Gather round children! It's time for a new Art-Eater.com article! Today we take a DEEP DIVE into analyzing the Shin Megami Tensei announcement trailer!
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#ArtEaterArticle #SMTV
Wanna know where "The Demon Artist" Kazuma Kaneko gets his ideas from? We go into some of the likely historical sources!
source:
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #KazumaKaneko
Did you know that Tokyo Tower is pretty much a modern Tower of Babel? Hell of a place to declare that God Is Dead right??
source:
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #Megaten
Wanna know what kind of flowers those are on the protagonist's school uniform? Or what they could mean? We explore the historical significance of white lilies and their symbolism in different cultures!
source:
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #Megaten
You know the flower symbolism is intentional when you have the protagonist literally rise up from the dirt!
source:
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #Megaten
It goes wayyyyy deeper than that though! From resurrection to the apocalypse, the Shin Megami Tensei V trailer is RIPE with compelling lily imagery!
source:
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #Megaten
And if you're a longtime reader, you KNOW I'll be getting into the Buddhist themes as well!
source:
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #Megaten
There's so much to discuss here!
source:
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #Megaten
Longtime followers of Art-Eater.com will appreciate this re-emergence of a familiar old face!
source:
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #Megaten
When I say we went deep on this one, i mean DEEP. What do lilies, Jesus, Hercules, Buddhism & Akuma have to do with one another? And how does the Shin Megami Tensei V trailer tie them all together? Read on to find out!
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
#SMTV #MegamiTensei #ArtEaterArticle
I can't believe I actually originally thought I could write all this in one night haha. I ended up putting dozens of hours into properly researching this article. I hope it was worth the wait!
If you enjoyed this article, please share it! Spread it around! I'm particularly proud of this one!
art-eater.com/articles/demon…
And if you like the idea of spending a STUPID amount of time analyzing just 1 minute of gameplay footage, know that there's a lot more where that came from!
Catch up on all our other deep dives into the games we love here!
art-eater.com/articles
#ArtEaterArticle
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.