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MC☆あくしず62号が9月21日に発売となりました。

今回の特集は『日本の姫巫女戦艦vs.アメリカのギャル戦艦』ということで日米の戦艦解説を担当しました。

MC☆AXIS vol.62 was released on 21st September.

This special feature is a commentary on battleships in Japan and the United States.

もう説明する必要がないくらい有名ですが右が戦艦大和、左がアイオワ級アイオワです。

It's so famous that it doesn't need to be explained anymore, but the battleship Yamato is on the right and the Iowa-class Iowa is on the left.


お互いを仮想敵として生み出された両戦艦はそれぞれの戦略の違いを反映した設計になっています。どこが似通っていて、どこが異なるのかを見ていくと面白いかも知れません。

Both battleships created with each other as potential enemies are designed to reflect the differences in their respective strategies.It may be interesting to see what is similar and what is different.


主砲塔は戦艦の防御力と攻撃力を象徴する部分だと思いますが、同じ三連装砲でも随分と趣が異なります。

I think the main turret is a symbol of the battleship's defensive and offensive power, but even with the same triple gun, the taste is quite different.


大和の主砲は公称が94式40cm砲となっていますが、これは秘匿のための偽装で実際は46cm砲です。40センチとはすなわち16インチ砲ですよと偽装していたんですね。

Yamato's main gun is nominally a 94 type 40 cm gun, but this is a camouflage for concealment and is actually a 46 cm gun. It was disguised that 40 cm was a 16-inch gun.

そしてもう一つの特集はスウェーデン空軍の戦闘機の紹介です。

みこやんはSAAB JA37ヴィゲンを担当しました。

And another special feature is the Swedish Air Force's fighter planes.

Mikoyan was in charge of the SAAB JA37 Viggen.


スウェーデンの戦闘機といわれてもピンとこない方も多いかも知れませんが、特集ではSAAB29にはじまり最新のグリペンまでを一気に見ることができます。

Swedish fighters may not sound familiar to many of you, but in this feature you can see the SAAB 29 and the latest Gripen all at once.


”Unfortunately, we were not accepted.

Japan Defense Agency Air Self-Defense Force”

ところで日本もなんどか主力戦闘機選考にスウェーデンの戦闘機を候補に上げていました。みこやんとしては一度は採用してほしかったなぁ~と思います。

By the way, Japan also put up the Swedish fighter as a candidate for the selection of the main fighter several times. I wish they had adopted it at least once.

というわけで最新号MC☆あくしずをよろしくおねがいします!

So please look forward to the latest issue of MC☆AXIS!

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表紙は戦艦大和だ!

Our cover girl is the Battleship Yamato!

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Anonymous

Interesting to see how similar yet different in small details are both Battleships. Also I noticed that mecchamusumes these days and probably before always look like more similar to super-robots(Mazinger-Z) than the real-robots(Patlabor) in terms of design philosophy. I always wondering how a "real" mecchamusume would look like if the intention was to make it look and function as realistic as possible? (considering that mecchamusumes are a type of super-robot by default imo)

みこやん

Thank you very much. Anthropomorphic characters have been culturally familiar in Japan since ancient times. The wind and thunder gods I often draw are personifications of the wind and thunder, and are based on motifs such as the Wind and Thunder Gods. (https://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/syuzou/meihin/kinsei/item10.html) Not only living things, but also nature and man-made things are personified. I believe this is due to the ancient belief that all things have a god in them. I think this is the reason why it is accepted in Japan that warships and aeroplanes are personified. I think that the fact that robots are accepted as characters rather than just mechas in Japan has the same roots.

NormanA || ノルマンA

There is definitely a cultural divide in that regard. I wonder if it has to do with the west abandoning folk religion early on and focusing spirituality on monotheist religions. It is a very interesting topic.

NormanA || ノルマンA

Beautiful battleship drawings ! I personally prefer Yamato for her extra girth, and also because I find Japanese overbuilt citadels a very fun part of their designs. Another part I really like to compare is secondary armament. I like the designs of the self-defence turrets of the Yamato a lot, and they way they are lined up together makes me think of small birds or schoolchildren posing for a class picture.

みこやん

Western culture also has ideas like Greek and Roman mythology, so I don't think that anthropomorphism is only for Eastern culture. The more you learn about the different cultural backgrounds, the more you will enjoy the art.

みこやん

Thank you! Japanese battleships are such a pain to draw! It's interesting to note that both battleships have a design policy of focusing on defending Vital part, but have different exterior designs.

NormanA || ノルマンA

Oh yes, for sure. It's also tradition for sailors to refer to ships with female pronouns, talking about them as if they were women - although it's considered old fashioned now.