Matt Walsh gets asked, "What's your opinion on anime?"
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There actually is a lot of satanic imagery, symbolism and themes that I have long since believed for years that Japan post WW2 is an experiment. Anime being one small part of it (I also believe how the Japanese economic boom-bust phenomenon was another part of the experiment)... Some people have pushed the idea of cool Japan for decades and it's allowed their anime, manga, etc. Go into some pretty weird shit
Lolis (sexualisation of underage girls), the beatiality both in some generic shows and in porn, transhumanism, sci-fi dystopia (post humanism, i.e so much anime looking at the deconstruction of the human), also extends to a lot of fantasy. And beyond there's so many different genres that still present a sense of authoritarian heirarchy and many stories revolve around characters working to advance up or fit in to the system (could be a loose connection to the beast system). The ones who reject the system are often villains
Speaking of villains, someone in another post bright to my attention the scores of luciferian-archetypal villains in Japanese pop media. Well known examples would be Kefka, Dio are just a handful that I can remember off the top of my head atm. These are characters that are oddly celebrated and have legions of fans
Must people I'm guessing haven't thought about it enough to see the connections because anime and all that dress it up very well
That's just collectivism in general. Its older than anime for Japan to write its stories like that, same with most of Asia. Its like accusing American media of having an insidious plot to indoctrinate children into rebellion by planting ideas of free thinking and democracy.
Most people probably haven't thought of these connections because its just saying things like "Dio is popular" and adding "clearly its because he is a Satanic archetype."
The collectivism is seen as good most of the time even in a dystopia. Japan makes it look convincing because they make these shows look cool. I guess i should've put it better.
American media has similar collectivism presented in a slightly different flavour: the government and/or superheroes maintain the world order, while at the same time espouse some semblance of individualism. seen as good. Villains who have been hurt and see the world as broken try to change things in their own way, but usually end up going too far. i don't think it's that far off from japanese media. just that japan does it better
Look at Psycho Pass where the system is clearly damaging to the mental health of its citizens, and the ones who want to expose & dismantle that system are the villains. The ones who uphold the law to maintain the system are the heroes, so that it can continue to function off of the suffering of the people. by the end of it we're meant to see that as a virtuous thing
Generally, doing one's duty and trying to keep harmony and hierarchy are incredibly important to getting humanity back on track out of a dystopia. I'd even say that often times having that structural backbone of a system would be better than not for many people.
Its a problem where Japan has one extreme, the West has the other, and both could learn from each on it.
I won't argue a lot of the systems making up the background in some series are ridiculous. Heck Attack on Titan is now almost entirely known for trying to present something as the correct choice and failing so badly it ruined its legacy retroactively. I just find the idea of it being Satanic specifically unfounded.
I guess my idea of what is satanic in media is different to most people who've commented. I'm guessing you're trying to see some occult references, devil symbolism, rituals, that sort.. I see it as the destruction of what it means to be human, and the control system that ensures that while severing ties to a higher self/being/spirit/purpose, torture in a sense
Attack on Titan... you reminded me about that series. Thinking about it there are elements to it that are satanic in my view that might fit the other definition. The world has been placed into a system that feeds off of the suffering and continued torture of the people
Marley and Paradis have been told a false history that has controlled how they perceive and the world & respond to it. Going on for generations
Instead of looking within to achieve personal growth, everyone is always externalising hatred and blame, which only serves to further the lie. To further this control system of the mind
If you want to see the ritual element of the satanism portrayed in the series, the people of paradis are routinely assaulted by Titans sent from Marley. They have no knowledge of it, Marley has no knowledge that Paradis have forgotten the past. It's a vicious cycle of senseless slaughter, blood ritual
Then there is the child sacrificial ritual. In Paradis the Titans have made life so bad that done if the children (the protag group we follow) have no issue risking their life to fight off Titans. They willingly play along into the ritual. The higher ups in Paradis kind of knew the true history and still permit sending kids to be slaughtered despite that.
Then in Marley the children are even more brainwashed through historical guilt that they too are eager to give up their lives for the "greater good", to also participate in the mind control system so that it continues to function. Some want to become Titans, discarding their human selves, just so they get an edge in the blood ritual. The adults demand it or encourage it, for the sake of reparations and making peace
It's not all anime of course, but there are just some that stand out too much that I can't unsee it. The problem is that it's becoming normalised. When you're shown so many representations of a world that wants to break you, but to reject it means ostracism from society ... Would you be surprised or not bat an eye when that same kind of world is at your doorstep?
Do you prefer stories where the heroes are perpetually the "rebel group" against the "oppressor empire" like in western shows? Even when it didnt make sense like the star wars sequels? like how SJWs see themselves as?.
"Expose" and dismantle the system can easily also be seen as a Marxist thing as well. Marxists like to "expose" all the "faults" of society to create some revolution to take over.
No, I would like them if there was a reasonable basis for it. But thinking about it there are very few media that I can recall that actually has a good rebel vs authority storyline
Re: the Marxist thing -- yes that is part of it exactly. Some of these villains get so much adoration desire being psychopathic
I think you got my stance on this mixed up. I'm not vouching for one side or the other within storylines, I was pointing out my take on how this is all presented to us
loli is a body type not an age. And people like to ignore shota which leads me to believe the whole anti loli crusade that started only recently, is more feminists bitching about cute female characters. .
sure it's a body type. but the imagery is still powerful. a lot of people who are totally into it may eventually see them as no different to children
it's so widespread that the loli is normalised
its been around for decades. Since anime has been around in fact. And Japan has a lower child sexual abuse rate than the west https://postimg.cc/ykCT3bFd . Parents even allow 1st grade kids to walk to school on their own.
What about the impact on westerners? That appears to be what this topic is hinting towards
The furry example is a good bridge to the Loli.
They may not wanna fuck them but they wanna become them. Then groups of them become them and wanna fuck each other within the group.
It seems harmless at the moment but it could start a slippery slope like gay to LGBT to drag bordering on grooming kids if these groups get a little bigger and more vocal.
To the first point because the represent Loli like real life people, it again makes it appear harmless and related to fiction. But over time the appeal gains traction as it becomes more mainstream, normalised, and as more fans cross boundaries with their fandom. I see it happening more in the West first
Princes of Yen (also a good book) lays out that the Americans put all the zaibatsu back in charge of the economy post-war, and they did a pretty good job. Then, predatory western capital wanted a piece of pie, but the only way to get in was to purposefully cause a bubble to break the whole system. The simplified version is that the zaibatsus focused all new money investment into capital expansion, and the bubble was caused by economic sabatuers pivoting the banks towards dumping newly created money into speculation.
I'd say more Luciferic than Satanic. Modern western media is more Satanic.
I see isekai as a method for conditioning the audience to warm up to a transhuman/post-human life in some way. i mean, "look at all these wonderful places to explore and abilities you have, not like in the real world that god made for us!"
This is a schizophrenic retarded take.
Like it or not that's my take