The United States Navy has just confirmed that approximately 30,000 copies of a promotional manga they developed to explain their mission (along with nuclear aircraft carriers) have been printed and are ready for distribution.
The manga, called "CVN-73" is focused around a Japanese-American sailor named Jack Ohara who is on his first assignment on an aircraft carrier. The American military is hoping that it will ease the tension later this year when the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington CVN-73 becomes the first nuclear-powered carrier based in the US naval base in Yokosuka. Japanese citizens groups have been testy over the ship's power supply, but the manga indirectly states that "the heart of the GW has a 50-year life span and doesn't need refueling."
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Anime News Network