The Thing I Actually Hate Abt AI Art Is Not That It Has No Creative Intent Behind It (that's Not Necessary

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Edogawa Ranpo

In Yume Nikki,

Isn't the idea that the staircase to the sky garden is a step pyramid entirely inspired by people mischaracterizing the Paracas art as "Mesoamerican?" People assume it's an Aztec or Maya pyramid. But the only reference to Indigenous Americas culture is Paracas imagery, which has no particular connection to the distant Mesoamerican region. So there really isn't any reason to assume these steps are part of some kind of Aztec or Maya structure

it was illuminating to be in Japan and see how this side of Ghibli is much more prominent over there.

I don't hate their creative works, but I hate how they are held on a pedestal above other anime, and seen as superior, more 'wholesome...'

I hope other things become more popular

I feel as if studio ghibli films being reduced to their 'cozyness' would be tragic if not for the fact that it is a deliberate branding thing for them. from the ghibli museum to the revolving door of hot topic collabs, miyazaki and/or the people he puts in charge of these things are aware of how desirable the worlds within ghibli films are. even at that, how meaningful is the politics of howl's moving castle being motivated by miyazaki's outrage at the 2003 iraq invasion when you examine it alongside the actual text of the wind rises? what does the environmentalism of ponyo mean when faced with the massive amounts of waste generated by ghibli merch you can get at wal mart? i'm straying from the point here but

this was an officially licensed product that was released to promote grave of fireflies

It's really hard to understand what is and isn't bodily autonomy when it comes to social pressures. Do people want to alter their bodies or are they being pressured into it... but really, there is no such thing as an authentic individual self that can make these decisions free of pressure. We are social pressure, it's part of us just like our bodies

I didn't realize there were images of the fire happening.

I could say, "it's inevitable with wooden architecture." But maybe it's better to not make excuses and to feel the sense of loss

Temple of the Golden Pavilion, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, burned down by a schizophrenic monk, 1950, it was rebuilt in 1955

it's cool how they have a reference just for Fukiko's hair... not exactly a braid, but the component of her hair that's somewhat analogous to one. So elegant...

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There is so much CONTENT in the world! We can't eat it all easily... It's amazing!

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Coyolxāuhqui

I don't believe that cultures can be better than each other, but I think it can be good to have a past culture for modern ones to organize themselves around and to inspire them

what if it's not a guy at all up close. I'm thinking of the "kunekune" urban legend

This scene in the game makes me laugh...why is that dude falling forever...why can I make out that it's a tiny stick figure...