Zipang

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Genre: action award winning drama sci-fi
Author: kawaguchi kaiji
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Year: Jul 27, 2000 to Nov 5, 2009
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Status： Finished

adult cast historical military time travel

In the year 200X, a Japanese fleet comprising three vessels embarks on a mission to South America. After being caught in a storm, the ship JDS Mirai finds itself separated from its escorts and transported back in time to 1942, heading towards Midway Island where it will encounter the American fleet in one of the largest naval battles in history. The crew of the Mirai must decide whether to intervene in World War II and potentially alter the course of history. (Source: MU)

The first four volumes of Zipang were published in bilingual Japanese-English editions by Kodansha in 2002. Zipang was published in French by Kana from March 4, 2005, to May 7, 2015.

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Japanese: ジパング

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Kadomatsu Yosuke

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JMSDF Commander and second-in-command of the Mirai. He adheres strictly to the ideals of the postwar Self Defense Forces and considers saving lives, regardless of consequences, as his most important duty. His father was also a JMSDF officer and appears fr...
Kikuchi Masayuki

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JMSDF Lt. Commander, Gunnery Officer of the Mirai, and a classmate of both Kadomatsu and Oguri from the Officer Candidate School. He had joined the Self Defense Force for economic reasons and consistently seek to avoid situations where he might be forced ...
Kusaka Takumi

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An IJN Lt. Commander whose courier plane was shot down during the Battle of Midway and rescued by Kadomatsu. He considers the encounter with the Mirai as an opportunity to change the history for the "better" (from his perspective, at least.) He rejects bo...
Oguri Kouhei

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JMSDF Lt. Commander, Navigation Officer of the Mirai, and a classmate to both Kadomatsu and Kikuchi. Unlike Katomatsu and Kikuchi, he is not wracked by inner conflict following the Mirai's arrival in 1942. Rather, he is a happy-go-lucky character who beli...
Umezu Sabure

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Captain of Mirai, Umezu is a wise and respected commander who has the priority of the safety of his crew. He tries to prevent any possible changes in history, but after a time he will agree more and more with Kadomatsu and begins the goal to save as many...