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6/20/2025, 6:37:58 PM
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Well, my view isn't complicated, I'm saying I believe Tomino and his friends had probably read Nietzsche and used his philosophy as inspiration for the show.
Combining Nietzsche and Sci-fi are not ideas that are unique to Gundam.
2001: A Space Odyssey uses a piece of music called "Thus Spake Zarathustra" (named after Nietzche's book) for its title sequence.
I'm not ready to think about a Nietzschean analysis of 2001: ASO, but the film does show man evolving from apes to Supermen in a Zero-G environment.
Bladerunner's Roy Batty is a Nietzschean aristocrat, particularly with the idea that he wants "more life".
Lawrence of Arabia is a Nietzschean movie, and it apparently served as a direct inspiration to Frank Herbert for Dune, which of course (along with 2001) served as direct inspiration for Star Wars.
Nietzsche's concept of the "superman" was a VERY direct inspiration for the Superman comics, and I believe that style of superhero inspired Astro Boy, which of course laid groundwork for Japanese animation.
Nietzsche is at the center of so much modern media, modern Sci-Fi, and (for better and for worse) he created the very idea of superheros.
2001: A Space Odyssey and Gundam are unique in all of these in that they capitalize on the real life logistics of space travel, and Zero Gravity, and use them as a metaphor for Nietzsche's ideas about gravity in Thus Spake Zarathustra. Both go to pains to depict Zero Gravity realistically.
But In my opinion, Gundam might actually be the best rendition of Nietzschean philosophy in Sci-Fi. Particularly CCA is a masterpiece. The visual metaphor of Zero Gravity, the visual metaphor of Amuro pushing Axis away from Earth in defiance of gravity, the way characters converse in Zero G, what certain characters say when they are floating vs. standing on the floor, everything about Char as a character and his unstoppable crusade...
All Tomino stuff is great, but CCA particularly lives rent free in my head
Well, my view isn't complicated, I'm saying I believe Tomino and his friends had probably read Nietzsche and used his philosophy as inspiration for the show.
Combining Nietzsche and Sci-fi are not ideas that are unique to Gundam.
2001: A Space Odyssey uses a piece of music called "Thus Spake Zarathustra" (named after Nietzche's book) for its title sequence.
I'm not ready to think about a Nietzschean analysis of 2001: ASO, but the film does show man evolving from apes to Supermen in a Zero-G environment.
Bladerunner's Roy Batty is a Nietzschean aristocrat, particularly with the idea that he wants "more life".
Lawrence of Arabia is a Nietzschean movie, and it apparently served as a direct inspiration to Frank Herbert for Dune, which of course (along with 2001) served as direct inspiration for Star Wars.
Nietzsche's concept of the "superman" was a VERY direct inspiration for the Superman comics, and I believe that style of superhero inspired Astro Boy, which of course laid groundwork for Japanese animation.
Nietzsche is at the center of so much modern media, modern Sci-Fi, and (for better and for worse) he created the very idea of superheros.
2001: A Space Odyssey and Gundam are unique in all of these in that they capitalize on the real life logistics of space travel, and Zero Gravity, and use them as a metaphor for Nietzsche's ideas about gravity in Thus Spake Zarathustra. Both go to pains to depict Zero Gravity realistically.
But In my opinion, Gundam might actually be the best rendition of Nietzschean philosophy in Sci-Fi. Particularly CCA is a masterpiece. The visual metaphor of Zero Gravity, the visual metaphor of Amuro pushing Axis away from Earth in defiance of gravity, the way characters converse in Zero G, what certain characters say when they are floating vs. standing on the floor, everything about Char as a character and his unstoppable crusade...
All Tomino stuff is great, but CCA particularly lives rent free in my head
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