It was my bad to do generalization for a whole country like that. There are definitely still some anime out there with a good message. The problem is just like every other medium out there from a capitalist country anime is deeply entrapped in neoliberal realism. Majority of works will have liberation movements collapse into fascism, majority of them will have the message that the current system is good actually and we just need to remove a few bad apples.
If you have good example of a show that went otherwise, share it. Cause they are much harder to find than the typical show from Japan. I haven’t watched all the Gundam shows nor am I a fan of it so I don’t know if they had any prominent example of a functional liberation movement like you said. So if you can provide an example of that then it would be much appreciated.
#1 anime that has a well done liberation movement is dallos, as mentioned. the gundam that i think has the best fleshed out liberation movement is turn a, though they are presented as very flawed they’re still very sympathetic in their resistance to the moonrace occupation
i do agree that it’s incredibly uncommon but i don’t think it’s any less common to find than in say, hollywood. most anime with good politics have to cloak them in metaphor because of the commercial reality of anime production. things like utena dealing with the ways systems of power subsume critique into themselves and how you need to leave the ideological framework set by those in power if you want to meaningfully affect change
It was my bad to do generalization for a whole country like that. There are definitely still some anime out there with a good message. The problem is just like every other medium out there from a capitalist country anime is deeply entrapped in neoliberal realism. Majority of works will have liberation movements collapse into fascism, majority of them will have the message that the current system is good actually and we just need to remove a few bad apples.
If you have good example of a show that went otherwise, share it. Cause they are much harder to find than the typical show from Japan. I haven’t watched all the Gundam shows nor am I a fan of it so I don’t know if they had any prominent example of a functional liberation movement like you said. So if you can provide an example of that then it would be much appreciated.
#1 anime that has a well done liberation movement is dallos, as mentioned. the gundam that i think has the best fleshed out liberation movement is turn a, though they are presented as very flawed they’re still very sympathetic in their resistance to the moonrace occupation
i do agree that it’s incredibly uncommon but i don’t think it’s any less common to find than in say, hollywood. most anime with good politics have to cloak them in metaphor because of the commercial reality of anime production. things like utena dealing with the ways systems of power subsume critique into themselves and how you need to leave the ideological framework set by those in power if you want to meaningfully affect change