Forum - View topicHas Anime ever made you rethink life or existence?
|
Goto page 1, 2 Next |
| Author | Message | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Onmyoji
 Posts: 203 Location: MD |
|
|||
|
Hopefully you know where I am coming from. But if you don't I mean as in watching certain anime like Serial Experiments Lain, or Neon Genesis Evangelion, and then when you finish watching the series and you start to question things about everyday life, and subjects start popping in your mind like "How did the earth come to be." or something like "Will the government ever build a gundam so I can go kick some Zeon ass". Or even for those who have watched Dragonball Z and tried to learn how to control their chi. Or for those who watch Shaman King and think it is now possible to communicate with spirits. And even those who now lead their life by the way of the sword as they were inspired by such anime as Rurouni Kenshin.
Those are just some of the things that I have pondered and I was wondering if there is anyone else who does the same. |
||||
|
||||
Tony K.
 SubscriberModerator  Posts: 11492 Location: Frisco, TX |
|
|||
|
Not quite, but this might give you some answers:
animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4443&highlight=anime+teach+us+anything |
||||
|
||||
C_Brightshadow
 Posts: 81 Location: In a Mod-Starbridge running away from pirates |
|
|||
|
I think anime and manga, like any other artform at its finest should reveal something about "us" and the world we live in. Now, almost all of Myazaki's films have done that, I and I think it's done that for most of us. Themes such as nature vs. man, power, responsibility and growing up are just a few of the things I believe that he makes us look upon. One in particular that I think should be mentioned is "Nausicaa." In it's imaginary world we see a relationship that nature and man must constantly fight each other, a view that is held similarly with many people today.
Some other ones that come to mind are Please Save My Earth and Chobits, but there are many others that may have touched other people. |
||||
|
||||
Lone Wolf and Cub
 Posts: 301 Location: tumbleweed, South Dakota |
|
|||
|
No anime's have really ever made me question much of anything, but there is one particular video game that did. When I first played Xenogears all the way through, and spoiler[they give you the explanation of how humans came to be on the planet that they currently live on through Dues and The Mother], I started to question some things.
Mainly because that game is so philosophical it was kind of hard not to think about the origin of space, or where humans came from. I can say honestly though that this is pretty much the only time that anything media related made my thoughts wander down this path. Interesting topic by the way 
~LoneWolf |
||||
|
||||
|
Mitsuhide A.
Posts: 200 Location: somewhere where you aren't |
|
|||
|
I like science so naturally i question a lot of the things you've mentioned, but yes there are times when i watch anime and wonder if, in the future, much of the science fiction could become science fact. Several times while watching DBZ i've wondered if it would ever be possible to create the energy balls.
i've also, many times, have attempted to compare some of the science fiction in anime with conventional science in order to find out the likelihood of something like that occuring. For example in one Cowboy Bebop episode spoiler[ the one where Spike and Faye had to stop the bounty head from releasing the virus, Spike and Faye narrowly escape the hyperspace pass at which time Faye sees a rush of missles head to her. Jet then tells Faye that although object is hyperspace can be seen by the naked eye, they cannot interact with the objects in this plane of reality] This of course got me to wondering is this would be true.I obviouslydont and probably wont have an answer for it but its fun to ponder it. Also like the mentioned, the possibility of a gundam or any other type of mech for that matter. has always been on my mind.As for your original title, Animes dont really make me "rethink existence" as i often like to contemplate that for myself, but they do offer some unique insights into life the i may have never seen before. |
||||
|
||||
Kagemusha
 Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
|
|||
|
Akira of course. that made me really think about existance and what humans are capable of. and if such a badass bike would be created in my lifetime
|
||||
|
||||
|
abunai
Old Regular
 Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
|
|||
Ahem: Born to be wi-i-i-ild! -abunai |
||||
|
||||
Ken Hayashi
 Posts: 752 Location: Singapore |
|
|||
|
This might not be totally relevant, but I've always wondered if those fantastical flying machines we see so much of in Miyazaki's works will really work, if someone actually built them.
Then I saw that huge airship in the Escaflowne movie and I thought, WHOA! Where did they get the inspiration for that from? Laputa? Life is just a cycle of things repeating. People copying one another, inspiration gets recycled. Boy, do I think life sucks! But still, isn't it great to be alive and be able to watch all this anime available? What a great invention anime is. |
||||
|
||||
|
Nagisa
Moderator
 Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
|
|||
|
Anime's never made me rethink my view of life as we know it because...y'know...it's an entertainment medium. I hate to sound closed-minded, but I don't look at Japanese animation as the next great religion. Sure, I ponder some of the themes raised by the likes of Evangelion or Utena, but I don't go and apply Anno's nihilistic view to the real world because the beliefs of an angsty fourteen-year old robot pilot don't exactly fly outside of Tokyo-3.
It's fun to think about what sort of themes may be lying within an anime, yes. But I have yet to find one that has turned the way I view the world completely on its ear. |
||||
|
||||
|
Ken Hayashi
Posts: 752 Location: Singapore |
|
|||
|
O.K., seriously. Anime make me rethink life or existence? No.
But being a guy and being someone who likes machines and mechanical stuff. I like to sometimes dream of what life would be like if those machines really existed. Not for war or destruction, but to serve mankind. |
||||
|
||||
|
abunai
Old Regular
Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
|
|||
Now, now - be honest! Forget all this "serve mankind" guff. You just want to pilot a giant robot. You know, if some Evil Anime Villain Types came to me and said: "We have an job opening for a First Class Giant Robot Pilot, as part of our nefarious scheme to take over the world. Are you interested in getting in on the ground floor of our Evil Empire? The pay is good, the benefits are great, and you get to pilot a giant robot!" - Well, damn me if I wouldn't be tempted...
-abunai |
||||
|
||||
|
Ken Hayashi
Posts: 752 Location: Singapore |
|
|||
Seriously, (let me just digress a little), if I could get my hands on one of those landmates as seen in Appleseed, I'd be a really happy man. |
||||
|
||||
|
dreamless
Posts: 5 |
|
|||
|
yes, anime made me rethink life and/or existence as much as novels and movies and games and tv-drama etc. etc. etc.
|
||||
|
||||
Poppycock
 Posts: 119 Location: IL |
|
|||
|
In the fifth grade i thought i was a super sayian.
|
||||
|
||||
jfrog
 Posts: 925 Location: Seattle |
|
|||
That depends on how awesome the robot is. Usually the villain's mecha aren't as awesome as the protagonist's mecha, which makes it easy to pick between good and evil. But then again, a lame giant robot is better than no giant robot. I might even pilot an Guymelef if someone asked, and those things are ugly. |
||||
|
||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group