Kyoto Animation’s first self-contained piece was Shiawasette Nani: a 1991 short film contracted by the controversial...

>Kyoto Animation’s first self-contained piece was Shiawasette Nani: a 1991 short film contracted by the controversial Happy Science cult
>controversial cult
REALLY makes you think.

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Happy Science is not a cult, retard! IT'S A WAY OF LIFE!!!!!

Now Marie Kondo!

Is that like Scientology?

>a cult makes an anime about another cult
Wow

>The basic teachings of Happy Science are "Exploration of the Right Mind" and "The Fourfold Path" and El Cantare belief. According to Okawa, in order to obtain happiness one must practice the Principles of Happiness known as "The Fourfold Path", Love that gives, Wisdom, Self-Reflection and Progress. The only requirement to join Happy Science is that applicants must have "the aspiration and discipline to seek the truth and actively contribute to the realization of love, peace and happiness on earth".[6] Among other teachings, they believe in reincarnation[7] and aliens.[8]

At the same time, the organization's political wing, the Happiness Realization Party, promotes political views that include support for Japanese military expansion, support for the use of nuclear deterrence [9], and denial of historical events such as the Nanjing Massacre in China and the comfort women issue in South Korea—see the Japanese-language version of the organization's online news bulletin, The Liberty.[10] Some other views include infrastructure spending, natural disaster prevention, urban development, and dam construction.[11] They also advocate fiscal conservatism, strengthening the US-Japan alliance, and a virtue-based leadership.[12] As of the spring of 2018, the Happiness Realization Party has 21 local councilors.[13]
Object of worship

Happy Science worships a deity named "El Cantare" who they believe is the "Highest God of Earth, the Lord of all gods". They believe that the being was first born on Earth 330 million years ago and that it is the same entity that has been worshipped at different times as Elohim, Odin, Thoth, Ophealis (Osiris) Hermes and Shakyamuni Buddha, with Okawa himself as the current incarnation.[14]

>denial of historical events such as the Nanjing Massacre in China and the comfort women issue in South Korea
Top kek

>with Okawa himself as the current incarnation

Of course.

What is with Japan an cults?
Why are nips so susceptible to retarded cults? Is it because outside of anime their entire society is nightmarish hell on Earth of nihilism?

>and* cults

Collectivist mentality.

>Studio that made a film for a cult has their own Yea Forums cult

Funny considering the US have as many if not far more, good luck getting a list since its current year and we dont want to label special snowflakes with anything "problematic".

>mfw I'm in a Kyoani thread

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>Why are nips so susceptible to retarded cults?
Any statistics to back that up?

>2012 was the year when they cut ties with Kadokawa
Holy shit, it all fits.

big if true

It's known since forever. Either you are gen z newfags or fucking retards.

is the short available anywhere?

Well, the only thing they lack is army of goons killing the unwanted people

They were based but were killed because they were about to get nukes and japan wanted to keep things on the down low back then.

If they would be collectivist, they would be more against right wing policies
I suppose that it's the Lost Decade post-effect. Imagine that at the same time stock markets crash and crashes the main alternative to the existing capitalist society. People were going down with depression, joining sects, committing suicides and so on.

>one of the actresses from Kamen Rider Fourze is part of this and retired to devote her life to it

You're thinking of Aum Shinrikyo and I'd think that was more because of the terrorist attacks on subways and assassinations of critics and their families and such.

Too many rural areas in Japan. The J-Drama Trick shows rural areas falling to cults easily.

Based.

>At the same time, the organization's political wing, the Happiness Realization Party, promotes political views that include support for Japanese military expansion, support for the use of nuclear deterrence [9], and denial of historical events such as the Nanjing Massacre in China and the comfort women issue in South Korea
fucking based, nanking didn't happen but it should've and FUCK korea

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>And so on
*Sniff*

Any relation to Happy Happyism from Earthbound?

Or to Nietzsche's Gay Science

Nice, didn't think of that.

>If they would be collectivist, they would be more against right wing policies
That's not how it works.