An Actual Cult Made These Anime | Happy Science Vol. 1

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Mother's Basement

Mother's Basement

Күн бұрын

I've heard of "anime cult hits," but THIS IS RIDICULOUS! Happy Science was founded in Japan back in the 80's, and for over 2 decades, they've been pumping their followers' money into god-awful anime. Today, we roast their first three films, plus one OVA. Part 2: • An Actual Cult Made TH...
Chapters:
0:00 “if you wanna get rich, start an anime religion”
3:56 The First Ever Kyo-Ani OVA (no, seriously)
5:52 Hermes: Winds of Divorce
17:14 A Complete(ly wrong) History of Time
26:38 Kingdom Hearts With Blasphemy
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@Derthertnerdergler
@Derthertnerdergler 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize that the happy smile cult in Mob Psycho 100 was based on a real Japanese cult. That just makes it even funnier.
@astrothewolfman
@astrothewolfman 2 жыл бұрын
Cool beans. I was thinking the same thing.
@itachi2011100
@itachi2011100 2 жыл бұрын
Now I need to watch Mob Psycho 100
@jasirichapman8372
@jasirichapman8372 2 жыл бұрын
I always wonder how many references I miss in anime because im just not familiar enough with Japan
@Tenko72
@Tenko72 2 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@AnIllinoisan
@AnIllinoisan 2 жыл бұрын
Wow I didn’t realize that either!
@coyotewood
@coyotewood 2 жыл бұрын
With new-age cults, it's always 3 things: 1. Aliens 2. Reptilians 3. fucking atlantis
@matiasfpm
@matiasfpm 2 жыл бұрын
Heheeee boi
@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis
@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis 2 жыл бұрын
And also, their god is almost always every god of every religion all at once. Plus Budda, Muhammad, and every other major religious figure.
@spacetacos7574
@spacetacos7574 2 жыл бұрын
Cant forget dinosaurs
@thanatos7007
@thanatos7007 2 жыл бұрын
There's also a 95% chance of using one or more of those things to justify anti-semitism for some reason.
@crazzluz1702
@crazzluz1702 2 жыл бұрын
It worked for Scientology, those folks are rich AF. They're just copying them.
@katepeterson5478
@katepeterson5478 2 жыл бұрын
"Eros... which is NOT what Hermes and Aphrodite's child was called, but I guess a right wing cult didn't want to have to deal with the implications of Hermaphroditus" 💀
@andrejg4136
@andrejg4136 2 жыл бұрын
Like when I heard the name/word I immediately thought about how we use it in the modern parlance, but it's literally a portmanteau name, like naming the child of a Sarah and Richard "Ricksara"
@Wince_Media
@Wince_Media Жыл бұрын
Weirdly enough, I just read this comment right after mother's basement said that
@xXDESTINYMBXx
@xXDESTINYMBXx Жыл бұрын
Why is this a "right wing" cult?
@the_last_ballad
@the_last_ballad Жыл бұрын
@@xXDESTINYMBXx because it's a cult that is about being happy about your place in the world and you are cannot feel bad about what happens to you or it's straight to hell? Because the underlying through line is about keeping the status quo and giving them all your money, while they make anime appealing to the alt-right rhetoric of Japan, Aryan-izeing famous figures(like making Edison blond and blue eyed when he definitely was not in reality), and holds the third highest rank in heaven for billionaires? Because suicide, not believing in religion, and teaching students about their country's failings are all demonized? Because "right wing" isn't a static position, but a relative one indicating it falls on the conservative side of Overton window that the object finds itself in(in this case Japan)? Because literally nothing about this cult is progressive or even centrist, so that leaves one option? I mean did you even listen to their political platform? Take your pick. Granted, most of these examples are from the second video on this cult's anime and belief system, although their political platform was outlined in this one, but both videos have been out for a while now and your comment is 9 days old.
@thomasshirley318
@thomasshirley318 Жыл бұрын
​@@xXDESTINYMBXx because how many Left Wing religious cults do you know of?
@kevinstephenson3531
@kevinstephenson3531 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t you love how the cult leader made himself the reincarnation of the god of thieves. That probably isn’t intentional but like why not Apollo the god of the sun.
@GriffinPilgrim
@GriffinPilgrim 2 жыл бұрын
Probably he liked the connection to Hermetic magic. Plus the Greeks already syncretized Hermes with Thoth so that spared him some work. And Apollo does have a long mythological tradition of being unlucky in love and this guy really needs you to know he's getting some.
@NapaCat
@NapaCat Жыл бұрын
Apollo was a light god, Helios was the sun.
@GriffinPilgrim
@GriffinPilgrim Жыл бұрын
@@NapaCat Apollo is a sun god as well. At different points in history and different places you'll find different takes on Helios, Apollo and their connections to the Sun. Same with Artemis, Selene and the Moon.
@BackSet
@BackSet Жыл бұрын
Well, Hermes was also the God of travelers and quite a few other things (some of which he stole from Apollo in a quite literal sense) but yeah I'll agree that Apollo or Helios make way more sense for a sun-based cult than Frikken Hermes.
@romankotas448
@romankotas448 Жыл бұрын
And prophecy and his son is the god of healing, that would have worked so much better!
@DINGOlord
@DINGOlord 2 жыл бұрын
What if Fate/ lore was dumber
@mothersbasement
@mothersbasement 2 жыл бұрын
quality comment
@borrisderwutende7850
@borrisderwutende7850 2 жыл бұрын
But only by a bit, like have you seen what Fate has done to Attila the Hun?
@Nadia1989
@Nadia1989 2 жыл бұрын
"Don't worry about it"
@Kuudere-Kun
@Kuudere-Kun 2 жыл бұрын
This is like more analogous to the Tsukihime lore.
@xXAkirhaXx
@xXAkirhaXx 2 жыл бұрын
Stole the words out of my mouth. Basically Fate stole the idea and was like "less preaching, more tiddies"
@morganqorishchi8181
@morganqorishchi8181 2 жыл бұрын
My mom is a psychologist who used to work with cult survivors. I'm a nerd. Rarely do our interests cross on a Venn diagram, but this is definitely something I can share with her. So, uh, thanks, Geoff?
@evecampbell3069
@evecampbell3069 2 жыл бұрын
Let us know what she thinks of it if she watches it or you guys watch it together!
@Inucroft
@Inucroft 2 жыл бұрын
let us know her thoughts of this
@marocat4749
@marocat4749 2 жыл бұрын
Hannah reloaded is pretty interesting on cults, and the likes, fun and aking ifun when its aproviate becaus ecults arre weird, but also respectful. on twitch and youtube, i just mention because its really chill but interesting. And layman psychology why people go there. Your mom did an important job that cant be easy . And even more everyone can fall into that traps. Including musk .and he likes which i dont know if they legally are, but its culty. There is even a cult ember nor going deep the q hole even ore deep thats actually very innocent and nice but also, a child a big child and more worrysome irresponsible father. It interesting. But sad. That cult membrs either grew up in one or were taken adventage up in a low point in their life. As said your mom did a likely hard job.
@mitkitty
@mitkitty 2 жыл бұрын
Does your mom have papers or literature to read? I kinda have a fascination with Cults and helping cult survivors and I'd love to learn
@marcobistagnino8713
@marcobistagnino8713 2 жыл бұрын
Hardcore nerds are not that far from being cultists
@puckchang8691
@puckchang8691 Жыл бұрын
You know? The mermaids are right. People don’t think about how pretty the ocean is enough
@livetolearn9339
@livetolearn9339 Жыл бұрын
*Armin has entered the chat*
@lrobin-is8dg
@lrobin-is8dg Жыл бұрын
the only good thing in these wacky movies
@Anthony-dq4dl
@Anthony-dq4dl 11 ай бұрын
It's pretty. Pretty dangerous.
@neoqwerty
@neoqwerty 10 ай бұрын
@@Anthony-dq4dl Welcome to the archaic use of "aweful", where it was directed to things beautiful and destructive.
@guggelguggel7491
@guggelguggel7491 9 ай бұрын
​@@neoqwertytbf, the old version is still used in some form, like "awe", "awesome" and "awe inspiring"
@SilverDragonJay
@SilverDragonJay 2 жыл бұрын
since this is about a cult, I want to point out that the idea "you need to always be happy and if you aren't then that's bad and you'll be attacked by monsters" isn't just a another weird idea from a cult. Its actually a thing that cults specifically do. There's a model of cult behavior called the BITE model which is used to help determine if a group exhibits cult-like behavior or not. The E stands for emotional control, and telling your people that you _must_ always be happy is a form of it. The other letters stand for Behavioral control, information control, and thought control btw.
@CobaltContrast
@CobaltContrast 11 ай бұрын
Devil is in the details. Nice share.
@neoqwerty
@neoqwerty 10 ай бұрын
@@CobaltContrast Or in this case, in the "bad thoughts" (badum-tish)
@Moocow2003
@Moocow2003 4 ай бұрын
Seems like a great way to keep people in your cult too. Get them in with the promise of constant happiness, then keep them because they can't admit to themselves whenever they may not be happy with whatever the cult is doing
@shinkamui
@shinkamui 4 ай бұрын
@@Moocow2003 even better convince them that if they aren't happy it's their own fault, and they're failing the cult. Thus prompting them to double down as the only way to achieve said impossible happiness
@PaytonBrown-cn6zj
@PaytonBrown-cn6zj Ай бұрын
The bite model isn’t a useful way to determine objectively what a cult is, and shouldn’t be used. Under the BITE model, UPS is a cult.
@Nuvizzle
@Nuvizzle 2 жыл бұрын
"So anyway guys I'm god" "Which one?" "Yes" Not gonna lie that's a pretty bold basis for a cult
@gabetalks9275
@gabetalks9275 2 жыл бұрын
Matthew 24 ☕
@sarahtaylor4264
@sarahtaylor4264 2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget claiming to be the reincarnation of currently living people. At least with gods you can laugh it off as standard crazy cult shenanigans.
@cattibingo
@cattibingo 2 жыл бұрын
"Oh you don't believe in god? I'm best buds with all the famous people too"
@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559
@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559 2 жыл бұрын
oh yeah well im john
@alw2839
@alw2839 2 жыл бұрын
UBER GOD!
@cinnaqua
@cinnaqua 2 жыл бұрын
I like how this religion is basically a crossover fanfic of every other religion
@johnlynch1353
@johnlynch1353 2 жыл бұрын
And sir Isaac Newton.
@ssnsfronunder8234
@ssnsfronunder8234 2 жыл бұрын
smash bros ultimate of religion
@ToxicSunrise132
@ToxicSunrise132 2 жыл бұрын
I personally feel like this dude just put up a dartboard when he was coming up with it, and then just rolled with whatever random mashup he picked off the wall.
@-41337
@-41337 2 жыл бұрын
that's every major religion since judaism.
@Putrarona7901
@Putrarona7901 2 жыл бұрын
@@-41337 nope
@mikethegrunty5968
@mikethegrunty5968 Жыл бұрын
The leader of happy science has passed away. The battle against cat boy satan continues in another dimension
@neoqwerty
@neoqwerty 10 ай бұрын
I'm waiting for the isekai claims to be the next El Cantare with bated breath.
@sarahcole9661
@sarahcole9661 7 ай бұрын
Oh no! Anyway…
@mikethegrunty5968
@mikethegrunty5968 7 ай бұрын
@@sarahcole9661 😂😂😂
@northernzeus768
@northernzeus768 2 жыл бұрын
And my friends mocked me when I insisted one night that if you combined all the great men and prophets in history into one man… He would look just like a mousy, frail, used car salesmen.
@MintyCoolness
@MintyCoolness 2 жыл бұрын
oh shit u rite, lol
@renatocorvaro6924
@renatocorvaro6924 2 жыл бұрын
You know you're on the wrong side when you make Prometheus, a mythological figure known for loving humanity so much that he accepted eternal torture in exchange for helping us, as the bad guy.
@BlazeStorm
@BlazeStorm 2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they just picked the name from a hat
@twinkiesmaster69
@twinkiesmaster69 2 жыл бұрын
Also the guy couldn't make fire? He had to get it from the gods and shiz, which is the whole "big thing" he gets remembered for; Taking fire from the gods and gifting it to humanity , then getting stuck to a rock with vultures eating him
@juliaboon9741
@juliaboon9741 2 жыл бұрын
The leader just went "whose the fire guy" and picked the first one he saw.
@noop9k
@noop9k 2 жыл бұрын
No, this is deliberate. Because he defied gods and atheist technology is bad.
@expensivenes2645
@expensivenes2645 2 жыл бұрын
OMG i didn't think about that! So true
@fhey7903
@fhey7903 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I feel so cheated that in 12 years of Sunday School, they never taught me about catboy alien Satan. Would have made church so much more interesting.
@airplanes_aren.t_real
@airplanes_aren.t_real 2 жыл бұрын
I don't care what religion you have or believe, it has nothing on alien cat boy satan
@radhapatel217
@radhapatel217 2 жыл бұрын
Ma Kali is just a bit of an overprotective mother. Are you saying you WOULDN'T decapitate all those who threaten your children!?!!?
@airplanes_aren.t_real
@airplanes_aren.t_real 2 жыл бұрын
@Aaviskar Parasor good point
@SoopermooseGaming
@SoopermooseGaming 2 жыл бұрын
So true, Alien catboy Satan is way cooler then what i was taught, and i also had no idea that Sir Issac Newton is actually a god, that lived billions of years before he was born.
@eid8fkebe7f27ejdjdjduyhsvqhwu2
@eid8fkebe7f27ejdjdjduyhsvqhwu2 2 жыл бұрын
True. Traditional goat boy satan just isn't as good.
@MiTaReX
@MiTaReX 2 жыл бұрын
That time-traveling girl Alisa in "The Golden Laws" was probably stolen from a popular Russian children sci-fi book series running since 1965, where Alisa Selezneva is the main character. She and her friends get into all sorts of sci-fi adventures and shenanigans, including some time travel. PS. Even her hairdo is the same as in Alisa's most well-known movie adaptation, holy cow.
@slevinchannel7589
@slevinchannel7589 2 жыл бұрын
MB-Fans? Why stop here? Even IF we dont count Pick-up-Artistry as a Cult, Cult-Coverage is just everywhere and it can be very entertaining. Emma Thorne and Telltale Atheist makes many videos about them and i recommend his video about Kat Kerr as an Entry-Point-to-his-channel.
@cancername
@cancername 11 ай бұрын
omg holy shit yes
@spereira3879
@spereira3879 2 жыл бұрын
RO: "What if we held reincarnated hands across Time, the river of God's love?" His first wife: Begone Thoth
@bekmogamingchannel
@bekmogamingchannel 11 ай бұрын
10/10 on that pun
@starduststriker8792
@starduststriker8792 2 жыл бұрын
"Hmm, yes, I will lock up this child for being a bull man because he is too disgusting and horrible to be in my line of sight. Also, my entire aesthetic identity and that of my entire kingdom will now be exclusively bull-themed."
@gregjayonnaise8314
@gregjayonnaise8314 2 жыл бұрын
If I was that king, I’d keep my son around and raise him to have impeccable self-confidence so I’d have a sick badass Minotaur son to fit with my aesthetic.
@starduststriker8792
@starduststriker8792 2 жыл бұрын
@@gregjayonnaise8314 now you get it
@JamesTheCelestial
@JamesTheCelestial 2 жыл бұрын
@@gregjayonnaise8314 aw man that'd be so badass Minos is such a bitch
@Belgand
@Belgand 2 жыл бұрын
He never said he was against banging cows, just not so into the half-human, half-cow progeny.
@BasicXrazor
@BasicXrazor 2 жыл бұрын
@@gregjayonnaise8314 I mean, would you really want to admit that to the world? If your half human half bull son was the result of your wife being cursed by a sea god to want to fuck a bull?
@airshow406
@airshow406 2 жыл бұрын
“The Devil Is An Alien Catboy” actually sounds like an extremely plausible anime title.
@catalogiccat4206
@catalogiccat4206 2 жыл бұрын
I guess only the worship towards cat goddess Bastet in Bubastis, Egypt got the shit against this devil. Also, furries again.
@anarchomando7707
@anarchomando7707 2 жыл бұрын
@@catalogiccat4206 of course it's always closeted furries
@spaz9797
@spaz9797 2 жыл бұрын
I mean if he can be a part timer I guess anything’s possible lmao
@animowany111
@animowany111 2 жыл бұрын
I would totally watch that if it existed.
@RukoHanaji
@RukoHanaji 2 жыл бұрын
The isekai I never wanted. ❤
@shahsadsaadu5817
@shahsadsaadu5817 Жыл бұрын
Okay so I have actually read the authentic works of jataka tales(tales of Buddha's previous births) and a fuckload of works on Buddha as part of my Indian philosophy semester, and I must say that part of devadatta where he acts like a looney toons villain is the most accurate part of this entire garbage. If you look up the word "dedicated hater" on the dictionary, devadatta would be up there next to reverse flash.
@heyfell4301
@heyfell4301 Жыл бұрын
I guess religions just like to make their opposers look dumb
@_.ana._.
@_.ana._. 11 ай бұрын
Right? I'm Indian and grew up with Jataka folktales and the Devadatta bit was the only believable part of that crackfest of an anime
@Sam_Jayd2
@Sam_Jayd2 4 ай бұрын
I must say as a Theravada Buddhist, your analogy of Devadatta's character is very amusing. He indeed was a "dedicated hater" to the highest degree. 🤭
@SirAsdf
@SirAsdf 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like a "This is what Happy Science Followers actually believe" should be at the top of the screen at all times for these videos.
@TheAsvarduilProject
@TheAsvarduilProject Жыл бұрын
Moooooom! Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet!
@FOWLKON1339
@FOWLKON1339 2 жыл бұрын
"Because... Religious propaganda or not, anime's gonna anime." Too true.
@reguluscorneas5908
@reguluscorneas5908 2 жыл бұрын
True
@caraid3957
@caraid3957 2 жыл бұрын
just heard him say that and then immediately checked the comments to see if anyone quoted that. noice
@expensivenes2645
@expensivenes2645 2 жыл бұрын
Anime is not anime without anime
@The_Horizon
@The_Horizon 2 жыл бұрын
I thought this video was gonna talk about how cultish-anime fans shape the way anime is viewed today but I am not dissapointed
@spoony8485
@spoony8485 2 жыл бұрын
I wish he would though, because it is pretty bad how over-obsessive they are, and how much they try and normalize it.
@BrotherMag
@BrotherMag 2 жыл бұрын
@@spoony8485 exactly!
@johnsonkhalil29
@johnsonkhalil29 2 жыл бұрын
Hell anime, Star Wars, comics all fandoms have cultish subgroups and it’s really creepy
@GoneFishingAmalgam
@GoneFishingAmalgam 2 жыл бұрын
Can you REALLY call yourself a fan if you’re not cultishly devoted to a show?
@Nadia1989
@Nadia1989 2 жыл бұрын
SarahZ did a video about the bad side of shipping culture in Western media, which is also cultish
@PlebNC
@PlebNC 2 жыл бұрын
I like how convoluted and detail this is but didn't give enough of a damn to name the space police as anything other than "Space Police."
@ninakrishnamurthy6674
@ninakrishnamurthy6674 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, it gets the point across, doesn't it :D
@PlebNC
@PlebNC 2 жыл бұрын
@@ninakrishnamurthy6674 But an actual police force would give it a more bureaucratic name like The Interuniversal Authority of Known Space.
@ninakrishnamurthy6674
@ninakrishnamurthy6674 2 жыл бұрын
@@PlebNC No, I’m pretty sure an actual space police would call itself the GPD or something
@neoqwerty
@neoqwerty 10 ай бұрын
@@ninakrishnamurthy6674 I think they'd call themselves the Galaxy Rangers because space rangers are cooler than just space cops.
@xxgirl101xx
@xxgirl101xx 2 жыл бұрын
MB: so in their cosmology a core belief is the divine reincarnation love between the leader and his wife Me, eating chips: sure would be funny if they got divorced MB: imagine if they got divorced Me: if only MB: which they did! And also his son disowned him Me: *riotous laughter*
@kingsleycy3450
@kingsleycy3450 2 жыл бұрын
Cults in a nutshell: Our God is epic, virile and goes to all the cool parties. And if hypothetically a KZfaqr were to clown him on the Internet, you should absolutely avert your ears, for they are obviously demonic servants of my ex wife's divorce lawyer.
@angelswarz8995
@angelswarz8995 2 жыл бұрын
Thats religion 101 in general tbh.
@DolusVulpes
@DolusVulpes 2 жыл бұрын
@@angelswarz8995 if you think about it, religions are just cults that outlive their cult leaders.
@marmato9332
@marmato9332 2 жыл бұрын
@@DolusVulpes That's... certainly a way to look at it.
@DolusVulpes
@DolusVulpes 2 жыл бұрын
@@marmato9332 like I said, you have to think about it.
@marmato9332
@marmato9332 2 жыл бұрын
@@DolusVulpes yeah sure
@chrismaystar3014
@chrismaystar3014 2 жыл бұрын
Suddenly, I'm starting to understand why Greek Mythology is almost never in Anime. The Happy Cult kinda ruined it for Japan.
@alw2839
@alw2839 2 жыл бұрын
Danmachi.
@chrismaystar3014
@chrismaystar3014 2 жыл бұрын
@@alw2839 Almost never.
@gearsfan6669
@gearsfan6669 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrismaystar3014 may be a shitty CGI one but there is also that Cestvs one about the roman boxer
@govnorelven4036
@govnorelven4036 2 жыл бұрын
@@gearsfan6669 names?
@gearsfan6669
@gearsfan6669 2 жыл бұрын
@@govnorelven4036 I was just commenting on the lack of good roman set anime in general
@PinkGrapefruit22
@PinkGrapefruit22 Жыл бұрын
There was a Happy Science school near where I used to live in Japan. Their students kept winning the gosh darn English speech contest because they were all secretly native speakers sfjdlskfd.
@ShootingStarNeo
@ShootingStarNeo Жыл бұрын
It’s been a year or so and the vid chapter subtitle “Wings of Divorce” is still too fucking funny to have never actually been spoken aloud in the video.
@TheGlactic
@TheGlactic 2 жыл бұрын
Me: Oh this video is going to be about the rabid otaku fanbase that continues to perpetuate the horrendous inhumane practices necessary to prop-up the modern day anime industry- Geoff: AN ACTUAL CULT IS MAKING TERRIBLE ANIME Me: Oh. Thats a good video idea too.
@johnisbest6834
@johnisbest6834 2 жыл бұрын
Same 🤣
@Bertopolis
@Bertopolis 2 жыл бұрын
I was just about to comment something similar, then paused and decided to check the comments. Seems like I'm not the only one lol
@airplanes_aren.t_real
@airplanes_aren.t_real 2 жыл бұрын
Could you please explain it a little more, sounds very interesting
@SkySong6161
@SkySong6161 2 жыл бұрын
Same. Can't say I'm not .... happy, about it. =p I'll see myself out.
@Xick
@Xick 2 жыл бұрын
I guess that is worse. But I've still got my eye on you, rabid otaku fanbase that continues to perpetuate the horrendous inhumane practices necessary to prop-up the modern day anime industry.
@TravenTalks
@TravenTalks 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that this 40+ minute video is titled "Part 1" does not bode well for how deep of a rabbit hole this whole thing is . . .
@SnuSnuDungeon
@SnuSnuDungeon 2 жыл бұрын
We demand MORE!
@princessthyemis
@princessthyemis 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I didn't even realize that at first 🤣
@bobpope3656
@bobpope3656 2 жыл бұрын
Man you must not be part of political KZfaq. 40 minutes is short.
@MrTigracho
@MrTigracho 2 жыл бұрын
Jeff is going to drive into this wild ride into the rabbit hole, and we are his passangers.
@jy3n2
@jy3n2 2 жыл бұрын
According to RationalWiki, they have QAnon connections.
@vsGoliath96
@vsGoliath96 2 жыл бұрын
If I have to give them credit for anything, it looks like a surprising amount of effort went into some of the Greek environments. They actually got Minoan architecture and the Palace of Knossos essentially correct, and those large, cowhide shields are the real deal.
@karaqakkzl
@karaqakkzl Жыл бұрын
Except they don't know anything about Balkans
@neoqwerty
@neoqwerty 10 ай бұрын
@@karaqakkzl Let's be honest, the only thing most people know about the Balkans without being from the Balkans is "isn't that where Ska came from?"
@GuyParson
@GuyParson Ай бұрын
@@neoqwerty and the warcrimes
@admin-yo1ee
@admin-yo1ee Жыл бұрын
"Japan is where the eastern and Western civilizations met" Turkey is seething rn
@CyberSpider35
@CyberSpider35 2 жыл бұрын
You know - the real life story about Cult Leader's son rebeled against his father sounds much more interesting than anything their mythology provided.
@Vesperitis
@Vesperitis 2 жыл бұрын
The child of the leader of an evil organization rebelling against their parent is a pretty standard backstory for a shonen/YA/comic book hero.
@sweatyslapfight7900
@sweatyslapfight7900 2 жыл бұрын
@@Vesperitis the son does gives some very minor YA protag vibes with his appearance. Like a tertiary love interest maybe
@SuckUNan
@SuckUNan 2 жыл бұрын
Comment
@slevinchannel7589
@slevinchannel7589 2 жыл бұрын
@@SuckUNan So many covered crazy cults: why stop here?!
@levi0394
@levi0394 Жыл бұрын
@@Vesperitis YA?
@Otakumanu
@Otakumanu 2 жыл бұрын
The Sphinx nose thing doesn't even make sense. The nose was broken long after the end of ancient egyptian civilization, way into the common era. Had it been broken in the time of Rammesses II, at the apex of Ancient Egypt, it would have been repaired.
@APioneerInTheSeaOfStars
@APioneerInTheSeaOfStars 2 жыл бұрын
Apparently the head is not the original design on the Sphinx, according to some experts... Also apparently the walls surrounding the foundation of the Sphinx have aged flood erosion patterns which might date back more than 8000 years ago.
@FigureOnAStick
@FigureOnAStick 2 жыл бұрын
I mean, considering this guy has been using the universal timeline as a dartboard to pick his story beats so far, I think we can excuse a couple thousand years' discretion
@dark_blade2071
@dark_blade2071 2 жыл бұрын
Were u there or sum 🤨
@Otakumanu
@Otakumanu 2 жыл бұрын
@@dark_blade2071 Of course not. What I do have is historical records and archaeological evidence.
@dark_blade2071
@dark_blade2071 2 жыл бұрын
@@Otakumanu I was obviously joking but either way there's no way to tell if that's true or not since documents can easily be edited. Only way to say for sure what happened is if u were there; and if u weren't how can u say someone is wrong about it if u dont 100% know 🤨
@SilvarusLupus
@SilvarusLupus Жыл бұрын
Step 1 of making a cult, don't claim to be immortal
@Soooooooooooonicable
@Soooooooooooonicable 11 ай бұрын
Don’t gotta worry about being revealed to be a fraud when you’re already dead.
@marianapiedade7276
@marianapiedade7276 Жыл бұрын
When I was a college student, I had to do this huge research on HS. My group took part in many meetings and sermons to learn about the religion. I swear, the level of crazy trying-too-hard to make up nice stories about El Cantare is beyond belief. Also, the whole part of "be happy all the time" is real and creepy as hell
@TryinaD
@TryinaD Жыл бұрын
Do you live in Japan or?
@marianapiedade7276
@marianapiedade7276 Жыл бұрын
@@slevinchannel7589 I'm so sorry, did not see your comment! Let me know if can still help you!
@marianapiedade7276
@marianapiedade7276 Жыл бұрын
@@TryinaD Nop, Brazil. These guys are everywhere
@qb8030
@qb8030 2 жыл бұрын
So THIS is where all of these "happiness/smiling cult" archetypes come from in JRPGs and anime....I'm counting this towards my daily nugget of knowledge
@logitimate
@logitimate 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's just them; IIRC, there are at least a couple other Japanese new religious movements they have some similar elements in that regard to
@stuartdunlop8834
@stuartdunlop8834 2 жыл бұрын
@@logitimate There's also the Aum Shinrikyo, aka the Evil Blue Man Group, who committed the Tokyo sarin gas attacks in 1995. They were the inspiration for the Happy Happyists in the video game Earthbound/Mother 2.
@GG256_
@GG256_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@stuartdunlop8834 Evangelion satirized them, and though it may be seen as insensitive to their victims, screw evil cultists.
@snurgumwurgum8238
@snurgumwurgum8238 2 жыл бұрын
There was another one before this called om-shin-rikio. They also produced insane anime and unlike this current cult, ACTUALLY committed sarin gas attacks on japans subways back in the day. The 80's i Think?
@insertcheesypunhere
@insertcheesypunhere 2 жыл бұрын
others have mentioned aum shinrikyo being an influence, but i will add that most cults tend towards happy smiles in general? in america, former members of jehovah's witnesses and former mormons report similar teachings and behavior. it's very much an aspect of control that many, if not most, cults use. on the one hand, it disguises their intent/actual feelings to outsiders and potential recruits. it also forces current members into a "fake it til you make it" ideal that discourages doubt (because doubt doesn't make you happy) and encourages repression. it's also draining for a lot of people, and tired people are easier to manipulate.
@elib6465
@elib6465 2 жыл бұрын
This sounds like some Christian dungeon master trying to make a homebrew world but doesn't want to get sacrilegious so the madlibs write a setting. This is hilarious btw
@Ramsey276one
@Ramsey276one 2 жыл бұрын
Fully agree
@edwardmajewski434
@edwardmajewski434 2 жыл бұрын
Actually this feels more like if L Ron Hubbard was a DM doing a home brew world. A Christian DM would of done such a better job. JR Tolkien was a Christian, after all.
@Emilamlom
@Emilamlom 2 жыл бұрын
@@edwardmajewski434 Pretty much every christian movie, song, and video game disagrees with you there. Being christian doesn't mean a person isn't creative, but the christians that make christian media largely do an awful job.
@Corthate
@Corthate 2 жыл бұрын
I WOULD PAY MONEY TO GET INTO THAT GAME! Imagine the exploits you could pull to undermine it…
@ShuraEssays
@ShuraEssays 2 жыл бұрын
@@Corthate "Can I play a Warlock in this campaign?" "Celestial Warlock?" "Eh, we have 3 clerics already since it's the only spellcasting class you've allowed, so - Wait, wait, why are you getting out that gun-"
@Kalebfenoir
@Kalebfenoir 2 жыл бұрын
... I'm really glad my aunt doesn't watch anime, because she would ABSOLUTELY work "A History of Time" into her already patchwork conspiracy beliefs. Half the elements are already there; aliens, fleets, gods, angels, hidden aliens, reptilians, alien wars... all that's missing is a Hollow Earth thing, and she'd be a card-carrying member. Oh, and a bit about Bigfoot being an alien from another dimension. It makes my head hurt....
@onenerd9573
@onenerd9573 Жыл бұрын
Your aunt sounds like an interesting person. My aunt is just a dime-a-dozen Trumpist, which at this point is a bit boring, to be honest. XD
@dogguy8603
@dogguy8603 Жыл бұрын
I mean, at least L. Ron Hubbard had the creativity to make his own lore for his cult
@BonsaiPop
@BonsaiPop 2 жыл бұрын
Start a religion you say… 🧐
@supersaiyanyamcha2665
@supersaiyanyamcha2665 2 жыл бұрын
Put Figurama Collecters Statues as a tax break for shrines
@qqccrryy
@qqccrryy 2 жыл бұрын
Long Live the Anime Pope
@papersonic9941
@papersonic9941 2 жыл бұрын
"We could make a religion out of this"
@felonyx5123
@felonyx5123 2 жыл бұрын
no dont.
@xyz1415
@xyz1415 2 жыл бұрын
Please don’t
@nubreed13
@nubreed13 2 жыл бұрын
There was a panel at sakuracon years ago called "anime cult classics" where they demoed a bunch of anime various cults used to brainwash people. It was an interesting panel since the host would regularly pause the video to show the terminology they regularly used.
@lisbonmapping8425
@lisbonmapping8425 2 жыл бұрын
Clever name.
@Jesus_Offical
@Jesus_Offical 2 жыл бұрын
@@lisbonmapping8425 indeed Very Clever
@EurydiceProject
@EurydiceProject 2 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to go to Sakuracon
@cosmic-creep1384
@cosmic-creep1384 2 жыл бұрын
666 likes lol damn
@dinosaur___7209
@dinosaur___7209 2 жыл бұрын
Examples?? I need to know pls I’m so curious
@knightoffailure1869
@knightoffailure1869 2 жыл бұрын
The truly sad thing is how these shows are on par with a normal slightly below average anime from the same year, but regular religions that don't demand payment and whose books are public domain can't even produce a decent fuckin' OVA. I wanna see anime Jesus kicking ass and taking souls in hell dammit!
@Mrhellslayerz
@Mrhellslayerz Жыл бұрын
I honestly couldn't agree more. I got my faith rejuvenated when I first learned what a biblically accurate angel looks like and now I'm thoroughly disappointed that Christian media doesn't have anything close to that. ESPECIALLY in this kind of visual quality.
@neoqwerty
@neoqwerty 10 ай бұрын
@@Mrhellslayerz the new Jesus game actually looks promising, and I'm saying this as an atheist who might actually buy it if the quality stays consistent with the demo.
@WynnofThule
@WynnofThule 2 жыл бұрын
5:21 the story does make more sense in the context of Japanese culture. There's alot of pressure to not be a burden to those around you, and with the work culture and mental health stigma in Japan. This is more or less just a perpetuation of these factors.
@ganon1028
@ganon1028 2 жыл бұрын
This entire cult is just the most elaborate self insert fanfiction of all time
@bthsr7113
@bthsr7113 2 жыл бұрын
It follows in the... "proud"? tradition of the Divine Comedy.
@azoth6641
@azoth6641 2 жыл бұрын
All those audience-insert harem and/or isekai manga and anime ain't got shit on this.
@docbaker3333
@docbaker3333 2 жыл бұрын
IN hindsight all Cults are the most riduclous and shitty self insert Fanfics devised by man.
@Champiness
@Champiness 2 жыл бұрын
@@azoth6641 That Time I Got Reincarnated As The God Of Every World Religion
@hithedragon7842
@hithedragon7842 2 жыл бұрын
That's just what I was thinking
@everforward5561
@everforward5561 2 жыл бұрын
This is like watching someone improv a creation story. "And THEN..." "And THEN..." "And THEEEEEENNN..."
@FriendB
@FriendB 2 жыл бұрын
It's basically letting a toddler ad lib a bedtime story
@weirdofromhalo
@weirdofromhalo 2 жыл бұрын
I'm betting all creation stories started out this insane, then were only slightly toned down.
@ShermTank7272
@ShermTank7272 2 жыл бұрын
I'll give them that - they at least seem to have mastered the "yes and" part of improv.
@yakkay5898
@yakkay5898 2 жыл бұрын
I had a class where we had to make up a creation story and someone forgot the assignment and it ended up pretty similar to that description
@jumex1786
@jumex1786 2 жыл бұрын
NO BUT FACTS THO
@marcelgardner8497
@marcelgardner8497 2 жыл бұрын
so this guy quit his job, started a cult, and did this so could have his own anime production compan. I almost respect the grind of this man.
@Noname--
@Noname-- Жыл бұрын
I know right it's an amazing hustle
@neoqwerty
@neoqwerty 10 ай бұрын
@@Noname-- Kinda makes me want to start my own cult, NGL, but I'd specialize in videogames and make ripoffs of Shin MegaTen If... by way of Devilman.
@luckycleric9549
@luckycleric9549 2 жыл бұрын
Thank catboy Satan, my mood lifter is back!
@_.ana._.
@_.ana._. Жыл бұрын
NOT CATBOY SATAN 😭
@tvftw1
@tvftw1 2 жыл бұрын
"Satan is an alien catboy" ...Okay, hold on, let's just hear them out
@dovahkiin_brasil
@dovahkiin_brasil 2 жыл бұрын
Rule 34 artists: how we did not thought this before!?
@crewinXeagles
@crewinXeagles 2 жыл бұрын
@@dovahkiin_brasil >Implying they haven't
@haze6647
@haze6647 2 жыл бұрын
I am listening.
@dootdoot5891
@dootdoot5891 2 жыл бұрын
hmmm going to hell doesnt seem too bad now
@devlinburgess2463
@devlinburgess2463 2 жыл бұрын
This cult is like a combination of Scientology, the "Friends" from 20th Century Boys, and weird Warhammer 40k fanfiction.
@DVAcme
@DVAcme 2 жыл бұрын
OH GOD, DID YOU JUST IMPLY RYUHO OKAWA IS THE EMPEROR???
@docbaker3333
@docbaker3333 2 жыл бұрын
That and myths Smashed together from a bunch of Religious study text books along with what looks like a Failed Star Wars Clone trying to be cool and high concept.
@jakey14344
@jakey14344 2 жыл бұрын
@@DVAcme BLAS-!!!!! I'm sorry, i mean HERESY!!!!!!
@DVAcme
@DVAcme 2 жыл бұрын
@@jakey14344 Actually, the correct term is H_E_R_E_S_Y!!!!!!
@adan3956
@adan3956 2 жыл бұрын
@@DVAcme if you pay money to him, he would hold a seance to talk to Sigmar himself
@kevinforbesofficial
@kevinforbesofficial 2 жыл бұрын
is it wrong that I think Venus, Mu, and Atlantis had really killer visual designs? Whoever did that part really didn't have to put that much work in it but they did. EDIT: so everything about this is bonkers, but I don't think I was prepared for "Hermes is also Sun Wukong but not in a fun way, and Prometheus is Red Boy."
@slevinchannel7589
@slevinchannel7589 2 жыл бұрын
MB-Fans? Why stop here? Even IF we dont count Pick-up-Artistry as a Cult, Cult-Coverage is just everywhere and it can be very entertaining. Emma Thorne and Telltale Atheist makes many videos about them and i recommend his video about Kat Kerr as an Entry-Point-to-his-channel.
@coffeewolfproductions9113
@coffeewolfproductions9113 Жыл бұрын
Honestly no, it does look legitimately good and I really think the background artists have some incredible talent even if its being put to waste on this shit.
@zee-we5bx
@zee-we5bx 3 ай бұрын
Im sorry but the way you said "god king of ancient venus" in the begining broke me on a level I didn't know was possible 😂
@aaronschmit
@aaronschmit 2 жыл бұрын
It's so crazy how there is ironically so much thought and effort put into making these expansive and incredible worlds and lore, full of gods, alternate history takes, epic journeys and apotheotic trials. And some people choose to use that creativity to evade taxes, manipulate peoples into believing these worlds are 100% factually accurate, and exploit these very same vulnerable people for a quick buck. Such a shameful and monstrous waste of time and money.
@souptouchesme
@souptouchesme 2 жыл бұрын
I think you're judging this anime kinda hard. Add some robots and every body's full glass of tang from mom and this could another Neon Genesis Evangelion.
@gusty7153
@gusty7153 2 жыл бұрын
L ron hubbard in particular did both but as he said “You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.” but funny enough, despite begin infamous as the founder of scientology, hubbard still gets acclaim as a scifi author and there's even a literary award named after him for science fiction writers. and for artists in general, it's said that very few ever become famous within their own lifetime
@SenileOtaku
@SenileOtaku 2 жыл бұрын
@@gusty7153 Sure, there's a SF award named after L Ron Hubbard, but you have to remember who is *backing* that award. And also who is backing Hubbard's "Writers of the Future" contest/seminar.
@gusty7153
@gusty7153 2 жыл бұрын
​@@SenileOtaku the point i was making was trying to explain to OP on how it makes a lot of sense for someone talented enough in science fiction to found a religion instead, and my example used was the one guy who was most famous at doing both and with emphasis on how he's well known for both and not just one or the other. anyways i really don't know who is backing the award and don't care. considering it's l ron hubbard i'm talking about here, my assumption would have to be NO FUCKING SHIT OF COURSE IT'S THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY WHAT EVEN IS YOUR POINT?
@Never_heart
@Never_heart 2 жыл бұрын
Except this religion isn't creative or well thought out. It's really basic standard cult fluff, only standing out because of these animes and that while most cults prey on the emotionally vulnerable by promising purpose and joy this one just outright brands itself as a happiness cult
@ezrasilver9819
@ezrasilver9819 2 жыл бұрын
The Happy Science lore in total sounds like the set up to one of the sickest Shin Megami Tensei games ever imagined.
@larrychilders6599
@larrychilders6599 2 жыл бұрын
Soon
@ah.neat.408
@ah.neat.408 2 жыл бұрын
Shin Megami Tensei 6: Bliss
@flamaniax5728
@flamaniax5728 9 ай бұрын
Now if only Dante could return to the games... NO, Vergil! Vergil's gotta be the super boss of the next SMT game!
@wraldan
@wraldan 2 жыл бұрын
30:18 I know that desk smashing sound anywhere
@ChicoTunda
@ChicoTunda 2 жыл бұрын
I’m watching the stream too lol, hi chat widepeepoHappy
@GabrielMayersNYC
@GabrielMayersNYC 2 жыл бұрын
Hi chat
@pipedream2556
@pipedream2556 2 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie I wasnt expecting that there would be any mention of the minotaur Like, the madman who came up with all this nonsense has clearly paid some attention to the real mythology instead of, like, cherry picking names he liked from a Wikipedia list of mythology characters and making up what he liked under the assumption that he'd hook these schmucks so well they would never touch a book or other information resource again to find out any actual mythology. I was so sure that was what he'd done that the actual minor connection to the original story of King Minos was...legitimately surprising. He MUST know that Aphrodite is the goddess of fertility when he made her infertile, right? He must have known that the real mythology of Prometheus is that he created mankind, right? He must know that Hermes is the god of, among other things, thieves, commerce, cunning and wit, and travellers (not great for such a xenophobic man running a scam, he's practically telling his victims that he's picked this name for his divine self-insert character is a LIE!)
@h2ojr1
@h2ojr1 2 жыл бұрын
"Because something-something POWER OF DARKNESS! So they have to fight, RIGHT NOW!" Basically sums up the Kingdom Hearts franchise
@ltntwafflz9043
@ltntwafflz9043 2 жыл бұрын
As a Kingdom Hearts fan I couldn't agree more 😆
@galacticpopcorn9981
@galacticpopcorn9981 2 жыл бұрын
"I've got the power of ALL the gods ever, AND anime on my side"
@nathansteiger5153
@nathansteiger5153 2 жыл бұрын
"One man's religion is another man's belly laugh." -Lazarus Long (a character created by Robert Heinlein, a competent Sci-fi author)
@wowisntitanamazinglyamazin9550
@wowisntitanamazinglyamazin9550 2 жыл бұрын
OMG HES ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCI FI AUTHORS. I should start a cult base on him 🥰😉🧠
@PhoLai350
@PhoLai350 Жыл бұрын
He passed away two days ago and I’m watching his eldest son’s KZfaq. He said he’s having so many interviews since his fathers death and his trial among dad ended.
@mutantmaster1
@mutantmaster1 2 жыл бұрын
The plot for all these movies sound like a college student got: REALLY high, passed out, then woke up at 3am, vaguely remembered that their religious theology paper is due at noon, and sleepily "finished" it off over the next 9 hours.
@Kalani_Saiko
@Kalani_Saiko 8 ай бұрын
THIS
@statboosts279
@statboosts279 2 жыл бұрын
Okay honestly gonna be real a time travel story where halfway through the characters learn that they're going to cause an incident that immediately results in time travel being illegal sounds like a comedic goldmine
@sponge1234ify
@sponge1234ify 2 жыл бұрын
Steins;Gate
@yourcollegedebt8384
@yourcollegedebt8384 2 жыл бұрын
@@sponge1234ify I summarize Steins;Gate as "A bunch of idiots accidentally invent time travel and suffer the consequences." So yeh, it can work here.
@slevinchannel7589
@slevinchannel7589 2 жыл бұрын
@@yourcollegedebt8384 Cant promise it’s as funny as this video here (glad it’s back, btw) but fun-fact: Many covered cookey cults and discussed funny and/or damaging religions. Just wanna say: If you enjoyed this, maybe give other KZfaqrs and especially Atheist-KZfaqrs a look?
@slevinchannel7589
@slevinchannel7589 2 жыл бұрын
Bad Shows deserve Criticism. And the Best Criticism is such that you dont even have to know the Franchise criticized for Hours on End. No kidding, Jay Exci did FIVE Hours with Doctor Who, and Madvocate and Hbomberguy each did other Fracnhises for Hours: And countless say 'I dont even know this Franchise but i enjoyed this so much'. I can only warmly recommend watching Good-Faith-Criticism, especially from the just-mentioned KZfaqrs.
@tundranone8366
@tundranone8366 11 ай бұрын
16:04 "oh right, I'm God actually" the sync killed me 😂
@jackofdiamonds7303
@jackofdiamonds7303 2 жыл бұрын
So great to see these videos back. I swear I’ve watched this and the second video at least 2 dozen times.
@oneinathousand2156
@oneinathousand2156 2 жыл бұрын
Dang, I unironically like the character designs for these movies, even the digitally painted one still has very expressive faces.
@mothersbasement
@mothersbasement 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they did get a lot of really talented animators to work on them. And the visual quality only makes the insanity of the scripts funnier
@junichiroyamashita
@junichiroyamashita 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly,if i didn't know that these are cult propaganda,i would have loved them,for the strange and bizarre syncretism giving it a very unique charm,and i would see myself feel swayed by it,like only a good anime can make me do. Honestly,this weird multi-religion cinematic universe tied by a single religion,in a very long Bible-like story,like the old time Bible movies,would be something that i would really love to see. This one is so bad ,so good, that i would love to see something in this style.
@CrazyPangolinLady
@CrazyPangolinLady 2 жыл бұрын
The “blew them up with volcanos, and sent their ghosts to earth” is very Scientology.
@librarianseth5572
@librarianseth5572 2 жыл бұрын
Gotta store your soul collection somewhere
@F1areon
@F1areon 2 жыл бұрын
Not just "very", it literally IS Scientology :P
@Komnen0s
@Komnen0s Жыл бұрын
RIP in peace Okawa Ryuho, it looks like he's gone to join Helen Keller in the great hereafter lol
@twofortiel
@twofortiel 2 жыл бұрын
Me: And people say Kingdom Hearts is convoluted! Geoff: It’s basically Kingdom Hearts! Me: Damn it.
@lemeres2478
@lemeres2478 2 жыл бұрын
28:45 For those unfamiliar with the Japanese actions in WWII- A Japanese guy like this writing a book about Nanking is like a German guy writing a novel called "The Truth of Auschwitz and Oven Issues". I am sure you can imagine how a guy with a "only think about happy things" doctrine might botch that kind of sensitive discussion of an event where the the war crimes START with a "who can chop off the most prisoners' heads" competition.
@noukan42
@noukan42 2 жыл бұрын
Funniest thing, despite this guy being a fucking Nanking apologist, another one of the "movies" has *Godwin's Law Violation* as a some sort of demon lord togheter whit Nietzsche(up to that point the movie was mostly boring, but holy hell if it delivered after they arrived), and i was like "who the hell does fucking Nanking Apology whitout also synpathizing whit the Nazi?"
@watchm4ker
@watchm4ker 2 жыл бұрын
@@noukan42 A Japanese Nationalist. Imperial Japan was allied with the Nazis because they were the only ones returning their mail, more or less. They were planning on picking a fight with most of Europe over their Pacific holdings, and the only ones who *didn't* have anything to take was Germany. Certainly, both sides made a show of how chummy and allied they were, but Japan didn't give one whit about the Nazi ideology. They were closing territory for themselves, first and foremost. Hell, if anything, they were pissed they were using the Manji like it was their symbol, or something. And then Europeans get all pissy when they see markings for temples on public maps.
@jimmytandberg2859
@jimmytandberg2859 2 жыл бұрын
Or an American writing the book: "Plague Blankets: Bolstering Your Immunity the Indigenous Way!"
@gerhardtfunk4463
@gerhardtfunk4463 2 жыл бұрын
​@@jimmytandberg2859 I think its more like an American writing the book "The War of Northern Aggression: completely about states rights and not at all about slavery".......wait a second
@shiawasekappukekiful
@shiawasekappukekiful 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimmytandberg2859 don't forget to mention the good ol trail, Conpletely for physical health of course
@stargazer3424
@stargazer3424 2 жыл бұрын
I had to pause for a second after the “cat people aliens led by Confucius Moses and Jesus wiped out the dinosaurs” bit. I like Pop Team epic and even this takes a moment to process
@librarianseth5572
@librarianseth5572 2 жыл бұрын
I mean, I'm just stuck wondering why the dinosaurs had to die. When you're adding billions of souls to a single planet, people still gotta eat, and if the mormons can have North American war elephants in their book, dinosaur-farming cat people from space sounds fair
@nahmepin
@nahmepin 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@Mrhellslayerz
@Mrhellslayerz Жыл бұрын
Given my liking for pop team epic, I always have to do a double take every time I notice it mentioned. I agree though, this takes way more time and effort to process.
@lizzfrmhon
@lizzfrmhon Жыл бұрын
“Saturó learns she’s his great great great granddaughter which bums him out cause he really wanted to tap that” FAK this is hilarious!!
@alexlangrock4225
@alexlangrock4225 2 жыл бұрын
24:27 Why does the name Rient Arl Croud sound so much like the name of a Sonichu Villain?
@RealXgor
@RealXgor 2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes my favorite religion "Gravity". Praise be Sir Isaac Newton
@Darasilverdragon
@Darasilverdragon 2 жыл бұрын
Newton didn't invent gravity He invented calculus
@bardogenix8875
@bardogenix8875 2 жыл бұрын
"Do you believe in gravity?"
@EnigmazGuide
@EnigmazGuide 2 жыл бұрын
there also an atheist religion
@EnigmazGuide
@EnigmazGuide 2 жыл бұрын
@@ejedwards1678 try google your just ignorant. 😂😂😂😂 No need to thank me
@azoth6641
@azoth6641 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Newton was also interested in theology, the occult, and alchemy--in fact, he wrote more about those subjects than he did on physics. His estate simply chose to keep his papers on those subjects until the mid-20th century, over 200 years after his death.
@aylendexskelington96
@aylendexskelington96 2 жыл бұрын
It’s always fascinated me just how many cult mythologies are “we’re every religion including the one you like, random god’s chosen child” but nothing hammers in how clumsily grafted together they are than the kind of Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic a kid from an evangelical Christian family writes when he’s twelve to convince his parents that anime isn’t a tool of Satan
@RayPoreon
@RayPoreon 2 жыл бұрын
That's always been a common tactic to draw in followers. Earlier in the life of christianity, christians would argue that pagan gods were not really gods but were in fact powerful angels and saints that are subserviant to God.
@philiphart4146
@philiphart4146 2 жыл бұрын
@@RayPoreon The Romans would just declare the gods of the various peoples they encountered to be Roman gods by different names. You can see this in Hellenic art of figures like Hermanubis (Anubis is a psychopomp deity in the Egyptian pantheon, so Romans just equated him with Hermes, their own psychopomp) and accounts written by contemporary writers of the people of other countries (Tacitus, the Roman general, describes the Germanic Suebi people as worshiping "Mercury", "Mars", and "Hercules", who are pretty clearly Odin, Tyr, and Thor).
@kirayoshikage4057
@kirayoshikage4057 2 жыл бұрын
@@philiphart4146 Jesus is a blatant copy of Horus aswell.
@philiphart4146
@philiphart4146 2 жыл бұрын
@@kirayoshikage4057 No, he isn't. The sum total of the alleged "evidence" are a series of claims that contradict every historically-recorded narrative about Horus (Horus was not born of a virgin, did not have 12 disciples, only has a dying-and-rising myth when he's syncretized with Osiris or Ra, and both of those are very different from the dying-and-rising myth associated with Jesus, he didn't deliver a sermon on the mount, etc.) and the single true claim that some Greek-speaking early Egyptian Christians syncretized a single title of Horus's with Jesus. Calling him a copy at all shows a grave misunderstanding of how religions develop, but calling him a BLATANT copy is an outright lie.
@kirayoshikage4057
@kirayoshikage4057 2 жыл бұрын
@@philiphart4146 Jesus never existed. Horus never existed. Everything about Jesus is a lie, everything about Horus is a lie. Seems like they're one and the same thing to me, could you please elaborate?
@dylanehooverlibrarian7026
@dylanehooverlibrarian7026 Жыл бұрын
On this day, I want to quote NEITSZECHE by bellowing "GOD (OF HAPPY SCIENCE) IS DEAD!" Rest in piss, El Cranktare! You won't be missed!
@ClaireSunshine
@ClaireSunshine Жыл бұрын
Honestly if this wasn't a cult thing and was just some deeply unhinged sci-fi bullshit franchise I would love it. This is so dumb and insane that it wraps around into being fun to hear about.
@alsinakiria
@alsinakiria 2 жыл бұрын
I shared this to my friend that is a huge Greek and Egyptian history buff. Thought she was going to have a stroke
@fearanger1
@fearanger1 2 жыл бұрын
Oh good, I wasn't the only one.
@vassily-labroslabrakos2263
@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 2 жыл бұрын
Me too and I am Greek. Srsly this has so many inaccuracies it hurts.
@mitzirocker7026
@mitzirocker7026 2 жыл бұрын
When Geoff said the movie was about the ~eternal love between the cult leader and his wife, I immediately knew what was going to happen and I grinned like the Grinch.
@ampersketch
@ampersketch Жыл бұрын
Rewatching this and part 2 in celebration of Okawa's death.
@tedpowers6792
@tedpowers6792 2 жыл бұрын
When you were describing the Hermes one and the "stalker" aspect of it I was thinking like "yeah that pretty much fits with Greek mythology"
@liamannegarner8083
@liamannegarner8083 2 жыл бұрын
33:45 What's especially hilarious is that the Poisoned Nails bit was made up by the Osamu Tezuka "Buddha" manga out of whole cloth. (It's way more plausible in that one, he wants to pretend a wild animal clawed him and infection set in, and instead he falls down a cliff face and breaks one of the nails and it enters his bloodstream.) So yeah - it's not just Anime Rewriting History, this is Guy Rewriting History Who Already Only Knows History From Anime. This is the equivalent of your Salem Witch Trials report citing Harry Potter as a source.
@geoffreyprecht2410
@geoffreyprecht2410 2 жыл бұрын
For the record, I immensely appreciate you explaining this. I love the fact that the anime is based on a version of "history" which is technically based on a manga. Simply poetic.
@benthomason3307
@benthomason3307 2 жыл бұрын
Really? Because I was sitting here thinking that that was the exact sort of stupid death that only occurs in real life.
@liamannegarner8083
@liamannegarner8083 Жыл бұрын
@@benthomason3307 Nah. The children's story is that the Buddha's cousin Devadatta, after a childhood of Goofus and Gallant anecdotes, tried to drop a rock on him off a cliff and was dragged to hell (fun fact, since hell is a place you get reincarnated into and out of, he's the only one stuck there forever). The adult version is that he became sick and went to the Buddha to feign that he saw the light and fake-apologize, but the earth itself swallowed him before that could happen. But there were some assassination attempts involved, including the elephant.
@felldoh9271
@felldoh9271 2 жыл бұрын
"because religious propaganda or not, anime is gonna anime" I love Mother’s Basement.
@Ramsey276one
@Ramsey276one 2 жыл бұрын
7:45 XD
@Ramsey276one
@Ramsey276one 2 жыл бұрын
41:07 Oh GAWD
@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013
@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013 Жыл бұрын
Oh God, I didn't even make it two minutes in until psychically talking to the ghost of Justin Trudeau killed me.
@slevinchannel7589
@slevinchannel7589 Жыл бұрын
HELP! Im searching for an AIme. Can i describe it to you and we see if you know t?
@theemotionallystuntedmanch4369
@theemotionallystuntedmanch4369 Жыл бұрын
THE EVIL IS DEFEATED
@ClaireElizabethvlogs
@ClaireElizabethvlogs 2 жыл бұрын
Being a classics student is honestly a curse right now
@jenniferjoseph4401
@jenniferjoseph4401 2 жыл бұрын
It's torture isn't it? Constant mental whiplash.
@Animefreakess
@Animefreakess 2 жыл бұрын
Being a European who grew up on the stuff is honestly the same... But it feels far more like satire so I can't be mad...
@owlgirl1998
@owlgirl1998 2 жыл бұрын
🤝
@Silverstonegamergirl
@Silverstonegamergirl 2 жыл бұрын
I watched this over writing D&d backstory. Needless to say my confidence in my writing has improved.
@Ramsey276one
@Ramsey276one 2 жыл бұрын
Good luck!
@FFKonoko
@FFKonoko 2 жыл бұрын
If you find yourself taking notes, get someone to proof read to make sure you didn't start writing a gospel
@Ramsey276one
@Ramsey276one 2 жыл бұрын
@@FFKonoko I have to agree XD
@AnimeIsLayfu
@AnimeIsLayfu 2 жыл бұрын
@@FFKonoko lolwtf
@rainymeadows3447
@rainymeadows3447 2 жыл бұрын
> Time is golden in colour > Time is "God's Great River of Love" Conclusion: Time is God's piss
@horushyperion76
@horushyperion76 Жыл бұрын
23:20 Can't that lead to the implication Western Society is better than Eastern Society because they descended from Atlantis which was technologically better than Mu.
@winterwombat
@winterwombat 2 жыл бұрын
From what I understand (not an expert, just an enthusiast) the major point of media like this isn't to convince people to adopt the cult's beliefs, but to surround members in those beliefs 24/7. The cult wants their teachings to be so ubiquitous in members' day-to-day lives as to seem beneath notice, something that doesn't need to be question because of how totally normal it is. The more thoroughly the cult can meet its members' cultural and social needs internally, the less chance those members have of coming in contact with outside influences and realizing that the stuff they take for granted is actually kinda nuts.
@daniel_rossy_explica
@daniel_rossy_explica 2 жыл бұрын
Check out Plato's Allegory of the Cave. It's first part is exactly like you describe.
@Elonyx.studios
@Elonyx.studios 2 жыл бұрын
Is that why Pureflix and Christian rock bands keep getting money?
@daniel_rossy_explica
@daniel_rossy_explica 2 жыл бұрын
@@Elonyx.studios I don't mind Christian rock bands. I'm an atheist, but some of their music sounds good, even if the lyrics are "wrong" to me. I kind of admire people who genuinly believes in something enough to sing rock about it, but that may be because I'm extremely sceptic as well.
@michellamoureuxm
@michellamoureuxm 2 жыл бұрын
@@Elonyx.studios all depends on why they do it. Skillet has been massive for years now, yet a good probably 40-60% of their fans have 0 idea they're a Christian rock/metal band. They just wanna make music about what they love, doesn't matter how we feel on the topic. We're their for the music
@remedy00
@remedy00 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. This is brainwashing for members already in it, like most cult propaganda. Not really for outsiders.
@Divock
@Divock 2 жыл бұрын
It kinda feels like he took a fat hit from the bong of inspiration and wrote a long outline that was transcribed in the course of a single night, then realized in the morning when he was sober that he couldn't back down from it and had to somehow connect every nonsensical thing he made up in that timespan
@NotAGoodUsername360
@NotAGoodUsername360 2 жыл бұрын
Worked for Joseph Smith!
@thesinfultictac5704
@thesinfultictac5704 Жыл бұрын
Ryuho Okawa is definitely not the first person to read Hermetic texts and go "I totally understand this and I'm going to start religion from it", Crowley probably wasn't the first either but the most infamous who did this, but can any of those other Occultists claim they commissioned an anime? I think not. However Crowley basically influenced a whole chain of events that led him to be an icon in pop culture after his death, despite living on the dole in his old age. Win some and you lose some
@andrewollmann304
@andrewollmann304 2 жыл бұрын
15:59 No lie, that insult wouldn’t be out of place in a bad arcade game.
@AlmyTheAlien
@AlmyTheAlien 2 жыл бұрын
I won't lie, on a cosmological worldbuilding level, the idea of temptation being lost souls attempting to enter your body and vicariously gratify vices they can no longer access is a pretty intriguing one. It's easy to make it sound stupid with satirical phrasing, but taken straight, the concept's honestly pretty damn creepy.
@kugelblitzingularity304
@kugelblitzingularity304 2 жыл бұрын
But that would imply living people dont have any temptations on their own. But then world building assumes 'lost souls' ie dead people have vices ie temptations. So does that mean people only have temptations when they are dead and lost? Weird lore.
@baronvonbeandip
@baronvonbeandip 2 жыл бұрын
@@kugelblitzingularity304 Huh? I don't see how that is implied. Each boy has a soul, you do vices, you die, you can't do those vices so you possess someone else to do the things you can no longer do. OP's logic tracks.
@LunDruid
@LunDruid 2 жыл бұрын
Cults do often have some pretty creative ideas, cosmologically speaking. It's a pity that creativity is wasted on scamming people.
@kymo6343
@kymo6343 2 жыл бұрын
Listen bub I smoke weed if I wanna smoke weed, not bc the alien ghosts in my body wanna smoke weed. But they are the ones that made me eat too much pizza and candy, that was totally on them... XD XP
@F1areon
@F1areon 2 жыл бұрын
That's basically the backstory behind Scientology's "Thetans"; they're the ghosts of dead aliens who possess people and cause all kinds of bad juju.
@davidbrickey8733
@davidbrickey8733 2 жыл бұрын
It wasn't until you got to the second of three movies that I realized you weren't doing a bit and this was a real cult.
@bloyomind1on1
@bloyomind1on1 2 жыл бұрын
hello from hasanabi (hasan piker) chat, you gained a new sub, i really appreciate all the love going into your videos, easiest sub ever
@felipemv1294
@felipemv1294 Жыл бұрын
Still waiting paciently for part 3 😁
@muhammadyusrils.1585
@muhammadyusrils.1585 2 жыл бұрын
El Miore, God King of Ancient Venus sounds like a Yu-Gi-Oh! Card.
@christopherb501
@christopherb501 2 жыл бұрын
Any given Yugioh mythos - even that of Arc-V(a) - is better than THIS crap.
@demilung
@demilung 2 жыл бұрын
...in attack mode!
@blueshinobi8665
@blueshinobi8665 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a stand user
@jarmandog413
@jarmandog413 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like it would be a gimmicky level 10 0 ATK/ 0 DEF Light Fairy with “You must special summon this card by banishing 3 Light attribute monsters from your GY. This card cannot be special summoned by any other ways. During your battle phase, this card gains 10,000 ATK. You can banish the top card from your deck to negate an attack or card effect that targets this card.”
@Asehpe
@Asehpe 2 жыл бұрын
My God, you're right!
@AmySay
@AmySay 2 жыл бұрын
As a Kamen Rider fan, the actress of one of my favorite side characters was born into the cult. Just a few years ago, she quit 'normal' acting to do films exclusively for Happy Science. It hurts to re-watch Fourze now :(
@ssbranny
@ssbranny 2 жыл бұрын
It's the biggest bummer. I know the inevitable cameos or reunion of some of the KRC is gonna feel sour with the mention of 'oh, Yuki's in space!' 😔
@jakey14344
@jakey14344 2 жыл бұрын
Not only Fumika Shimizu quits acting, but also Kengo's acting career was stopped because of health reasons, unfortunately.
@clementj
@clementj 2 жыл бұрын
What?!!... No... Not Jujima Yuki... I've never heard of this.
@jakey14344
@jakey14344 2 жыл бұрын
@@clementj well, if you didn't see her Wikipedia page. She had already joined that POS cult just when she gets bigger roles like Touka from Tokyo Ghoul live-action and Aiko Himeno from Hentai Kamen.
@azoth6641
@azoth6641 2 жыл бұрын
@@jakey14344 IIRC, Justin Tomimori (Shun) has also retired. So far, the relatively greater notables are Sota Fukushi (Gentaro/KR Fourze) and Ryo Yoshizawa (Ryusei/KR Meteor), albeit if only because they've starred in the live-action Bleach movie as, respectively, Ichigo and Uryu.
@madweenerdog8403
@madweenerdog8403 11 ай бұрын
the titanic II bit is infinitely funnier in a post-oceangate world
@porky1118
@porky1118 10 ай бұрын
31:40 Yeah, I couldn't have said that better.
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