Personally, I just don't see the connection between Blue Gender and WW2. I get the connection between Star Wars and WW2: the Jedi's and the Republic are an allusion to the Allies and resistance fighters, while the Empire is an allusion to the Nazis, with the Imperial Stormtroopers being quite literally the Sturmabteilung, or just simply the Wehrmacht (armed forces).But with Blue Gender, it's a bit harder to argue that there's such a connection. Are the Blue supposed to be an allusion to the Nazis? Why even portray them as giant bugs? If the humans are meant to allude to the Allies, the benevolent protagonists in all of this, then why is there infighting amongst them? Given the strong post-apocalyptic theme running throughout the series, along with the constant "shadow" overhanging some of the episodes that humans may have somehow contributed to the Blue infestation, it would seem that (as another reviewer pointed out) the show is presenting a version of the Gaia Hypothesis.   See 7 other replies

I wonder how much of this formula has to do with WW2? From teen soldiers to forced conscription to the constant post-apocalypic situations.   See 7 other replies

Yes, he is certainly a threat to unit cohesion. But at the same time, I think it's a realistic portrayal. From what we know, he has absolutely no prior military experience. That aside, though, if any of us were to be asleep for years only to wake up in a strange world, maybe we'd act the very same way. No one can say for certain how they would act in a traumatic/ frightening/ dangerous situation until we are actually placed within such a scenario.   See 7 other replies

Koben, I don't think anime follows that formula. At least not anymore than action movies follow this formula: good guy with superior fighting skills takes down tens (sometimes hundreds) of bad guys and there's a happy ending. The point I am trying to make is that if you generalize something to an simple extreme, you can make almost anything fall within a certain categorization.   See 7 other replies

around episode 3 it occurred to me that this guy is more of a threat to unit cohesion than if he'd been gay AND black.   See 7 other replies

Try "Macross Plus" sorry it is not on Hulu (as far as I know) but no crybaby teen <profanity referring to a male bovine> in it.   See 7 other replies

Then make something that doesnt suck, otherwise shut up   See 7 other replies