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The anime propaganda films of a death cult.




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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:01 pm Reply with quote
Most of you were either not born a/or young'uns when Aum Shirikyo commenced a gas attack on Tokyo's Subways. Well, they also released some disturbing anime as well.

http://io9.com/5837629/the-anime-propaganda-films-of-a-japanese-death-cult/gallery/1
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madlaxNoir2001



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:12 am Reply with quote
god damn that was weird thanks for posting it .
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Thunder-Break



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:40 am Reply with quote
I remember going to Otakon 2010 and Mike Toole's panel on cult anime. My friend and I who went were cracking up the entire time he showed this.
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swellkaorin69



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:10 am Reply with quote
Sunday Silence wrote:
Most of you were either not born a/or young'uns when Aum Shirikyo commenced a gas attack on Tokyo's Subways. Well, they also released some disturbing anime as well.

http://io9.com/5837629/the-anime-propaganda-films-of-a-japanese-death-cult/gallery/1


it gets worse! Twisted Evil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh5uxsxrQJE&feature=channel_video_title
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Mushi-Man



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:27 am Reply with quote
I recall a AWO episode where they talked about cult anime and manga and mentioned that its actually an oddly common thing in Japan. Though I guess its to be expected, Japan has more "cults" than any other country. That AWO episode also mentioned the Mike Toole panel and ever since then I've wanted him to right an article about it for ANN.
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nightjuan



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:40 am Reply with quote
It's definitely rather creepy to see something like that, particular when we already know how the cult eventually resorted to violence against innocent people.
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vashna



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:25 am Reply with quote
Mushi-Man, when you say that Japan has more cults than any other country, which definition do you mean of cult? Do you actually mean the destructive sort?
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