The Speculative Ending

Maybe I am just generalizing but I notcied that ins ome prminent mind screwy anime, the main progtagonists somehow becomes some Godlike figure after learning a cosmic aesop and they ascend to some higer plane of existance. Is there some cultural reason as to why this is?

{Pointlessly naming the series that used this removed as spoiler —Madrugada}

edited 2nd Aug '11 8:15:38 AM by Madrugada

Well, there is the whole Nirvana thing: Ascension after enlightenment. That might have something to do with it.

A propos, did you just spoil 4 series?

Thanks a lot you bastard!

Although it should be noted this isn't at all unique to Japan: Clarke's Childhoods End an so on and so forth.

best spoiler post ever

SPIKE DIES.

but hey, he ascends it into a plane of higher existence TO AWESOMENESS

What's this now, a spoiler thread?

Seriously though, the OP should be fixed into removing those spoilers.

It has been.

for my actual legitimate post
it is one of the safer ways to end a Mind Screw series
the shows you mentioned before it was spoilered
ended it with a perfect cinch and few people were disappointed with it
(maybe except the creator of Gainax Ending)
it is not a cultural thing but a just a literary device

edited 2nd Aug '11 8:21:27 AM by CommanderObvious

Oh ho ho, at first I thought this was about AKIRA. Then I realized I was wrong.

Well to me, Madoka ascending to a higher plane of existence wasn't really a Japanese thing as it was an Existentialist thing; her surrendering so much for an existence that was personally meaningful for her. Its not really a Japanese thing either. IDK if 2001 had an Aesop or not, but that comes before most Anime.

edited 2nd Aug '11 10:22:53 AM by Scherzo09