hasteroth wrote:And if I might point someone towards an anime that could make for interesting discussion (or not, depends on how you see it)
see Welcome to the NHK
Golden Boy xD 'A different side of me' really touched upon it, The show isn't all about T&A and all. It may not be 'Philosophical' like Gantz or Lain, but it has it's morales. I hate (all other) Golden Boy AMVs cuz it's really HARD to do that show justice.
What I really like is when a show dives into religious philosophy/ folklore (but keeps it fun as well!) like Angel Sanctuary (not so much EVA... I said KEEPS IT FUN, that's too deep... though the filler episodes are fun), or even X, Soultaker (not sure about this one... soul something, the one with the flying cat! not Totorro style) and Ayashi No Ceres.
Kionon wrote:hasteroth wrote:I have to say that there are a few anime that touch on philosophy but the vast majority are purely for entertainment. And most anime that do touch on this subject do not even present original arguments but rather reuse tired old ones.
Then you are not watching critically enough. Aside from Eva jokes, I look at my source wall, and I see KOR (shown above), Utena, (wow, so many places to go with this one), Maison Ikkoku (philosophy in there, really), Genshiken (oooh, Philosophy OF Fandom, dew eet), Trigun (really now, do I need to mention it), TokiKake (philosophy is at the heart of the entire movie!), BGC (is Priss a Replicant?)... Dude, seriously. Try again.
Now if this was about psychology I could go on and on and on... but my personal philosophy is ridiculously simple and I don't care to analyze the philosophies of others.
This is an improper use of the word philosophy, at least as it relates to the topic at hand. The mundane, common everyday word we toss around (much to the moaning and gnashing of teeth by philosophers, or even serious students of philosophy) does not reflect the meaning of philosophy. Philosophy is not a point of view, rather it is a collection of differing views on a subject or all subjects in the pursuit of knowledge. It literally means the love of knowledge. You may have a particular belief set, and you may even have a reasoned system of arguments for defending your belief set, but you do not "have a philosophy" and nor does anyone else. In fact, I would argue, as would many philosophers, that unless you do have a reasoned system of arguments for defending your belief set, merely having a belief set would not warrant a claim by you that you are participating in philosophy.
tl,dr version- you're using the word wrong, stop that.
sorry to say but I agree with Hasteroth... maybe not too the point, I think anime is 50/50, but c'mon!! lol
BGC (is Priss a Replicant?)
that's not philosophy lol, it's psychology!! lol Philosophy (as I understand it, you obviously overrate me on this subject, but jmo) deals with a bunch of ppl. How does that reality deal with anybody other than her and her little anime group. I don't know, I'm probably nit picking in places I don't belong lol (jmo) and I'm no BGC fan, only seen a few episodes if that, I'm imagining it's like asking 'can androids like Ghost in the Shell really love?? Who F@!%!ing CARES?? Shows like Birdy (the original), KOR, Macross, or Golden Boy and more recently Clannad, Toradora, Aishiteru Ze Baby have morales and personal significance. Not Philosophy. It's hard to really display the difference but... would your life really change if you had seen Love Hina rather than Trigun? No.
If you do not think so... you will DIE