http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2006/08/26/nekojiru-gekijou/ Fat cats make anime better Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:13:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2006/08/26/nekojiru-gekijou/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Brian Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:39:00 +0000 http://azureflame.ikimashou.net/?p=1908#comment-869 It's raw and disturbingly amusing, but if you leave it at that, you miss out on the underlying stringent commentaries on Japanese culture. As with most art, there is more to Nekojiru Gekijou than is held by it's face value. I think there are blatant criticisms from a Buddhist perspective on contemporary Japan; primarily commenting on the absence of Buddhist ideals in a superficially Buddhist state as it's reflected in the treatment of animals in Japan, and inequality of life among different species. I believe it's also meant to point out the ironic flaws of our own nature, and the nature of animals. Anyway, agree with me or not, there's definitely more than meets the eye. It’s raw and disturbingly amusing, but if you leave it at that, you miss out on the underlying stringent commentaries on Japanese culture. As with most art, there is more to Nekojiru Gekijou than is held by it’s face value. I think there are blatant criticisms from a Buddhist perspective on contemporary Japan; primarily commenting on the absence of Buddhist ideals in a superficially Buddhist state as it’s reflected in the treatment of animals in Japan, and inequality of life among different species. I believe it’s also meant to point out the ironic flaws of our own nature, and the nature of animals. Anyway, agree with me or not, there’s definitely more than meets the eye.

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