[Discussion] What war anime portrays war most realistically?

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• TAG@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Grave of the Fireflies is a classic.

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• Brewchin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The Saga of Tanya the Evil does a surprisingly good job of it, considering it’s an isekai about flying mages.

  Much of it is not-Germany fighting not-Russia while not-Italy are acting as neutral peace facilitators while not-UK are harrying the western flank, and they’re worried about the not-US getting involved and screwing up the balance of power. Lots of politics and strategy mixed in with some good action.

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mainly in the show, Franz Ferdinand was never shot, so WWI didn’t kick off until a decade later, but the Russian revolution still happened anyway (which is by far the weirdest historical detail about the show imo) and somehow their version of the USSR stabilizes 10 years early.

    Since it takes place in interwar years, you effectively have Imperial Germany fighting in what’s a blend of WWI and WWII. Since Germany’s overall strategies (Schleifen Plan/Blitzkrieg) were effectively the same between both wars it’s fairly believeable.

    And in the show it’s pretty clear that there’s no side that’s an unequivocal hero. They all sucked themselves into the war and are stuck in it, just like WWI.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Does Grave of the Fireflies count?

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  • literalgrill@sakurajima.moe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    @Kolanaki @mo_lave Barefoot Gen also enters the arena

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• devaly@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A Witch in Mongolia

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  • Unboxious@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    War is barely in this movie directly, but it does a great job with what it’s got.

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• B1tch_Pudding@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve heard good things about Vineland Saga not shying away from it’s depiction of generational war. Somebody told me it’s one of those where everyone kind of sucks but it will give you context to why the violence is happening. Been on my watchlist but I haven’t gotten to it yet (I’m dragging my feet because I’ve come to hate vikings in media)

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Gate is pretty realistic for the whole modern warfare vs ancient roman warfare.

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• Smash@lemmy.self-hosted.site ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Izetta and GOSICK come to mind

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• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pumpkin Scissors.

  War is easy. The aftermath is hard.

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• nightlily@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Now and Then, Here and There

  It’s pretty unflinching but not nihilistic.

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• kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Really depends on the era.

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• nyan@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The Cockpit might be of interest (if you can find it—I’m not sure there’s any current streaming license). Zipang, too. There are probably others I’m forgetting about.

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• AyuTsukasa@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think “In This Corner of the World” does a pretty good job.

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