U.S. Navy Recruiting Unit Posts Video Reusing Blend S Opening
The Talent Acquisition Group Great Lakes, a U.S. Navy recruiting unit covering the Lake Michigan area, posted a social media video on Friday that opens with the Blend S anime opening sequence and its theme song, "Bon Appetit S," before cutting to footage of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships.
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Why it matters
A military branch has lifted an anime opening wholesale for recruiting material, and with no statement from either the Navy or the Blend S side, the permission question is left open in public.
Key Facts
- The U.S. Navy's Talent Acquisition Group Great Lakes posted the recruitment video on Friday.
- The video opens with the Blend S anime opening sequence and the theme song "Bon Appetit S" before cutting to San Antonio-class ship footage.
- Neither the Navy nor the Blend S staff has stated whether permission was obtained for the footage.
- Miyuki Nakayama's Blend S manga inspired a 12-episode anime that premiered in October 2017.
- Aniplex of America streamed Blend S on Crunchyroll and released it on Blu-ray Disc in 2018.
Neither the Navy nor the Blend S staff has said whether permission was obtained.
The video runs the Blend S opening as its cold open, lyrics included, then cuts to an offscreen voice saying "San Antonio" over an image of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. Clips of the ships and their crews follow, and the accompanying social media posts give a text overview of the class.
Blend S comes from Miyuki Nakayama's manga about a high school girl who works at the high-concept cafe Stile and is cast as a sadistic waitress because of her scary resting expression. The title plays on the Japanese slang do-S. The manga inspired a 12-episode anime that premiered in October 2017; Aniplex of America streamed it on Crunchyroll and released it on Blu-ray Disc in 2018.
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- Anime News Network U.S. Navy Recruitment Video Reuses Blend S Anime's Opening