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Of course, the best anime is counter-cultural in some level.
IDK Toriyama’s politics as much as I should, but he fucking hated real estate speculators which he inspired that asshole Freiza off of.
Half the fun of the Pokemon anime is pure escapism, even if it’s the highest grossing media franchise it still depicts a post-scarcity sci-fi world where nature and man coexist in some level.
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing depicts rebels fighting off Treize, an aristocrat from the empire with countless war crimes.
The episode of pokemon where the lead construction worker cancels the dam project bc it would kill the digletts is one of my favourite episodes of anime ever. In addition to post-scarcity ecological scifi, pokemon is a world where a construction worker can choose to veto a dam
Toriyama definitely doesnt seem to like real estate guys or militaries (and he loves nature), but lacks the theoretical basis to be more consistent or imagine a non-capitalist world, hence why Bulma is a billionaire's daughter. He reminds me sort of Tolkien in this way.