| | This is an article I found about one of my favorite anime - Neon Genesis Evangelion. I thought it made an interesting argument on the series using Sartre and Hegel and I thought I might post it here for general show-and-tell. His critique of the "otaku" and otaku culture is also pretty nice, especially of the lonely, introverted lifestyle as exemplified by the series' main character.
It actually makes me miss my philosophy classes. I used up all my PHIL requisites by 1st semester, sophmore year. Worse, although I stuck to the social justice and philosophy classes - which were interesting in their own right - but missed the really introverted, self-exploratory classes. There was this one class on Kierkegaard that would have been sweet - maybe I'll just take it for the heck of it when I come back from Ecuador.
Anyways, if you've seen the series, the article's not a bad foundation for interpreting what Hideaki was trying to portray in his own off-beat way. Like all things anime, of course, take it with a grain of salt.
http://www.evamonkey.com/writings_tsuribe01.php
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