JAMSTEC
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JAMSTEC, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Tecnology is the Japanese national research institute for marine-earch science and technology.
In April 2018, JAMSTEC and the Japanese Splatoon Twitter account announced a collaboration and cross-promotion called Jamsteeec[1], which included:
- The Unknown Creature vs Advanced Technology Splatfest[2]
- The Inkling world's version of JAMSTEC[3], with a few details:
- The Oceanic Hard Hat[4], designed after the real-world JAMSTEC hard-hats.
- The research and deep-earth drilling ship, CHIKYU, was added to the background of the Manta Maria stage[5].
- The deep-sea submarine Shinkai 6500 was shown to exist in the background details of the Octo Expansion[6].
- Videos showing real-life deep sea squids[8] and Octopuses[9], in comparison with Inklings and Octolings.
- Several posts on the real-life creatures that inspired some of the characters in the Octo Expansion, including C.Q. Cumber (sea pig)[10] and Mr. Gusok (giant isopod)[11].