Category Archives: Zipang

Zipang Season 1 Episode 25 Return Upon “returning” to Yokosuka, the crew of Mirai find that the navy has arranged to have them dock away from the harbor, under the guns of a naval artillery battery. Feeling suspicious, Mirai contacts the Yokosuka Naval Base to demand that someone with real authority be sent to negotiateContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 25”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 6 Attack Order The VTOL recon plane damages the two fighters and forces them to ditch without injuring their pilots, but its weapon systems officer is killed, the Mirai’s first casualty. Kusaka proposes that the Mirai go to Japanese-occupied Singapore, rather than Japanese mainland, to refuel and reprovision, He believes thatContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 6”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 7 Malay Railway Kadomatsu and Kusaka travel by the Malayan Railway to Singapore, while the Mirai hides in the Anambas Archipelago. Kadomatsu gets a view of the colonized people and has a close call with a brutal Kempeitai inspection. In Singapore, Kusaka requisitions a tanker to carry supplies for a “specialContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 7”

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Zipang Season 1 Episode 9 Deadline Tsuda reveals that, in addition to the crew of the tanker, he has put together a sizable task force at Singapore around the cruiser Kashii for dealing with the mystery ship that he has been ordered to investigate, should it become necessary. However, Kusaka and Kadomatsu convince Tsuda thatContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 9”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 10 Interchange Lt. Commander Oguri and Lt. Satake visit the crew of the tanker and the sailors from the 21st and 20th centuries have an opportunity to learn about each other — and Oguri consequently arrives late and drunk to the staff meeting called by Captain Umezu. Plans for Guadalcanal areContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 10”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 11 Island of Guadalcanal Kusaka is flown in the Umidori to meet Yamamoto at Truk Island. The IJN staff find the idea of a ship from the future hard to believe, but the technologically advanced nature of the Umidori is indisputable. American Marines in the attacking task force discuss stereotypes ofContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 11”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 12 Arrow of Sagittarius A landing party from the Mirai on Guadalcanal has close calls with both the Japanese on the island and with the attacking American forces. The Mirai witnesses the Battle of Savo Island, where the Allied naval force covering the landing is destroyed by the Japanese Eighth FleetContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 12”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 13 Country of Gold Kadomatsu and his landing party use a laser designator to guide a blank Harpoon missile to strike the American supply depot, an attack which harms no one but demonstrates their ability to do so. But the Americans do not retreat as the Mirai’s crew expect, but insteadContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 13”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 14 Clash! The Yamato fires on the American forces on Guadalcanal, but the Mirai uses its Aegis combat system and Sea Sparrow missiles to intercept and destroy the first wave of shells in flight. However, the Mirai crew are aware that they cannot keep intercepting shells, as the Yamato has hundredsContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 14”