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20 Japanese Military Series to Watch

A curated MovieDB guide to 20 Japanese military series, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.

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The Silent Service

An MSDF submarine collides with a U.S. nuclear submarine, crushing all 76 people on board, including its CO, Shiro Kaieda. However, the crew survives. The accident is a cover story to get the MSDF submarine's crew on board the Seabat, a nuclear submarine secretly built by the Japanese and U.S. governments. However, Kaieda loads the Seabat with nuclear missiles and suddenly mutinies and flees.

★ 6.42024Details & where to watch

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Zipang

Based on the manga by Kaiji Kawaguchi. A modern detachment of the Japan Self-Defense Forces finds itself transported back in time to 1942. The JSDF force must decide whether or not to change the course of history by involving itself in WWII.

★ 7.52004

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Gate

On August 20XX, a gate suddenly appears in Tokyo's Ginza district, unleashing a portal where monsters, medieval knights and other fantasy beings come from another world and wreak havoc on Tokyo. The Japanese Defense Force take action against these monsters and push them back into the "Gate". Third Reconnaissance Team is dispatched to the "Special Region" lead by officer (and otaku) Youji Itami. On their travels, they are joined by a beautiful elf girl who is a survivor from the dragon's rampage and guide the group across the dangerous new world.

★ 7.52015