# Anime depictions of a B-29 bomber? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224 "2007-04-08T22:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/1 "2007-04-08T22:49:44Z")
I have a bit of an odd question…does anyone know offhand of any anime works (series, movie, whatever) that at some point show a side view of an American [B-29 bomber](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay)? _Barefoot Gen_ comes to mind, but it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it, so I don’t remember if the angle’s right or not. So…does anything come to mind? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/2 "2007-04-08T22:58:39Z")
_Heavy Metal?_ Not anime, really, but it’s all I could come up with. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/3 "2007-04-08T23:30:38Z")
Umm…several episodes of _Urusei Yatsura_, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/4 "2007-04-08T23:31:30Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] _Heavy Metal?_ Not anime, really, but it’s all I could come up with. [/QUOTE] It’s been a while, but I think that was a B-17. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/5 "2007-04-08T23:35:39Z")
oops I stand corrected. It was a B-17 ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/6 "2007-04-08T23:43:46Z")
The only one I can think of that _might_ possibly have any is [Grave of the Fireflies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies). Don’t recall either way. What do you need it for? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/7 "2007-04-09T00:04:42Z")
[QUOTE=Nanoda] The only one I can think of that _might_ possibly have any is [Grave of the Fireflies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies). Don’t recall either way. What do you need it for? [/QUOTE] A fanart/photoshop project, actually. I was going to insert an image of the bomber over a background cell from another cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/8 "2007-04-09T00:56:08Z")
You might have quicker/better results taking a picture or diagram of a B-29 and applying some filters to it. The image [here](http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/U-S-Air-Force/b_29), run through [The Gimp](http://www.gimp.org/)’s Artistic-\>Cartoon filter at default settings would satisfy _my_ low standards. Of course, if the object is to use actual anime/manga stills, then… good luck! There’s a short scene near the end of Cowboy Bebop the movie involving some vintage aircraft; IIRC they were mostly smaller craft, but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/9 "2007-04-09T01:14:00Z")
And here I thought people in Japan only knew what B-29s looked like from underneath… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-a-b-29-bomber/399224/10 "2007-04-09T02:10:20Z")
I think ‘legend of the overfiend’ had a B-29 in the beginning.