Tokyo’s Tokai University recently held a class on the mahou shoujo phenomenon that is Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica in hopes of actively discussing its psychological depth, though its many participants may well have attended simply to gain the benefit of a course which includes the instructions “watch all episodes again.”
The “frontier of knowledge” lecture covered all 12 episodes of the grim series and apparently proved so popular that many attendees were left without chairs:
Madoka Magica is the 2nd most overrated and overhyped anime of all time (Behind Evangelion). It is not deep, and it didn’t radically changed the mahou shoujo genre. It’s just more of the same with a pretty coat of paint.
You’re simply blind to what’s obvious to everyone else. And that’s not important, as it doesn’t affect those of us who see what you’re blind to.
I’d argue about whether it’s the 2nd most overrated or “whatever-other-number most overrated”, but it’s not really important.
Point is, most anime is overrated nowadays (or even “ever”). Though to be fair, it’s generally aimed towards people who are already known for liking stuff of that sort, so that everything is getting overrated is normal.
It’s only famous because Mami’s death made the Japanese happy in their pants.
I would say this class is a joke and a stupid idea because unless you can get Urobutcher to come and teach, then whatever your course is teaching is as legit as dedicating a course to the genetic engineering Godzilla.
There was a breaking bad class
Uh… Tokai in My country is a slang for s♥♥t……
reminds me of he course on comic books. though, the argument behind was more convincing “comicbook heros are the modern myths”.
still, its a step in the right direction.