Same here, and understanding all history is educational, is my go to.👍🏻Very cool they're here in the U.S. I hope to see interest in their group grow into something much larger. A foundation or the like.
I was part of a huge reenactment of Iwo Jima in Doss Texas for one of the anniversaries back in the mid 2000s, they even flew in approximately 80 Japanese reenactors....those reenactors were absolute studs, speaking japanese, never out of character, etc. Great memories and we even made the Houston Chronicle. I was a corpsman in the reenactment and had an absolute blast.
I’m of Taiwanese/Chinese descent. Despite my family’s…admittedly graphic…history with the Japanese Empire, I think this is a really cool reenactment topic. I heard about these guys a few months back and I think they’re stuff looks awesome! More power to these guys. They have my support. Now if we could get some ROC reenactors… Edit: Just visited their instagram, there are in fact ROC reenactment groups apparently!
@@Waldemarvonanhalt My ancestors were ROC loyalists. I say Taiwan because that’s where the ROC evacuated to postwar. I’m not saying you’re wrong. But that wasn’t the point I was making.
@@Waldemarvonanhalt Oh that’s fine. Sorry, I’ve had bad luck lately with the internet mob lately. I’ll say the least controversial things and I get page-long responses about how I’m naive or a sellout or something.
These guys definitely need their own channel. I hope they make one. Or at least you get them back on a couple more times, or they make the rounds and get on other peoples channels. I meed more of them. That nerdy humor.
I love their dedication to the history. Especially the whole bit about not wanting people that are overweight or will wear the uniform sloppily. Historically, it is the Emperors uniform, so it must be worn with pride and respect. Absolutely loved it!!
I have a close friend, shobu, who does IJA/IJN reenacting and its very dedicated honestly, these people are very informational and love explaining it. I highly reccomend anyone going to a living history event or reenactment to always talk to the IJA/IJN guys, especially if they are young. older ones are like any old reenactors but the young ones are the true fire bearers of the IJA/IJN history now.
I heard from the C&Rsenal video on the type 38 that the noisy dust cover myth comes from when the American soldiers had to dump all the parts together for some reason (being used to interchangeable parts,) they reassembled them with mismatching components. This lead to the clangy dust cover myth as they were originally fitted very well to the specific gun.
My uncle fought against the Japanese at Guadalcanal. At first the family back home only knew he was somewhere in the Pacific. Any correspondence home that mentioned where he was stationed was censored so that if the letters fell into enemy hands the enemy could not get an estimate of troop strength. Then the family noticed that his letters home were all signed with a different middle initial in his name. They put the letters in chronological order and the middle initials began to spell out G U A D A L C A N A L.
I would like to have more details on that Indochina part, were the japanese soldiers were re-armed by ww2 allies to fight against the vietminh. When the French arrived they actually thought that they were fighting against remnants of the IJA where in fact they were engaging the vietminh.
The funniest ones were the IJ guys who joined the VM forces and ended up fighting remobilized IJ dudes who were conscripted by the western armies. It's literally the Charlie and Mac "always sunny" meme.😂
Indonesia. Initially kept in barracks and not de-armed and still officered by their own, then used by the British and Dutch to quell initial uprisings. Then, many IJA units that had good relations with their Indonesian trainee troops purposely left their weapons and ordinance for the Indonesian freedom fighters to fight the Dutch. Several thousand IJA and IJN staid behind to train, fight, and lead Indonesian National forces. Several hundred were killed in fighting and listed as Indonesia National heroes. There is a huge monument to them in Jakarta at their national cemetery (Arlington equivalent). Many hundreds staid behind after the anti Dutch colonial war to make lives there in Indonesia. The Indonesian Navy was basically formed and encultured to a certain degree by those left behinds. Vietnamese Viet Minh forces as well had hundred of voluntary stay behinds as well fighting the colonial French. Though most of those were killed or were repatriated at some point.
These guys are great,love re-enacting. I did American civil war for years and the group I belonged to were hardcore, down to the salt pork and hardtack sleeping on the ground with nothing but a blanket. Hats off to you guys !!!
That’s really cool! I remember seeing hardtack samples in the maritime museum in Norfolk, Virginia. That still haunts me knowing people had to eat that. I really hope you guys ate yours with stew or some other form of liquid.
I believe people in general are beginning to forget about the intensity of WWII and the lessons learned. I'm all about this direct representation of history being available. Wonderful work.
07:50 fun fact there was a Japanese Wermacht unit and also some asian were in the army example the son of the China leader Chang Kai Sheck was driving Panzer and was partecipate to the anschuluss
gonna buy some ammo boxes just becuz i love collecting historical pieces and reproduction items glad to have seen these guys on here and i hope admin can find more groups like these to incorporate into the channels
Really awesome stuff. Would be awesome if you took up the offer and did some reenactment with them, I found the video really interesting and would be cool to have a follow up
Slight correction at 9:39 (from someone that delves in some Indochina-Vietnam reenacting), it was actually the British that re-armed the Japanese during Operation Masterdom Otherwise great video, one of my favorite things about genuine reenactors is the detail that they get into and the fallacies that they counter.
Amazing work gentlemen. Keeping the history alive is a good thing and doing it to a high level is admirable and something we should all strive towards.
Love seeing younger dudes like most of us being into reenacting. It always seemed to have such a nerdy connotation, but it's always super interesting to learn about the daily lives of regular soldiers and their kit.
Wow, these guys are awesome! The depth of their knowledge is extremely impressive. I've always enjoyed learning about the IJA perspective during WWII. Those guys had to endure unimaginable hardship and suffering while also employing some extremely unique and clever tactics. I'm just glad that today Japan is on our side.
Toland is...interesting to say the least. He's a bit on the apologist side and some of his sources were sketchy at best, but when Rising Sun came out in the 70s it was a very revolutionary piece of historiography. Unfortunately mil-hist has somewhat faded in academic circles so larger scholarship on the IJA and IJN has not ***really*** been delved into in recent years.
I'm from Germany and mainly dabble in medieval and Roman stuff, but I can definitely see the same kind of ethos with these guys that is common with the best living history groups I've seen (funnily enough also some good larp and sci-fi costuming groups with a similar approach). If people are accusing you of gatekeeping and stitch-counting, they don't get the point. Why do living history at all if you aren't trying to create the best possible impression and constantly challenge existing preconceptions and check with the real sources? Strive for excellency, don't settle for mediocrity. Which doesn't mean you should get shit on for any mistake if you are just starting out and don't know better, but aim to improve your kit whenever possible and welcome constructive criticism. Great bunch of guys and great video!
Unit 731. That’s one of those things not a lot of people know about cause it was kind of suppressed and kept quiet for a lot of years cause they made the not-Z doctors look like angels.
These fellas are fascinating! I’m so glad to see finally folks are delving into subjects that have been long neglected in western ww2 history. Great video!
These guys are awesome. You should do more videos like this with german, American, british, italian, etc. Groups that do things like this. Really enjoyed the video.
Love these kinda videos. Y’all should do a GunTuber WWII Mega history repro! I mean all the factions! Between Admin, Garand, Brandon, Matt, Donut and all the other tonnes of kick ass channels plus their friends they can wrangle. It could be epic! Hell, even get Ian over at FW to narrate like David Attenborough 😂🤣 Big fan of the channel 👍
Both of my grandfathers were WW2 Veterans, US. Floyd," Tab", served in the European theatre of operation in the 101st Airborne. Robert was a US Marine, fought in the Pacific. Their story's, when they were comfortable talking about it, were very different. Grandpa Floyd said, before he passed away, "I would do it again." Grandpa Bob described facing the Japanese as "the closest to Hell I ever want to be". My dad shares a similar opinion about his experience in Vietnam. "A people should know when they are defeated". Asian's, "Hold my beer".
It’s always good to discover new reenactment groups that are fun and high quality. Finding rivet-counters who make rivet-counting fun *and help others who want to try and improve their kit* makes it even better :-)
This is a great video. I know most people go with the American/Allied for re-enactments. But the opposing side is just as important, for learning history and preserving it.
This kind of extra content is awesome! (I don't smoke meat). My first education about the Japanese military wasn't until I was in my 30s and translated books on the Japanese air forces. As a nation with just over half the population of the US at the start of the war, they put up one hell of a fight for a very long time.
I did civil war reenactments for a bit, I am from the south so I naturally got shoved into the Confederate unit, but all was welcome no matter who you were or what race you were.
Every Confederate state except for south Carolina sent at least a company to fight for the union, you remind someone of that and join up with us Billy's
Thanks for having us, friend-it was a pleasure ❤🔥
When kantai destruction pt. 69
Of course it’s an anime profile picture
@@GolfRCumSlut it's literally the weeb pillow he blasts in he video that's riddled in bullet holes lmao
@@seanyamashita2972I see red, not rationally
of course its you lol
These guys are absolutely rockin with the IJA uniforms.
I agree 100%
I need to rock it too
"its not like we're going out there doing Unit 731" , that had me dying
LOL
These guys are a service to history. It's always a good day when misunderstood or underexplored areas and moments in history get some exposure.
Actually out surviving on Okinawa in this kit is pretty insane and impressive tbh
Not Japanese, but the premise is badass, historical friend or foe aside.
Same here, and understanding all history is educational, is my go to.👍🏻Very cool they're here in the U.S. I hope to see interest in their group grow into something much larger. A foundation or the like.
Extremely impressive to go to that level of research and archival detail, mad props to their organization.
I was part of a huge reenactment of Iwo Jima in Doss Texas for one of the anniversaries back in the mid 2000s, they even flew in approximately 80 Japanese reenactors....those reenactors were absolute studs, speaking japanese, never out of character, etc. Great memories and we even made the Houston Chronicle. I was a corpsman in the reenactment and had an absolute blast.
It was really cool you just kinda let them talk about what they do and know
No I’m totally not sitting on the toilet eating a beer watching this 😅
How old is that beer dude?!
@@TheMrSomecheesynamebrother,we eat our drinks here,no girly sipping
Rich historical textures, dedication, very fascinating.
I’m of Taiwanese/Chinese descent. Despite my family’s…admittedly graphic…history with the Japanese Empire, I think this is a really cool reenactment topic. I heard about these guys a few months back and I think they’re stuff looks awesome! More power to these guys. They have my support. Now if we could get some ROC reenactors…
Edit: Just visited their instagram, there are in fact ROC reenactment groups apparently!
Taiwan at the time was viewed as a "model colony" of Japan and IIRC quite a few Chinese people from the island served in the IJN/IJA.
@@Waldemarvonanhalt My ancestors were ROC loyalists. I say Taiwan because that’s where the ROC evacuated to postwar. I’m not saying you’re wrong. But that wasn’t the point I was making.
@@fuzzyhead878 I know. I'm just adding some info for the benefit of other readers.
we'll be hosting a China Front event with our friends in the 88D in 2024 :)
@@Waldemarvonanhalt Oh that’s fine. Sorry, I’ve had bad luck lately with the internet mob lately. I’ll say the least controversial things and I get page-long responses about how I’m naive or a sellout or something.
This is so freaking dope. I study a lot of WWII history and never get enough info on the IJA side. This is awesome.
This could have been two hours and I'd still gladly watch every bit of it. Love seeing young, enthusiastic historians!
yes. I wish it was longer. I don't know anything about Japanese kit
These guys definitely need their own channel. I hope they make one. Or at least you get them back on a couple more times, or they make the rounds and get on other peoples channels. I meed more of them. That nerdy humor.
Hopefully they’ll do another kantai destruction and give the anime girls the emperors steel.
wait- i think these guys are the same ones from the video Kantai Destruction
@@SneakyMadlad indeed
I especially love the way they captured the authentic Japanese barrel cacti native to the southwest island of Okizona.
I love their dedication to the history. Especially the whole bit about not wanting people that are overweight or will wear the uniform sloppily. Historically, it is the Emperors uniform, so it must be worn with pride and respect. Absolutely loved it!!
I have a close friend, shobu, who does IJA/IJN reenacting and its very dedicated honestly, these people are very informational and love explaining it. I highly reccomend anyone going to a living history event or reenactment to always talk to the IJA/IJN guys, especially if they are young. older ones are like any old reenactors but the young ones are the true fire bearers of the IJA/IJN history now.
Shobu came out with us for our Manchuria 1945 event. A very chill guy 🫡
@@showaboogaloo he is a wacky lil critter
Shobu the eternal homie
Chad
Bro this is so underrated, shout out to the reenactors on this video!
I heard from the C&Rsenal video on the type 38 that the noisy dust cover myth comes from when the American soldiers had to dump all the parts together for some reason (being used to interchangeable parts,) they reassembled them with mismatching components. This lead to the clangy dust cover myth as they were originally fitted very well to the specific gun.
My uncle fought against the Japanese at Guadalcanal. At first the family back home only knew he was somewhere in the Pacific. Any correspondence home that mentioned where he was stationed was censored so that if the letters fell into enemy hands the enemy could not get an estimate of troop strength. Then the family noticed that his letters home were all signed with a different middle initial in his name. They put the letters in chronological order and the middle initials began to spell out G U A D A L C A N A L.
This was a dope deep dive. I never knew they had IJA reenactment squad's.
I would like to have more details on that Indochina part, were the japanese soldiers were re-armed by ww2 allies to fight against the vietminh. When the French arrived they actually thought that they were fighting against remnants of the IJA where in fact they were engaging the vietminh.
The funniest ones were the IJ guys who joined the VM forces and ended up fighting remobilized IJ dudes who were conscripted by the western armies. It's literally the Charlie and Mac "always sunny" meme.😂
Indonesia. Initially kept in barracks and not de-armed and still officered by their own, then used by the British and Dutch to quell initial uprisings. Then, many IJA units that had good relations with their Indonesian trainee troops purposely left their weapons and ordinance for the Indonesian freedom fighters to fight the Dutch. Several thousand IJA and IJN staid behind to train, fight, and lead Indonesian National forces. Several hundred were killed in fighting and listed as Indonesia National heroes. There is a huge monument to them in Jakarta at their national cemetery (Arlington equivalent).
Many hundreds staid behind after the anti Dutch colonial war to make lives there in Indonesia. The Indonesian Navy was basically formed and encultured to a certain degree by those left behinds.
Vietnamese Viet Minh forces as well had hundred of voluntary stay behinds as well fighting the colonial French. Though most of those were killed or were repatriated at some point.
Not really big into reenactment, but the attention to detail and respect they have for history is unreal. Respect to them and keep rockin
this gives off spicy war crimes vibes
Lol👍👍👍
This video is so damn cool!
As a former reenactor I perfectly know the dedication needed, and they are topping it!
Really great work!
I am so happy you are doing this.
Dude wow. These guys are so sick. I wish more people would do IJA kits. It’s so much more interesting than German impressions in my opinion.
Amazing episode. More LARP units plz..
Epic mic holder, and hitting with a unit 731 joke off the bat is great
These guys are great,love re-enacting. I did American civil war for years and the group I belonged to were hardcore, down to the salt pork and hardtack sleeping on the ground with nothing but a blanket. Hats off to you guys !!!
That’s really cool! I remember seeing hardtack samples in the maritime museum in Norfolk, Virginia. That still haunts me knowing people had to eat that. I really hope you guys ate yours with stew or some other form of liquid.
Solid impressions! I love the level of research they dived into.
I believe people in general are beginning to forget about the intensity of WWII and the lessons learned. I'm all about this direct representation of history being available. Wonderful work.
07:50 fun fact there was a Japanese Wermacht unit and also some asian were in the army example the son of the China leader Chang Kai Sheck was driving Panzer and was partecipate to the anschuluss
Really, that's based and cool af, to be honest
gonna buy some ammo boxes just becuz i love collecting historical pieces and reproduction items glad to have seen these guys on here and i hope admin can find more groups like these to incorporate into the channels
There's nothing better than watching someone enthusiastic in their craft "geek out." They were well informed, well spoken, and entertaining. Bravo!
Really awesome stuff. Would be awesome if you took up the offer and did some reenactment with them, I found the video really interesting and would be cool to have a follow up
Slight correction at 9:39 (from someone that delves in some Indochina-Vietnam reenacting), it was actually the British that re-armed the Japanese during Operation Masterdom
Otherwise great video, one of my favorite things about genuine reenactors is the detail that they get into and the fallacies that they counter.
These guys were fantastic! Have them out again!
Keeping history alive is something people should do more often. You guys are awesome!
Awesome video showing these guys off. Its nice to see the other side of the joy of larping.
Amazing work gentlemen. Keeping the history alive is a good thing and doing it to a high level is admirable and something we should all strive towards.
That was seriously some cool stuff. So interesting. Thanks for the education!
Just so folks know, those sun helmets are uber rare. The cork usually disintegrates after that long.
Their uniforms and equipment are beautiful, these guys are doing a great service to history.
Honestly think it would be pretty sick to have reenactors as a regular thing. Bring the best of Garand Thumb and Forgotten Weapons: Forgotten Thumb
Love seeing younger dudes like most of us being into reenacting. It always seemed to have such a nerdy connotation, but it's always super interesting to learn about the daily lives of regular soldiers and their kit.
Really cool to learn about accurate history!
Love to see youngsters get enthralled with history and their culture 👌
This guy has a face only a balkalva could love!
More stuff like this ,moar !!!
Reeneactors like this are a drug to me.
Wow, these guys are awesome! The depth of their knowledge is extremely impressive. I've always enjoyed learning about the IJA perspective during WWII. Those guys had to endure unimaginable hardship and suffering while also employing some extremely unique and clever tactics. I'm just glad that today Japan is on our side.
Sick BreakDown Of the Uniforms … Very Knowledgable . Great History … Great Talk Gentlemen … Respect. Non The Less
These guys are the real deal! We need more! Admin these videos ROCKED!
I appreciate these guys taking the time to educate us.
These guys are rockin the IJA kit like a Boss ! Love it!!!
This was super interesting and informative. You should hang out with reeanctors more often, or even try reeancting yourself! It's a blast.
These guys deserve a big hand! Awesome AF
This was 1 of the coolest videos I've seen in awhile very dope look on history 👌
These guys are literally history books!! BEAUTIFUL!
Incredible! I just love when people are passionate about what they do. And the knowledge those guys have, impressive!
Thanks for having these guys on. It was really interesting!
Very cool. Some history is worth preserving. These guys rock.
This is sick! I would definitely watch more stuff like this.
Well done lads. Positive vibes all round
I read the Rising Sun by John Toland last summer, gave me a whole new perspective on how tough these guys were.
Toland is...interesting to say the least. He's a bit on the apologist side and some of his sources were sketchy at best, but when Rising Sun came out in the 70s it was a very revolutionary piece of historiography. Unfortunately mil-hist has somewhat faded in academic circles so larger scholarship on the IJA and IJN has not ***really*** been delved into in recent years.
@@fancylogic5285got any good military books on IJA to study on
@@imperiumgrim4717 depends on what you're looking for!
Super cool video!!! This was definitely awesome to see!!!
I'm from Germany and mainly dabble in medieval and Roman stuff, but I can definitely see the same kind of ethos with these guys that is common with the best living history groups I've seen (funnily enough also some good larp and sci-fi costuming groups with a similar approach). If people are accusing you of gatekeeping and stitch-counting, they don't get the point. Why do living history at all if you aren't trying to create the best possible impression and constantly challenge existing preconceptions and check with the real sources? Strive for excellency, don't settle for mediocrity. Which doesn't mean you should get shit on for any mistake if you are just starting out and don't know better, but aim to improve your kit whenever possible and welcome constructive criticism.
Great bunch of guys and great video!
These guys are awesome. I hope you get lots of interest and useful attention to help spread your obvious love for history.
Unit 731. That’s one of those things not a lot of people know about cause it was kind of suppressed and kept quiet for a lot of years cause they made the not-Z doctors look like angels.
These fellas are fascinating! I’m so glad to see finally folks are delving into subjects that have been long neglected in western ww2 history.
Great video!
These guys are awesome. You should do more videos like this with german, American, british, italian, etc. Groups that do things like this. Really enjoyed the video.
Love these kinda videos. Y’all should do a GunTuber WWII Mega history repro! I mean all the factions! Between Admin, Garand, Brandon, Matt, Donut and all the other tonnes of kick ass channels plus their friends they can wrangle. It could be epic! Hell, even get Ian over at FW to narrate like David Attenborough 😂🤣
Big fan of the channel 👍
Both of my grandfathers were WW2 Veterans, US. Floyd," Tab", served in the European theatre of operation in the 101st Airborne. Robert was a US Marine, fought in the Pacific. Their story's, when they were comfortable talking about it, were very different. Grandpa Floyd said, before he passed away, "I would do it again." Grandpa Bob described facing the Japanese as "the closest to Hell I ever want to be". My dad shares a similar opinion about his experience in Vietnam. "A people should know when they are defeated". Asian's, "Hold my beer".
These guys are epic. Really bringing history to life!
I bought a WW2 Japanese T98 Uniform for only $400 with all the field gear included!
Great interview. I'd like to see more of these guys!
the arisaka type 38 with the flag and bayo is drippy asf
These guys are cool. You should definitely have them back. Any WWII buff would eat this stuff up.
I didn't even know there were Imperial Japanese reenactors at all. These guys are cool as fuck
It would be awesome if admin did some other interviews with reenactors of different eras and countries
The level of kit and knowledge is amazing
Amazing, lots of great info. Those guys have the right approach.
Thanks for the deep Dive guys ... loved it. Could listen for hours ...
It’s always good to discover new reenactment groups that are fun and high quality. Finding rivet-counters who make rivet-counting fun *and help others who want to try and improve their kit* makes it even better :-)
Awesome to see these guys showing a rarely seen side.
Fascinating crossover content with some real badasses. We're open to this left field stuff...keep it coming!
I have learned new stuff, Thank you Admin and the bois of Hasegawa!
Admin: “These flies are the bane of my existence!”
IJA Bros: *grins in natural dgaf*
Admin needs to do a video on some of the IJA Rifles with these guys!
This was awesome. Love seeing more reenactor/history content.
Its great to see the new generation appreciate and take interest in military history!
This is a great video. I know most people go with the American/Allied for re-enactments. But the opposing side is just as important, for learning history and preserving it.
These guys are legit. Would love to see them make the rounds with other historical and or firearms channels to promote their work.
Very rad getting these guys some exposure. They definitely deserve the promotion, their attention to detail is superb.
Love these guys. Really awesome. Also love the "Managerial outcomes" channel name, tip of the hat to executive outcomes.
This kind of extra content is awesome! (I don't smoke meat). My first education about the Japanese military wasn't until I was in my 30s and translated books on the Japanese air forces. As a nation with just over half the population of the US at the start of the war, they put up one hell of a fight for a very long time.
This was actually super interesting
History is my obsession and I love seeing when people use that passion to teach and give a window through time
I did civil war reenactments for a bit, I am from the south so I naturally got shoved into the Confederate unit, but all was welcome no matter who you were or what race you were.
Every Confederate state except for south Carolina sent at least a company to fight for the union, you remind someone of that and join up with us Billy's