After attacking a city and slaughtering most of the people living there(and most likely having fun while doing so), the Japanese would do this victory dance to troll the survivors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cufG2Dlxvk

No they were only bad back then because of military dictatorship. Then they got kawaii stuff like vocaloid tunes and Neon Genesis Evangelion, and they got better.

Hentai calmed them down. :P

Japan before WWII:
http://oi43.tinypic.com/73jypy.jpg

Japan after WWII:
http://oi39.tinypic.com/o9n6e0.jpg

Those links say I need level five security clearance to see them. :(

No wonder they kept flying into ships, they kept staring into the sun during that dance.

History will be the judge of that.

what about this?
Pearl Harbour memo shows US warned of Japanese attack

The Journal of Historical Review Pearl Harbor Attack No Surprise

Yeah, that camera work and such crystal clear film were hallmarks of WWII-era footage. :-)

Hey, I saw this movie! Thought it looked familiar. What exactly is your point? It is not related at all to the OP. I simply don't understand why someone has to rush in and post "oh yeah, but the US did this!!" whenever anyone posts something about any other country doing something. The US was not warned of a specific attack on Pearl Harbor. They knew of the possibility of an attack by Japan. So:

1. They didn't know of a specific Pearl Harbor attack.
2. The declaration of war by Japan did not reach the US government until after the attack.

Which explains why it was a bit of a surprise. Especially back then, you expected war to be declared before an offensive is launched. If the US ended up attacking Japan based on the information they had, these same conspiracy theorists would be condemning the US for an unprovoked attack. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Technically, if I remember right from History channel documentaries, we hadn't even declared war on Germany, yet. Yes, we were supplying the Brits.
As far as Pearl Harbor, we had time to react before the attack, but someone dropped the ball. Ah, we got 'em in the end anyways.

A pretty awesome video, regardless of the historical implications, I'll definately check that movie out at the weekend if I can get it, thanks for sharing, +1.

Plus suddenly the American society supported the idea of participating in the war so from a certain angle the attack on Pearl Harbor was a blessing in disguise. Well, from a European angle certainly. :P

Still: yeah, no idea what purpose mentioning Pearl Harbor in this thread had in the first place.

...but luckily we have saintly world police around these days ;)

ps something is wrong with you if you dont like big drums: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HL5wYqAbU

What about it?

I see this quote:

Dated December 4, 1941, marked as confidential, and entitled "Japanese intelligence and propaganda in the United States," it flagged up Japan's surveillance of Hawaii under a section headlined "Methods of Operation and Points of Attack."

Intelligence gathering is nothing new and to any US analyst at the time, that is all this was on the part of the Japanese military. Analysts likely pushed thousands of similar memos over the years up the chain of command, but it is not realistic or wise to act on all of them. The memo was only a small part of a puzzle with many missing pieces-- one of which a reason to attack. Aside from the usual negotiations and politicking, there was no war drum beating between the two countries.

Hindsight is 20/20.