The days when the Rising Sun of the Japanese economy could make the world listen whenever an economic sage from Tokyo spoke are long gone.

Remember “Gung Ho” and “Rising Sun?” Those were the days before economic stagnation, population collapse and cultural ennui set in on the isles of Nippon.

But here’s a quirky indie that revisits that time when desperate Americans were sure the Japanese had the answers.

This looks cute and maybe a little retro. Purdie Distribution has it, so God knows how we’ll see it.