11th September 2004, 1:33 PM
Actually, I'm surprised how similar the demons in Japan are to a lot of old world (Europe) ideas of what demons are like. I mean, they roam the earth, have an underworld thing going on, they delite in hurting humans, are ridiculously powerful and immortal, and oh yes, they HATE doing good deeds without SOME sort of compensation. There's even the whole posession and "making deals that horribly backfire" angle to it all, plus all their demons are weak against holy power, with priests and monks constantly doing excorcisms and purifications. The only diff so far is Japanese demons tend to be corruptions of all manner of things from nature, and they have no common leader they serve, but are in a number of distinct clans feuding with each other. I think that reflects the culture of Japan at the time though.
Meanwhile, a lot of anime does seem to have a lot of Christian symbolism. Sometimes it's to make a point about control, but a lot of the time it seems to be a pro-Christian message... Seems that lovely "plague" has infected them quite well :D.
Meanwhile, a lot of anime does seem to have a lot of Christian symbolism. Sometimes it's to make a point about control, but a lot of the time it seems to be a pro-Christian message... Seems that lovely "plague" has infected them quite well :D.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)