Comment by aspenmayer
7 hours ago
I think Attack on Titan is a good anime, but I read the allegory as being a Japanese one, and in that reading it comes off as somewhat apologist toward fascism. I think many readings are present in the work and more besides can be read into it, so I don’t claim that any interpretation is right or wrong, because that would probably involve spoilers.
Have you seen Psycho-Pass? I wonder what your site has to say about it, as it seemed kind of a feminist work to me.
You might find this site interesting:
I love Psycho-Pass, it's a classic Urobuchi. Can't find a proper review on the site though, likely since it predates the site's launch. (They're doing reviews of previous years as well, but slowly.)
Regarding the Japanese interpretation of the allegory -- I don't think it's apologist toward fascism really, because essentially every side in the conflict has fascist elements. In that sense, it's more "some situations just don't have any good solutions." But what's clear to me is that the situation itself has fascist roots. Regardless, the Polygon article in question has a much more surface-level reading -- it is clearly stating that it's antisemitic, which I simply can't see at all. Spoilers rot13: vg'f gehr gur gvgnaf ner ~wrjf, ohg guvf vtaberf gung gurl ner gur perngvbaf bs ~anmv rkcrevzragf, naq nyfb gung nyy gur cebgntbavfgf ner ~wrjf nf jryy.
I don't understand what I'm looking at with the site you linked, but I am intrigued.