The Accident that Changed History

Glen

Moderator
One small item that will have a strange ripple effect in the ATL is the absence of Gojira, King of the Monsters (1954). Gojira a.k.a. Godzilla was created in 1954 as a direct reaction to the atomic bomb. Many of the scenes in the uncut Japanese version in 1954 used footage from the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings. This also means no mainstream distribution of Japanese manga in the 1960s, with the appearence of cartoons like Kimba, the White Lion, Astro Boy, Gigantor, et al. This also means fewer Japanese films such as The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa being given major American release. This suddenly removes American Westerns such as The Magnificent Seven in the 1960s, Italian "spaghetti Westerns" such as The Good, the Bad & the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone. This also prevents George Lucas from creating the Star Wars franchise, without the presence of The Hidden Fortress and The Seven Samurai. This creates a pop culture scene that would be drastically different from OTL....

Japanese mangas may start to be distributed later but they would probably be far better.

The knock off effects of the lack of Godzilla as we know him will be interesting - but I'm not certain why someone would think that Japanese Mangas would be better ITTL than OTL?:confused:
 

Glen

Moderator
Bumped! It is a intriguing POD.

I am thankful that you think it so. This is actually one of my favorites that I haven't quite gotten back around to completing. It has a lot of knock-off effects, some small and subtle, others quite large.
 
Why does everyone seem to think Korea's going to be communist, wouldn't a more powerful conventional US (combined with an intelligent president) mean a US led liberation of the place?
 

Glen

Moderator
Why does everyone seem to think Korea's going to be communist, wouldn't a more powerful conventional US (combined with an intelligent president) mean a US led liberation of the place?

Not necessarily. Here of course Korea is more like Finland.
 
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