Because it's not plausible irl. A person that is at least decent with a pistol and has background with cqc can kill a guy who's mastered a sword. Unless the situation heavily favors the swordsman i.e. The guy with pistol has yet to draw his weapon and they are in extreme close proximity at the very start of the fight, the guy with the gun will almost always win.
@@idiosyncrasy7703 Exactly. I'm really bored of seeing the tired trope where guns ain't doing jack shit but be like BB pellets. When asked about why the guy with a sword wins, the answer is always "magic". Screw that! The gun is what equalises a nobody against a trained magical swordsman.
@@idiosyncrasy7703 or if they use armor that is better than the pistol. Medieval plate armor the kings wore would stop 9mm consistently. Tempered steel stops bullets. If the pistol had rifle or anti armor rounds like the FN Seven then yeah the guy with the gun will normally win. In WW2 plenty of guys killed marines with spears and swords. But it's not like there was alot of air support back then. So they could get close.
@@GAnonymusG john cena: are you sure about that? the steel people had in medieval times were NO FKING CLOSE to stoping bullets. In ww2 people got killed even with shovels, but thats because those were surprise or sneak attacks at night
@@damianopitz4069 Which goes to the point of a sword fight against a gun. Plenty of factors at play. Also munitions armor is not plate armor that's like comparing a leather jerkins to someone in chainmail. Plate armor stops bullets up to .45 cals from a Colt 1911. Assuming you decided to hit the thickest part of the plate. Medieval steel made with the cast method is similar to modern steel. Tempered steel was reserved for kings though. Most of it was shitty munitions armor. Tempered ain't AR500 but it was pretty good.
@@jasonalbert6251 It's almost like having rules in warfare is useless because one side will always break them and if they win, then they'll suffer no actual punishment.
Best line in the anime: A fire dragon attacks a convoy escorted by the SDF. They strike back. Civilian: "You will get killed!" SDF member "No. The SDF has a long tradition of fighting giant monsters." I actually laughed out loud.
Then there's hentai protag who just used unknown magic trick to enhance sword to cut a f*cking napalm bomb into half and explode without harming the protag lmfao
He based it off the mission parameters... then groaned over their devotion to Kilgore while mourning over how he just knew they'd re-enact the movie scene as faithfully as possible. He was right, too, the commander of the 4th even cited Kilgore just before starting up the Wagner.
*"If fighting is to result in victory, then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little more about fighting than you do pal because he invented it! And then he perfected it so that no man could best him in the ring of honor!"* -Soldier TF2
First time I saw this scene and they talked about helis, loudspeakers and the Wagner CD, I just thought: "Oh no, they wouldn't... Oh, they absolutely are..."
"We've got the stereo, the loudspeakers, and the Wagner CD all ready to go!" This guy's got his priorities straight. Just a good thing they didn't use napalm.
this anime pretty much aimed at military otaku or in japanese term gunji otaku. pretty much common in japanese people. they like kaiju, american action movie, and gundam or any mech thats more real take on robot and military like patlabor.
You have to acknowledge that they are using cobra attack helicopters and Huey´s. Both are cold war technology and not very well armoured. The ballista on the wall fires a heavy spear at a surprisingly high velocity. That would spear and destroy one of those helicopters with relative easy. It is an actual treat to them.
Depends on the helicopter, most use 20mm. Any more is overkill really. Gatling guns can fire at speeds of nearly 7000 rpm. That much firepower can bring anything down anyway.
The US Army has used "The Ride of the Valkerie" and other music to intimidate hostile forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama, and elsewhere. Nearly everyone who has pretentions of being a "warrior" has seen War Movies and Their Imagination adds to the Devastating Firepower! The goal is victory, not trying to kill every single combatant!
They wanted an Apocolypse Now reference so badly that this modern, Japanese military decided to stock an entire strike force's worth of Hueys just for the occasion.
I believe that they deployed UH-1s through the gate because they used pre-GPS navigation equipment. A more modern aircraft would rely heavily on assets that they didn’t have on the other side. As for where they got an entire force of Hueys, I have no damn clue. Side note, this also goes for the F-4 Phantoms.
@@jasonalbert6251 Modern aircraft can still operate without any navaids, in fact the assumption is that GPS would last like 10 minutes into the conflict before satellites are fucked or it's jammed. A better reason to use UH-1 in environment like this is that its engine will run on anything that burns reasonably well and cleanly. Like vodka for instance.
I think the explanation in the manga was that, since the Gate region was still largely unexplored, they decided to send in less modern and expensive assets. You can see that in the fact that most of the Japanese soldiers are using Howa type 64's instead of more modern rifles. They probably decided that sending in something expendable like A Huey was a better course of action than sending in a more modern and expensive UH-60.
@@Lewd-Tenant_Isan I thought the manga explanation was that the modern equipments was needed to maintain adequate defence capabilities on home soil, thus they decided to send in surplus and retired equipment and etc
@@TheGodofplastic isan is right they dont know what lies behinde the gate so the send in less modern equipment that would not be a big thread when captured by the enemy!
I always rushed tech in EE, while spending the bare minimum on defending myself. My enemies: we have 200,000 units, with a million more well on the way Me: haha nuclear bomber goes ZOOOOM
But you gotta realise how actual terrifying this would be, you spent you’re entire life growing up with magicians and so on being the most powerful beings but then all of a sudden a foreign power that’s about 1000-2000 years ahead in technology comes along and can wipe out an entire army of the most elite forces in a matter of minutes
And I remember it was pointed out by one of the characters how there was no honor, pride, or glory involved in this. That to them, you couldn’t call this war, it was just a massacre with no remorse. Each individual soldier isn’t granted time to feel any of the emotions that are present in epic stories, you aren’t even granted that in death. There is nothing honorable about getting mowed down by an absolute force of efficient violence, reduced to a statistic.
They were engaging hostile enemies, (who attacked first) after specifically being asked to help. It's no crime to be superiorly armed to your opponent.
Other anime: “Through the power of friendship and love my sword is strong enough to overcome anything!” GATE: “Oh Ho Ho! Looks like you’ve brought yourself a sword to a combined arms offensive.”
Him saying that outloud was among one of the cringest things I have heard tbh, if you have to say that outloud while putting rounds down range you got a problem
If you're moving right , you shoot left so the bullet travels in the correct angle to hit. And he just aimed directly at the guy and missed. That works when you're not moving yeah , but when you're , in the air especially , no.
GATE, the anti-thesis of how most animes have kids with swords beat trained Soldiers with rifles. Also I love how when that Company Commander and his XO mention all the music and stuff and then their Battalion Commander brings up LTC Kilgore from Apocalypse Now in such a blatant manner lmao
@@clothar23 And is actually immortal, so "shoot her" doesn't work. It's actually made point in Manga and LNs that if Rory wanted, she could rout entire JSDF force and at best they could slow her down, but not stop her.
@@Mandemon1990 Yes but it's also shown her abilities do have their limits. So theoretically it would be possible to capture her , stick her in some box , and worry about her a few centuries down the road.
to think, that to the JSDF this was all in good fun just to recreate that one scene from a movie, but on the ground it is complete terror, chaos, and confusion with hundreds of lives being lost in a matter of minutes. i love it
All we needed is a “Charlie Don’t Surf!”/ “I love the smell of Napalm in the morning” Reference or for one of the soldiers to scream “Get Some!” While firing.
"Your Majesty, we're under attack!" "By Whom?" "Um... by Richard Wagner... and his entire orchestra..." "What?" "No really. Listen." *Ride of the Valkyries continues playing* This is only made darker for me by that one guy citing what I'm gonna call sniper doctrine while firing one shot at a time from his helicopter.
you would be suprised seeing ballista spear going through your cockpit and stopping on engine. and it was pointed to the sky+they have dragons so its natural to have something against them
THIS WAS PERFECT!!! LOVE THIS ANIME and this scene was just ICING ON THE DAMNED CAKE!!! The directors and animators are simply AMAZING for doing this tongue in cheek reference!!!
So glad to be among those who love this anime for its references and pretty realistic (for an anime) depiction of what would happen if a modern military (even one focused on defense like the SDF) had to fight a medieval one. The only problem with this video is it cuts off the girls' reaction to the power of an attack helicopter.
@@NicPTheMeme Prob is the American president in-universe is Donald Trump, ergo, a complete fucking moron, who spent all his political capital trying to blackmail the Japanese into getting Gate access instead of, you know, just asking for it nicely. So I wouldn't count on it.
The original "Apocalypse Now" was before my time, so I didn't catch the reference. I had wondered why there were quotation marks around certain lines... Yet, even without catching the reference, this scene was still awesome -- and now I'm definitely going to watch the original movie.
Being before your time is not an excuse to not know something culturally so important. The Big Bang was before my time, doesn't mean I don't know about it.
This anime is a masterpiece! I was literally squealling and crying tears of joy when I saw the helicopters flying in ready to kick the shit out of the medieval people! But it seriously sucks that out of all the anime and manga i've seen, Gate is the only one that has modern armies blasting the hell out of armies of medieval. If you have any anime or manga that are like this one, please lemme know, I crave for more.
Search "Zipang", It's a Mordern Atago Class Destoyer travel back to 1942 facing the US Navy and Imperial Japan, it has very accurate history and military depiction. but since the anime is made in early 2000, the resolution is low.
I like how the last order before the battle was too "start the music" as it showed 5 speakers on the chopper Those bandits were listening to actual ride of the valkyries while being obliterated
Well seeing as how dragons and wyverns are common animal in the special region,I guess ballista's are AA weapons because their use to defend against them
I’d actually love to see a live action adaptation Of gate. I wouldn’t even be oppose if it’s one of those live action adaptation when they set it in the US. In fact that would make more sense politically. I don’t see the self defense force being an invading force.
The anime is extremely pro japanese militarist movement. They have some fun quoting American war movies, but they also shit on American soldiers a lot. In the Anime, they justify invading the area by declaring it a special zone of Japan, because the gate is within Japanese borders. That makes it a domestic military issue, so that Japan can use the SDF. If they acknowledged that it was a foreign issue, they'd be forced to defer to US military policy, because the WWII surrender conditions still exist that make Japan a military protectorate of the US and prevent them from having a standing army or engaging in foreign warfare. (This treaty is a serious sore spot for the writer, which is why he goes so far out of his way to portray the JSDF as infallible and Americans as corrupt and inferior.) They secure UN support for this declaration because everyone hates America, and the Japanese spokesperson says that unlike China, Russia, and America, Japan has never committed an atrocity in its history.
@@joffrecordan Of course that Japanese spokesperson couldn't be more wrong. Japan has definitely committed their fair share of atrocities. Their history is steeped in blood.
@@dreyone6156 Of course. The author of Gate is a hardcore ultranationalist. The entire series is a vehicle for his political views, which were toned down for the manga, which was then toned down further for the anime. They reference Apocalypse Now but do so in a tone-deaf sort of way, like the movie's anti-war subtext wasn't in it.
YES. MOWING DOWN PIKEMEN AND SWORDSMEN WITH GATLING GUNS IS. DA. BEST. Actually... no. No it isn't the best. DROPPING NUCLEAR BOMBS ON SWORDSMEN AND WATCHING THEM BRACE FOR A FIGHT BEFORE THEY'RE VAPORIZED IS DA BEST WOOOT WOOOOOOT ATOMIC BOMBS FTW Yeah.... you can tell I go for Domination victory when I play :/
You know you are doing something right when you come that close to firing at ballista within striking range of a chopper. Even I struggle to accomplish that in my rollplays when using a fantasy character.
![GATE - Massacre Of Alnus Hill [ENG DUB][4K60FPS]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxAO9oowHRM/mqdefault.jpg)
i feel like this anime is a giant middle finger to the scenes in other anime where characters bring blades to a gunfight and win
Because it's not plausible irl. A person that is at least decent with a pistol and has background with cqc can kill a guy who's mastered a sword. Unless the situation heavily favors the swordsman i.e. The guy with pistol has yet to draw his weapon and they are in extreme close proximity at the very start of the fight, the guy with the gun will almost always win.
@@idiosyncrasy7703 Exactly. I'm really bored of seeing the tired trope where guns ain't doing jack shit but be like BB pellets. When asked about why the guy with a sword wins, the answer is always "magic". Screw that! The gun is what equalises a nobody against a trained magical swordsman.
@@idiosyncrasy7703 or if they use armor that is better than the pistol. Medieval plate armor the kings wore would stop 9mm consistently. Tempered steel stops bullets. If the pistol had rifle or anti armor rounds like the FN Seven then yeah the guy with the gun will normally win. In WW2 plenty of guys killed marines with spears and swords. But it's not like there was alot of air support back then. So they could get close.
@@GAnonymusG john cena: are you sure about that?
the steel people had in medieval times were NO FKING CLOSE to stoping bullets.
In ww2 people got killed even with shovels, but thats because those were surprise or sneak attacks at night
@@damianopitz4069 Which goes to the point of a sword fight against a gun. Plenty of factors at play. Also munitions armor is not plate armor that's like comparing a leather jerkins to someone in chainmail. Plate armor stops bullets up to .45 cals from a Colt 1911. Assuming you decided to hit the thickest part of the plate. Medieval steel made with the cast method is similar to modern steel. Tempered steel was reserved for kings though. Most of it was shitty munitions armor. Tempered ain't AR500 but it was pretty good.
"Don't you feel anything when you shoot all of those people and mow them down like grass?"
"Yes. Recoil."
"How can you shoot women and children?!"
"Easy, you just don't lead 'em so much!"
Kinda funny that GATE tries to make this good when the whole point of the scene in Apocalypse Now was
W A R C R I M E S
@@jasonalbert6251 It's almost like having rules in warfare is useless because one side will always break them and if they win, then they'll suffer no actual punishment.
@@triggerme6144 Although if they lose, they get tried in the Hague. Unless they're the US, apparently.
@@jasonalbert6251 hey the geneva convention didn't exist in an another world
Best line in the anime:
A fire dragon attacks a convoy escorted by the SDF. They strike back.
Civilian: "You will get killed!"
SDF member "No. The SDF has a long tradition of fighting giant monsters."
I actually laughed out loud.
Godzilla reference???!!!
@@detritus3676 Yup. And also all the other kaiju in numerous movies and TV series.
that's an actual line in the anime?
@@godfather4312 yup. Great piece of meta humor there.
Yeah their predecessor even fought that gargantuan monster called USA
*When you're a medieval farmer and you hear fortunate son playing in the distance*
@Yupk // Professional Marketing Manager are you part of the rice field that speak Vietnamese?
Legit read fortnite son 😂😂
Boys play fortunate son. Men play ride of the valkyries
run!
*Welcome to the rice fields motherfuckers*
Other animes: I deflected your bullets with the power of friendship!
Gate: *Swords can't deflect napalm*
Then there's hentai protag who just used unknown magic trick to enhance sword to cut a f*cking napalm bomb into half and explode without harming the protag lmfao
̣ well that’s the most idiotic thing, the most stupid, the most anime thing I have heard today.
swordman: *draw sword* Bring it on!
soldier: okay *click*
*galting gun spraying sound*
we all know who win.
@Christian Dean Matthew It sticks to them just as well.
Ya boy Okuyasu
In that case, I'd rather say some stuff like friendshrimp.
Just because.
Team 1: "Pick us sir!"
Team 4: "We have Wagner."
General: "Team 4 will go"
I'm fairly certain that guy has been waiting for this moment his entire military aviation career.
Wagner over everything right?
He based it off the mission parameters... then groaned over their devotion to Kilgore while mourning over how he just knew they'd re-enact the movie scene as faithfully as possible. He was right, too, the commander of the 4th even cited Kilgore just before starting up the Wagner.
@@titleatptitleinsertcoordin3701 You know what they say about Wagner and his love of cock.
@@TheNerdForAllSeasons Too true, this is every gunner's wet dream!
"All you need is a stereo and a wagner CD to create a perfect platoon"
-sun tzu, art of war
... probably ...
*"If fighting is to result in victory, then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little more about fighting than you do pal because he invented it! And then he perfected it so that no man could best him in the ring of honor!"*
-Soldier TF2
@@YourAverageKriegsman "I AM NOT TRAPPED IN A FACILITY FULL OF ROBOTS, YOU ARE ALL TRAPPED ON HERE WITH ME"
@@arziac2677 *"IF GOD HAD WANTED YOU LIVE HE WOULD NOT HAVE CREATED ME!"*
Source: just trust me dude
First time I saw this scene and they talked about helis, loudspeakers and the Wagner CD, I just thought: "Oh no, they wouldn't... Oh, they absolutely are..."
I was like "I can see where this is going..."
Henning K best scene ever
As soon as they said the Wagner CD I went “These are my kind of people.”
Even Far Cry 3 did this 😂
I couldnt believe that they really did it.
Enemy Casualties: over 1,000, maybe more
JSDF casualties: someone got dust in their eyes, as well as an arrow to the arm
I'm pretty sure there is only 1 scene in the whole anime where someone from the jsdf gets hurt and its by a fucking arrow to the knee
@@wolfhunted7702 I used to be a JSDF soldier, until I took an arrow to the knee
@@wolfhunted7702 not to the knee, to the left side of the chest near the heart, they had to bandage it up with the arrow inside
In the novel there's some confirm casualties on the jsdf
I love that reference! Bully Maguire!
"We've got the stereo, the loudspeakers, and the Wagner CD all ready to go!"
This guy's got his priorities straight. Just a good thing they didn't use napalm.
But the bad part is: *No Fortunate Son*
Hello there
I don't know, Napalm is a pretty good way to make a point.
I doubt the native populace would have been as welcoming, even after killing the bandits.
they missed that step to save on time
The SDF soldiers suddenly realize.... oh, this is what America feels like all the time.
Lol
Nice one
@Charles Gnarley sure does
@@rookiedetective569 freedom
@Charles Gnarley Hell yeah.
You have to appreciate the amount of animation that went into a joke that seems like a lot of the Japanese audience might not even get.
this anime pretty much aimed at military otaku or in japanese term gunji otaku.
pretty much common in japanese people.
they like kaiju, american action movie, and gundam or any mech thats more real take on robot and military like patlabor.
@@LR-jb6zn and we love it
@@kulot-ki1tu sure do realistic things fuckin claps
@@LR-jb6zn yes sirr japanese millittary themed anime had strong charm for me
Don't you think for a minute that your average nerd, American or japanese, didn't love this scene.
"AA weapon on the wall, they are still loading"
kinda funny tho
:)
You have to acknowledge that they are using cobra attack helicopters and Huey´s. Both are cold war technology and not very well armoured. The ballista on the wall fires a heavy spear at a surprisingly high velocity. That would spear and destroy one of those helicopters with relative easy. It is an actual treat to them.
A Channel
Better be safe than sorry. Plus I guess it’s used to fend off Wyvern attacks
D.ZMTan Thats what i said, most choppers arent really armored
One good shot to the rotor and you can bring these down
This anime is just the "parry this you filthy casual" meme
"Anybody who runs is an enemy! Anybody who stands is a well disciplined enemy!"
"Anybody who runs is a Discount Roman! Anybody who stands is a well-disciplined Discount Roman!"
@@manuvirajkhare "Any women?!, or children!?"
@@arya31ful
“Sometimes”
@@EvgeneXI "How can you shoot woman and children!?"
@@arya31ful “easy… ya just don’t lead em as much!”
Other anime : Bullets can't penetrate true friendship!
Gate : *swords won't stop a 30mm*
is that 30 or 20mm, i through attack helicopters used 20mm
Depends on the helicopter, most use 20mm. Any more is overkill really. Gatling guns can fire at speeds of nearly 7000 rpm. That much firepower can bring anything down anyway.
That is an Bell Helicopter AH-1S Cobra it uses a 20mm rotating barrel chain gun. The Boeing Defense AH-64 Apache uses a single barrel 30mm chain gun.
Gate: *guns go brrrrr*
@@jeffma7507 Strange, they used the same gun audio from the old Macross anime series!
I love how when they were trying to get permission to head out, the first thing they mentioned was speed, loudspeakers, and the Wagner CD. XD
Lasertech Studios
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!
Ride of the Valkyries.
Surprisingly menacing if it’s aimed at you.
Badass at your back
The dancing helicopters was a nice touch.
I thought they were just joking. Looks like they weren't.
The US Army has used "The Ride of the Valkerie" and other music to intimidate hostile forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama, and elsewhere.
Nearly everyone who has pretentions of being a "warrior" has seen War Movies and Their Imagination adds to the Devastating Firepower!
The goal is victory, not trying to kill every single combatant!
"Theres nothing stronger than love, except a M32 Rotary Grenade Launcher"
Edit : "Because fuck you and everyone near you"
-Grouse
The power of love is bullshit. Power of swords and violence, that's where the money is. - Abridged Kirito
When the medievals bring blades and shields to a gunfight with a goddamn warthog:
“You call this resisting arrest? We call this a DIFFICULTY TWEAK”
@@Blitz_IngaMCZ *click* wululuLULULULULU
@@Blitz_IngaMCZ haha A-10 goes *brrrrtttttt*
Because f you and everything u love
No one:
The JSDF in gate: finally, something that isn’t a Godzilla...
lmao
lol
They fought a Dragon in season 2
@@eltonjohntubola3212 Still not godzilla to be fair
🤣ahahahahahahahaha
They wanted an Apocolypse Now reference so badly that this modern, Japanese military decided to stock an entire strike force's worth of Hueys just for the occasion.
I believe that they deployed UH-1s through the gate because they used pre-GPS navigation equipment. A more modern aircraft would rely heavily on assets that they didn’t have on the other side. As for where they got an entire force of Hueys, I have no damn clue.
Side note, this also goes for the F-4 Phantoms.
@@jasonalbert6251 Modern aircraft can still operate without any navaids, in fact the assumption is that GPS would last like 10 minutes into the conflict before satellites are fucked or it's jammed.
A better reason to use UH-1 in environment like this is that its engine will run on anything that burns reasonably well and cleanly. Like vodka for instance.
I think the explanation in the manga was that, since the Gate region was still largely unexplored, they decided to send in less modern and expensive assets. You can see that in the fact that most of the Japanese soldiers are using Howa type 64's instead of more modern rifles. They probably decided that sending in something expendable like A Huey was a better course of action than sending in a more modern and expensive UH-60.
@@Lewd-Tenant_Isan I thought the manga explanation was that the modern equipments was needed to maintain adequate defence capabilities on home soil, thus they decided to send in surplus and retired equipment and etc
@@TheGodofplastic isan is right they dont know what lies behinde the gate so the send in less modern equipment that would not be a big thread when captured by the enemy!
When youre playing civilization and manages to discover gunpowder and aviation before others (also works for Empire Earth)
Riflemen and Artillery storming the enemy while they have trebuchets
also Rise of Nations
@@Groza_Dallocort In civ 4 and below, the experience would be different.
@@sakuranatsume6347 yeah riflemen in civ 3 was better at defence then offence but arty still had better range then trebuchet
I always rushed tech in EE, while spending the bare minimum on defending myself.
My enemies: we have 200,000 units, with a million more well on the way
Me: haha nuclear bomber goes ZOOOOM
"Please pick us, we have the sterio, loudspeakers and the Wagner CD all ready to go"
oh I know where this is going...
Those guys absorbed 3,000 rounds of 25mm.
There was that one soldier who had a CD of ride of the valkyries, just in case this were to happen.
That man had a CD and a dream, and he made it come true.
All of them are posessed with ghost of Lt. Col. Kilgore.
What a pity that it was Verdi and not Wagner
If they run, they're VC! If they don't run, they're well-disciplined VC!
MovingTarget85
You mean their very trained DEAD Vc
@@skorgevondoom___9571 you would not recognize a movie quote if it bit you on the ass, would you?
I do that is from the movie full metal jacket and this scene is a reference to the village attack scene from Apocalypse now
Get Sum!!
how could you kill woman or child?
As the words of heavy, "i have yet to meet one that can outsmart a bullet"
CRY SOME MORE!!! Huh, cry some more.
Who send all these babies to fight!
This is the most american japanese show ive seen
You have no idea
Aside from Riding Bean and Gunsmith Cats, two animes about guns, girls, and cars
u cleary never seen military group do smth...
@@lighttangoredox1573 you're joking right?
Its a joke....
@@lighttangoredox1573 well. We Americans aren’t bad at war.
Pilots: "This is what we like to call Divine Intervention!"
*commence 3000 rounds per minute*
Well is he wrong? That's divine as fuck
It’s even more divine when you realise it’s actually 7000 RPM
Japan, on behalf of America, we're so proud of you. You have learned well.
it took me a bit, but I heard the music and just collasped in laughter.
Thank you,Sir!!!lol
Those medieval Commies never saw it coming.
+Sturm 51 No - they were capitalists. Commies are in the air.
+TocTeplv wrong. do some history. those guys below are mercantilists. Little more than SLAVEs.
Shinku Toner Slavist era, they have not arrived yet to the Medieval era.
Some type of young feudalism
commies must be thrown out of helicopters. physically removed so to speak
They made sure they approached the city from the east so that they have the sun on their rear 😂😂 i can't even.
medieval communism is no match for the Empire of the Rising Sun.
Your pp says it all
Your pp can talk!?
@@AnikaJarlsdottr It's smart. With the sun on your back it limits the vision of the enemy.
@@fenrir9879 yep those one stated in dicta boelcke
But you gotta realise how actual terrifying this would be, you spent you’re entire life growing up with magicians and so on being the most powerful beings but then all of a sudden a foreign power that’s about 1000-2000 years ahead in technology comes along and can wipe out an entire army of the most elite forces in a matter of minutes
And I remember it was pointed out by one of the characters how there was no honor, pride, or glory involved in this. That to them, you couldn’t call this war, it was just a massacre with no remorse. Each individual soldier isn’t granted time to feel any of the emotions that are present in epic stories, you aren’t even granted that in death. There is nothing honorable about getting mowed down by an absolute force of efficient violence, reduced to a statistic.
That's technically the experience of Germans when the first tank came Into lines
@@SojuLast
War isn't honorable to begin with. It's a side trying to wipe out another side.
well the first guns were around 16th century ago, just barely 500 yrs ago in our timeline....
and you just deserve what you get when you opened the gate to 2000 years ahead and killed their folk
"Why do all you guys sit on your helmets?"
"So we don't get our balls blown off!" lol
kokila manohara lmao
You can tell they are all just straight up movie buffs.
They are fighting a empire that have no black gunpowder though
*Takes helmet of and sits on it*
they really should have let the Japanese soldiers have more talk on what they thought of it all,plus of all the humour they would say
One of the best military animes of all time. Deserves more seasons.
Yes, we’re waiting for season 3!
@@captaindarksign3589 go read the manga is good
@@swedishmeatballs7818 could you please send me an link if it’s for free?
@@captaindarksign3589 im trying but i cant youtube is a bitch
Edit (manganato)
@@swedishmeatballs7818 Link me plz
"I can guess exactly what's going to happen, now."
-Lieutenant General
Yes. War crimes. All of them.
"The geneva convention doesn't cover alternate dimensions!"- those guys, probably
They were engaging hostile enemies, (who attacked first) after specifically being asked to help. It's no crime to be superiorly armed to your opponent.
Well the Geneva is not yet created in that timeline ;)
“The primary use of this helicopter is to violate the Geneva Convention.”
-Skulker
war crimes more like traditions /j
I started grinning like an idiot when ride of the Valkyries started playing...
Jesse Holt Same
Jesse Holt hahaha
Jesse Holt 567775363673389
...thank you for giving me the name of that gosh darn song! I’ve been looking everywhere!
Same
*Playing Ride of The Valkyries*
The bandits : Why do i hear boss music
underrated comment
U mean the vc
R/technically the truth
Waterloo by ABBA.
Other anime: “Through the power of friendship and love my sword is strong enough to overcome anything!”
GATE: “Oh Ho Ho! Looks like you’ve brought yourself a sword to a combined arms offensive.”
This anime is a middle finger to the animes who use magic to defeat military.
@@htoodoh5770 magic is just roided up science bullshit. We’d be fine.
@@softdrink-0 There is magic in the story, though severely useless against them.
tho the special forces can't defeat an immortal
@@gaygoddessnamedmadoka2252immortal is not magic 😂 beside this anime is kinda base of Roman Empire
@@gaygoddessnamedmadoka2252 They can probably capture the immortal using some scientific invention honestly.
“Properly lead the shot”
*doesnt lead the shot*
Lmfao
Him saying that outloud was among one of the cringest things I have heard tbh, if you have to say that outloud while putting rounds down range you got a problem
infantryfeels or he’s just a dude who’s mumbling his thoughts.
@@RedBonkleMan8534 I think it's supposed to highlight some of them are experiencing combat (if you can call that combat) for the first time
Poor guy got shot in the butt
If you're moving right , you shoot left so the bullet travels in the correct angle to hit.
And he just aimed directly at the guy and missed. That works when you're not moving yeah , but when you're , in the air especially , no.
2:34 Yeah to protect the future generations.
GATE, the anti-thesis of how most animes have kids with swords beat trained Soldiers with rifles.
Also I love how when that Company Commander and his XO mention all the music and stuff and then their Battalion Commander brings up LTC Kilgore from Apocalypse Now in such a blatant manner lmao
To be fair there is a Goth Loli who kills a SOCOM team with her giant scythe, so it's not immune
@@fabiolean true though. Still way better than 90% of all other animes when it comes to realism.
@@fabiolean At least that Goth Loli wasn't 17 with maybe a couple years of actual training.
@@clothar23 And is actually immortal, so "shoot her" doesn't work. It's actually made point in Manga and LNs that if Rory wanted, she could rout entire JSDF force and at best they could slow her down, but not stop her.
@@Mandemon1990 Yes but it's also shown her abilities do have their limits. So theoretically it would be possible to capture her , stick her in some box , and worry about her a few centuries down the road.
God I just love how the one in charge Okaying the Helos wonders if the soldiers have been outright possessed by Colonel Kilgore.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning
Which is probably a fictional American even in this alternate reality.
When war reenactors have an argument with LARPers: the Anime
Then you have Toaru which is what happens when the War re-enactors and LARPERS decide to join forces
to think, that to the JSDF this was all in good fun just to recreate that one scene from a movie, but on the ground it is complete terror, chaos, and confusion with hundreds of lives being lost in a matter of minutes.
i love it
Of course it’s fun free target practice amirite? Also come on, doesn’t it feel satisfying to mow down your enemies to bits?
@@daffydou4807 Yes
The sheer discrepancy is massive. One side has no hope, the other can afford to do practical jokes mid battle.
so much freedom
It's raining lead hallelujah!
Japan learned a lot.
So much DEMOCRACY
Lmao so true,
Arent you all glad were living in the time of imperial america?
Wouldn't mind seeing another anime with this kind of plot. it's just fun to watch
yea kinda miss the point of entertainment which is "FUN", i do like detailed show like mushoku & mushihi but sometimes some fun is always welcome.
"That's Empire country , Sir!"
"Empire don't surf!"
Medival spears and swords are no match for our modern FREEDOOOOOOOOM!!!!
Delta Plus FREEEDDOOOOOOOOM
BRRRRRRRRRRTTTTT
DAKKA DAKKA!!
Delta Plus never bring a sword to a GUN FIGHT😂😂
enoch lee Varga unless they have pummels then were fucked
All we needed is a “Charlie Don’t Surf!”/ “I love the smell of Napalm in the morning” Reference or for one of the soldiers to scream “Get Some!” While firing.
Medieval soldiers wandering why is there a flying metal pointing and counting to 10 and hearing the rise of the Valkyries song: 👁️👄👁️
"The ghost of Lt Col Kilgore"
The sound of a minigun always puts a smile on my face, regardless of the reason why one is being used
"so why do all you guys sit on your helmets? So we don't get our balls blown off!"
by WHAT? .50cal magic? 7.62x39 spears? Worse, flying witches?
They were reenacting the scene from the movie.
Who knows, 501st will come to rekt those heli , it will be the best crossover and plot twist i ever see XD
Well, they do have dragon mounted calvalry with arrows, but the sdf killed most of it during the initial invasion, so now they are used sparingly
the flying witches with a flying artillery piece is from another anime.
Well there is magic in that world so, meh
This entire scene was beautiful.
Heavy: “run, run I’m coming for you!”
And now multiply that X 30
@@ussnarragansettbbx-0121”And multiply it by six!”
is nice (tm)
From the moment he said "Wagner CD", I was dying on the floor...perfect!! XD HAHA
"Your Majesty, we're under attack!"
"By Whom?"
"Um... by Richard Wagner... and his entire orchestra..."
"What?"
"No really. Listen."
*Ride of the Valkyries continues playing*
This is only made darker for me by that one guy citing what I'm gonna call sniper doctrine while firing one shot at a time from his helicopter.
So much for Orcust Cresendo 😅😅😅
Instant one man army reference
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@Dushess AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
well, it is a sniper rifle calibre round, 7.62 nato baby.
It's called "Marksmanship principles" where I'm from.
"why do all of you guys sit on your helmets?"
"so we dont get our balls blown off!"
that got me
best fucking scene in the series
Wrong, it was the one where the Cobra completely destroyed the bandits at the gate
The 4got the surfboards!
Wrong, it was the palace shootout.
I still prefer the baby dragon over kill😹
Dragon extermination is better.
it shoots stick of wood and you called it "AA weapon"
BMotu well technically it is, even if a very pitiful one. At the very least it's the only thing they have that can even hope to damage a helicopter.
ballista mounted on walls used to take out flying targets like dragons? yeah, that's an AA weapon. a primitive one, but it's an accurate statement.
Never underestimate an opponent. Ya gotta treat everything like a credible threat on a battlefield. It's just part of their combat training.
Put a ballista bolt in the right place and it will take out a helicopter
you would be suprised seeing ballista spear going through your cockpit and stopping on engine. and it was pointed to the sky+they have dragons so its natural to have something against them
THIS WAS PERFECT!!! LOVE THIS ANIME and this scene was just ICING ON THE DAMNED CAKE!!! The directors and animators are simply AMAZING for doing this tongue in cheek reference!!!
completely agree. Let's hope someday a season 3 will come out!
The muzzle flash of the minigun at the end making appear to be not spinning was a nice touch
Motion blur*
"We can't give you freedom, but we show you to use it"-MDW2 General Shepherd
Andres Herrera then he kills his own for men to take all the credit
So glad to be among those who love this anime for its references and pretty realistic (for an anime) depiction of what would happen if a modern military (even one focused on defense like the SDF) had to fight a medieval one. The only problem with this video is it cuts off the girls' reaction to the power of an attack helicopter.
Seriously needs another Season. I wanna see Main Battle Tanks duke it out against Giant Ogres and Dragons.
I wanna see America go: we can loan some Abrams if we can go inside
@@NicPTheMeme Prob is the American president in-universe is Donald Trump, ergo, a complete fucking moron, who spent all his political capital trying to blackmail the Japanese into getting Gate access instead of, you know, just asking for it nicely. So I wouldn't count on it.
@@michaelgreenwood3413 a moron thats pretty spicy compared to who we have now
it has a second season. you might even get to see some fight against dragons, but not what you expect
Ooooooh man I wish they had a tank scene so bad. 😭
The original "Apocalypse Now" was before my time, so I didn't catch the reference. I had wondered why there were quotation marks around certain lines...
Yet, even without catching the reference, this scene was still awesome -- and now I'm definitely going to watch the original movie.
Being before your time is not an excuse to not know something culturally so important. The Big Bang was before my time, doesn't mean I don't know about it.
@@xXxBladeStormxXx shut up you meme, lots of people are too busy going outside to absorb old media.
This is one of those references that I got on first watch of the show despite never having seen the movie.
@@victoria-renevazquez3652 About that...
"I love the smell of Napalm in the morning. Smells like... victory!"
This whole scene sends chills up my spine...
This is hands down one of the best scenes of the entire anime
Lieutenant Colonel: We have the speakers set up, and the Wagner CD ready.
Everyone Else: Shit, that’s good.
2:34
"Why do all you guys sit on your helmets?"
"So we don't get our balls blown off!"
*BASED*
Knights: noooo, u can’t just kill all of our men from way up there
Pilot: haha, minigun go BRRRT
This anime is a masterpiece! I was literally squealling and crying tears of joy when I saw the helicopters flying in ready to kick the shit out of the medieval people! But it seriously sucks that out of all the anime and manga i've seen, Gate is the only one that has modern armies blasting the hell out of armies of medieval. If you have any anime or manga that are like this one, please lemme know, I crave for more.
It's a book but still hits that vibe somewhat release that witch is a good alternative for the most part
Search "Zipang", It's a Mordern Atago Class Destoyer travel back to 1942 facing the US Navy and Imperial Japan, it has very accurate history and military depiction. but since the anime is made in early 2000, the resolution is low.
@@lonespartan3209 release that witch is also a manga. Its pretty good
@@BobYuan thank you
Rune Troopers, it's a series about some Japanese navy ships getting transferred to another world.
that is the best apocalypse now reference I have ever seen, I smiled for a solid 2-3 minutes watching that
3:16 “Nice shot, red team. You’ll get your case of beer for that one”
SDF sells brrrrrt and brrrrt accessories.
Perposterown they predicted Cardi B
When the power of friendship meets 5.56 and 7.62:
Also .50s and 20mm s
This scene literally never gets old
Someone needs to swap out the audio with the one from Apocalypse Now.
Isn't it this?
@@michaelkoech3365 nah. It was longer and more ominous
Medieval soldiers: We Have A MASSIVE DRAGON
A-10 Warthog: yes.
WHAT?! I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY FREEDOM IN THIS SCENE !
3:54 my favorite sound of raining death! BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Mhmmm Freedom. BRRRRRRTTTT
the first shot sounds like A-10
Because that's what high RPM guns sound like in general..
@@look5663 HERE COMES PEACEKEEPING OPERATION BITCHES! *BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT*
Cyanide: I wouldn't recommend shooting me with a 5.56, cuz your gun goes *pew pew*, my gun goes *BBRRRRTTTTT*
I love how decently this matches up with the original scene
As my dead grandfather who served well,
“Give them hell”
"Start the music!"
Yep. Favorite anime now.
I just found this anime and now, this is one of my favorite animes ever
This basicly is how it looks in Civ games, when you're 3-4 ages more advanced than the enemy.
JSDF is doing great recruting nerds with this anime 😂😂😂
"If he runs hes a vietcong. If he stays he's a well trained vietcong"
I like how the last order before the battle was too "start the music" as it showed 5 speakers on the chopper
Those bandits were listening to actual ride of the valkyries while being obliterated
Fear is a powerful weapon. Make the enemy fear you, and they may wish not to fight you
-Sun Tzu or something
Art of war
as well of the primarch Konrad Curze
"AA weapon on the wall".... that ballista.... i m crying... ^^
Well seeing as how dragons and wyverns are common animal in the special region,I guess ballista's are AA weapons because their use to defend against them
AA means “anti-air” so they aren’t wrong, it COULD take down a heli but you’d need one hell of a shooter.
I’d actually love to see a live action adaptation Of gate. I wouldn’t even be oppose if it’s one of those live action adaptation when they set it in the US. In fact that would make more sense politically. I don’t see the self defense force being an invading force.
I really wouldn't call their actions as an invasion
No no life action anime and manga adaptation never goes well
The anime is extremely pro japanese militarist movement. They have some fun quoting American war movies, but they also shit on American soldiers a lot. In the Anime, they justify invading the area by declaring it a special zone of Japan, because the gate is within Japanese borders. That makes it a domestic military issue, so that Japan can use the SDF. If they acknowledged that it was a foreign issue, they'd be forced to defer to US military policy, because the WWII surrender conditions still exist that make Japan a military protectorate of the US and prevent them from having a standing army or engaging in foreign warfare. (This treaty is a serious sore spot for the writer, which is why he goes so far out of his way to portray the JSDF as infallible and Americans as corrupt and inferior.) They secure UN support for this declaration because everyone hates America, and the Japanese spokesperson says that unlike China, Russia, and America, Japan has never committed an atrocity in its history.
@@joffrecordan Of course that Japanese spokesperson couldn't be more wrong. Japan has definitely committed their fair share of atrocities. Their history is steeped in blood.
@@dreyone6156 Of course. The author of Gate is a hardcore ultranationalist. The entire series is a vehicle for his political views, which were toned down for the manga, which was then toned down further for the anime. They reference Apocalypse Now but do so in a tone-deaf sort of way, like the movie's anti-war subtext wasn't in it.
I was laughing out loud at school while watching this scene specially the reference xD
This is scene took me off guard I can't stop laughing at how they actually played that music and then started slaughtering those bandits! 😂😂😂😂
Apocalypse now references are always accepted anywhere in my book
When you zerg a guy still stuck in medieval stages with a more advance army in civilization.
YES. MOWING DOWN PIKEMEN AND SWORDSMEN WITH GATLING GUNS IS. DA. BEST.
Actually... no. No it isn't the best.
DROPPING NUCLEAR BOMBS ON SWORDSMEN AND WATCHING THEM BRACE FOR A FIGHT BEFORE THEY'RE VAPORIZED IS DA BEST WOOOT WOOOOOOT ATOMIC BOMBS FTW
Yeah.... you can tell I go for Domination victory when I play :/
"Parry this you filthy casual!"
2:52 RUN CHARLIE!!!
You know you are doing something right when you come that close to firing at ballista within striking range of a chopper. Even I struggle to accomplish that in my rollplays when using a fantasy character.
Even after 9 years, this still gives me goosebumps...
When you have a higher science score.