Comments by "Jim Taylor" (@jimtaylor294) on "IJN Takao - Guide 192" video.

  1. Takao was also the largest IJN warship to be assailed by Royal Navy X Craft minisubs' whilst in port, which didn't do her prospects of ever returning to sea any good. Maya has the unusual distinction of being the only real life IJN ship to be mentioned by name* in a Studio Ghibli film, and one of only a few shown in one too. *As the ship the protagonists father is serving on.
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  2. Coincidentally the reason I was intrieged by this class from the first time I heard of Takao, was how large and heavily armed they were.
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  3. @VersusARCH  Indeed. It's never confirmed in-story whether their father was among the surrvivors of Maya's sinking, but one can only imagine the anguish he'd face upon returning home if he had.
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  4. @nathansullivan4433  Amen. A bit like the USN's WWII-era Iowas, the latewar refitted Wyomings and postwar Soviet Cruisers; ships that bristle with guns and other weapons are automatically seriously cool 😎 👌
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  5.  Sakkra123  An excellent point. To carry out a mission like that certainly required immense courage.
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