In what ways might Akira, Nausicaā and Mononoke be considered prescient?
The three Anime’s Akira, Mononoke and Nausicaa all focus on greed and power-hungry authorities (Anderson, 2018) or higher ups that determine social life for others and societies in ways that cause problems for everyone else but themselves. This shows how governments look out for themselves when faced with situations and no matter how much they say we are important when it comes to facing situations we are left to defend for ourselves this can be seen in society with court orders, and police brutality claims from topics like the Rodney King Riots and the BLM movement, where the government claims to understand and want to help the situation, yet continue to allow injustices to happen. Humanity within all three anime’s have also somewhat been destroyed or broken, to a point where the class system is separated so vastly that even society cannot deny the damage done (Dobay, 2019). Technological advancement, throughout all three applies to both technology in the idea of computers and cameras and also weaponry used against the people in order to gain more power.
The most overwhelming element the anime’s all show is the idea of power and its corruption that it causes of people.
References
Anderson, K. (2018). Akira is a Spiritual Experience. Nerdist. Retrieved From https://nerdist.com/article/akira-30th-anniversary-anime-spiritual-experience/ Dobay, A. (2019). The Many Layers of Princess Mononoke. Follow the Moon Rabbit. Retrieved From https://www.followthemoonrabbit.com/princess-mononoke/
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