Anime Anim

[Turkey]

One thing that's always characterized american shows is the fact that, at the end of the episode, a moral is learned.

I have noticed that a few animes have this too; but, instead of a moral per episode, these morals can stretch for the whole series, or a Saga of it.

Can anyone say of any anime morals they have noticed?

I'll post mine later.

[VP-Master]

Ah, there are quite a few, but I'll give an example with Kenshin. The morals for the show are its never too late to change regardless who you used to be in the past, follow your dreams, and never give up in what you believe in. There are some others but I can't think of them at the moment.

[amiboshi]

Well, I've noticed Fruits Basket often has morals in there. Tohru is always nice, and once Momiji tells a story that pretty much says a moral about her. They say she acts stupid sometimes because of her kindness, and some people may abuse it, but Momiji says he'll never abuse her kindess. It's kind of a messed up moral....but I think it says it's good to have kindness, and people shouldn't take it for granted. Yeah.....that's it.... O.o;;

Also, FB teaches a moral about bad memories. They said you should never forget about memories, no matter how bad, that you should treasure them and they will one day make you a stonger person.

[Utena_Tenjou]

I noticed in Fruits Basket theres a moral "to be thankfull for what you have."

[XxmagentaxX]

how bout.....
Tru Love overcomes all obstacles...
Good will always prevail over Evil
:p Those aren't really morals.. but you understand what I mean right?

[Turkey]

I can only think of a moral that extended over Sorcerer Hunters, but you can only realize it in the last few episodes:
True friends will always be there for you.

[Kent]

dragonballz: there are those who words alone will not reach.

[Shy]

[color=darkblue][size=1]I think that one of the most prevailing morals in anime is "Friendship and love are the most important things in life". But other commons morals are "Respect nature", "Follow your dreams", "Live an honorable life", etc.

-Shy[/color][/size]

[vegeta rocker]

Nadesico has one. NEVER ever join a military installation and only want to be a cook.

[~*!Rei Hino!*~]

Oh err hmmmmm...Sailor Moon: Never give up, stick by your friends till the end, and have faith and trust in others.
Cowboy Bebop: Figuring out your past isn't as important as moving on.
you can be free.
That's all I got for now.

[bra]

There is a moral in Dragon Ball Z: Even though it doesn't look like the out come will be good, good will always prevail.

Another on from DBZ: It's always darkest before the dawn...

[Guest Hikaru Ichijyo]

Ah this is quite an interesting topic, lots of anime's have Morales one of them is my bible the Anime Series called Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. It taught me to love, to hate, to grow up in the face of danger. Another anime that has morales sadly I have to name these two is sailor moon and G-Gundam. Both of them clearly show the true bonds of friendship and love. I could rant about this topic for hours on end. But I'll spare everyone from that horrible fate. ;)

[wrist cutter]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rick Hunter [/i]
[B]lots of anime's have Morales one of them is my bible the Anime Series called Super Dimensional Fortress Macross[/B][/QUOTE]

That's pretty sad.

[Guest Hikaru Ichijyo]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by wrist cutter [/i]
[B]That's pretty sad. [/B][/QUOTE]

-_- Umm that was just a little humor....but since I don't post here that much anymore. I guess you couldn't pick that up.....:demon:

[Flash]

What about Hamtaro? Every episode of that has a moral at the end.

[Guest Chiximi]

Escaflowne: Your perceptions affect how your future will turn out. Think positive. :D

[Guest Hikaru Ichijyo]

Ah I thought about this topic some more and came up with a couple of other shows that teach morales, as Flash already said Hamtaro definitely is a show based on teaching about friendships and lifes problems.

Flame of Recca which I'm not too sure many have seen, illustrates that friendships are an important part of life and sometimes your enemies can turn out to be your friends and vice versa.

Sakura Wars teaches the value of responsiblity and friendship.

Graveyard of the Fire Flies taught us the valuable lesson that war is a harsh reality that is part of life yet also part of death.

I could go on for hours with this, and never get bored. :)

[eleanor]

[QUOTE]What about Hamtaro? Every episode of that has a moral at the end.[/QUOTE]

I've never been able to finish seeing one of the episodes..the story is is seriously the worst I've ever seen.

I think Evangelion has a morale...um...something about how you can be someone better in life..or something.

[Syk3]

Lots of animes have morals. Let's see...

The moral for Dragonball Z? That's simple, it shows that good will always rein over bad. Vegeta himself realizes this during his time in Majin. That, and the rest of the story surely accounts for it, lol.

Cowboy Bebop's moral would be that money makes the world go 'round. I mean to say, money has caused Faye to go on the run because of massive debt, and the Bebop gang continuely starves because of the lack in bounties, which would otherwise bring money in, hence buying more food. I think some animes tend to forget that.

The morals for Evangelion are NUMEROUS, especially at the last few episodes. One inparticular lesson that Shinji learns is that the way people see you in their eyes, isn't far from how you really are. It sounds stupid, but it took Shinji almost an episode to realize it. Also, just because you believe someone to hate you for doing something stupid, doesn't mean that they really do, or something like that. Man, Shinji is one crazy dude.

As for Trigun, I'd have to say that the moral would be that your ticket to the future is always blank. Rem tells Vash this when he is just a child, and it means that you can change your path to the future at any time, and start over.