A great example for anime fans, is to compare a Ghibli or Mamoru Hosoda work… or even just a highly rated Slice of Life like Kawaisou or (despite how exaggerated it is) Daily Lives of Highschool Boys… to pretty much anything else out there. Take NGNL, OreImo, or Nisekoi for example.
It’s easy to see from the characters which directors have focused on real-life experiences. I think the one thing the anime industry lacks most is humanity. There aren’t all that many shows that really say “these characters are as real as you or I.”
That’s kinda what I was going for when I said
Totally agree with the idea~ It’s like… recently I’ve been listening to Porter Robinson’s new album. There’s a song named ‘Sad Machine’ sung by Vocaloid AVANNA. It tells the story of a female robot, who depends on the human that awoke her, to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
While the story of the song is something in his head, Porter said that a lot of people have asked him if it’s based on Portal 2, Angel Beats, or Her. Personally I think it’s very Planetarian-ey, but can see it as it’s own story as well.
The fictional lyrics of a song make people reflect on their memories of a different fictional work, in the same way you’d associate a song with a memory.
The idea that so many people can experience a form of entertainment as memories of another experience is amazing.
