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pingryanime:
just a tad bit rushed though imo
indifference:
--- Quote from: pingryanime on November 14, 2010, 08:38:06 AM ---just a tad bit rushed though imo
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Agreed.
CaptnAwesome:
I love this show! I'm on episode 3, but I don't quite understand the setting
there's no spoilers I'm just talking about the setting
The plot appears to be in a timeline around the end of World War 2, but it doesn’t actually occur in a European country as I thought at first. It appears to be an alternate universe of sorts. The City looks European but I was quite surprised when they celebrated a festival that pretty much had Japanese origins.
(from http://sekainomei.wordpress.com/)
So if this is a Alternate universe, would the East have the same Asian landscape looks but with European traits? weird thought
The things that make the most sense would be the following in bold
"The main thing that stood out to me in Sora no Woto is the setting. Even by the end of the last episode, we still don’t get a thorough explanation of the world they live in besides the fact that a great war caused it to become the way it is in the story. The only clues we get are subtleties, like the Fire Maiden’s tale, the fact that organism don’t live in the oceans anymore, and that languages and country names are different (Seize resembles Spain, Helvetia is another name for Switzerland, and the Roman Empire’s language is German). Putting these and other hints about the setting together gives the impression that Sora no Woto perhaps takes place many centuries in the future, after some kind of catastrophic war reduced our once flourishing world into what it is in the series. And even after seeing the whole show, I still have the same question about the setting: does Sora no Woto take place in a fictional world, or does it take place in a hypothetical future of reality? I would have liked to know more of the history of Sora no Woto’s setting, but I also think the ambiguity of how it’s presented is fascinating." (blog quoted from Yumeka of http://animeyume.com)
Lost tech and mixed cultures.
" I continue to find myself enjoying how Sora no Woto mixes the tech from the “lost world” with the much simpler tech of the everyday. It’s a jarring contrast to see all the futuristic goodies popping out of the tank like its holographic combat displays then we see that the current world has to communicate via landline rotary dial phones and bugle calls. The current humans of Sora no Woto’s world know what they’ve lost, but they also know that if man once made it that knowledge maybe someday be reclaimed."by animewriter of http://animewriter.wordpress.com)
good theory of the setting
The Gentle Post-Apocalypse of “Sora no Woto”
http://animediet.net/reviews/anime-reviews/the-gentle-post-apocalypse-of-sora-no-woto
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(my ending thoughts)
All in all it makes me want to explore this place, I really want to learn more about this futuristic world?
but maybe this quote is true after-all?
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Albert Einstein (1947)
He means because of the lethal power of nuclear weapons if anyone survives WW3, they will have been blown back to the stone age by the horrific might of our technology. So he is basically saying that the people involved in WW4 will be caveman, like This is consistent with a theory that has been developing regarding population and technology. It is clear from studies of human development that population growth is the greatest driver of technological progression. If the human population begins to decrease, and especially if a catastrophic event wipes out much of civilization, we will have lost the ability to use the technology we have accumulated to that point. people who knew how to make something might be might out with that knowledge
I think this is where the setting takes place, after a world war 3!
what do you guys think?
Havoc10K:
I think you are way off, although depending when that war took place, I didn't read the entire post as most of it is wall of text, seriously, too much thinking in one post.
I'll give you an answer in a spoiler tag so if you are still watching this show check it after you finished it, or now if you are not scared :)
(click to show/hide)The show takes place in a very distant future, around 3-5k years ahead after a very heated nuke war where most of the world simply became a wasteland, the tech was so advanced they used sort of giant robots or monsters, or at least the war was redirected at a few big beings, proof of that is the giant skeleton bones in a few areas.
the reason why I think it was a few thousands of years is simply because it takes around 4-5 k years to pile up enough dirt and form land over skyscrapers into which one of the girls fell in, don't exactly remember which one, I think it was Mio, the remaining humans live in rather small towns and larger villages scattered all over the world in some small nations, particularly the two largest (I think) were currently at war while the deserts were claiming what remained of the actual land, For example, if all Las Vegas populace right now abandoned the sity for at least 10 years, the Desert would re-claim the city, it is that fast of a process.
The setting is purposely away from the frontline because it was meant to show a few young girls and what they were doing, up until some discovery was done and the army actually came in. But just because the girls were away from the actual frontlines didn't mean they weren't endangered, they were stationed near the border still. As the show will progress you will notice some development of characters, watch closely, as all of this is important.
What bothers me is that the church is still there, but more like a military enforcement now, which is far worse than what the church is right now.
CaptnAwesome:
I can understand not to read the whole post, ;D Its more like copy and paste of things I read off blogs the only real thing I posted was the ending part of that post. I knew it was in the distant future, but not sure how distant. Most of the stuff I bolded do support what you said though. I really wished they explained more about the background story in which they are in.
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