History Anime / TheMysticalLaws

* ApocalypseHow: Class 6. Tathagata used his intellect and skills in science to create the "Ultimate Destruction Weapon," which creates a fireball 400,000 times as hot as the sun's core and throws it behind enemy lines. Leika Chan tried to object by explaining such a weapon could severely affect the Earth's core, extinguishing all life on Earth. However, Tathagata jokingly asks her if she's speaking from experience. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she is]].

* TheChosenOne: Shou, after finding out he's the reincarnation of the Buddha.

* YouCantFightFate: While Shou's visions allowed him to save the General from the Godoms in the car chase scene, he couldn't save the General from being killed. When he got visions of the Godom Empire invading Japan and the rest of the world and ending in a soldier shooting him while meditating in Izumo, he tried to warn the people of the soon-to-be-razed town, but no one listened to him and the Empire successfully took over the country. His later attempt to disrupt the Ultimate Destruction Weapon [[spoiler:failed and he was executed by firing squad just like in his visions. However, Shou was also fated to be the Savior as Rient Arle Croud and his other incarnations revived him by Theta's request, giving him the power to face Tathagata Killer after a Hermes' wings agent gave him the [[ArtifactOfHope Symbol of the Savior]].]]

''The Mystical Laws''[[note]]神秘の法, ''Shinpi no Hou'' in Japanese[[/note]] is a 2012 anime movie directed by Isamu Imakake and the sixth of seven anime movies produced by the Japanese spiritual movement Happy Science, whose plots are essentially what happens when anime and religious films collide.

* 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 [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to make him serve as an example of what they do to defectors]]. One soldier even gloats to Shou's coworkers they will be next after the Emperor is done with him.

* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:Theta explains to Shou that her home planet Vega was razed by a "forbidden weapon". While there were survivors, said weapon affected the crust ''and'' the core so severely that the planet started to die. To ensure their people's survival, Theta and her father the King of Vega started a migration plan, eventually choosing Earth as their destination after its God gave them permission.]]

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:This is the Ultimate Destruction Weapon's true purpose as per Demon Tathagata's wishes. The Earth's consciousness also causes this whenever the human race commits a grave sin against itself.]]

* ArtifactOfHope: The General explains to Shou about a sacred symbol, the Symbol of the Savior, which can put a stop to the Godom Empire's advances for good. However, he also explains that there's not much information about it save for the fact it's located in Lake Titicaca.

''The Mystical Laws''[[note]]神秘の法, ''Shinpi no Hou'' in Japanese[[/note]] is a 2012 anime movie directed by Isamu Imakake and written by Ryuho Okawa, the late founder and president of the Japanese spiritual movement Happy Science. It is the sixth of seven anime movies produced by the movement, whose plots are 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.

''The Mystical Laws''[[note]]神秘の法, ''Shinpi no Hou'' in Japanese[[/note]] is a 2012 anime movie directed by Isamu Imakake and written by the late Ryuho Okawa, the then-leader of the Japanese spiritual movement Happy Science. It is the sixth of seven anime movies produced by the movement, whose plots are essentially what happens when anime and religious films collide.

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

''The Mystical Laws''[[note]]神秘の法, ''Shinpi no Hou'' in Japanese[[/note]] is a 2012 anime movie directed by Isamu Imakake and written by Ryuho Okawa, who was then leader of the Japanese spiritual movement Happy Science before his passing. It is the sixth of seven anime movies produced by the movement, whose plots are essentially what happens when anime and religious films collide.

A 2012 anime movie and the sixth one produced by the 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 the 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]].

* LightningLash: Tathagata Killer wields an electrified whip as a punishment tool.

* HumansAreFlawed: [[spoiler:Discussed between Tathagata Killer and a presence in his throne room, the latter of which praises the former for being "the perfect man" while calling the rest "weak" and "imperfect" for relying on their parents and then believing in God. Once he agrees with the presence, it starts inhabiting his body.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Tathagata Killer:''' (''possessed'') [[VoiceOfTheLegion GOD CREATES IMPERFECT WORKS, PLAYS WITH THEM AND THEN ABANDONS THEM. GOD IS THE MOST SINFUL!]]]]

* HumansAreFlawed: Discussed between Tathagata Killer and a presence in his throne room, the latter of which praises the former for being "the perfect man" while calling the rest "weak" and "imperfect" for relying on their parents and then believing in God. Once he agrees with the presence, it starts inhabiting his body.
-->'''Tathagata Killer:''' (''possessed'') [[VoiceOfTheLegion GOD CREATES IMPERFECT WORKS, PLAYS WITH THEM AND THEN ABANDONS THEM. GOD IS THE MOST SINFUL!]]

* HumansAreFlawed: Discussed between Tathagata Killer and a presence in the room, the latter of which praises the former for being "the perfect man" while calling the rest "weak" and "imperfect" for relying on their parents and then believing in God. Once he agrees with the presence, it starts inhabiting his body.

-->'''Tathagata Killer''' (''possessed, speaking in VoiceOfTheLegion'') GOD CREATES IMPERFECT WORKS, PLAYS WITH THEM AND THEN ABANDONS THEM. GOD IS THE MOST SINFUL!

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Leika Chan defects from Godom after meeting with Shou and realizing how insane Tathagata is.]]

* LesCollaborateurs: [[spoiler: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.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''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.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: After killing the General and threatening to kill Shou as well, Chief Urano reveals his reason to defect to the Godom Empire was because the former named Shou as his successor instead of him.

* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler: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 call him useless as they thought he committed suicide]].

* MeaningfulName: Emperor Tathagata Killer is an interesting example. "Tathagata" is a Pali word meant for a transcendent Buddha. Therefore, his full name translates to "Buddha Killer," which is fitting for a tyrannical Emperor who not only seeks to destroy all religion but seeks to destroy any enlightened savior who dares oppose him, such as Shou.

* TheCaligula: Tathagata was perfectly willing to [[spoiler:use the Ultimate Destruction Weapon to destroy the world]] just to spite god.

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Tathagata Killer turns out to be possessed by a malevolent demon who desires to destroy humanity to spite God.]]
* DesignerBabies: In the end, [[spoiler:a dying Tathagata Killer takes off his mask and reveals he was one of several children born through genetic manipulation and he underwent several experiments to make him "perfect", which in turn made him into the messed-up man he was until his death.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Tathagata Killer:''' I am… not human. I-I have… no parents. I am a mere… object, created as a nation's tool, through genetic manipulation.]]

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

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The leader of Hermes' Wings is known only as "the General".
* EvilOverlord: Tathagata Killer, obviously. His main goal is to subjugate the entire world at his will and to destroy the entire existence.

* 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 herself (after revealing her true form as Princess Theta) for defying him, but she distracts him 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.]]
* HollywoodAtheist: [[TheCaligula 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]].

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Leika Chan is only allied with Tathagata because he promised to allow her people to migrate to Earth once he conquered it.]]
* BadBoss: Tathagata electrocutes one of the members of his board of directors after he gets into an argument with Leika Chan.

* MacGuffin: The General explains about a sacred symbol, the Symbol of the Savior, which can put a stop to the Godom Empire's advances for good. However, he also explains that there's not much information about it save for the fact it's located in Lake Titicaca.

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Leika-Chan is only allied with Tathagata because he promised to allow her people to migrate to Earth once he conquered it.]]

* DesignerBabies: In the end, it's revealed [[spoiler:Tathagata Killer was one of several children born through genetic manipulation and he underwent several experiments to make him "perfect", which in turn made him into the messed-up man he was until his death.]]

* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:Shou becomes the leader of Hermes' Wings following the death of the General.]]

* DragonLady: Tathagata Killer's right-hand woman Leika Chan is almost always shown wearing [[LadyInRed red qipao dresses]] in the scenes featuring her. Subverted by the reveal that [[spoiler:she's actually not Chinese nor from planet Earth, but an alien princess from Vega named Theta.]]
* 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 on their way to invade Japan. [[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]].
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:This is The Ultimate Destruction Weapon's true purpose as per Demon Tathagata's wishes. The Earth's consciousness also causes this whenever the human race commits a grave sin against itself.]]

* 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 as Princess Theta) 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.]]

* PsychicStrangle: Tathagata Killer holds Leika Chan by the neck in this way when she points out something is wrong with him. However, she emits a light wave to distract him and escape.