{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3e8a1128530018c5d8dc0ec8","clusterId":"c_6d8df0e19e5bd0d6861057a2","slug":"u-s-navy-recruiting-unit-posts-video-reusing-blend-s-opening","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"U.S. Navy Recruiting Unit Posts Video Reusing Blend S Opening","summary":"The Talent Acquisition Group Great Lakes, a U.S. Navy recruiting unit covering the Lake Michigan area, posted a social media video on Friday that opens with the Blend S anime opening sequence and its theme song, \"Bon Appetit S,\" before cutting to footage of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships. Neither the Navy nor the Blend S staff has said whether permission was obtained.","whyItMatters":"A military branch has lifted an anime opening wholesale for recruiting material, and with no statement from either the Navy or the Blend S side, the permission question is left open in public.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe video runs the Blend S opening as its cold open, lyrics included, then cuts to an offscreen voice saying \u0026#34;San Antonio\u0026#34; over an image of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. Clips of the ships and their crews follow, and the accompanying social media posts give a text overview of the class.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlend S comes from Miyuki Nakayama\u0026#39;s manga about a high school girl who works at the high-concept cafe Stile and is cast as a sadistic waitress because of her scary resting expression. The title plays on the Japanese slang do-S. The manga inspired a 12-episode anime that premiered in October 2017; Aniplex of America streamed it on Crunchyroll and released it on Blu-ray Disc in 2018.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"A U.S. Navy recruiting unit posted a video that opens with the Blend S anime opening and \"Bon Appetit S\" before cutting to San Antonio-class ship footage. Neither the Navy nor the Blend S staff has said whether permission was obtained.","twitterPost":"U.S. Navy recruiting unit Talent Acquisition Group Great Lakes posted a video opening with the Blend S anime OP and \"Bon Appetit S,\" then San Antonio-class ship footage. No word from the Navy or the Blend S staff on whether permission was obtained.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"A U.S. Navy recruiting unit posted a social media video that opens with the Blend S anime opening sequence and its theme song before cutting to San Antonio-class ship footage. Neither the Navy nor the Blend S staff has said whether permission was obtained. The anime, based on Miyuki Nakayama's manga, ran 12 episodes from October 2017.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-11-09/u.s-navy-recruitment-video-reuses-blend-s-anime-opening/.243648\",\"title\":\"U.S. Navy Recruitment Video Reuses Blend S Anime's Opening\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5236,"outputTokens":747,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794279796,"createdAt":"2026-11-10T03:00:15.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-10T03:02:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-10T03:02:11.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6d8df0e19e5bd0d6861057a2","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nU.S. Navy Recruitment Video Reuses Blend S Anime's Opening","representativeArticleId":"a_0fe61d9f50640bf7ccfbfd67","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Blend S\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-10T02:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-10T02:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-10T03:02:10.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-11-09/u.s-navy-recruitment-video-reuses-blend-s-anime-opening/.243648","title":"Interest\nU.S. Navy Recruitment Video Reuses Blend S Anime's Opening"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Blend S"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The U.S. Navy's Talent Acquisition Group Great Lakes posted the recruitment video on Friday.","The video opens with the Blend S anime opening sequence and the theme song \"Bon Appetit S\" before cutting to San Antonio-class ship footage.","Neither the Navy nor the Blend S staff has stated whether permission was obtained for the footage.","Miyuki Nakayama's Blend S manga inspired a 12-episode anime that premiered in October 2017.","Aniplex of America streamed Blend S on Crunchyroll and released it on Blu-ray Disc in 2018."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["blend-s"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"blend-s","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":0,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}