DDG-182 Mirai
JDS ''Mirai'' (DDH-182) is a fictional helicopter defense destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), created for the Japanese manga and anime series ''Zipang (anime), Zipang''. The central point of the plot of the anime is that the modern warship ''Mirai'' is transported back sixty years through time to 1942 on the eve of the Battle of Midway. The ship's weapons alone are enough to change the course of World War II, but equally potent are the advanced technology and knowledge of future events on board. The name of the ship is a homophone for the Japanese word meaning "future" and is often the basis of double entendres in the anime. The phrase "Mirai no nipponjin" (みらいの日本人), often repeated in the anime, for example, can mean "Japanese people of the ship ''Mirai''" or "Japanese people of the future." Class description The ''Mirai'' is a ship of a fictional ''Yukinami''-class of helicopter defense destroyer, which was created specifically for the s ...
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