Top Choice:
“Shelter” by Porter Robinson and Madeon (Music Video)
When I first saw this music video, I had no idea what was happening in the video or what the song meant. The song is written and sung in English while the video is presented to us as an anime. The song is about having hope and support during a dark time. The video reflects the song’s meaning by showing a short story about a young girl after an apocalyptic event occurs. A pro is that a ton of visual metaphors are squished into the six minute video. Another is that a few of the potential lenses that I could use are obvious, such as pathos. A possible con is that there might be a struggle to write a six or seven page paper about this.
Other Choices:
“Your Name” (Movie)
This movie is a Japanese animated romance film. It centers around a boy and a girl from different places who mysteriously swap bodies from time to time. I think that most long-distance couples can relate to this movie, but there are other interesting insights about life that other people can learn from this. I absolutely loved this film and saw that there is a plethora of visual metaphors and symbolism that can be used for this project. A con would be that there is so much to analyze that even after watching the movie more than once, I still have no idea what certain parts of it mean.
“Soul Eater” (Anime)
This is an action-packed comedy anime that follows three groups as they go through difficult challenges while fighting witches and evil entities. One of the pros it has is that there is a lot of great representation. For example, the characters are ethnically diverse and a good chunk of them are females. It also touches on mental health issues, which can give us a different perspective while interpreting this. One con is that it has fifty-one episodes, so I’m not sure if I should analyze the anime as a whole or pick a single episode. Another con is that explaining the show may be difficult and sound very unusual, as you may have seen after reading the first sentence of this paragraph.