History Anime / TheMysticalLaws

* MeaningfulName: Emperor Tathagata Killer is an interesting example. "Tathagata" is a Pali word meant for a transcendent Buddha, and the Emperor's goal is to destroy all religions. Therefore, his full name translates to "Buddha Killer".

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Urano, the head chief of Earth Doctors, defects to the Godom Empire and shoots the General to death after the latter named Shou as his pupil and successor.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: After Shou voluntarily turns himself over to the Godom Empire soldiers, Emperor Tathagata Killer has him crucified into a huge cross in a crowded stadium with people shouting for his death in an execution by firing squad televised to all citizens of Earth. One soldier even gloats to Shou's coworkers they will be next after the Emperor is done with him.
* DarkIsEvil: Demons in this movie are beings of darkness and are monstrously evil beings who desire [[spoiler:the destruction of Earth]].

* NeverSuicide: Right when Chief Urano was about to kill Shou after doing in the General, the former is assaulted with gas by a Buddhist monk. Later on after the Empire took over Japan, Godom's high-ranking officers find Urano's body and thought he committed suicide while calling him useless.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Demons in this movie are depicted as AlwaysChaoticEvil spirits that spread turmoil by influencing humans to do bad things.

* LesCollaborateurs: Earth Doctors' Chief Urano shoots the General to death while Shou tended to him before threatening to kill the latter as well. When Shou asks him why is he betraying them, he reveals his plans to defect to the Godom Empire for money.
-->'''Urano:''' Who doesn't like money? Besides, countries around the world kissed up to that Empire for money to begin with, turning a blind eye to their extraordinary military expansion. And the result is global domination by the Godom Empire. So why would you be chosen as the General's successor instead of me? But if I kill two Generals at once, the Godom Empire will reward me handsomely. I'm sorry. Don't take this as personal.

-->''''Urano:''' Who doesn't like money? Besides, countries around the world kissed up to that Empire for money to begin with, turning a blind eye to their extraordinary military expansion. And the result is global domination by the Godom Empire. So why would you be chosen as the General's successor instead of me? But if I kill two Generals at once, the Godom Empire will reward me handsomely. I'm sorry. Don't take this as personal.

* DragonLady: Tathagata Killer's right-hand woman Leika Chan is almost always shown wearing [[LadyInRed red qipao dresses]] in the scenes featuring her. Tathagata Killer's right-hand woman. Subverted by the reveal that [[spoiler:she's actually not Chinese nor from planet Earth, but an alien princess from Vega named Theta.]]

* LesCollaborateurs: Earth Doctors' Chief Urano kills the General while Shou tended to him and reveals he's going to kill Shou himself as well in order to be rewarded by the Godom Empire, but a Buddhist monk assaults Urano with sleep gas before he could do Shou in.

* DarkIsEvil: Demons in these movie have dark color schemes and are monstrously evil beings who desire [[spoiler:the destruction of Earth]].

* DragonsAreDemonic: Tathagata Killer, a fascist dictator, sends a demonic-looking Chinese dragon spirit when Konohana-no-Sakuya-bime summons Yamata-no-Orochi to devour his fleets. [[spoiler:He sends it again to destroy both Shou and Princess Theta after his demon armies were defeated by the spirits sent to protect them, but it's again defeated by Yamata-no-Orochi]].

* CovertGroupWithAMundaneFront: The Earth Doctors organization is actually a front group for Hermes' Wings, a secret society comprised of politicians and influential people who oppose the Godom Empire.

* CrucifiedHeroShot: After Shou voluntarily turns himself over to the Godom Empire, Emperor Tathagata Killer has him tied to a huge cross and orders his execution by firing squad televised in front of all citizens of Earth.
* DesignerBabies: In the end, it's revealed [[spoiler:Tathagata Killer was one of several children born through genetic manipulation and he underwent several experiments, which turned him into the messed-up man he was until his death.]]

* HighVoltageDeath: Tathagata Killer uses his electrified whip on one of his men for doubting Leika Chan's weaponry would be useful to the Empire's goals. Later on, he uses it on [[spoiler:Leika (after revealing her true form) for defying him, but he misses and the whip entangles and electrocutes ''him'' instead. However, after Shou defeated Tathagata, it turns out the man it possessed survived long enough to receive reassurance from Shou before he passed.]]

* DoomsdayDevice: The appropriately named "Ultimate Destruction Weapon", which creates a fireball 400,000 times as hot as the sun's core and throws it behind enemy lines.
* TheDragon: Leika Chan, Tathagata's right-hand woman and the one who provides with the advanced technology he needs to fulfill his conquest.

* MiddleEasternCoalition: At the UN meeting to discuss what to do about the Godom Empire, all of the Middle East is represented as one country.

A 2012 anime movie produced by Japanese spiritual movement, "Happy Science", ''The Mystical Laws'' is essentially what happens when anime and religious films collide[[note]]There have been previous movies made by the movement as well.[[/note]].

A 2012 anime movie produced by Japanese spiritual movement, "Happy Science", ''The Mystical Laws'' is essentially what happens when anime and religious films collide.

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: This movie really likes mixing in CG with 2D animation. It's especially notable in the FinalBattle of the movie, where both the spirits and the demons are animated in CG. [[SpecialEffectsFailure And it looks]] ''[[SpecialEffectsFailure really]]'' [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad]].

* CaptainErsatz: China is never actually referred to by name in the movie and is instead only mentioned as the "Republic of East Asia." Didn't stop this movie from being BannedInChina though.

* DoomsdayDevice: The appropriately named "Ultimate Destruction Weapon", which creates a fireball 400,000 times as hot as the sun's core as throws it behind enemy lines.

* ConspicuousCG: This movie really likes mixing in CG with 2D animation. It's especially notable in the FinalBattle of the movie, where both the spirits and the demons are animated in CG. [[SpecialEffectsFailure And it looks]] ''[[SpecialEffectsFailure really]]'' [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad]].

A 2012 anime movie produced by Japanese spiritual movement, "Happy Science", ''The Mystical Laws'' is essentially what happens when anime and religion-pushing films collide.

!Tropes:

* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: [[spoiler:Leika Chan is actually the princess of an alien whose homeworld is dying and need a new planet to live on.]]

* HollywoodAtheist: [[CompleteMonster Emperor Tathagata Killer]] is this trope on steroids. His entire motivation for conquering the world, banning religion, and later [[spoiler:''destroying'' the world]] is pretty much just to [[RageAgainstTheHeavens spite God]].

* HollywoodAtheist: Emperor Tathagata Killer is this trope on steroids. His entire motivation for conquering the world, banning religion, and later [[spoiler:''destroying'' the world]] is pretty much just to [[RageAgainstTheHeavens spite God]].

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Leika Chan

* NotEvenBotheringWithThatAccent: The members of Godom's board of directors all have American accents in the English dub, despite being Chinese.