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The Human Kaiju
Another Western Superflat joint, "The Human Kaiju" is an apocalyptic work that rides the heels of the supposed 2012 end of the world. Perhaps nothing will come of this 2012 nonsense, but one thing is certain, the iconic nature of Tetsuo (from the manga and movie AKIRA) is nothing less than world ending. From the pages of a comic and a movie that changed a medium on a budget Michael Bay would laugh at, Tetsuo's more than an incarnation of angsty youth in pop culture.
When you think about it, he's a human kaiju in a monster movie, only they replaced Godzilla with a human. This is no accident. Godzilla brought as much destruction as he did change to the popular culture and visual cultures, and so too does Tetsuo create an eerie presence of youthful rage at the powers who think they can control him, only to realise their efforts to make a mercenary monster out of a mere human being will be their undoing.
Truly it is a tale worthy of our troubled, turbulent, and lack of government trusting times. So then the artist who made this presents his portrait of one of the most political anime characters ever created. Good? Evil? It matters not.
Nothing matters to the raging incarnation of destruction he becomes. When one is dehumanised by society, he treats society as an inhuman thing to be destroyed, to kill.
The Human Kaiju
Another Western Superflat joint, "The Human Kaiju" is an apocalyptic work that rides the heels of the supposed 2012 end of the world. Perhaps nothing will come of this 2012 nonsense, but one thing is certain, the iconic nature of Tetsuo (from the manga and movie AKIRA) is nothing less than world ending. From the pages of a comic and a movie that changed a medium on a budget Michael Bay would laugh at, Tetsuo's more than an incarnation of angsty youth in pop culture.
When you think about it, he's a human kaiju in a monster movie, only they replaced Godzilla with a human. This is no accident. Godzilla brought as much destruction as he did change to the popular culture and visual cultures, and so too does Tetsuo create an eerie presence of youthful rage at the powers who think they can control him, only to realise their efforts to make a mercenary monster out of a mere human being will be their undoing.
Truly it is a tale worthy of our troubled, turbulent, and lack of government trusting times. So then the artist who made this presents his portrait of one of the most political anime characters ever created. Good? Evil? It matters not.
Nothing matters to the raging incarnation of destruction he becomes. When one is dehumanised by society, he treats society as an inhuman thing to be destroyed, to kill.