The Dawn Empire | Animated History of Japan

[@Suibhne]

Suibhne Enamel Pins are available here: standard.tv/suibhne

[@yugitrump435]

Can't possibly think that teaching multiple generations that it was a defensive war can backfire can it? Just a thought lol.

[@wt380]

Suibhne nice and all with new videos but when are you gonna finish all the other part 1 episoder you’ve bever finished?

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

I really dislike how you try to imply the axis where worse than the allies in WW2. I ask you do you even know of Eisonhowers Reinland death camps or how the USA dealt with Japan?

[@thatboyj3483]

Actually the Soviet invasion of Manchuria made the emperor surrender

[@thatboyj3483]

Gunārs Miezis yes the allies committed war crimes but not as brutal and on such a big scale as the axis

[@obaiahmed3784]

Mongols: *Attack* Japanese: *T Y P H O O N* Mongols: Let's try again Japanese: *T Y P H O O N 2*

[@daganlove8536]

Typhoon 2 electric boogaloo

[@TamagoSenshi]

You mean aquatic booglaoo, surely

[@elendil6144]

Mongols : Am i a joke to you?

[@daganlove8536]

@@TamagoSenshi im sure there was some lightning

[@Redneck_Heathen]

When you’re playing exploding kittens and draw every single nope card in the deck

[@anhluu9417]

When the Mongols tried to invade both Japan and Vietnam: Japan: Two Typhoons Vietnam: Spikes in the river Hmmm....now I think of it, the Mongols greatest weakness was water. :)

[@ceiling_cat]

now look at Mongolia, lol

[@leonlawson2196]

Fire Pokemon

[@NataaLii]

Hohoho

[@ken7796]

I am Polish. Japan saved 765 Polish orphans in 1920 and 1922. Around 1920, there were about 200,000 Polish in Siberia. Most of them died. Poland has asked various countries to save Polish orphans in Siberia. But all countries refused to rescue. Poland finally commissioned Japan to rescue Polish orphans. The Japanese emperor and empress at the time immediately ordered the Japanese to save the Polish orphans.Japan soon began rescue Polish orphans.The orphan was in Siberia. Japanese continued to rescue Polish orphans in Siberia. The smallest orphan that Japan saved was a two-year-old child.The orphan was crying near her dead mother. The Japanese immediately rescued the orphan. Polish orphans were sent to Japan for treatment. Japan fed the Polish orphans a hot meal every day. All Polish orphans have recovered. Japan continued to love Polish orphans very much. All Japanese donated money to save Polish orphans. Polish orphans were always smiling. Japan has successfully returned 765 Polish orphans to Poland. I will not forget this story. Thanks to Japan. God bless Japan.

[@jessekandres9047]

Ever player AoE2? the Mongols suck on Water maps...

[@woozy96]

Mongols: Surrender or we'll use force *gets rekt by typhoon* Japan: Huh, neat.

[@Clan_AlbertheGrey]

*Ironic*

[@fan.of.feet2310]

They came over and died in a tornado... But they tried again and had a nice time fighting the Japanese before dying in a tornado.

[@aircoolguy5218]

Dorkly

[@AuspicousJuice]

*You can make a religion out of this*

[@Clan_AlbertheGrey]

@@AuspicousJuice Y E S

[@matthiascorvinus8843]

Is no one gonna talk about how long this took to animate? Props to the animator for quality content. 👌

[@mutalix]

Yer the only one bub, good jareb 👌

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

The animation is super simple. But it gets the point across.

[@theshamanite]

Most impressive. Thank you.

[@ken7796]

I am Polish. Japan saved 765 Polish orphans in 1920 and 1922. Around 1920, there were about 200,000 Polish in Siberia. Most of them died. Poland has asked various countries to save Polish orphans in Siberia. But all countries refused to rescue. Poland finally commissioned Japan to rescue Polish orphans. The Japanese emperor and empress at the time immediately ordered the Japanese to save the Polish orphans.Japan soon began rescue Polish orphans.The orphan was in Siberia. Japanese continued to rescue Polish orphans in Siberia. The smallest orphan that Japan saved was a two-year-old child.The orphan was crying near her dead mother. The Japanese immediately rescued the orphan. Polish orphans were sent to Japan for treatment. Japan fed the Polish orphans a hot meal every day. All Polish orphans have recovered. Japan continued to love Polish orphans very much. All Japanese donated money to save Polish orphans. Polish orphans were always smiling. Japan has successfully returned 765 Polish orphans to Poland. I will not forget this story. Thanks to Japan. God bless Japan.

[@nhiavang6293]

LOL... nice

[@somerandomguy___]

Part two will be exclusively about anime

[@pattonjeffrey6]

Some random Guy so much history there

[@patrick8116]

And godzilla

[@BillGreenAZ]

And the rise of the influence of sushi.

[@somerandomguy___]

Aleksandr Shushkov do you mean anime?

[@namenotfound8747]

eww

[@dre-gi1oi]

For anyone using this video as a textbook: 02:50 平安京 HEIAN KYO (in video: HEIAN KYO 飛鳥) *飛鳥 reads ASUKA 03:14 橘 TACHIBANA (in video: TACHIBANA 平安) *平安 is HEIAN. And yes, it should be pronounced as tachiBAna, not tachiKAna. 03:30 HOGEN (pronounced hoh-g’en, not hoh-JEN) 保元の乱 (Hogen-no-ran), for anyone interested. 05:43 鎌倉 KAMAKURA (in video: 鎌倉市) *鎌倉市 is City of Kamakura (Kamakura-shi), which is a present-day municipality in Kanagawa pref. 05:45 BAKUFU is BAKUFU, not BAFUKU. 幕府(Bakufu), for anyone curious. 05:57 守護 SHUGO (in video SHOGO) 08:43 MUROMACHI 室町時代 (in video: ASHIKAGA 室町時代) *The era was MUROMACHI (室町), the name of Shogun was ASHIKAGA (足利) 08:55 DAIMYO 大名 (in video: DIAMYO 大名) 09:26 GEKOKUJO 下剋上 (in video: GEKOJUKO 下剋上) 10:41 一向一揆 (pronounced: IKKO-IKKI) wasn’t really a Daimyo but rather rebellious groups of people 10:57 朝鮮 JOSEON (in video: 大北朝鮮) No country is named as 大北朝鮮, but if it were literally translated that’d read “Great North Korea.” Kim is thrilled. 11:18 SEKIGAHARA (in video: SHEKIGAHARA). 関ヶ原(Sekigahara), for anyone wondering. 11:51 Qing (清) or Great Qing (大清). In video: 大慶, which I don’t recall China had such dynasty. 13:05 Overly stereotypical geisha and building depictions aside, the tumbleweed was never common in Japan 15:16 東京へ/ようこそ (in video: 東京へよ/うこそ) 16:33 RYUKYU (in video: RYUKU) 18:30 MANCHUKUO (満州国) or Empire of Manchuria (満州帝国). In video: MANCHUKUO(満州帝国) 20:39 マレー MALAYA (in video: マレーシア MALAYA). マレーシア(Malaysia) is a present day country Malaysia. 22:45 韓国(Hanguk) refers to present day South Korea, in South Korean language. In north, South Korea is called Nam-choson (South-Joseon) Great video, education is indeed really important.

[@vaivai9770]

I am using this video as textbook. Thankyou so much for helping :)

[@amonrei]

Thank you. I noticed some of these. Appreciated the effort to make this video but it would be even better without these minor but glaring mistakes.

[@AkamiChannel]

why are there so many mistakes in this? I had to stop watching

[@riza-2396]

10:57 Korea is 高麗，Joseon is 朝鮮，the modern ''Korean'' people call them self Goryo, but not really, Goryo is some silla people pretending（think about Boston Tea Party's ''Indians''） to be Goguryo(Northern China, Siberia, Northen North Korea, mixed of Chinese and proto-Mongol), now days the ''North Korea'' perfer Joseon, and ''South Korea'' perfer ''Han'' (Not the Chinese Han漢/汉, it's written like Chinese 韩Han nowdays, but it actually came from tungusic Khan)

[@carlosrincon6017]

シ Thanks シ

[@xaviervasquez4657]

America: we have the right and duty to expand anywhere we want (manifest destiny) Japan: Cool I’ll do the same America: Wait that’s illegal

[@radoslavkosil7450]

yea classic stupid America

[@lxcarreon]

Looks at the British, "Hey, This was you're Idea!"

[@yuliyy__]

That applies to this day: "Do as I say, not as I do"

[@lxcarreon]

@@yuliyy__ Hypocrisy nice i love it lol

[@autumnbriggs1035]

Hahaha

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Knock knock, it’s the United States. With huge boats, with guns. Gunboats

[@Lo-tf6qt]

Open the country *stop having it closed*

[@christians10000]

Yes very funny. By the way:I didn't know that a busy politician like you can find the time of watching KZbin videos.

[@onealone-jt8oi]

Ah, gunboat diplomacy, because might makes right...

[@American001_offical]

I don’t know why, but I see you very commonly in comment sections It makes me laugh

[@goyonman9655]

lol

[@Gilmaris]

17:40 "The German soldiers were so impressed with the Japanese army that they openly admired them, and even showed them a sign of great respect as they paraded through the city." This was a victory parade, and the defeated German soldiers were ordered to be there to show respect. The reason they turned their backs to the British, when _their_ contingent of the parade passed by, was because the British soldiers in the parade hadn't done any of the fighting. They had used colonial troops, but it wasn't the colonial troops who were parading.

[@cjthebeesknees]

Americans and British are two peas n a pod.

[@798jeremy]

As quite often, the British tend to over glorify themselves after winning a war thanks to their overnumbered colonies, by using the people from these colonies to do the dirty work for them...although you might be tempted to say, "like everyone else" (mostly the French), that doesn't prevent anything because in that case, being the greatest of all colonial empires inevitably means they were the ones who abused it the most, technically, whatever "cool" they might be looking while doing it, or "nice" with their colonies (ahem, well, except with the Irish, you know, ahem...nobody's perfect, 'right ? Ahem, ahem, anway...), that doesn't change anything to the result or the endings : they were exploiting people from other countries, and they happened to be nothing less than literally the world's champions about this stuff, no kidding...! And I believe they weren't blamed enough for this compared to other countries that used to do it as well, considering they were the biggest in this business, so blaming more the others than them about this is just unfair, that's all I'm saying...

[@stvdagger8074]

Actually, both the 1,000 British soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers; and 500 soldiers of the 36th Sikhs did very little fighting. As they were outnumbered by their 23,000 Japanese allies, they were under Japanese command. The Japanese commander deliberately tried to sideline the british & colonial troops, so this would be a Japanese victory, with the glory (and the spoils, possession of the port) going to them. The British weren't even told about the final assault.

[@nicholasleon787]

That because they saw the Japanese as superior to the other Asians countries how hitler saw the Germans as the superior race

[@QuietManUK]

@@798jeremy your pig ignorance of history is almost unique. I doubt you've actually read a history book in your life and are just spouting your bigoted beliefs as told by other bigots.

[@sirrliv]

Fun micro-factoid about Japan's meteoric rise from isolationist backwater to Victorian world power: When the Americans opened international applications for space at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, Japan was the first in line for exhibit space and ended up being they third largest spender at the fair behind France and Germany. The Japanese exhibits were also widely regarded as the best of the international visitors, regularly being praised for their consistency in excellence and for the admirable dedication and politeness of the Japanese workers, the only Eastern nation at the time that the Western powers respected as a (near) equal. After the fair, much of the Japanese exhibits' contents were sold or donated to American collectors and museums, and the Japanese structures in the International Section, known as the Ho-O-Den Buildings, became one of only three structures left standing as the rest of the fair structures, all intended to be temporary, were either torn down or destroyed by fire. Tragically, the Ho-O-Den Buildings were also burned during World War II by anti-Japanese rioters.

[@UrdnotRed]

For all you weebs out there, I have a timeline for you: Ashikaga Era - Inuyasha Sengoku Era - Samurai Kings, Princess Mononoke (I think), Dororo (1969, 2019) Edo Era - Samurai Seven, Samurai Champloo, Katanagatari, Oh! Edo Rocket Meiji Era - Rurouni Kenshin, Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken Taisho - Hetalia: Axis Powers Showa - Grave of Fireflies

[@zanir2387]

inuyasha is settled in the sengoku period, remember they already saw muskets there...

[@UrdnotRed]

@@zanir2387 It's a mixture of the two, actually.

[@mikei6605]

How could you not put Demon slayer smh, its Taisho

[@mehmeh3894]

Inuyasha is in Sengoku period, evidenced with muskets and that a member of the Takeda clan appears, which was around previously but only prominent in the Sengoku Period. Princess Mononoke is in the Ashikaga period. The MC is an emishi, one of the remnants of the indigenous people of northern Honshu (Main japan, below Hokkaido). By Sengoku, emishi have been assimilated, destroyed and/or scattered. To add to Meiji period: Gintama, but instead of US its aliens. To add to Taisho: Demon Slayer. There are signs of modernization from electricity to cars and steam trains, but only in the urban areas. The rural population are still very much traditional with wooden structures and walk/horse and mostly wear traditional clothing. Hetalia is sort of all over the place, but WW2 stuff is in the Showa period (1926-1989). To be fair, pre and post WW2 Showa settings are much different, with early Showa showing a mix of traditional Japanese things (Kimono and Yukata were still worn around amongst suits and dresses). The Wind Rises is set here. Later Showa (after Japan had sort of recovered from the war) shows much more modernization, T-shirts and Bullet trains. Incidentally, early manga and anime such as Osomatsu-kun and Doraremon are set in the late Showa period (contemporary for the time). The elderly in Japan would mostly have been born in Showa period, and will find the setting nostalgic. Yep I'm a weeb

[@Cuy_King]

Sakura wars would be a much better fit for the taisho era

[@romeo1245]

foreigner: open your country japan: no foreigner: why japan: all our people are under quarantine duh

[@Psychof1st]

me: C'mon Japan, just send me the Samus (Metroid Prime version) figma that I already paid for, dammit!

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

Foreigner: Open up or I will force you to open! Japan: Alright alright jeez! What do you want? Foreigner: Trade! Now! Japan: Sure.

[@TheGreatPewpyOne]

3 years later this dogshit excuse for cOmEdY still falls flat

[@senorsiro3748]

“Everything should still be fine” (Star spangled banner starts playing) “Oh No!”

[@JNS512]

Ironically the same thing happens today lol...

[@AuspicousJuice]

*Oh y e s*

[@galladesamurai2380]

*OPEN THE COUNTRY* *STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED*

[@theshoes7488]

USA are gods among men

[@theoneandmanyanonymous]

*KNOCK KNOCK!* *IT'S THE UNITED STATES!* *WITH HUGE GUNS...* *GUNBOATS!*

[@tomsmith5584]

8:18 Someone watched Phineas and Ferb just before writing this.

[@acapraichu4879]

That Doofensmirfz quote?

[@MickeyMouse-lx3nw]

@@acapraichu4879 yeah it's from a episode where he creates Mongol Warriors to take over the tri-state area I think

[@ajanator5263]

9:40 small correction, Tanegashima is an island. The Portugese matchlock arquebus used by the samurai were called Tanegashima-teppo, named after the island. It's more convenient to refer to them as arquebuses.

[@brandonk8948]

Spanish Armada attempts to invade England...sinks in a storm over the English Channel Mongols attempt to invade Japan... sinks in a Tsunami. Moral of these historic events? Leave island Empires alone, for you are crunchy and taste good with tea and fish.

[@haneenasad]

I'M DEAD 🤣🤣🤣

[@GwyndolinSimp]

William the Conqueror, the Roman empire, spanish conquerors of America, all western movies... strongly disagree with that statement

[@nyazillagojira7079]

Or don't wait over night when a storm is brewing.

[@greyscaleb1537]

The spanish would've failed to conquer Britian anyways lol

[@prototipolq-84i46]

blas de lezo no piensa lo mismo lol

[@whiskeyjade4076]

13:27 , "Everything should be just fine as long as Japan keeps it's doors-" *USA HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*

[@galladesamurai2380]

*OPEN THE COUNTRY* *STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED*

[@jeffington1224]

They wanted japans hentai collection making the USA the biggest weeb in history

[@euproductions8615]

Usa: Open the country because we are gonna trade and you are gonna like it

[@kyawa1]

I'm Japanese, raised and educated in Japan. I'm very curious about how history, especially the world history is taught in each country. Every comment is very helpful to know how people see Japan and Japanese. Thank you, everyone. Furthermore, we need to apologize to those who feel negative toward the things we, Japanese have done to. I wish everybody all over the world could feel happy altogether at last.

[@Joke_Bidumb]

Stop apologizing for things dead people did to other dead people.

[@woofl]

lmao

[@pyrokatarina]

it was in the past, we just need to learn the mistakes of our ancestors and make them right

[@CallOfEuropeanSpirit]

History is written by the victors, and in war you don't win because you are morally superior, you win because you are the best butcher. Be proud, never apologize. Best regards from Europe.

[@thegrimcritic5494]

Honestly man, I’m from Texas and the reason I’m so fascinated with Japanese history is because of how remarkably similar it is to our countries over here in the west. We’ve made many of the same kinds of great victories as well as committed many of the same great evils as one another; and what’s fascinating about it all is that Japan was completely detached from the development of the European countries and still ended up being this way. In the face of

[@garabic8688]

Japan: we can stay isolationist guys, don’t worry we’ll be fine *American anthem plays* America has joined the game

[@thecount1374]

please do the history of the philippines

[@marcus4046]

why do i hear boss music?

[@urhomiesapien]

Matthew Perry: Hmmmm..... These orientals are lacking some *Freedom*

[@imperion8238]

Japan 88 years later: omae wa mou sindeiru pearl harbor

[@paperbucketbob3165]

Japan:plz have mercy plz u.s plz U.s:must learn what it falls like Japan:nooooo! U.s:have you learned? Japan:yes sir U.s.good

[@wenluchua3583]

Qing dynasty of China is “大清”, not ’‘大慶“. And Joseon (i.e. Korea) is just “朝鮮”, different from "北朝鮮“ which refers to North Korea today.

[@rauwdronk7767]

Thank you. It was quite frustrating to watch these very simple mistakes

[@bonkbong5692]

Real torture.

[@andrewxiong6042]

@・トトロ・ f r i ed

[@TallyFox2]

"Everything should be just fine as long as Japan keeps its doors closed" US: **clears throat**

[@Rudyonyx]

USA: Knock Knock! It's the United States! Japan: Oh no...... USA: Open the country. Stop having it be closed!

[@techfreak9097]

@dimapez I'm a representative of the United States. Keep it coming Japan lmao

[@qbek_san]

@@techfreak9097 yea, and later FBI OPEN UP

[@kendelion]

@@qbek_san but they're already 18+ that looks like 12 because of Loli

[@hellohi-mj8ho]

this is so not funny

[@レントラー-k5l]

野蛮なアメリカ人

[@italoeide6734]

"These three nation coming comparativ late to the empire building game" *shows italy Roman empire: Am I a joke to you?

[@kevinpavelchik9189]

Mussolini's Italy was NOTHING like the Roman Empire!!

[@Suibhne]

I guess I meant the modern Italian nation state post unification. But good point

[@bificommander]

They were so early to the empire game, that they got bored and uninstalled. When they got back to it, they realized they lost all their old saves.

[@HyperzonMusicalies]

@@Suibhne please! The history of Bulgaria!

[@EnteIexia]

Italy isn't Ancient Rome. Italy was once a part of the Roman empire. But the Italians from that time weren't the Romans of those time.

[@praevasc4299]

11:01 : "they decimated their army in the process" - that wasn't a bug, it was a feature. There is a theory that Hideyoshi attacked Korea for this specific reason: after most of the country was finally united and the century-old civil war stopped, there were lots and lots of warriors who knew nothing but how to fight, suddenly out of a job. They could have destabilized the country again, so one of the possible reasons for the Korean campaign was to get rid of them.

[@greateraviationgl91]

Mongolian Empire: *Invade Japan 2 times* The divine wind: I'm about to end this empire's whole navy

[@elgoog-the-third]

"The US Navy arrived in Japan in 1853" - wouldn't it have been handy if, you know, one of these Taifuns were around to help?

[@falmouthfairtrade643]

Thank you, really enjoyed this. Found you while looking for a history of Japan due to an upcoming trip. Will have to watch it a few times to consolidate but a great potted history and great animation!

[@smtsmt1223]

Were you able to go or did Covid mess up your plans because Japan closed it’s borders?

[@Kevin_Levrone505]

Iran: we are fully prepared for what ever the United States throws at us! Japan: we dinged up some boats, and they released the s u n t w i c e

[@Matthew-qx3dh]

Lmao

[@TheReasonableSkepticist]

They didn't "ding up some boats"...

[@dwaynethewokjohnson6646]

youre talking about Pearl Harbour like its some kind of baby attack...

[@Kevin_Levrone505]

@@dwaynethewokjohnson6646 yes thats the nature of the joke nigga

[@JustJimmyGD]

@Mi-35 Hind What the heck

[@Litany_of_Fury]

Guess it's time to install Total War Shogun Fall of the Samurai again...

[@Jesse__H]

Or Nobunaga's Ambition!

[@falloutnwah1781]

Good Idea

[@DirkusTurkess]

Shamfur dispray!

[@wires-sl7gs]

I couldn't agree more XD

[@surferonacid596]

Yeah I am watching this while Total War Shogun 2 is being installed on my PC.

[@Gilmaris]

7:43 "...and a brand new weapon they invented called the katana, which was extremely effective against Mongol armour." The katana was not a "brand new invention", it was essentially the same sword they'd been using for hundreds of years at that point. And it was extremely _ineffective_ against Mongol armour, and it wasn't until _after_ the second invasion that metallurgical improvements made the swords more resistant to damage from armour - which it was never meant to cut through in the first place.

[@Zero21kr]

Ancient Japan: *Ninjas and Samurais* We were so cool! Imperial Japan: *WW2* ... *cough* Modern Japan: *Anime and technology* We are still cool!

[@Janni069]

Committing genocides and other war crimes counts as cool now?

[@Hylan171]

@@Janni069 Show me a perfect nation

[@nislaav6712]

@@Hylan171 Antarctica :D

[@dakota6050]

@@nislaav6712, Antarctica is owned by different nations that are not perfect.

[@greateraviationgl91]

Nobody: Japanese WW2 pilots when they ran out of bombs: I have decided that i want to die

[@skvDsKY]

HEIAN(-KYŌ)/TAIRA-NO-MIYAKO -飛鳥- 平安(京) TACHIBANA (CLAN) -平安- 橘(氏) KAMAKURA -CITY- 鎌倉 -市- ASHIKAGA/MUROMACHI (PERIOD) 足利/室町(時代) GERMANY ドイツ/独逸/独 QINGDAO 青島

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

Shin'ya Kosaka what Sorry I don’t speak anime

[@kmmm9223]

原來如此，can u you understand chinese?

[@SpicyDoriftos]

9:59 Ah yes, here we see the first Weaboos start to form, off to tell their fellow Westerners about Japan's great culture, only to be told, "WTF dude, that's weird, get out of here".

[@kairon156]

I really enjoyed this longer content. Some videos about Japan don't start back far enough which this video did. I'm really proud of learning channels that aren't afraid to talk about issues that KZbin & companies want nothing to do with.

[@Starkillerscat]

Tanegashima is an island where the guns were made. The gun was called Teppo, or Tanegashima Teppo

[@wilhelmhetrick8948]

You did forget the military take over and overthrowing the emperor in the pre war era. The emperor was screaming throughout the whole of WWII sighting it as the destruction of Japan but he had no real power at that point and couldn't stop the military from going ham.

[@ciello___8307]

no, the emperor was complicit as well. Some of his brothers were politicians and generals

[@carlosmontero6952]

9:59 The first weebs in history

[@internetperson3436]

Japan were a bunch of china weebs

[@リアプロ]

@@internetperson3436 I mean China is Japan weeb now

[@hellz23456]

@@internetperson3436 well isn't it weebs of the weebs would be Portuguese first?

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

Vincon it goes full circle

[@Roxyrex-kz2hz]

A weeb is someone who isn't Japanese obsessed with Japanese POP culture. (Mainly anime) And the Portuguese were fascinated with Traditional Japan. and anime was not invented at the time. So yeah, Don't call them weebs without proper education buddy.

[@spinjitzustudios780]

The Netherlands were a long time the only one to trade with Japan

[@TheNintendoFAILS]

They also traded with China and Korea etc.

[@temporaryaccount5698]

I read that as neandathals lol

[@itzjaysee]

These animations are awesome. Thanks for sharing. I have learned a lot of history and had fun doing it too.

[@bloopie7778]

Breaking news the mongols have invaded China “We’ve invaded China” said the mongols “please respect us or else we might invade you” “Okay” said japan getting ready for war Then the mongols tried to invade Jaan but died in a tornado.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

Asking politely then overreacting to any resistance is a constant theme of Mongolian invasions

[@vytrva]

20:20 "You've got a friend in Nazi Germany, You've got a friend in Nazi Germany, When fighting Allies looks rough ahead And you're miles and you're milles from your nice warm island. Just remember what Hitler said, Boy, you've got a friend in Nazi Germany..."

[@nissanz808]

😂

[@01testigo]

I now have the tune stuck in my head.

[@stefanschleps8758]

You got a friend in Argentina.

[@grtwo_echidna]

This really helped with my Presentation on Japan's History! Thanks for making this!

[@Soundwave3591]

8:23 You think that's weird? on the 9th of October 1945, a Typhoon struck the Allied fleet at Okinawa. losses in ships and material were significant, with over 200 vessels sunk, grounded or otherwise damaged and 80% of the stores and supplies lost, but the amazing thing is had the Allies been forced to invade Japan, the period where the Typhoon struck is when the fleet would have been assembling for the invasion of Kyushu. it was almost THREE TIMES. THREE FREAKING TIMES.

[@creativepop8196]

Ainu people: Am I a joke to you?

[@teocatnation4818]

I wished they were talked about more :/

[@MrJames1034]

Or about how the Japanese have been actively spending decades to annihilate any other culture and dialect apart from their primary Nihon language.

[@osleem7845]

John Churchill you do know that a different dialect is still the same language right?

[@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd]

Evidently the Tokugawa shogunate learned a little too much from America since their integration practices with the Ainu were eerily similar to what America did to its own indigenous population.

[@byochii8197]

Its crazy how we in Germany learn everything about WW2 in school and how japanese kids learn it its so totally different

[@francoisdaureville323]

I guess they dont want to become self hating cucks no offence to german men,

[@canon1729]

I see! How do you learn there?

[@supa3ek]

The japanese pretend it didnt happen lol

[@erectro3593]

私も必ずや敗北するWW2を始めた無責任な日本の政治家達に怒りを覚え、敗北して平和主義国家になった事はむしろ良い事だと思いますが、結果的にアジアの植民地時代は終焉しました。

[@lincoqie]

​@@supa3ekNo, of course we Japanese learned from Pearl harbor, Nanjing massacre, Tokyo air laid, what was happening in Germany, in Korea,etc.

[@Gonzo_Hanso]

21:38 it should be noted that the Soviet also invaded Manchuria in about the same timeframe as the Nukes.

[@bogdan3386]

And that made them to finally surrender to the allies because in exchange for the Soviet contribution they wanted the Kuril islands and Hokaido and after they took the industrial centers from Manchuria (were moved there out of the Allied bombers) they were ready for a landing in Japan from Korea and the Kuril Islands. Because of the nukes the USA didn't need to give Japanese territories to the USSR.

[@gabriel.b9036]

@@bogdan3386 I wouldn't say that made them surrender but it did make their situation even worse.

[@titanschannel585]

@@gabriel.b9036 You're right in this, the emperor of Japan in his surrender speech talks about the bombs as to why they surrendered

[@rafamendez3487]

The soviet invasion of Manchuria was a huge part as the Japanese thought that a surrender to the ussr would depose the emperor but if they surrendered to the us they could have a better outcome and keep the emperor

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

@Shivaji the Great It was a matter of time, which is why the US hurried to use the second bomb to use the chance to test the second type on a civil target as well.

[@11202]

Can’t believe I never came across this channel before. Content and production is great as well as narration. I’m subscribed for sure and can’t wait to go through a new backlog of videos!

[@francescomazzei4111]

I found quite interesting that to this day Japanese study WWII as a noble pratiotic and defensive war. Here in Italy the general scholastic overview about WWI and WWII is that we basically had no idea of what we were doing and that it would be better to stay out of those.

[@sirhenrymorgan1187]

Yup. Could you imagine if Germany started claiming that WW2 was a just war? Madness! Japan could probably learn a thing or two from Germany and Italy on how to remember the events of the 30s and 40s...

[@Morgan-s7z]

@@sirhenrymorgan1187 This is one of those myths about Japan that just won't die. The history books used in Japanese schools do not claim the war was just, nor do they censor any war crimes. Japanese nationalists have been fighting and failing for decades to get their own history text books into schools. The ministry of education has always been interfering with this and ordering changes in their books to prevent them from glossing over the facts.

[@raidonshin]

fun fact the battle at Sekigahara was Ieyasu vs Mitsnuari, who was an advisor to Hideyoshi, the guy who preceeded Ieyasu and was the follow up to Nobunaga. It was a battle between the man who wanted the former ruler's son to be leader (Mitsunari) , and the man who wanted it for himself (Ieyasu)

[@gamechanger8908]

Tokugawa Ieyasu was pretty much playing the waiting game, if only Hideyori did the same

[@supremechandeliernormak514]

*League of Nations* : You’re breathtaking! *Japan* : No, YOU’RE BREATHTAKING! You’re all breathtaking!

[@supremechandeliernormak514]

Lord Admiral Spire lmao

[@romeo4764]

One if not the best history videos I’ve ever seen. Good job hope to see some more 👌🏻

[@meownezz]

I actually like what you conveyed that Japan felt that the League of Nations were hypocrites. Good narrative sir.

[@Jesse__H]

_In hindsight this is seen as a bit of a backfire_ This may be the biggest euphemism of all time 😂👍

[@melonlord1414]

To be fair, America probably would have joined ww2 sooner or later and they would have attacked Japan then. The idea behind pearl harbor was more of an preemptive strice combined with the conquering of valuable regions protected by the US. The only real alternative to going to war against the USA would have been to stop conquering and going back to their island. And that's something that nationals just don't do.

[@Aeradom2000]

@@melonlord1414 I don't know if and when the US would have declared war on Japan, actually. Keep in mind that the US population was very isolationist prior to the outbreak of the war. And while privately FDR wanted conflict, it was more against the Germans than in Japan. It's one thing to say that it probably happened, but I don't see how really.

[@BadWebDiver]

Imagine if Japan had sunk the aircraft carriers as intended...

[@franpozi]

This is so good. Congratulations for an amazing job.

[@bigshining990]

日本の街並みから漂う中国感

[@66mainbow]

平安時代のところでも天皇が清の皇帝の格好だったね

[@bonkbong5692]

外人だし見逃したれ

[@MrMrq97055]

This was really good my friend & I love the length of it as I needed quick info for some writing I do!!!

[@bob_greene]

awesome job summarizing and keeping it interesting

[@maseskywalker1536]

Meanwhile, Japan is having a fun time conquering stuff and wants MORE

[@ceneblock]

4:18 when you think you see some cool subliminal message, but it's really just an accident.

[@acebalistic1358]

What was it?

[@gabrielrussell5531]

I can't pause on the exact second, what was there?

[@nacidoviernes13]

4:17

[@MBeckers]

@@gabrielrussell5531 the map shown before this screen.

[@aliciamcarthur6362]

This was awesome and it actually held my attention.. Also I like your style of commentary

[@charlesbordyiii1154]

Before I watch this, I wanna let you know that I'm watching to see if this can scratch the extra history itch. I love that content creators like you exist. I watch more things like this than actual television anymore, because it's pretty fuckin' enriching.

[@charlesbordyiii1154]

Update! Y'all are really big picture, and that's awesome. You don't really compete with any of the other channels. I'm going to be looking to see if I can find anything on rome by you guys. This was amazing!

[@duchyofgreece9267]

Everyone:There is only 7 continents Japan:

[@hydrolito]

Japan is a groups of islands.

[@smokeybrown8752]

They failed to make them selves a continent by trying to take over Asia.

[@lupin402]

8:09 Mongol's invasion of japan failed not due to typhoon, but due to fierce attack of local samurais which prevented Mongols from securing a bridgehead in mainland. Wandering in sea for three months in typhoon season, there is no wonder typhoon hit mongol fleet.

[@mroc385]

Lmao the mongols would’ve steamrolled Japan if they weren’t an island don’t kid urself

[@OmarSlloum]

Did you know the Fujiwara clan famously married their daughters into the imperial family, allowing them control over the Heian court for 200 years.

[@praajeetmr703]

Linfamy?

[@gamermapper]

What's with your flag? Is this some sort of terrorist version of Israel 🇮🇱 flag I'm too developed to understand?

[@DavidAguilar-wo6ho]

You ever think of doing a History of Mexico? Your narration and animation method is really cool

[@Its.cool.to.learn.history]

Love the intro to your channel. Enjoy all the history content.

[@AlexWuky]

Breaking news the mongols have invaded China. “We’ve invaded China” said the mongols, “plz respect us or else we might invade you as well” “okay” said Japan. So the mongols came over ready for war and died in a tornado, so they tried again, and had a nice time fighting with the Japanese but then died in a tornado.

[@SolracNexus]

Japan before ww2: BANZAI!!! Japan after ww2: KAWAII!!!

[@Pduarte79]

U can also add Japan after WW2 before NGE and Japan WW2 after NGE.

[@jaredelizardo201]

​@@Pduarte79Wtf is NGE????????????????

[@Pduarte79]

@@jaredelizardo201 Neon Genesis Evangelion duh. Lol

[@jataim4197]

Love that, no matter the 'culture' or 'lineage' of blood line, or date the subject is on: Each of Suibhe's vids adorable lil' 'peg-people', all look the same emphasizing we are: ALL the same! Skin color of course different as needed to evolve and adapt to each ones surrounding environment(s). Just the culture is distinct in difference. I love these lil' guys! Love, love, love the vids and what a serendipitous find the day I stumbled upon Suibhe videos ;) ;) ;)

[@lupimali9504]

【Trivia 1】 The name of "Japan (日本)" was first recorded in the Taiho Legal Codes (enforced in 701) as "明神御宇日本天皇" for the first time. Having said that, "日本天皇" was pronounced as "Yamato no sumera mikoto." In sum, the letter of 日本 was not NIHON/NIPPON, but YAMATO. Moreover, in "The Sui Shu: Dongyi (隋書 東夷)," the following passage is recorded: "Tian Zi (天子) where the sun rises, to Tian Zi where the sun sets, we hope you are doing well." (日出處天子致書日沒處天子無恙云云) This passage was taken from the sovereign letter sent from Price Shotoku (聖德太子) to Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty (煬帝). It is suggested that the country name of 日本 might be ascribed to the phrase of "日出處天子 (Tian Zi of the land of rising sun)." The following passage of "Jiu Tangshu (旧唐書)" endorse this fact: 日本國者，倭國之別種也. 以其國在日邊，故以日本為名. 或曰：倭國自惡其名不雅，改為日本. (Nihon is the alias of Wa-koku. The state was so named because it was the land where sun rises. Or else, it is said that Wa distasted its unrefined name, thus it anew changed its name to Nihon.)

[@matthewct8167]

There were assassination and intimidation of moderates in Japan. There was even a Prime Minister that was assassinate by some young officers.

[@chinesestreetdogxiaogou8478]

Let me guess,47 ronins???

[@越の赤狸]

@@chinesestreetdogxiaogou8478 The 47 Ronin are the stories of Ako Ronin. 赤穂浪士　 It is the latter half of the Edo period. Young officers and prime ministers are said to be around the time of World War I to World War II.

[@JesusRocksTryPrayin]

this was tops, didn't lose focus at all.. Well made

[@PingYJ7750]

Anybody noticed at 17:08 that on the newspaper it says "Suibhne Merch Available Now"

[@justinwooley2560]

Another edition of awesome content. Length was just right as Japan has a complicated history that has gone through several metamorphisms. Animation was spot on.

[@karsentube13yt]

Japanese Farmer: I’m now powerful Japan 🇯🇵: No! This can’t happen! Japanese Farmer: As long as we keep our doors closed we’ll be fine USA 🇺🇸: DID I HEAR JAPAN WANT’S SOME FREEDOM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@lukeskywalker4711]

I love learning about Asian culture and history. It’s just so interesting and rich in culture.

[@PAINNN666]

You mean rice in culture?😂

[@elahgast]

@@PAINNN666 you racist man, go eat your potato

[@plasticsurgeryofkorea]

PAINNN666 weeeeb

[@elahgast]

@Jogging Smollet irish are cool tho

[@dszombieqx715]

love the animation and the commentary sense of humor; thank you for the video, sub'd and gave it a thumbs up cuz i couldn't resist :)

[@NetherTaker]

For those wondering, the guy's headband at 22:58 says "Kamikaze"

[@radoslavkosil7450]

KAAAAMIIIKAZEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM (American ship destroyed)

[@Shiromochimochi]

5:05 Don't mix Asia Japanese and Chinese customs are mixed Because it ’s rude to China.(Different from 菅笠 sugegasa of Japanese hat) The hat is a Chinese thing There are many things from China in Japan, but the lights do not hang like this

[@CrazyInternetTales]

You have an amazing knack for this, it inspires me to improve the quality of my own videos.

[@Lawliet734]

1:53 I'm not convinced the emperor of Japan knew how to say "hello."

[@aymarafan7669]

@L Lawliet Kon’nichiwa

[@lol_histicall4289]

It’s crazy how close Japan was to becoming an empire in the beginning of the 1600s if they waited and made larger preparations even borrowed Portuguese ships they could’ve actually managed to land and takeover Korea

[@ciello___8307]

they did become an empire though in the 20th century

[@theinquisition7999]

They wouldn't have helped any way, plus Japan did have capable ships(describe by jesuits) but the tokugawa had them along with 1/3 of the Japanese forces. Only 1/3 of the Japanese forces invaded mainly held by other daimyos, while the remaining 1/3 mainly controlled by toyotomi was held back in fear of the tokugawa. This is most westerners miss when making videos about the invasions.

[@Navigator2166]

Excellent! Thank you for the time and effort.

[@Wet_Sandwich]

Japan: hey bro im the emperor where the sun rises China: hey man im the emperor where the sun sets what do u want to say? Japan: hi bro :3

[@radonrodan8332]

13:40,America comes to japan will playing the song.”hay japan want to trade if,not then war a year after this.” Japan”OkA..” japan”oooohhh nnnnoooo!!!”

[@nourpages3114]

this video was so awesome thank you for putting so much work into this!!

[@someguysomeone3543]

"Jomon" sounds like "german" but without the r.

[@WAZZA1235]

The Japanese don't do well with the letter r.

[@MetalforOden]

No it doesnt it. Its jyo(joe) mon(mohn)

[@wkbaek8573]

And both were Nazzi

[@heroofthe4-starmastersword526]

@@MetalforOden yeah but the way he pronounced it sounded like german

[@goyonman9655]

ikr?

[@chediamor3607]

10:45 Oda wasnt assassinated! He survived an assassination attempt and continued to fulfill his dream. Then he was betrayed by one of his generals Akechi Mitsuhide and when he could do nothing about it he commited sepuku with his followers.

[@mahfuzkabir7812]

This was such a good summary!

[@bmstyle]

Love your videos man, just wanna point a few things out about the Sengoku Jidai. 1) 10:21 at the top you show the ikko-ikki as a clan that had a province, the ikko-ikki were warrior monks that had no specific territory. They had their temples spread out over many provinces most famously Ishiyama Hongan-ji which is today Osaka castle which Nobunaga eventually slaughtered and decimated them. 2) 10:44 the Takeda were too powerful for the Oda. Takeda Shingen was a force to be reckoned with and almost destroyed Oda Nobunaga. Luckily for Nobunaga, Takeda Shingen suddenly died and his son Takeda Katsuyori was a horrible leader that lead to the fragmentation of the Takeda clan after the battle of Nagashino. 3) 10:55 Hideyoshi toyotomi didn't attack Korea because he was bored, he wanted to fulfill his lord's (Oda Nobunaga) ambition of conquering the Ming. 4) 11:00 Japan didn't technically lose the war with Korea and the Ming. It is true they didn't win but a long stale mate and constant naval harassment by Yi Sun-Sin(Shin) made it difficult for the Japanese to continue and the only reason they were there is because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Most of them didn't want this war and following Toyotomi's death they gladly left and went back to Japan. 5) 11:20 It's Sekigahara not S(h)ekigahara. 6) 11:20 the battle was technically between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari who was fighting on behalf of Toyotomi's son and although Tokugawa's army was formidable, Ishida mitsunari's army was actually greater in number at the beginning of the battle but a large number of clans defected and betrayed Mitsunatri during the battle which led to Tokugawa's victory.

[@resileaf9501]

4) Isn't 'leaving and returning to Japan' the same as 'losing the war'?

[@canon1729]

@@resileaf9501 No No No

[@ciello___8307]

toyotomi definitely lost the war with korea. . .

[@bmstyle]

@@ciello___8307 he lost the war with Korea when he died and they Were still at war with them right? Lol ok. It was a stale mate that they chose to pull out after his death. I don’t know if you have some political bias and that’s why you’re saying that but facts are facts.

[@ciello___8307]

@@bmstyle they certainly didnt win. And the devastating consequences after the war when it came to the toyotomi family post war definitely was a net loss. Facts are facts

[@lareicemonaie]

Thank you for this, very interesting and engaging. I am learning how to speak Japanese and decided to research the history. I found your video and thought this might not make me fall asleep lol. I was so hooked and found myself rewinding parts that made me wide-eyed. Learned a lot thanks again.

[@Joke_Bidumb]

Weeaboo

[@Joke_Bidumb]

@@lareicemonaie I once ate Sushi off a naked Japanese hooker. That makes me more Japanese than you, Weaboo.

[@canon1729]

頑張れ!!

[@Faeronx]

These videos are amazing. THANK YOU!

[@phanterleo]

I love auto subtitles : a mysterious historic people called the German :D

[@compatriot852]

When will Lithuania be covered? You've already done Poland. You're missing half of the story

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Yawn

[@tomasmejia4191]

Do this

[@ernestvan943]

This video is fantastic. Keep up the good work

[@HistoryUniversity]

Playing Ghost of Tsushima boosted my interest in Japanese history and brought me here

[@peacepaz3959]

samurai from the kamakura period

[@Alexander-gq4lz]

An important difference from the Nara period to the Heian period was the influence of Buddhist temples on the city. One major reason for the capital to be moved to Heian-kyo was to get rid of the heavy buddhist influence on the court and its rule. As a result, most of the temples in Kyoto (still to this day) are placed along the mountains, at the outskirts of the city, opposite Nara which had them more or less in the centre.

[@richardputz3233]

Glad to see the new length of videos. They always ended too soon. 🎉🎉

[@cameronmstahl]

I love this thank you! I’m an 1/8 Japanese and know little to know thing about the history bc it’s so much, but this was a nice overview and jumping off point for more knowledge. Would love to have the year or approx. year range running in the top corner the whole time! Would make following a bit easier and would help meld the pieces together a bit more, thanks!