I love anime, but I hate how reactionary or brain dead some of the politics can be at times. I've compiled this list of anime I've seen or plan to see which have left sympathetic or revolutionary themes.
Please reply with some shows of your own if you'd like to help expand this list.
- Code Geass
- Gurren Lagann
- Mobile Suite Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Akame Ga Kill
- Planetes
- The Promised Neverland
- Terror in Resonance
- Black Lagoon
- Moriarty the Patriot
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Psycho Pass
- Kaiji
- Kill la Kill
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- The Rose of Versailles
*Added:
Series:
- Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Kaiba
- One Piece
- Little Witch Academia
- Akudama Drive
- The Devil is a Part Timer
- From the New World
- Deca-Dence
- Dallos
- Year Hare Affair
- Neo Yokio
Films:
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
- Princess Mononoke
- Pom Pocco
- Porco Rosso
- Future Boy Conan
- Horus Prince of the Sun
- Roujin Z
- Metropolis
- Patlabor: The Movie
- Patlabor 2: The Movie
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Huge second to Kaiji - it does such a good job portraying how gambling addiction is less a personal flaw and more a natural reaction to having no real way to financial security without massive luck. Even when you do manage to climb your way up somewhat, there'll always be someone higher up to exploit you.
Also love that they show there's two classes of rich people (the general rich and the real rich behind the scenes), as well as how generally depraved you have to be to get to that point. A wild anime but I was pretty surprised how biting its critique was throughout.
Thats one that I haven't seen yet, I was a bit turned off by the art style initially so its good to hear that its worth it.
It definitely takes a little getting into (and they'll literally spend several episodes on one game, haha), but if you stick with it it can really draw you in. Just my own personal experience, but worked well as a "binge" anime, since the second half of both seasons really speed by.
Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues is also worth checking out. its spin off of kaiji but from the low to middle ranking staff that pull off the stunts. funny and jokes about the horrors of corporate life in jpn