DHBirr Wrote:That was indeed glorious. I rather suspect, though, that if you inquired of the original production team, they'd tell you the proper respectful ceremonies were conducted in-story, but it just wasn't portrayed on screen. I somehow don't think the Japanese would forget that detail, even if they didn't show it. Still, Doug calling up the spirits for a direct hand-over of duty was magnificent, an improvement over just bringing in a priest to light the incense and intone the formal words.Agreed. And I'm sure that's the fact for all versions of Yamato. But given that the ship was pretty much seen as the physical icon of Japan, showing such a ceremony as you indicated above in the latest version of the series would have been an appropriate touch.
Canadian lighthouse to U.S. Warship approaching it: "This is a lighthouse. Your call!"