Anime has a disgustingly right wing bent, which should be expected from a country that's been run by the right since 1955 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_System.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's almost like the main cast is supposed to be the bad guys

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I've only finished the anime up to season 4, but I don't think the theme is that "Nazarick is evil and evil skeleton overlord is fun", but rather "do the ends justify the means Nazarick takes", given that Ainz wants to create a utopia where all races live in harmony. It's very interesting writing given how much time and humanity is given to side characters that are eventually destroyed or imperialized by Nazarick.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

They are somewhat nuanced and ideologically motivated bad guys, I'll give you that. And it does make the anime interesting, especially compared to your standard isekai/VRMMO anime

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I actually wasn't picking on overlord specifically, more like political and economic statements in anime tend to be right wing liberal stuff.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

For someone that hates the right you make a lot of generalizations. Every country with power is a mess politically, but that says nothing about their art.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not going to go on a quest for iskeai Reaganomics and general nationalistic and racist themes, but I'm sure you won't have a hard time with some self study on that front.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That's funny because if you actually watched Overlord you'd know Ainz' goal (besides getting back to the real world) is to create a utopia where all races are equal. But keep throwing buzzwords if it makes you feel good.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was making a general statement about when anime has a political theme, not on that particular anime. Though I guess you could find a utopian vision in a nation that views all to be equally worthless and champions genocide and calling the dark young of shub niggurath to stomp on people.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I was making a general statement about when anime has a political theme, not on that particular anime.

Only anime I know of where this is actually a thing is Attack on Titan, but I haven't watched the last season (apparently it deviates from the source material, maybe for this reason, which is why I haven't).

Though I guess you could find a utopian vision in a nation that views all to be equally worthless and champions genocide and calling the dark young of shub niggurath to stomp on people.

Yeah, I do like multifaceted morally grey and villainous characters with interesting or even aspiring motives. I highly recommend Hunter X Hunter, The number of characters in that anime that aren't majorly flawed in one way or another you can count on your fingers. One of the communities favorite characters is a murderous pedo clown that serves as the main characters mentor and drop-in father-figure for a large part of the story. If you watch any single anime and never watch anime again, let it be HxH.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Question for tankies: China or Japan?