History YMMV / RisingSun

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The book is notorious for being an extremely blatant example of JapanTakesOverTheWorld, due to their massive economic growth at the time making the nation seem poised to become a new superpower. This premise almost instantly dated itself when Japan's "economic growth" proved to be a bubble, which popped right as the book was released, beginning [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decades decades of economic decline and stagnation]] from which is still struggling to recover, making the novel's premise seem incredibly alarmist in retrospect.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Shortly after the publishing of the novel and well after his death, Creator/MichaelCrichton was accused of being racist against Japanese by critics, due to portraying Japan as an alien and unknowable force set to take over the US.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Shortly after the publishing of the novel and well after his death, Creator/MichaelCrichton was accused of being racist against Japanese by critics, due to portraying Japan as an alien and unkowable force set to take over the US.
* RetroactiveRecognition:

%%* HilariousInHindsight: In the film, Sean Connery demands that Wesley Snipes [[MemeticMutation calls him]] [[SempaiKohai sempai]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: Shortly after the publishing of the novel and well after his death, Creator/MichaelCrichton was accused of being racist against Japanese by critics, despite the fact that most of the book's criticisms against Japan were aimed at their economic policy with the United States.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Shortly after the publishing of the novel and well after his death, Crichton was accused of being racist against Japanese by critics, despite the fact that most of the book's criticisms against Japan were aimed at their economic policy with the United States.

** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' viewers will recognize Tamara Tunie as Web's estranged wife.

* OvershadowedByControversey: Shortly after the publishing of the novel and well after his death, Crichton was accused of being racist against Japanese by critics, despite the fact that most of the book's criticisms against Japan were aimed at their economic policy with the United States.

** In the film, Sam Lloyd (Ted from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'') has a minor role.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the film, Sean Connery demands that Wesley Snipes [[MemeticMutation calls him]] [[SempaiKohai sempai]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: In the film, Sam Lloyd (Ted from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'') has a minor role.
** Her one-scene cameo wouldn't have registered in 1993, but ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' viewers will recognize Tamara Tunie as Web's estranged wife.

** Her one-scene cameo wouldn't have registered in 1993, but ''LawAndOrderSVU'' viewers will recognize Tamara Tunie as Web's estranged wife.

* RetroactiveRecognition: In the film, Sam Lloyd (Ted from ''{{Scrubs}}'') has a minor role.

* UnfortunateImplications: Crichton's portrayal of the Japanese has them all as ultra-xenophobic [[SalaryMan Salary Men]] with borderline BlueAndOrangeMorality.

* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight: The entire novel can feel like one or the other now seeings as how shortly after its publication, the Japanese economy collapsed, rendering Crichton's stern warnings about [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan taking over the world]] moot, if not downright alarmist.

* UnfortunateImplications: Crichton's portrayal of the Japanese has them all as ultra-xenophobic SalaryMen with borderline BlueAndOrangeMorality.

* UnfortuneteImplications: Crichton's portrayal of the Japanese has them all as ultra-xenophobic SalaryMen with borderline BlueAndOrangeMorality.

* RetroactiveRecognition: In the film, Sam Lloyd (Ted from ''{{Scrubs}}'') has a minor role.