Heroic Archetype In Anime And Disney Movies

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The second archetype is heroic archetype. This archetype is used to show the hero’s role. According to Jung, C., “The most evident heroic archetype used in sample Anime is Warrior. A warrior is a hero who faces physical challenges and external enemies”.(Jung, 1916) In Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Kira, with full strength and clear vision, went to battle to fight for the belief they have been holding on for a long time. Second is Code Geass,wherein Lelouch, with the use of his powerful eyes, controlled the enemies by making them susceptible to his commands. Next is Astroboy, where Astroboy faced quests and problems in which he encountered larger robots where some of them have been tamed. And last is Voltes V, where the five people controlling …show more content…

That exceeded heroic extent may result to the field of anime the own downfall of the hero. On the contrary, the field of Disney films showed that exceeded heroic extent even brings a better completion of the mission. Anime and Disney films have different heroic archetypes used because of the way of execution of Heroism by the hero. The warrior heroic archetype leans to Anime because heroism is violently executed by the hero in order to attain their goals or accomplish their missions and it is based from the fact that Anime was made with the intent of satisfying the sexual and violent craving of adults which is far from being Disney. This is evident in Japan which was once ruled by warriors and until now, people in high hierarchy consider being a warrior for their self defense and dominance. However in Disney films, the lover and scapegoat heroic archetype lean to it because heroism is gently and vividly executed by the hero in order to attain their goals or accomplish their mission and it is based from the fact that Disney films are well known for being idolized by children, and to sustain that, Disney animation prohibits any kinds of act beyond children’s suitable