The philosophy, and music, of Parasyte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2kiSAD6w0 - 13:57
In one of the sections of my Analyzing Anime class this year, one student was initially going to
present the anime Parasyte, but ultimately presented a different anime instead (I currently have one
more week left of teaching this class this year - I will talk more about it in a post when this week, and
the class this year, is over: it will actually be a revision of my foreword post). Since this is a series I
didn't know about before, I figured I would look more into it myself instead of relying on my students
for that. I would probably have to do that anyway since my students would most likely be interested in
the fight scene in the beginning of the video I use for this reflection. This fight scene is just one
example of what this video, and anime, talks about, which is philosophy and music.
I have already talked about the importance of music in anime in previous posts, including starting
off the five general anime observations in the introduction of my writing for the Analyzing Anime class
with the observation of the power of music. What makes it different in Parasyte, and other anime, is
how the music is used, as well as what it is. In the case of the music of Parasyte, it's a lot like Isabella's
Lullaby in The Promised Neverland, meaning it changes over time and the meaning also depends on
the person (I recently reflected on Isabella's Lullaby in The Promised Neverland in a recent post).
Like music, philosophy is also important in anime, although either directly or indirectly in the case of
philosophy, and adds to the story. In Parasyte, the philosophy of it has a lot to do with questioning our
humanity, including what it means to be human and what happens when a non - human, like a
parasyte, becomes part of a human. This is how music and philosophy are seen in the anime Parasyte.
In one of the sections of my Analyzing Anime class this year, one student was initially going to
present the anime Parasyte, but ultimately presented a different anime instead (I currently have one
more week left of teaching this class this year - I will talk more about it in a post when this week, and
the class this year, is over: it will actually be a revision of my foreword post). Since this is a series I
didn't know about before, I figured I would look more into it myself instead of relying on my students
for that. I would probably have to do that anyway since my students would most likely be interested in
the fight scene in the beginning of the video I use for this reflection. This fight scene is just one
example of what this video, and anime, talks about, which is philosophy and music.
I have already talked about the importance of music in anime in previous posts, including starting
off the five general anime observations in the introduction of my writing for the Analyzing Anime class
with the observation of the power of music. What makes it different in Parasyte, and other anime, is
how the music is used, as well as what it is. In the case of the music of Parasyte, it's a lot like Isabella's
Lullaby in The Promised Neverland, meaning it changes over time and the meaning also depends on
the person (I recently reflected on Isabella's Lullaby in The Promised Neverland in a recent post).
Like music, philosophy is also important in anime, although either directly or indirectly in the case of
philosophy, and adds to the story. In Parasyte, the philosophy of it has a lot to do with questioning our
humanity, including what it means to be human and what happens when a non - human, like a
parasyte, becomes part of a human. This is how music and philosophy are seen in the anime Parasyte.
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