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« on: December 06, 2003, 05:09:06 pm »
so a couple of thoguhts...from one of the posts i can see the correlation between gilgamesh the anime and gilgamesh the epic poem...but why does the countess remind me so much of michael jackson? hello..she sleeps in the same bed as a kid..takes lonely/messed up kids into her home...does anyone see that or i am i being weird again.
yes tatsuya reminds her of his father..and it seems some kind of love interest lies there...
the story of giglamesh is about a king who has absolute rules and goes on certain adventures..but whats key tot he gilgamesh story is that he is seeking eternal life. that was hinted at the beggining. so i think the whole story revolves around the ideal of man searching for that eternal life so to speak.
also gilgamesh was very powerful which does correlate to the magic/psychic powers of the gilgamesh trio 9plus that girl) enkidu (sp?) was gilgamesh's rival --> friend who was equal to him in power. those would be the kids the countess has..is the countess ishtar (a goddess of love who was..umm..promiscuous is a nice word here) who was rejected by gilgamesh....i am not so sure as the background between madoka and the countess isnt all that clear. plus in the beginning was the picture of kiyoko and her mother so at that time madoka was already married....
i do see how one would think it an allegory to 9/11 but i dont know if the japanese care as much about that event as most americans and plus there have been many an anime BEFORE 9/11 that had the same sort of story..so i wouldnt put too much stock in that.
as far as the series goes i love it..the animation as well just rocks my socks on the mere fact that its different (wolf's rain did the same for me) i truly can't wait to see how it all plays out!
wow gee have i talked enough already?