[ABSTRAK
Kekalahan Jepang pada perang dunia II membawa sebuah dampak besar kepada negara Jepang. Kekalahan Jepang pada saat itu membawa sebuah perubahan pada memori kolektif bangsa Jepang yang kelak akan bertahan selama puluhan tahun. Hal ini dapat terlihat dengan kebijakan pertahanan bangsa Jepang. Bangsa Jepang merasa bertanggung jawab terhadap kekejaman yang telah mereka lakukan selama perang dunia II, sehingga mereka membuat sebuah undang-undang yang menyatakan mereka selamanya akan meninggalkan perang dan tidak akan mengakui keberadaan angkatan bersenjata. Sebuah Konstitusi yang kemudian dijuluki Konstitusi Pasifis. Tapi seiring berkembangnya dinamika hubungan internasional, keberadaan pasal ini menjadi sebuah hal yang bersifat paradoks. Pada saat ini Jepang memiliki angkatan bersenjata yang memiliki anggaranterbesar ketiga di dunia. Sementara interpretasi konstitusi hanya menyebutkan Jepang boleh memiliki angkatan bersenjata untuk keperluan pertahanan. Kehadiran Shinzo Abe sebagai perdana menteri Jepang membawa Jepang kepada sebuah langkah baru, menuju perubahan Konstitusi. Dalam penelitian ini penulis berusaha untuk menangkap bagaimana perubahan ini kemudian tercermin melaluisebuah fenomena budaya populer Jepang, yaitu serial animasi Gundam;

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ABSTRACT
Japan's defeat at World War II gives a huge impact to the Japanese people. Thedefeat is causing the Japanese people collective memory to be changed, and it wasunchanged for decades after it. The Japanese people feel the responsibility for thecruelty that they came up with, which is causing them to create a constitution thatstate the renunciation of war and will never admitting any military power. ThisConstitution is called the Pacifist constitution. But at present, Japan have a thirdlargest defense budget, yet their constitution interpretation still insist that this?Self Defense Force? is for defense purposes only. Through this research, I wouldlike to analyze three Gundam movies from three different era, which will show ushow Japanese have changed their collective memory of a traumatic one in WorldWar II. Also, I am analyzing and find out how the Japanese have change from thetraumatic past to the current society which is shown by the popular culturephenomenon, Gundam.;Japan's defeat at World War II gives a huge impact to the Japanese people. Thedefeat is causing the Japanese people collective memory to be changed, and it wasunchanged for decades after it. The Japanese people feel the responsibility for thecruelty that they came up with, which is causing them to create a constitution thatstate the renunciation of war and will never admitting any military power. ThisConstitution is called the Pacifist constitution. But at present, Japan have a thirdlargest defense budget, yet their constitution interpretation still insist that this?Self Defense Force? is for defense purposes only. Through this research, I wouldlike to analyze three Gundam movies from three different era, which will show ushow Japanese have changed their collective memory of a traumatic one in WorldWar II. Also, I am analyzing and find out how the Japanese have change from thetraumatic past to the current society which is shown by the popular culturephenomenon, Gundam.;Japan's defeat at World War II gives a huge impact to the Japanese people. Thedefeat is causing the Japanese people collective memory to be changed, and it wasunchanged for decades after it. The Japanese people feel the responsibility for thecruelty that they came up with, which is causing them to create a constitution thatstate the renunciation of war and will never admitting any military power. ThisConstitution is called the Pacifist constitution. But at present, Japan have a thirdlargest defense budget, yet their constitution interpretation still insist that this?Self Defense Force? is for defense purposes only. Through this research, I wouldlike to analyze three Gundam movies from three different era, which will show ushow Japanese have changed their collective memory of a traumatic one in WorldWar II. Also, I am analyzing and find out how the Japanese have change from thetraumatic past to the current society which is shown by the popular culturephenomenon, Gundam.;Japan's defeat at World War II gives a huge impact to the Japanese people. Thedefeat is causing the Japanese people collective memory to be changed, and it wasunchanged for decades after it. The Japanese people feel the responsibility for thecruelty that they came up with, which is causing them to create a constitution thatstate the renunciation of war and will never admitting any military power. ThisConstitution is called the Pacifist constitution. But at present, Japan have a thirdlargest defense budget, yet their constitution interpretation still insist that this?Self Defense Force? is for defense purposes only. Through this research, I wouldlike to analyze three Gundam movies from three different era, which will show ushow Japanese have changed their collective memory of a traumatic one in WorldWar II. Also, I am analyzing and find out how the Japanese have change from thetraumatic past to the current society which is shown by the popular culturephenomenon, Gundam.;Japan's defeat at World War II gives a huge impact to the Japanese people. Thedefeat is causing the Japanese people collective memory to be changed, and it wasunchanged for decades after it. The Japanese people feel the responsibility for thecruelty that they came up with, which is causing them to create a constitution thatstate the renunciation of war and will never admitting any military power. ThisConstitution is called the Pacifist constitution. But at present, Japan have a thirdlargest defense budget, yet their constitution interpretation still insist that this“Self Defense Force” is for defense purposes only. Through this research, I wouldlike to analyze three Gundam movies from three different era, which will show ushow Japanese have changed their collective memory of a traumatic one in WorldWar II. Also, I am analyzing and find out how the Japanese have change from thetraumatic past to the current society which is shown by the popular culturephenomenon, Gundam., Japan's defeat at World War II gives a huge impact to the Japanese people. Thedefeat is causing the Japanese people collective memory to be changed, and it wasunchanged for decades after it. The Japanese people feel the responsibility for thecruelty that they came up with, which is causing them to create a constitution thatstate the renunciation of war and will never admitting any military power. ThisConstitution is called the Pacifist constitution. But at present, Japan have a thirdlargest defense budget, yet their constitution interpretation still insist that this“Self Defense Force” is for defense purposes only. Through this research, I wouldlike to analyze three Gundam movies from three different era, which will show ushow Japanese have changed their collective memory of a traumatic one in WorldWar II. Also, I am analyzing and find out how the Japanese have change from thetraumatic past to the current society which is shown by the popular culturephenomenon, Gundam.]