Why do so many anime have Christian symbols and references?

Why do so many anime have Christian symbols and references?

>Yes — that was depicted in the illustrations of the Bible, the expression of the snake of Eden.

Because Anno is a faggot.

Because christian references and symbols are all actually very cool

Have you ever read a western book or watched a series that had Far eastern symbolism or spiritual themes? Well, for us that is exotic and interesting. For them, Christianity is exotic and interesting as well; so they use it for their media as a way to attract attention

Same reason dudebros and sluts get chinese characters written on their bodies

cuz its cool

>Have you ever read a western book or watched a series that had Far eastern symbolism or spiritual themes? Well, for us that is exotic and interesting. For them, Christianity is exotic and interesting as well; so they use it for their media as a way to attract attention
This. Anno even admitted he added christian symbolism just for the show to seem deeper without adding any actual deeper meaning.

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Because everything has allusions to the Bible. It's not just anime, go read a book and you'll see it

Snakes are symbolic in lots of cultures, not just christianity.

Because it’s a religion with a lot of lore, and you can’t do anything on Muslims or Jews.

Because the symbols and themes are aesthetically pleasing to recreate in a art medium

>and you can’t do anything on Muslims or Jews.
I think 666 Satan implemented Kabbalah lore, but the vast majority of Japs probably just aren't that familiar of Judaism. and Islam they just don't want to deal with their terrorist bs, especially after what happened to those French Fries who made fun of Muhammad.

Same reason why so many American sitcoms have "oh my god" in their scripts.
Literally every form of art and expression is inspired from culture and its inextricable link to religion.

>just for the show to seem deeper
Wrong. He added it because he thought that it looked cool. Simple as that.

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Nice try to shit on Eva brainlet, the christian symbols aren't even what gives it depth.

Christianism is related to gothicism which is a pretty cool looking designs for japanese.
You'd be surprisded by the amount of anime characters that are catholic/christian

Because the Bible is the perfect source material to copy from. It's got everything from rape and war to existential horror, and no one will ever figure out where it came from cause no one actually reads the Bible.

Christian mythology is aesthetic as fuck, and pretty damn well-developed.

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They like being pretentious, just add random symbols and some retards will lap it up and think it's something deep.