Sup /cel/ I'm wondering if anyone knows any anime with religious themes? I don't mean anything that pushes a specific religion (although I'm not against watching that either) but anything that has a religious theme or deals with metaphysics, the occult, te

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Anime with religious themes anon Apr 13 2024 (Sat) 3:06:12 No.2659

Sup /cel/ I'm wondering if anyone knows any anime with religious themes? I don't mean anything that pushes a specific religion (although I'm not against watching that either) but anything that has a religious theme or deals with metaphysics, the occult, techno-religious imagery but not in a shallow fantasy way. e.g. where you'll have mages and priestesses but its pretty trivial and not explored with any depth or has no aesthetic relevance. Obviously, there's stuff like Evangelion, Bible Black, Osamu Tezuka's Buddha manga or garbage like Death Note. I'm also looking for stuff that relates to Japanese tradition such as the life of priests, shrine maidens, exorcists etc. It can be horror or hentai too.

anon Apr 13 2024 (Sat) 17:07:27 No.2660

>>2659
Not an anime but an OVA: Tenshi No Tamago, it has a lot of exotheric and occult themes.
It's not for everyone tho, some people would consider it boring.

anon Apr 15 2024 (Mon) 14:52:56 No.2664

>>2659
Neo Ranga is very oriented around how God and religion factors into peoples lives, and the different kinds of meaning it can have for different people. It's a great show in general as well.

anon Apr 16 2024 (Tue) 0:04:30 No.2667

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Haibane renmei!

anon May 17 2024 (Fri) 12:47:17 No.2688

Ghost Hunt is pretty fun. An ordinary schoolgirl gets inadvertently involved with a dark, brooding stranger. They fight ghosts with the help of a Catholic Priest, a buddhist Monk, a Shinto Priestess and a spirit medium. It has a cute semi-romance between the two leads and it's really satisfying to see the support characters using different techniques based on their various religions during the fights.

A favourite of mine is Digital Devil Story: Megami tensei. A high school student gets bullied and decides to write a computer program to summon a demon in order to take revenge. He also meets a girl and they happen to be reincarnations of Izanami and Izanagi and they do some really cool shit. I don't really know what's happening but it's so edgy I love it anyway. I have to read the novel version someday.

Kujakuou has a mildy distinctive aesthetic based on Vajrayana Buddhsim. The main character was raised by Shingon monks. I can't remember much about the anime but the manga description makes it sound far more interesting than I remember it being.
>Kujaku is a Buddhist monk who specialize in exorcism, devil hunting. He is a member of Ura-Kouya, a secret organization in Japan that specialize in demon hunting. In the first 3 volumes, Ogino wrote independent short stories about Kujaku's demon hunting. But in volume 4, it evolves into an epic saga against a secret evil organization lead by The Teachers of Eight Leaves. The goal of The Teachers of Eight Leaves is to revive Peacock King and Snake King, and allow them to fight each other to give birth to the ultimate Dark Buddha.
Looks like they tried to fit 17 volumes worth of material into 5 OVA episodes and it suffered for it. This is another that I'm interested in reading someday.