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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen
It's not impossible; reading up to volume 6, the Author refers to a ton of American movies, everything from John Wayne classics, to 'Pretty Woman' 
Are the Japanese that familiar with American movies  ?
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It's quite possible that the author have taken from Red October without having to call it Red October. And why do everyone assume that Japan is so consanguineous in its popular culture that they are ignorant of american and european movies and series? I mean, the Full Metal Panic author have made references to american movies too, Fumoffu have reference to Apocalypse Now and Hitchcok's Psycho, The Terminator is referenced every once in a while. And speaking of Terminator, Black Lagoon is full of western pop culture. Eden of the East have referenced Taxi Driver and so on. So while it's easier for japanese director to shoe in a reference to gundam or other anime, them being aware of western pop culture is not that alien.