Tagged: Political systems

Manyuu Hikenchou is the most politically-charged show in decades

Alternative titles: ‘SO I heard you guys like boobs’, ‘I’m an utter asshole’, and ‘Why the fuck am I watching Manyuu Hikenchou?’

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Postmodernism , cyberpunk and views of the future : On Fractale

While I still don’t have much to say, or perhaps, still withhold my judgement on other shows this season such as Madoka Magica, something about Fractale appeals to the amateur philosophy-lover in me. Whenever we have a show about the future, surely, the philosophies involved tend to bring our philosophies into question. What I want to talk about today, is perhaps, not exactly wholly postmodernism and cyberpunk per se, but on Fractale’s depictions of a ‘perfect utopia’.

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