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An article I've made about a common question- Does Religion wrongly-judge animes? Is it walking on touchy grounds? I'll Investigate this in my newest article.

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Chapter 1 - Untitled

A common investigation that circles around the Anime industry is this: Does religion wrongly-judge anime? Though I can't give any correct answers to this, I have pursued it, and have dug up several factoids that sorta answer this question. Keep in mind that this is not a `screw religion and support all else' document, and thus I won't use overly-biased words or terms.

Everyday, wherever there's an anime fan, there's an anti-otaku somewhere close. If it isn't already obvious, a large number of those anti-otakus hate anime-based concepts are pretty religious, and dislike the fact that many animes deviate from their beliefs.

Just the other day, I was on a Christian anime forum site, and I noticed something I didn't agree with: the admins of the forums had banned any and all discussion of the popular anime/manga `Neon Genesis Evangelion' because it used Christian and Jewish concepts in incorrect ways. An example of this is how the primary enemies, known as the `Angels', went under the names of characters from a certain Jewish bible, but served totally different purposes.

Personally, I believe that anime/manga is simply made-up, and that it shouldn't be `offensive' to super-religious individuals. I mean, manga is pen and paper, and life is humans and the living world around them. Besides, it's not like anime was made to spit on god and disregard him like a paper cup- it was made to entertain different people of different kinds.

Respectively, I'd like to say that those who judge an anime by its religious influence overreact. They don't need to be offended by it or not support it. Notice how there are super-religious people out there who love watching anime, if not refraining from letting it bother them. These are the real religists (my own word), the ones who simply believe in what they support, and not letting anything offend them about it.

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Cillia on April 6, 2006, 4:34:49 AM

DDDDaaaaaammmmm right,people shouldn't take things so seriously with their religous beliefs.

Magical_Stan on March 6, 2006, 8:03:56 AM

You bring up an interesting point.
Sadly, there are very religious people who will continue watching anime so they can find more faults with it and continue the bashing. Why they do it, I'm not sure.

StoryMaker on February 27, 2006, 4:21:48 AM

I think you're right, sometimes religion does, my guess is that anime is mostly someone with " super powers" and people that follow Jesus, say that fighting is wrong, but i see y the would wrong anime.

GoldenRhydon on November 8, 2005, 1:40:11 AM

Thanksfor the great comments, guys. However, please understand that i did not write this to bash faithful beliefs or anything. If one chooses not to watch anime based on what they believe, then that is their decision. However, it is also my decision to share some of my own feelings on the topic.

Chibichan on November 4, 2005, 1:44:45 AM

P.S-Faust VIII is right, just five minutes with hamtaro, & you will dream of singing & dancing hamsters. ^_^

Chibichan on November 1, 2005, 11:59:52 AM

I have to deal with A LOT of that stuff, & man, am I happy to see that there are other people with my problem!! My friend is mormon, she loves anime, not to mention she's a super good artist, & she has to do it in secret because her parents "disapprove" It makes me angry!!!!
I don't have a religion, & as long as my shows don't have extreme swearing, I can watch them. My parents are so cool sometimes. ^_^
I just wish my friend's were, too.

SerraRaven on October 30, 2005, 5:09:27 AM

Good point. Me and my mate were discussing our favourite anime films in the computer room at my school and some girl came up and said 'you shouldn't watch anime, it's violent and satanic and blasphemous to god.' The anime film I was talking about was Princess Mononoke, a fantasy story with no extreme violence. I think people should try and embrace new things and not get bogged down with religious fervour.

No offense to any one religious though, I mean I used to be a christian and I changed my mind, but I can understand their views.

PS Good article. Short and to the point.

SoaringKitty on October 16, 2005, 8:08:03 PM

You're right. People over react to anime. Geez, it's a comic and TV show. You don't see them wronging cartoons. Why should they pick on just Anime?

Dragon_Buster on June 6, 2005, 10:15:15 PM

Hmm...That is quite true. I'd say you'd make a good journalist. Bravo, bravo! 9favs) Here, have a big cookie. (gives you a big cookie)

FaustVIII on December 16, 2004, 7:38:22 AM

*claps hands* so true. i used to be a cristian but i was so obsessed with anime that....well...lots of things happened that i could tell you about.I've actually got no religion now but its not beacuse of anime. and unlike kurisu yoi said very little anime have 'the encercled star' or as i prefer dantes star, its just the fact that its so violent,(not true look at hamataro!) and it DOES have some satanist things in it but hey, areopostal was created by satan and i betcha they still buy it! (no offense if you buy from aeropostal, i just hate that place.)but you did a brilliant job and maybe you should look into it more,i'd read it in a heartbeat.

kurisu_yoi on December 9, 2004, 9:19:48 AM

I agree with a lot of what u say. Being a Christian myself I know why anime bothers a lot of christians. It's because there's a lot of anti-Christ stuff (devil stuff) in the shows (ie: the encircled star).

But i really admire the fact that u put up this article. I really must say i enjoyed reading it.

necromancer_boy on November 13, 2004, 12:22:39 PM

you're brilliant. i mean, this has to be the best article i've ever read. EVER. you, fellow writer, have a future in journalism.