>ancient civilization was more advanced

>future civilization is more theistic than we are

>Child soldiers are painted in a positive light

The fuck, Japan?

>>141800849
We're bound to fuck up sometime and that will be true for the poor faggots that are left.

>>141800979
>implying the humanist cult wont eventually spawn its own deities and theology

>>141800979
No problem with that.
The more you learn, the more questions you discover. Better worship some deity just to keep yourself sane

>>141800849
that's common in all mediums, not just anime
it stems from cyclical views of history and the Golden Age/Dark Age scenario

Hell even /a/ does it
>80s anime is the best anime ever

>>141800849
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization

>advanced and organized civilization
>get buttfucked by volcano
>lesser civilization uses the disarray
>get conquered

>>141800849
Yeah, what happened?
they went to war and destroyed the entire world until only their flying island was left

Miyazaki really likes this idea, he did exactly the same thing in Nausicaa

>>141800849
>ancient civilization was our present civilization

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>>141801805

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>>141800849
>Flies off into space and suffocates all living things on it

>>141801358
>worshiping an imagination
>sane

>>141800849
>ancient civilization ruin explorer
>ancient tech salvage
>ancient civilization scholar
Pretty good premise.

>>141801910
10% insanity for 90% sanity is a fair tradeoff