Here's a serious question: why is that so much Japanese media shows the UN as this international superpower that Japan can participate in as a member? I swear Anime is kinder to the UN than almost anything else. Evangelion, Muv Luv, Symphogear, all of them really seem to have a huge boner for the United Nations. I've wanted to write a paper on why for years, but I've never been able to figure out why it is that Japanese media seems so enamored of the UN.