless in a real war. If their intent is anything more than to curry favour with otaku they should start looking at what would be.” Others were more optimistic. “People ridiculing this are the same people who would have been ridiculing the car a century ago!” exclaimed one. And yet another simply had qualms with the LDP’s choice of giant robot. “Why Gundam all of a sudden now?
Personally, although it sounds really exciting to watch a real-life Gundam fly over the skies, however i firmly believe it is a waste of resources. Instead of investing billions of dollars into the military, why not invest in better infrastructure and education. Japanese infrastructure is by far one of the best in the world, but it is still not perfect. Look at what the tsunami did to the nuclear reactors of Japan during the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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