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Other than the Fate series, "Record of Ragnarok", and "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?" What others besides these?

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (7 children)

How thin do you want to stretch it? Dragonball is based on the old Chinese myth of Journey to the West. Neon Genesis Evangelion is based on Christian myths.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

NGE's more skewed towards Rabbinic Judaism. Still Abrahamic though.

[–] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I’d say it skews towards Kabbalah, which is Jewish Mysticism. The sefirot/ tree of life even shows up End of Evangelion. But then again

spoiler?Lilith being crucified below NERV HQ
seems like a pretty clear Jesus allegory!

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Anno has flat out said that Eva's religious imagery was just an esthetic. If it's based on any myth, it's his fandom of Ultraman.

[–] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

I’m aware of that, I just wanted to share where he got some of the imagery!

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