I had a very subtle, creeping feeling that there was more to The Age of Elohim than met the eye – some of the messages were weirdly specific and forceful as if they were preaching some rhetoric or, well, a religion. This explains so much: the setting, Earth 150 million years ago the characters, who represent a mix of aliens and humans worshiping Elohim, the God of the Earth the central conflict involving Dahar, who hails from the dark side of the universe and plans to bring about the apocalypse. Oh, and according to Happy Science, beings roamed the Earth over 300 million years ago. As for the deity of worship? None other than the titular Elohim. Deeply controversial, its teachings delve into reincarnation, angels, demons, Heaven, and Hell. Story creator Ryuho Okawa happens to be the founder of a pseudo-religious group called Happy Science. What I do know is that, with zero awareness of its background, I enjoyed the gorgeous visuals and found myself pleasantly lost among the film’s dozens of characters, plot threads, and thematic elements.īut before recapping the plot, I’d like to backpedal to the film’s roots. Where exactly Isamu Imakake’s The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim falls in the epic saga, I have no idea. It also features dozens of central characters, some human or human-like, but most taking the form of some celestial or alien beast they frequently collide in epic battles.
Apparently, it consists of four feature-length films, the first of which was released in 2015 with the subtitle Part 0.
What’s more, The Wind Rises avoided blaming any sole country for the cataclysm that was World War II, for doing so would, as Hayao Miyazaki stated, put innocent people, who had little to do with the start of the war, in the same group as the malicious leaders who desired to see bloodshed no matter how catastrophic.Īs he steps into creating his final film inspired by the 1937 novel How Do You Live?, the forever-esteemed Hayao Miyazaki is sure to uphold his beliefs once more so that audiences can leave theaters with their hearts full of pride rather than their minds filled with violence.I’ve never heard of the Japanese The Laws of the Universe series. He did this by showing the tragedy of Jiro Horikoshi, the film’s protagonist, who saw his innovative creations meant to improve Japanese society become weapons of mass destruction. In the 2013 film, Miyazaki focused on highlighting the collateral damage that does, indeed, come with war. The critically acclaimed title The Wind Risesalso exhibits Miyazaki’s sentiments. Case in point, Grave of the Fireflies and Princess Mononoke, two of the many Studio Ghibli films that not only withheld from making a mockery of any culture or nationality but also made it a point to shed an unbiased light on the true complexities of war. Though his words are relatively recent, Hayao Miyazaki’s morals and values always rang true. There’s no pride, no historical perspective.” Watching without any self-awareness is unbelievable. “You are the ones that, ‘bang,’ get shot. “Even in the Indiana Jones movies, there is a white guy who, ‘bang,’ shoots people, right? Japanese people who go along and enjoy with that are unbelievably embarrassing,” Miyazaki reportedly stated in a resurfaced interview. Those who don’t know that, yet say they love fantasy are idiots.” Hayao Miyazaki questions the violence in Hollywood’s iconic filmsĪdding on to his belief that Hollywood films often romanticize the horrors that come with war’s “collateral damage” for its audiences, Miyazaki notes the beloved Indiana Jones franchise is also another film that he grew to dislike to some extent for similar reasons. If you read the original work, you’ll understand, but in reality, the ones who were being killed are Asians and Africans.
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Lord of the Rings is like that.”Ĭontinuing on, Miyazaki stated, “ The Lord of the Rings is a movie that has no problem doing that. “If someone is the enemy, it’s okay to kill endless numbers of them. “Americans shoot things and they blow up and the like, so as you’d expect, they make movies like that,” Miyazaki expressed at the time.
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