{"id":33986,"date":"2023-03-11T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=33986"},"modified":"2024-10-11T17:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T00:52:20","slug":"765a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/765a\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream-Science Laboratory essay index"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Writer\/Researcher Rikao Yanagita has been publishing books and delivering lectures for decades, bringing a scientific perspective to what we see in anime and manga. Presented here are various essays that shine a scientific spotlight on what we see in Space Battleship Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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For years, a certain sector of SF fandom has occupied itself with puzzling out real-world explanations for what we see on our screens. Unsurprisingly, Yamato<\/em> has been dissected many times over in various books and articles published by the “Dream-Science Laboratory,” also known as “Kusolab.” <\/p>\n

Writer\/Researcher Rikao Yanagita has been publishing books and delivering lectures for decades, bringing a scientific perspective to what we see in anime and manga. Below are various essays that shine a scientific spotlight on what we see in Space Battleship Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Melting the Moon<\/h3>\n

How much energy would the Comet Empire need to do this, and what would be the result?<\/p>\n

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Artificial gravity in space<\/h3>\n

How could artificial gravity be created for a working Space Battleship?<\/p>\n

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Yamato<\/em> vs Arcadia<\/em><\/h3>\n

How might a matchup between these two legends play out?<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dessler’s old-fashioned language<\/h3>\n

Why do villains like Dessler talk the way they do?<\/p>\n

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The Science of Warping<\/h3>\n

How can we get to Iscandar and back in one year?<\/p>\n

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The mysterious revival of Captain Okita<\/h3>\n

Did he actually die, and what kind of doctor does that make Sado?<\/p>\n

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Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> at 50<\/h3>\n

Why Retrofit a 254-Year-Old Battleship for Space Travel?<\/p>\n

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Rikao Yanagita<\/em><\/span>
\nChief Researcher, Dream-Science Laboratory<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Born on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Dropped out of the University of Tokyo. He is the chief researcher of the Institute for Dream-Science, which scientifically examines the worlds of anime, manga, and folk tales. He has verified more than 1,000 cases so far.<\/p>\n

His main publications include The Dream-Science Reader, Junior Dream-Science Reader, Pokemon Dream-Science Reader<\/em>, and others in the series. In 2007, he started The Dream-Science Library News<\/em> for school libraries nationwide. It continues to be distributed weekly, free of charge.<\/p>\n

He also actively posts information on Twitter<\/a> and YouTube<\/a> as “KUSOLAB” and is a concurrent lecturer at the School of Science and Technology, Meiji University. His recent books include The Dream-Science Reader I, II<\/em>, and III<\/em> which are best-of collections of his previous works. All are published by Kadokawa.<\/p>\n

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Find them on Amazon.co.jp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Find more of Yanagita’s articles on Yahoo Japan here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visit the Dream-Science Laboratory website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BELOW: Dream-Science<\/em> illustrations as printed in an Italian edition:<\/p>\n

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