You call my anime dark? Godmother death doesn’t sound all that bright or sunny... 😆 I’ll have to check it out! It seems my favorite works are dark and tragic in some sense but insist on a kind of beauty or rhyme and rhythm in the madness and leave one with some hope.
Perhaps the neverending story had a more profound impact on me than I realized. I only watched the movie like a lazy suburban kid, but I always believe that we are seeded by the art that reaches us when we are young. Up until now I can identify Dune (you like that too don’t you?) and Enders Game but I think neverending story had a bigger impact than I realized. We should talk about this in cross culture. I think it’d be a great topic to hear different perspectives on.
Yes, absolutely! In fact, I think the art that reaches us does precisely because we're attuned to it. I was drawn to heavy themes since childhood so that I could perform my duty better now.
Yes, I'll actually write about Dune as I read it for a third time, hahaha. I'd encourage you to read The Neverending Story, although the first film does justice to the essential emotions of the narrative, no adaptation ever made has come close to a faithful portrayal. I'd love to talk about it Cross-Culture indeed!