The Japanese edition of the US news website "BuzzFeed" published an article on the 14th that the product name of the "Manhattan Project Beer Company" in Texas, USA, was basically related to the atomic bomb during World War II, a fact that attracted the attention of the Japanese network and caused controversy.
Screenshot of the "BuzzFeed" article title
The Manhattan Project was an atomic bomb development program initiated by the U.S. military in 1942. BuzzFeed wrote in the report that the names of many of the company's beer products are related to the Atomic Bomb of World War II, such as "HOPPENHEIMER" derived from Robert Oppenheimer, the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" in the United States who led the Manhattan Project, "PLUTONIUM(PLUTONIUM)-239" for the nuclear material used to bomb the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, and "NECESSARY EVIL" for the "Enora A. Loeb" who dropped the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. The names of the photographic planes accompanying the "Gai" bomber, and the logos of some beer products seem to be derived from the atomic bomb code name "Fat Man" who bombed Nagasaki and the code name "Little Boy" that bombed the atomic bombing of Hiroshima...
Some beer products appear to be identified after the atomic bomb codename "Fat Man" who bombed Nagasaki and "Little Boy" who bombed the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.
BuzzFeed said the company's beers have a good reputation for their quality. However, the article also mentioned that the company and its product names were posted on the Japanese Internet, which triggered criticism from Japanese netizens for "too much" and "cannot be allowed". The article reads that the company's website does not elaborate on the meaning of the product name, and the reason for the name "Manhattan Project Beer Company" claims on the company's official website: "When making beer, we need to be creative, cooperative, experimental and scientific." ”
Screenshot of the Manhattan Project Beer Company website