CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:44 am**

One thing I truly enjoy about anime is how thought provoking it can be. Some shows can really make you think. So what anime do you think is the most thought-provoking? Here's my list:

.hack//sign
Serial Experiments Lain
Full Metal Alchemist
Trigun
Wolf's Rain
Neon Genesis Evangelion

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:09 am**

The most thought provoking out of all of them would be Paranoia Agent.

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:37 am**

-Evangelion
-Ghost in the Shell (movie)
-RahXephon (just a little)
-Haibane Renmei
-and my most recent, Death Note

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:10 pm**

I would have to say:
*Silent Mobius
*Serial Experiments Lain
*Boogiepop Phantom
*Gatekeepers 21
*RahXephon
*Bubblegum Crisis:Tokyo 2040
*Ghost In The Shell:Stand Alone Complex(the very nature of what makes us human)
*Digimon:Tamers(specifically the relationship between Jeri and Leomon,ever noticed that the strongest Digimon was partnered with the weakest tamer?I got thinking about that yesterday.)

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:26 pm**

*Serial Experiments Lain
*Neon Genesis Evangelion
*Ghost in the Shell
*La Fillete Revolutionnaire Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
*Pale Cocoon
*Death Note
So far anyways...

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:46 pm**

I'm just going to go with one for the time being and say Twelve Kingdoms.

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:52 pm**

Ouroboros wrote:*Pale Cocoon

Never heard of it and just looked it up, and surprised it's only a 1 ep, 23 min OVA :/ Guess it was jammed with tons of stuff in that little amount of time?

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:44 pm**

One that I think that should be on the list is, "Now And Then, Here And There."

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:21 pm**

for me, they are:
monster
paranoia agent
cowboy bebop
fullmetal alchemist

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:03 pm**

It'd be Evangelion, seeing as that still to this day people talk about and analyze it like crazy. You can say Paranoia Agent if you want, but it never rose any question that fans obsess over for over ten years afterwards. It was a hit, but it doesn't have the staying power.

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:08 pm**

You all should know what my answer is by now. ^_^

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:37 pm**

Animus Seed wrote:You all should know what my answer is by now. ^_^

sorry but i don't know... :sweat:

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:50 pm**

Scrapped Princess, Full Moon wo Sagashite, and Cowboy Bebop all come to mind. Parts of Trigun, but I was vaguely disappointed in it by the end. *runs from fans*

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:51 pm**

*takes deep breath*

According to Homer, the epitome of manhood is being unable to be beaten; to wit, when the world says "no way," the Man says "yes, way."

Plato's greatest question is in the Symposium: "Is love of something, or of nothing?"

The Bible says, "Greater love hath no man than this..."

Where do these three foundations of all modern thought agree?

<.<
>.>
^_^

When the world says, "No, way, Edward Elric, your love of your brother is of such to be as of nothing," he says, "Yes, way, my love is of something!" and proves it.

*lets breath out*

Look! I resisted going into a 3 hour rant! Aren't you all proud of me? ^_^

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:30 pm**

Elfen Lied. That anime really makes you think about what you really would consider human. Funny thing is though I was cheering for the diclonius for the whole time. Like when you see people such as Mayu's dad, you feel so disgusted and outraged by his actions you can't believe you even belong to the same species as this guy!

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:58 pm**

Joshua Christopher wrote:IYou can say Paranoia Agent if you want, but it never rose any question that fans obsess over for over ten years afterwards. It was a hit, but it doesn't have the staying power.

I would disagree. Have you seen all of Paranoia Agent, just wondering.

Oh and actually. I take back Paranoia Agent. The most thought provoking is Cat Soup. Nothing beats the surrealism of that show.

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:27 pm**

FMA, GITS, and some of the few episodes I've seen of NGE.

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:07 pm**

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:I would disagree. Have you seen all of Paranoia Agent, just wondering.

Yes, I have. But you've got to tell me why you disagree or else I am confused.

???

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:08 pm**

MSP & JC: May I suggest you take it to PM?

No since asking for trouble, I always say.

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:16 pm**

I would have to agree with Haibane Renmei...

there are too many ties for second... lots of anime have thought provoking themes..
Fruits Basket comes to mind...

PostPosted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:46 pm**

Tenshi no Tamago (Angel's Egg). A really awesome Mamoru Oshii movie with lots of neat imagery, and very very little dialog. There's a TON of meaning in everything in it. Yoshitaka Amano did the character designs.

After that? maybe.... Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place.

um. After that.... maybe Omoide Poro Poro, the studio ghibli movie directed by Takahata.

PostPosted: **Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:36 am**

I'm going to second .hack//SIGN and Elfen Lied.

I'm also going to throw in "Voices of a Distant Star" (Hoshi no Koe) as one of the most thought-provoking things out there.

I'm about 3/4s done with Haibane Renmei, and it has lots of potential.

PostPosted: **Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:49 am**

NGE (definately at the top)
Ghost in the Shell
Paranoia Agent

PostPosted: **Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:16 am**

Rahxephon
NGE
FMA

PostPosted: **Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:59 am**

I see most of my favorites listed, except for Witch Hunter Robin. I'll also mention a series called Jigoku Shōjo, which I have not even seen, but the summary was enough to get me thinking and in light of my ensuing conclusions from that pondering, I think the series will be too much for me.

PostPosted: **Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:36 pm**

Gonna have to add Higurashi no Naku Koro ni to my list.

PostPosted: **Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:49 pm**

I think FLCL was sorta thought provoking... D: Well, like it confused the heck outta me, but I still like it. xD;;; .hack is pretty crazy too. @o@ Um... buh. I sorta want to say Alien 9, but I haven't watched it in forever, and that would only be based on my horrible memory of my thinking I thought it was confusing? xD;;; Maybe it wasn't actually... @o@

...buh. xD; Thought provoking as in like... it makes you rethink what you thought you already knew, or like... it was confusing? D: xD;;;

PostPosted: **Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:52 pm**

Mithrandir wrote:MSP & JC: May I suggest you take it to PM?

No since asking for trouble, I always say.

Just to clarify, I wasn't talking about discussing Eva, I just wanted to know what he thought made Paranoia Agent the most thought-provoking show, but I have no intent to go on discussing it anyway.

:sniffle:

PostPosted: **Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:46 am**

I think
>Trigun (there is an amazing lot of Christian themes that can be taken from this one)
>last exile (since my brother and I have had indepth debates on this one)
>Gunkutsuou (how could it not? it's made off the book by Alaxander Dumes)
>Fruits basket (at least the manga is)
>Spiral (always trying to solve the mystery before they do, but never suceeding lol)

PostPosted: **Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:07 am**

hmm i think most of them have been named already but..

sprial
GITS and GITS2 SAC
case closed
FMA
FLCL....always trying to figure out whats goign on. lol
Eureka 7

and i know this is a touchy topic but lets admit it... Neon Genisis Evangelion is a very thought provoking anime

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