On the one hand we shouldn't be like libs are with harry potter but on the other hand just because something is made for children doesn't mean the curtains are just blue
Now I may be biased in this case but Gurren Lagann is about as explicitly leftist as a shonen anime can be (my only nitpick from what the tweet said is that the revolution happens at the midpoint of the series, the 2nd half is more about reactionary forces undermining the new government and the necessity of fighting a war for the survival of the new socialist state when surrounded by powerful enemies but I digress)
I'd go as far as saying I think Kamina and Simon are each meant to represent and idealized version of Lenin and Stalin respectively
I always took ttgl as a February revolution and an October revolution.
Or, you could take it as a national revolution followed by a full global revolution. With the national revolution depicted as the planetary revolution and the international revolution depicted as the galactic one.
and i think it's a bit silly to treat media for children like political theory. unserious is the word en vogue i think.
On the one hand we shouldn't be like libs are with harry potter but on the other hand just because something is made for children doesn't mean the curtains are just blue
Now I may be biased in this case but Gurren Lagann is about as explicitly leftist as a shonen anime can be (my only nitpick from what the tweet said is that the revolution happens at the midpoint of the series, the 2nd half is more about reactionary forces undermining the new government and the necessity of fighting a war for the survival of the new socialist state when surrounded by powerful enemies but I digress)
I'd go as far as saying I think Kamina and Simon are each meant to represent and idealized version of Lenin and Stalin respectively
I always took ttgl as a February revolution and an October revolution.
Or, you could take it as a national revolution followed by a full global revolution. With the national revolution depicted as the planetary revolution and the international revolution depicted as the galactic one.