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I once was recommended a Japanese anime, "Gate". It's about a fantasy world trying to invade our modern realm. Earth strikes back with modern weapons, the fantasy world has no chance with their dragons, Orks and magic.
This I would love to see more of, asymmetrical warfare, it's just a power fantasy, but a fun one!
You might like The Laundry Files books by Charles Stross. Exactly that plays out in one book where elves invade Earth.
The premise is that magic is real, and can be summoned/controlled by the appropriate application of mathematics. If you discover this truth, you're irrevocably attached to The Laundry, basically MI6 for supernatural affairs, and you can never leave.
The protagonist is an IT nerd in England. He almost flattened Wolverhampton with a new algorithm he discoved but they caught him in time. His wife is a protagonist in a few books, and she's a delight. One of my favorites is where a bunch of high-end accountants accidentally make themselves vampires.
That sounds awesome. Was the anime good? Looks interesting.
It’s one of my favorite. People call it a JSDF recruitment video, but it’s just a good old fashioned curb stomping.
I'm watching it now. Of course the main character is a weeb lol. I kinda was hoping it would be a bit more serious. Also why is he all of a sudden like a professional soldier? Kinda makes no sense.i thought maybe he was a former soldier? But nah, just a weeby dude who all of a sudden gained tactical awareness and combat skills? Wtf lol. Either way it's pretty cool so I'll keep watching. I'm only on ep 1. The idea is pretty interesting.
Won’t spoil it, but keep watching, your initial assessment is a bit off there.
Okay on ep2. Loving this. They just fucking curbstomp the armies. And the US is obviously a bunch of fucking pricks. Even if this is Japanese army propaganda, it's still entertaining as shit.
Some pretty bad fanservice though. Quite bad actually.
Good! I'm glad it is. I will keep watching thank you .
Haha maybe that would be more cringe if I was native Japanese. But as a non-Japanee person it might just be cool to see a curb stomping.
Reminds me of that cheat in Age of Empire that gets you missile cars and marines with laser rifles. I used to have so much fun just obliterating ancient armies with tanks and shit lol.
Interesting. Any sufficiently powerful magic erases all conventional weapons, so the magic of the fantasy world can't be all that powerful in the first place.
In Gate there is very little to no magic. It’s mainly a Roman-era army, with some wyverns and other creatures thrown in. The military even comments how hard the wyvern scales are and that it shrugged off .50-cal bullets. But it couldn’t survive a shit load of C4.
I'm liking the anime but absolutely hating the fanservice. It reminds me Jobless Reincarnation. Super cool and interesting overall story but almost unwatchable due to the fanservice.
Huh. I actually don’t remember that much fanservice. I guess I blocked that part out.
Lol really? It's like every 5 minutes in some episodes.