All this anime is clearly getting to Japanese people’s heads. Japanese media has fallen hook, line and sinker for this seemingly impossible, anime-inspired helicopter design, breathlessly reporting that Ghost in the Shell-style vehicles are being designed by the (Japan Self Defence Force) JSDF right now.
The Fuujin attack helicopter looks like it came directly out of the Cheetos-induced fever dreams of The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy – if Comic Book Guy was actually an Indonesian DeviantArt-ist and ex-Lucasfilms animator.
Okay, so it’s not real, but it’s still damn cool looking, so we thought we’d share anyway. If the JSDF does pick up this concept, we hope the pilot, who sits in a completely open cockpit, at least gets a seatbelt.
Simply gorgeous.
Photos: DeviantArt