Anime has a disgustingly right wing bent, which should be expected from a country that's been run by the right since 1955 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_System.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's almost like the main cast is supposed to be the bad guys

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I've only finished the anime up to season 4, but I don't think the theme is that "Nazarick is evil and evil skeleton overlord is fun", but rather "do the ends justify the means Nazarick takes", given that Ainz wants to create a utopia where all races live in harmony. It's very interesting writing given how much time and humanity is given to side characters that are eventually destroyed or imperialized by Nazarick.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

They are somewhat nuanced and ideologically motivated bad guys, I'll give you that. And it does make the anime interesting, especially compared to your standard isekai/VRMMO anime

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I actually wasn't picking on overlord specifically, more like political and economic statements in anime tend to be right wing liberal stuff.

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