I just gotta say thank you to all of you for watching my video and your thoughtful comments on the content, rather than my microphone having a random buzzing meltdown 🤣♥️ Got a new mic on the way! ✨
I am very curious if there is anything like this else where for other religions and countries; Like do Korean Dramas draw in Buddhist, Shaman or Christian tourism? Do Blockbusters/video games help Vatican/Jerusalem? Or is there something mentally different between these situations, where Shinto/Anime has actual spirituality, while church/Hollywood has instagram likes?
There is Santoshi Mata, who was a 'new goddess' who's popularity came from a Bollywood film, and now has established temples and all that. Santoshi Mata is a kind of Mother Protector, and her role and relation to the Hindu pantheon, and her worship and iconography, were set by the film, arising from the needs of the storytelling.
That is an excellent question! And it's one that I get often in one form or another: is Japan/Shinto/Anime special in its spiritual qualities? The short answer is no, similar (quasi-)religious contents tourism happens all over the world. However, I can totally understand why people might think that it is a uniquely Japanese/anime thing because even after nearly twenty years, 90% of research in this area focuses on Japan or Japanese media. But @Wm Reeves's reply above about Santoshi Mata as seen in the Bollywood film "Jai Santoshi Maa" is a PERFECT non-Japanese religious example. Another perhaps less fervent example is Assassin's Creed II gamers touring of sacred sites like San Lorenzo's Church in Florence, Italy. The Davinci Code is another. It's surprising how many pop up once you start looking for them. 😄
I love this so much! Particularly that you also shared the robot priest at the end! I really need to look this up some more! Reminds me of a practice I incorporated
Thank you so much! The robot priests are sooo interesting. The one I included in this video is a Pepper model. The Mindar robot is really neat but kind of creeps me out (which is part of the point!) 😅
Simply put a lot of shrines are very much alive and kicking as a religious and/or cultural institution, having always had to adapt to new fads and trends of the day to stay afloat, although I assume selectively. That's the aspect of Shinto I often feel like underrepresented in many a Shinto 101 kinda contents. Too bad my neighbourhood is too boring to be a potential location for an anime/manga, like the rest of the 99% of suburbs in Tokyo 🤣🤣🤣
Zombieland Saga was apparently made to promote the Saga prefecture, bit I guess the unread factor of that series might not play well with religious elements... then again, I didn't watch much of it...
This is fascinating to me! I never thought of how popular tv shows and media can popularize religious shrines or traditions. It was especially interesting to learn how one of the festivals in an anime was a myth, however, the religious shrine has been carrying it out for ten years to popularize it. It is definitely a good way for religious shrines to earn money and bring attention to their culture.
Of course, it was Lucky Star that started it. And I am not surprised at the blatant prejudice the towns' people had against otaku. Japanese fans often say that they try to stay as underground as possible due to fear of public judgement.
There's a video from @AxelBeats channel that mentioned a shrine in Tokyo that was inspired from Inuyasha and the manga creator, Rumiko Takahashi had once visited there.
@@kuroazrem5376 sure but I'll finally give you the links of his video on what I'm talking about and he'd visited to Tokyo last year on the actual shrine that inspired from the anime and manga series of Inuyasha: ruclips.net/video/jS16ECLYPwk/видео.html
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I just gotta say thank you to all of you for watching my video and your thoughtful comments on the content, rather than my microphone having a random buzzing meltdown 🤣♥️ Got a new mic on the way! ✨
I am very curious if there is anything like this else where for other religions and countries; Like do Korean Dramas draw in Buddhist, Shaman or Christian tourism? Do Blockbusters/video games help Vatican/Jerusalem? Or is there something mentally different between these situations, where Shinto/Anime has actual spirituality, while church/Hollywood has instagram likes?
There is Santoshi Mata, who was a 'new goddess' who's popularity came from a Bollywood film, and now has established temples and all that.
Santoshi Mata is a kind of Mother Protector, and her role and relation to the Hindu pantheon, and her worship and iconography, were set by the film, arising from the needs of the storytelling.
That is an excellent question! And it's one that I get often in one form or another: is Japan/Shinto/Anime special in its spiritual qualities? The short answer is no, similar (quasi-)religious contents tourism happens all over the world. However, I can totally understand why people might think that it is a uniquely Japanese/anime thing because even after nearly twenty years, 90% of research in this area focuses on Japan or Japanese media. But @Wm Reeves's reply above about Santoshi Mata as seen in the Bollywood film "Jai Santoshi Maa" is a PERFECT non-Japanese religious example. Another perhaps less fervent example is Assassin's Creed II gamers touring of sacred sites like San Lorenzo's Church in Florence, Italy. The Davinci Code is another. It's surprising how many pop up once you start looking for them. 😄
I am a very passive anime watcher but I do like learning about religion and this has been extremely interesting series. Thanks for doing it!
Thanks for watching, James! 😊
I love this so much! Particularly that you also shared the robot priest at the end! I really need to look this up some more! Reminds me of a practice I incorporated
Thank you so much! The robot priests are sooo interesting. The one I included in this video is a Pepper model. The Mindar robot is really neat but kind of creeps me out (which is part of the point!) 😅
@@EatPrayAnime You’re very welcome! It’s definitely a bizarre experience!
I had never thought about the connection between religions and the media. It is interesting to see how they are incorporated together.
Simply put a lot of shrines are very much alive and kicking as a religious and/or cultural institution, having always had to adapt to new fads and trends of the day to stay afloat, although I assume selectively. That's the aspect of Shinto I often feel like underrepresented in many a Shinto 101 kinda contents. Too bad my neighbourhood is too boring to be a potential location for an anime/manga, like the rest of the 99% of suburbs in Tokyo 🤣🤣🤣
Zombieland Saga was apparently made to promote the Saga prefecture, bit I guess the unread factor of that series might not play well with religious elements... then again, I didn't watch much of it...
This is fascinating to me! I never thought of how popular tv shows and media can popularize religious shrines or traditions. It was especially interesting to learn how one of the festivals in an anime was a myth, however, the religious shrine has been carrying it out for ten years to popularize it. It is definitely a good way for religious shrines to earn money and bring attention to their culture.
I’m so glad to hear that my video made you think about something new! Thanks for watching 😊🙏
Breathtakingly beautiful analysis/&dissection📽👑
Of course, it was Lucky Star that started it. And I am not surprised at the blatant prejudice the towns' people had against otaku. Japanese fans often say that they try to stay as underground as possible due to fear of public judgement.
I've noticed this phenomenon occurring in other cultural spaces, too. I wonder, just how many fandoms experience ritualism?
That is an EXCELLENT question! And the answer depends on what our definition of religion or ritual. 🤓
I want to know if the shrine of Kagome's family in Inuyasha is real.
There's a video from @AxelBeats channel that mentioned a shrine in Tokyo that was inspired from Inuyasha and the manga creator, Rumiko Takahashi had once visited there.
@@wazzup233 thanks for the info.
@@kuroazrem5376 sure but I'll finally give you the links of his video on what I'm talking about and he'd visited to Tokyo last year on the actual shrine that inspired from the anime and manga series of Inuyasha: ruclips.net/video/jS16ECLYPwk/видео.html
Huh, cool!