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'''Themes''' describe the very central elements important to the anime stories. They set the backdrop against which the protagonists must face their challenges. Be it School Life, present Daily Life, Military action, Cyberpunk, Law and Order detective work, Sports, or the Underworld. These are only but a few of the more typical backgrounds for anime plots. Add to that a Conspiracy setting with a possible tragic outcome, the Themes span most of the imaginable subject matter relevant to anime. | '''Themes''' describe the very central elements important to the anime stories. They set the backdrop against which the protagonists must face their challenges. Be it School Life, present Daily Life, Military action, Cyberpunk, Law and Order detective work, Sports, or the Underworld. These are only but a few of the more typical backgrounds for anime plots. Add to that a Conspiracy setting with a possible tragic outcome, the Themes span most of the imaginable subject matter relevant to anime. | ||
=Subcategories= | =Themes — Subcategories= | ||
==Art... (4)== | ==Art... (4)== | ||
{{eyecatch|Details|The '''4''' subcategories are explained here: [[Categories:Themes:Art]]}} | {{eyecatch|Details|The '''4''' subcategories are explained here: [[Categories:Themes:Art]]}} | ||
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==Conspiracy== | ==Conspiracy== | ||
The conspiracy thriller (or paranoid thriller) is a sub-genre of the thriller which flourished in the 1970s in the US (and was echoed in other parts of the world) in the wake of a number of high-profile scandals and controversies (most notably Vietnam, the assassination of President Kennedy, Chappaquiddick and Watergate), and which exposed what many people regarded as the clandestine machinations and conspiracies beneath the orderly fabric of political life. | The '''conspiracy''' thriller (or paranoid thriller) is a sub-genre of the thriller which flourished in the 1970s in the US (and was echoed in other parts of the world) in the wake of a number of high-profile scandals and controversies (most notably Vietnam, the assassination of President Kennedy, Chappaquiddick and Watergate), and which exposed what many people regarded as the clandestine machinations and conspiracies beneath the orderly fabric of political life. | ||
The protagonists of conspiracy thrillers are often journalists or amateur investigators who find themselves (often inadvertently) pulling on a small thread which unravels a vast conspiracy that ultimately goes "all the way to the top".<br> | The protagonists of conspiracy thrillers are often journalists or amateur investigators who find themselves (often inadvertently) pulling on a small thread which unravels a vast conspiracy that ultimately goes "all the way to the top".<br> | ||
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==Cyberpunk== | ==Cyberpunk== | ||
'''Cyberpunk''' focuses on computers or information technology, usually coupled with some degree of breakdown in social order. The plot often centres on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and mega corporations, tending to be set within a near-future dystopian Earth. | '''Cyberpunk''' focuses on computers or information technology, usually coupled with some degree of breakdown in social order. The plot often centres on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and mega corporations, tending to be set within a near-future dystopian Earth. ''(Paraphrased from [[Wikipedia:Cyberpunk|Wikipedia]])'' | ||
''(Paraphrased from [[Wikipedia:Cyberpunk|Wikipedia]])'' | |||
:''Examples: {{a|61|Ghost in the Shell}}, {{a|99|Serial Experiments Lain}}, {{a|166|Appleseed}}'' | :''Examples: {{a|61|Ghost in the Shell}}, {{a|99|Serial Experiments Lain}}, {{a|166|Appleseed}}'' | ||
==Daily Life== | ==Daily Life== | ||
The antics of the protagonists do not take place in some exotic setting or time, but in everyday life. When not "at the job" this means getting up in the morning, making meals, house cleaning, going shopping or out to eat, visiting the bath house or spa, leisure activities in the spare time, etc. The time "on the job" for students is [[Categories:Themes:School Life|School Life]], for others working in their profession. '''Daily Life''' is basically a synonym for everything normal, repetitive, and trivial happening to your average person. | The antics of the protagonists do not take place in some exotic setting or time, but in everyday life. When not "at the job" this means getting up in the morning, making meals, house cleaning, going shopping or out to eat, visiting the bath house or spa, leisure activities in the spare time, etc. The time "on the job" for students is [[Categories:Themes:School Life|School Life]], for others working in their profession. '''Daily Life''' is basically a synonym for everything normal, repetitive, and trivial happening to your average person. | ||
{{eyecatchLight|1|Note|As soon as the protagonists are doing "professional" jobs - e.g. as Bounty Hunters or Detectives, etc. - in non-normal settings they are not performing trivial everyday work, thus this tag does '''not''' apply!}} | |||
:''Examples: {{a|370|Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun}}, {{a|5435|Myself; Yourself}}'' | :''Examples: {{a|370|Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun}}, {{a|5435|Myself; Yourself}}'' | ||
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===Special Squads=== | ===Special Squads=== | ||
The '''Special Squads''' are called in when the police is completely outclassed, e.g. fighting criminal syndicates. These special forces are trained to combat specific forms of crime, e.g. the anti-cyber-crime division. There are several such squads: Whereas ''Section 9'' of ''Ghost in the Shell'' is an official government organisation, there are also "benevolent" vigilante groups like the ''Knight Sabers'' (''Bubblegum Crisis''). Criminal syndicates also have their special forces e.g. "death squads". | The '''Special Squads''' are called in when the police is completely outclassed, e.g. fighting criminal syndicates. These special forces are trained to combat specific forms of crime, e.g. the anti-cyber-crime division. | ||
There are several such squads: Whereas ''Section 9'' of ''Ghost in the Shell'' is an official government organisation, there are also "benevolent" vigilante groups like the ''Knight Sabers'' (''Bubblegum Crisis''). | |||
Criminal syndicates also have their special forces e.g. "death squads". | |||
:''Examples: {{a|247|Koukaku Kidoutai Stand Alone Complex}}, {{a|345|Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040}}'' | :''Examples: {{a|247|Koukaku Kidoutai Stand Alone Complex}}, {{a|345|Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040}}'' | ||