一战时的老式蒸汽车，你见过吗？

Attack on Titan is no stranger to the world of spinoffs. Its immersive world and plethora of rich characters easily lend themselves to new series with new viewpoints, such as an anime focused on fan-favorite Levi or the manga that focuses on the female point of view with Mikasa and Annie.

But there’s one spinoff coming out soon that’s a little… different: Attack on Titan: Junior High. And yes, we mean that Junior High. Yes, it is cute and silly and stupid in all the right ways. And yes, you need to watch the preview video right now.

Attack on Titan: Junior High is based on the humorous spinoff manga of the same name by Saki Nakagawa. The premise of the series is simple: what if all the main characters from Attack on Titan went to the same middle school? Of course the answer is (most likely) zany consequences.

The anime version is scheduled to be broadcast in Japan starting October 2015, and while you still may be laughing at the title, bear this in mind: pretty much all the voice actors from the original anime are reprising their roles in this one. Eren, Mikasa, Levi, and more all have the same voice actors to bring the characters to life.

If that hasn’t convinced you that it’s not just a bad knockoff yet, then take a look at this preview video for the series. It may be a little silly-looking for sure, but clearly a lot of effort has gone into making something awesome here:

▼ The beginning starts off pretty much the same as the original anime, with Eren telling us about how “that day, humanity remembered… the terror of being ruled by them.”

▼ But then d’aww! Our heroes are so much cuter in this one!

▼ Just look at Eren in his adorable little junior high school uniform.

▼ And Mikasa who apparently has a lot of stapling to do!

▼ And of course Levi is in this one (and Hange too), so don’t worry if you missed him in the live-action film.

▼ It seems as though Sasha has acquired a taste for jelly donuts onigiri instead of potatoes in this version.

▼ Oh no! A titan attack interrupting the start of junior high school ceremony?!

▼ Not if Eren has anything to say about it, improvising as best he can with cleaning supplies.

▼ Welp, I dunno about you, but I’m sold! Where do I send all my money?

In all honesty, while the original Attack on Titan is a great manga and anime, it can get very heavy sometimes. Something a little lighthearted that lets us still enjoy the same world and characters is a nice change of pace. It will certainly never replace the original, but like a tasty little dessert to help the rich main course go down, it seems just right.

So what do you think? Now’s your chance to call things you think are going to happen in the show. My guesses: a titan transfer student, somebody makes an insensitive titan-themed haunted house for the school’s cultural festival, and lots and lots of titan-interrupted almost-kisses. Let us know your ideas in the comments!

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Origin: Attack on Titan: Junior High is the most confusing yet amazing spinoff we’ve ever seen 【Video】
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Besides Jill, of course.

Uh-oh, looks like the political relationship between the US and Japan may get a little shaky as whistleblower organization WikiLeaks has exposed America’s three-year surveillance of the Japanese government, major industries and banks. Even worse, it looks like the US may have also shared their collected info with other countries.

On July 31 (JST), the WikiLeaks page went live with “Target Tokyo,” a collection of sources detailing information that the US government’s notorious NSA (National Security Agency) collected on Japan between the years of 2006 and 2009.

The data collection started around the time of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s first term, a year-long stint in 2006, and continued through at least the next two prime ministers, Yasuo Fukuda and Taro Aso, who both also only held office for short periods.

Among the documents leaked was a list of 35 phone numbers marked for surveillance, which were connected to the prime minister’s Cabinet, the Japanese central bank, and divisions of both the Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui & Co., which deal with natural gas and petroleum, respectively.

Also included in the leak were four documents marked “top-secret,” which exposed details of Prime Minister Abe’s key topics for discussion during his 2007 visit to the US, Japan’s climate strategy and emissions targets before the G8 meeting in 2008, and the Japanese agricultural minister’s talking points prior to trade talks with the US in 2009.

Within these documents are reports of what information the Japanese government was considering not revealing to the US during these talks. WikiLeaks representative Julian Assange stated,

“In these documents we see the Japanese government worrying in private about how much or how little to tell the United States, in order to prevent undermining of its climate change proposal or its diplomatic relationship.”

In the end, it didn’t matter, as the US was listening anyway.

On top of all of this, there is evidence that the US not only collected this information, but also possibly shared it within the “Five Eyes,” an intelligence alliance consisting of the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK.

Assange also commented, “The lesson for Japan is this: Do not expect a global surveillance superpower to act with honor or respect.”

Neither Japan nor the US has responded to the leaked documents yet, and it’s hard to say if the information will change diplomatic relations between the countries. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a professor of international politics at the University of Niigata Prefecture stated,

“If this is true, Japan is going to be asking for an explanation from the US side, but it’s unlikely to have a major impact on the core of Japan-US relations.”

Japan is not the only country the US has been spying on either — WikiLeaks has also recently released similar information about the US listening in on other allies, such as Germany and Brazil. International politics seems to be a pretty dirty game, one which the US is somehow simultaneously winning and losing.

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