Meta Sexualization in Anime: Evangelion and Madoka Magica - Video

In this video essay I discuss the concept of “meta sexualization” and the various ripples that come with it by examining two works and their relations to it: Madoka Magica and Evangelion. With Madoka Magica I’ll be crafting and analyzing the allegory that Madoka Magica is about grooming and abuse, and for Evangelion I’ll be attacking the points the show tries to make about girls and their bodies by looking at the culture surrounding Evangelion and its subsequent remakes. This video is a lot lol, some is directly in the show’s text some is subtext I’ve drawn out from it. But all of it is to bring to light a much larger conversation around objectification of women and girls for profit, fan communities response to such, and how this reflects back on survivors of sexual abuse.

Chapters

00:00 Intro
05:42 Grooming Allegory of Madoka Magica
13:49 Homura as a survivor
16:33 Meta sexualization in Madoka Magica
17:00 Eva and Meta sexualization
18:35 Specific Eva examples
21:25 fan culture/is it all about money?
23:19 conclusion

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Playlist of clips I sourced and inspirations to my discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiJga8i7idc6SvForLrWwQDPITKZWp3JX

Sources on grooming:https://www.icmec.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Behaviors-of-Sexual-Predators-Grooming.pdf
https://u.osu.edu/swk5005/sample-page/
https://id49000027.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/ID49000027/Centricity/domain/45/sdfs/4SignsSomeoneisBeingGroomedforTrafficking.pdf

Tags:
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Eva, NGE, EoE, Eva rebuilds, you are (not) alone, Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami, Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, Misato Katsuragi, Kyubey, Sayaka Miki