The Existential Philosophy of Re:Creators

This is as close to the Lore of Re:Creators as I'm going to get. More important than how their multiverse works, it's better to focus on the philosophical implications of the anime. It's wonderful and profound.
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[@otakudaikun]

What are some other anime you feel have deep philosophical themes?

[@setsunakyuuki4369]

First I think this anime is an master piece

[@starguy1o163]

How would a trasported in another world character feel? Would he feel like he returned back home?

[@BLINDINGSCYTHE]

I think Death Note has philosophical view on the value of life and how power can corrupt event a noble cause.

[@justanunluckyirishmaninabl5178]

I haven’t seen or heard of many anime that would dare to tackle political philosophies aside from Fate Zero, Gundam Unicorn, and Magi to a lesser extent. If anyone knows more I’d like to hear em.

[@user-xp4rd8yg6y]

Kara no kyoukai films have different deep philisophical themes for each one. My favourite is "A study in murder"

[@lincolnbeckett8791]

Re:Creators is by far one of the most underrated animes of our recent history. It pisses me off till this day how so many people failed to understand the philosophical meaning behind this shows story, just because they went into it, thinking it was just going to be a generic battle royale between characters that embody popular anime, manga, and game tropes. As someone who has Re:Creators, as one of their top 10 best animes of all time, I can't thank you enough for making this video. I wish more people were able to see the genius behind this anime like you did, because I can't emphasize how much it deserves it.

[@Wallie33.]

Lincoln Beckett-Scott I completely agree with you. It makes me sad to see that a lot of people can’t handle the dialogue nor understand it so they call the show boring just because of that.

[@vollied4865]

Blame Amazon for fucking up on releasing this properly, if this was more easily accessible on release it would've blown up but I didn't even know Amazon did anime til around episode 12 of this sadly so I was watching on other less official sites,but frankly the legal options we have for anime are shit and less legal options should just replace them since they actually go out of their way for all these low-key series.

[@Wallie33.]

Volroc Destinos Umm, I guess you have a good point with that. Even though I am the type of person that prefers to watch anime legally just because it feels more comfortable to me to just use one of the anime apps like crunchyroll or amazon/Hulu to watch anime instead of having to search it online.

[@vollied4865]

@@Wallie33. I would prefer to watch legally too but people forget Crunchyroll was illegal til recently, Hulu, Netflix, they all started illegal til they get sanctioned. I'm done seeing things in black and white, I only want to be able to watch good anime and not Funimations 500 harem series a month😂😂😂

[@Wallie33.]

Volroc Destinos WOW that is news to me. I thought all of those anime streaming sites where legal all of the time. And yeah you are right that Funimation has way to many harem anime.

[@putrangos]

I reallly love Re:Creators, as one of the most philosophical anime ever made. But what unfortunate is the lack use of Magane as a Character. Her role as an antagonist and plot armor is terrific, but as a character she's one of the least fleshed out. Her line "Entertain the audience and entertain me" give me chills. She's breaking the 4th wall after she already breaking the 4th wall. She's like the deadpool of the series, with more tight screws but no breaks. I love to see her more on an OVA where we just see her smiling and killing people for no reason while breaking the 4th wall and talk about philosophy. Heck i bet she's a better narrator in the summary episode than Meteora.

[@theanxietybuster513]

I know this response is late but I’d like to think that the reason she wasn’t used much was because the plot events stopped being fun to her, especially when she realized she no longer was bound to being a villain in the story. It’s never directly stated or shown but would fit her character and some lines of dialogue. I also feel that her final act in the story would have wiped her out of existence if she literally brought the real Setsuna back to life with her powers since similar insane feats performed by Altair would have ejected her from our reality prior to the last few episodes. Of course, all of this is speculation and requires quite a bit of head canon logic

[@dspellcaster1027]

Very well done. Re:Creators was and is one of my favorite anime. Altair is one of my favorite characters and was rooting for her to win. I also really like Magane. Now I need to go re watch it again.

[@Zach_Bloomquist]

Im glad I wasn't the only one on the planet rooting for Altair to win. Re:Creators is my favorite action anime and one of my favorite of all time.

[@starguy1o163]

The real question is where is THE SECOND SEASON

[@powerthunfischdesdonners3086]

tbh. the show doesnt need a second season. the story is told completly. I wouldnt mind a second season tho.

[@Robinxen]

@@powerthunfischdesdonners3086 There is a lot they can approach for the second season, but I think the most obvious would be an opposite equivalent, where the creators get pulled into their ongoing worlds and have to reach an end point without the powers of plot armour to protect them. But things like Meteora's story, being the creation of a creation, would pose some very interesting points.

[@Tfbrave]

Weren't there rumors going around a while back that some of the stories from re;creators were going to be made into full series of their own?

[@otakudaikun]

I'm willing to just let this one be.

[@Tfbrave]

@@otakudaikun while i agree that the story for re;creators itself is over, many people still want to know more about the stories from re:creators. Back a few months ago there were rumors that Elemental Symphony of Vogelchevalier and Code・Babylon were going to be made into actual full series anime and/or manga. Of all the stories from re;creators, I'd have to say those 2 stood out the most. (to me at least) As for the other creations it's pretty easy to figure out what they were referencing: 1. Alicetaria's world and story gave me some major berserk vibes. 2. Yuya and Sho were clearly persona and/or jojo references. 3. Mamika is literally the embodiment of the mahou Shoujo genre before princess tutu and madoka magica were a thing. 4. Rui was....now that i think about it we really know almost nothing about his story- same goes for magane. 5. Do i even need to point out what Hikayu was referencing?? So yes, even though the series is over there are still plenty of things from this multiverse that can be explored. And since actually continuing re;creators would only ruin what I personally consider a perfect ending, the best way to explore further would be to shift the focus to the creations and the stories they came from

[@deathkiddoom]

I knew I wasn't the only one wanting a background character coming from a creator story, but I do understand why it didn't because the story characters only come to the real world when there's a huge fan base around them.

[@shinju112]

Re: Creators really made me think of the philosophical implications of what if you were a fictional character, the story was very interesting and I loved it along with its music.

[@justanunluckyirishmaninabl5178]

The meta humor in this series had me on the floor laughing, and Magane is best girl! Also, you had a lot of good points here. Awesome job Dai!

[@sacredpanda3055]

Here’s the phrase where you even have a slice of life story full of conflict ... NICHIJOU!

[@MABfan11]

i have a feeling Mother's Basement/Geoff would like this video

[@Spnozilla]

I know this is unrealistic and not gonna happen but I would definitely love to see more from this show. It’s concepts deserve to be explored more because it’s basically what happens when you meet the god of your world and I find that interesting

[@traior246]

For the 2nd Season, Meteora will demonstrate how to create P2W Cashgrab Mobile Games to pay off your Missile Debts

[@otakudaikun]

Traior246 Uh oh. She can do anything she sets her mind to.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

“What would you do if you realize your world is just fiction” Curse you creator for making me a backdrop character!

[@mndy129]

Finally, a review of Re:Creators that doesn't say that it's bad I binge-watched this and boy was that an experience!

[@otakudaikun]

Armando Durán I've only heard good things about this one.

[@mndy129]

And it is, but I've read comments before complaining about the pacing of the story or that the way Altair is defeated came out of nowhere, even though it is foreshadowed during the show

[@Jacecam32]

I agree that Re:Creators really is one of the best animes out there. I thought It related well with me simply because I'm a writer. but Its good to see others have taken it to heart as well.

[@vollied4865]

Coming back to this video just to appreciate such a beautiful work of philosophy, otakudaikun we don't deserve you for helping promote this work of art

[@Ra3_ar1adnE]

This show is so underrated and it got me to watch anime again after a long hiatus,it’s simply a great story with an awesome soundtrack. I hope there’ll be a season 2 soon.

[@HawaiianForgeStudios]

Im glad this isnt the case for our reality. It would be horrifying if the things we created came to ours (like your example of the xenomorph, or the flood from halo or the tyranids from the 40k universe).

[@Zach_Bloomquist]

Necrons and Dark Eldar would suck too.

[@asafesseidonsapphire]

Cthulhu...

[@XenoCrimson-uv8uz]

@@asafesseidonsapphire Any of the lovecraft creations.

[@4Angel4cross4eyes]

It’s one of, if not the best anime I’ve ever watched. I kind of want more of it, but I don’t know what is left to explore honestly in it. It’s just soooo good!

[@grouse2056]

this is one of my favourite anime series (after fate) i think it would be intresting if in Re:creators, popular characters from real anime showed up e.g. Archer (emiya) or lelouch,

[@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username]

I'm so happy there are still people out there that appreciate and talk about Re:Creators to this day, despite its generally mixed reception. It's one of my few 10/10s and I truly consider it a genius work. Thanks for talking about it!

[@bussing666]

I loved this anime there is actually a pretty good fanfic I read for this where Emiya is one of the creations brought to this world

[@ruikirisame1744]

you got the link?

[@bussing666]

@@ruikirisame1744 m.fanfiction.net/s/12672686/1/ here

[@ruikirisame1744]

@@bussing666 thanks mate

[@bussing666]

@@ruikirisame1744 your welcome

[@ghostagent3552]

I didn't expect to see you again for Re:Creators. I basically started watching your vids when I got into fate (that was really helpful and I know about the story more than my enthusiast friend)

[@rinokumura7371]

I Truly Believe That Everyone Should Have Free Will And Not Leave Everything In Hands Of Another.

[@Firedrake-SP]

As a creater of some wiki pages as “Omega groudon” I sometimes create different versions of some shows that I wish should of happen because I care about those fancies.

[@justincalderon1018]

Shark girl stole my heart and never gave it back

[@Dorumon281]

Really enjoyed this show's commentary on the struggle to BE creative. As an artist, I empathized with Selesia's illustrator so much. She's had a reasonable level of success and is acknowledged for her skills as an artist, but still suffers from feelings of inferiority when she sees Blitz's author drawing in front of her during a latter segment. The combination of feeling inferior, while also feeling guilty for having those feelings (or worst case scenario, projecting them onto someone else's work) is an absolute nightmare and a half, especially when you don't have a confidant you can talk to about those kinds of things. Even before she explained her feelings on the subject, the show did such a great job of capturing the silent self inflicted torture of those moments that I had sit back and cringe in response. Truly this anime was a venting session for creative types everywhere! anyway, great video Dai! I appreciate you discussing a topic that's now so far removed from the "current anime news cycle", most anitubers are too afraid of losing viewer engagement to try it, but a good video topic is always good no matter what! Hope this tracks well for you!

[@Lamchops916]

Great analysis!

[@lordtigress1270]

Much like Re:Creators, this video needs more attention 👏

[@Night-ec7ef]

How have I not watched this yet!

[@laujie6470]

0:49 Actually best OP in that season. Edit: Re:Creators have the best way of doing a recap episode, they made an effort to still keep it entertaining and at the same time, build upon Meteora's character while she narrates the recap episode. Recaps really rustle my jimmies as they are just a waste of time throws a slap to my anticipation for a new episode. Re:Creators' creators get my respect for putting so much thought into the show to give every character enough background, personality and design to feel as if they were from our world and not some random characters from a story inside a story.

[@otakudaikun]

I like how self aware that episode was.

[@tasteslikesalt4672]

just finished watching it and this video satisfied all the explanations i needed. given the quality of the animation, music, story and rich characters, i was surprised this went under the radar

[@otakudaikun]

I still want it to get a Blu ray release.

[@hajimekamukura1642]

I always thought we were supposed to be some higher beings reality TV show.

[@Anidem9]

I just watched this anime this year, and I'm sad to see that there doesn't seem to be any continuation planned for it. It has its flaws sure, but it has the potential to be so much better, and I'm hoping that more will be done with it.

[@sfgiantsfanmike]

Just finished the series! Thanks for bringing this back to my attention. Such a good story but me having favorite characters tends to not work out for them (yes, all of the fallen o_O ) but it was a good ride!

[@worldwanderer91]

I would have love to see an anime spin-off taking place in each of character's world/series

[@princessscarlet2219]

This anime is so freaking good! I hope it get an english dub ASAP! Magane ftw!

[@damnthatsrough970]

The real question that i am still asking for two yearly WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MAGANE

[@otakudaikun]

GOLDY GUY Maybe having an epic vacation lol. Hopefully she won't kill people anymore.

[@keegenbigelow7931]

You forgot to mention the OP which was probably the best OP I have ever heard.

[@willdgol7501]

So re;creators is like multiversity from Grant Morrison every story in the multiverse is a comic,movie or work of fiction some author is subconsciously syncing to a another world and recording the life of the people who live in that world like flash calls himself flash from a comic he grew up with imagine that he'd meet that flash later in life

[@professorq4081]

I get the feeling once a story is done or gets canceled. That world will keep moving forward.

[@Phantom6.6.6]

Great video. Love recreators it is seriously underrated. Also what game are you using as a back drop during the video

[@otakudaikun]

adan daniels I have clips from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 if that's what you mean.

[@setsunakyuuki4369]

Dai sensei just like you if I ever met artoria I would kneel before her as a Knight

[@djcwittz3012]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEW RE CREATORS CONTENT

[@princessscarlet2219]

It's been a year and still no english dub of this anime. I'd really love if it got one. It's so good!

[@throneofheros8755]

Loved this anime with a passion

[@unchartedrocks1]

The writer Rei Hiroe (creator of Black Lagoon) was part of this anime seriesz. Hell yeh. Definitely checking this out then. Black Lagoon is one of my favorite anime.

[@jacopoarmini7889]

I understand how characters may feel (supposing they could feel) if they are written to be miserable, but its also true that, if they are unappealing, nobody would care about them. Think about history, do we remeber the happy family whose biggest problem was the dead grandma, or do we remember the conquerors, the bloodthirsty lords and the troubled adventurers? To be remembered is to live for a character, so you could say that their suffering is the price to pay for living (who guessed, much like us real people).

[@FistoftheUmbralStar-1.0]

Eren Yeager (more specifically from the final season) as an antagonist in Re:Creators. I can't seem to get this idea out of my head, so I would like to get your opinion on it.

[@otakudaikun]

He would interpret the creators as someone out to kill his friends. He'd probably doubt his identity in the same way he wondered if Mikasa's feelings were genuine.

[@yoman8027]

I love this video and your analysis. There are a couple of points I have to disagree, though: 1 - I truly believe Suruga felt compassion for her creations, she simply didn't externalized it due to her cynic nature. Resurrecting Erina took a lot of effort, more than simply forcing Blitz fight Altair. Also, I don't think she'd be able to kill Erina after knowing her in person. 2 - Somehow, that Setsuna becomes the real Setsuna thanks to Altair's actions, since she has memories that Souta couldn't know, like the fact that she created Altair so Souta could see her. So a combination of factors caused creation Setsuna to acquire the original's mind and/or soul.

[@otakudaikun]

I agree with you regarding Suruga. The entire point is to show tension between a creator's job to make drama and the fact that great storytelling involves drama and conflict. While she might not be able to kill someone after getting to know them, it's still in her nature to write compelling stories.

[@yoman8027]

@@otakudaikun Oh hey, thank you for your answer! And thank you for creating this video. Re:Creators requires more love. Also, what do you think about the idea that creation Setsuna becomes a reincarnated Setsuna?

[@RomHunterBlueSilver]

....very interested, sorta got me thinking about my situation about my light novel let see...so much to say in this common, the first Interested stuff, second if I do see my characters I made from my light novel I would not do anything knowing that they could be from another universe from the abyss of the multiverse even I cant do anything, If so then use the power of dues ex machina XD finally I need to read the manga?!

[@ninjammer726]

great show hope someone dubs it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@austinjackson5724]

One other thing that I wish we had for Re:Creators was more merch. Wouldn't you agree Dai-kun?

[@otakudaikun]

Austin Jackson I need a Selesia figure.

[@austinjackson5724]

@@otakudaikun I agree, for how much of a core character she is it's saddening to not see any figures or other merch featuring her. That said, Meteora is my personal favorite, even though she doesn't get a lot of action. Of course, I wouldn't be opposed to a figure of her self-perceived version of herself in the recap either xD it just seems that all of them got overshadowed in the advertisement and merch department by Altair, which is a disappointment tbh

[@Hakelous]

I loved this series even if most of the fanbase overall hated it and I hope it gets a dub sooner or later I do need to rewatch it

[@FistoftheUmbralStar-1.0]

If you could make your own Re:creators crossover story what would it be like? What specific characters would you include, and why?

[@otakudaikun]

Crossover story? As in what other franchises would I like to see confront that they're fictional?

[@FistoftheUmbralStar-1.0]

​​@@otakudaikunyes absolutely. It doesn't matter if it's entire franchises or specific characters from those franchises. Go nuts 👍

[@otakudaikun]

@@FistoftheUmbralStar-1.0 Fate would be weird because they'd learn that they're fictional versions of supposedly real people.

[@FistoftheUmbralStar-1.0]

​@@otakudaikunI feel like it would be awkward for all of the gender bent servants as well.

[@FistoftheUmbralStar-1.0]

​@@otakudaikunactually no, it would be more weird if historical figures got to meet their Fate counterparts.

[@zeehero7280]

Whether its fiction or not is a matter of perspective. characters in a story, especially ones unaware of its nature, to them it's definitely not fiction. It's like asking Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia if his and his allies struggles to save the world of Aselia is fiction.

[@eduardwiebe3737]

Well, this at least helps me somewhat with my existential crisis

[@otakudaikun]

Eduard Wiebe What exactly is your crisis?

[@eduardwiebe3737]

@@otakudaikun Thefact that im just a individual on one of over 6,5 billion inhabited Planets in a Multiverse, not knowing how Afterlife looks like and if the Multiverse collapses and repeats like Ragnarok

[@otakudaikun]

Eduard Wiebe I see. I'm just a humble atheist.

[@eduardwiebe3737]

@@otakudaikun Im Atheist too, but heard that Afterlife is scientifically proven and i write mythologies and religions of our world into my World (Im doing a Urban-Fantasy Thingy, wanna hear more about it?)

[@greenstarplayer650]

Haven't watch it yet but if I would be a creator any my creations would come to live, there would be one question which I will have at some point. Am I a creation as well? Given that how unlikely and unrealistic such a scenario is and how philosophical questioning it is, I would question my own reality. Is there someone who created me in the multiverse or are there some higher form of creators which are beyong our universe? I would definitly feel sorry if my creations would become the same form of existence as I am. I wouldn't myself as a powerful omnipotent god of some sort but I will acknowledge that everything my creations went through, no matter how good or bad or pleasant or horrible, I am kinda responsible for it so I would not deny that they have every right to be mad at me if they want.

[@silpabananaking]

If my world was a work of fiction? Well guess life is more useless then before

[@CP9NASHY]

altair lore vid please

[@EbullientSMP]

I would quickly go and kick my writer for making my life not perfect.

[@lithonianinja]

It's not on VRV. Where can I watch it??

[@justanunluckyirishmaninabl5178]

Aaron Woodruff it’s on Prime Video. That’s where I watched it.

[@VacadoRay]

0:04 I'd pull a major deadpool and start talking to the audience

[@otakudaikun]

Lordofice 18 That'd be fun in an anime.

[@hashimalz]

Does fate have a deep philosophy ?

[@sfgiantsfanmike]

Going to check out the series. Have seen/heard about it for a while but now that I know the premis... On the tragic characters meeting their creators my mind immediately went to Sakura and Illya meeting Nasu. That would be awkward.

[@jamon9507]

I'm giving my creator a stern talking to for making a world where Re:Creators doesn't have a blu ray release in the US. Why are we here? Just to suffer?

[@someguywithabirdface2583]

Imagine characters like Gilgamesh and agent Smith meet with their characters .

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

You mean creator? For Gilgamesh, depend on the version. If it’s og Gilgamesh, he would demand Takeuchi to give him a beard and a super buff body. For Fate Gilgamesh, he demand the author to give him story that doesn’t make him a total wanker not knowing that he had stories that show he had grown into mature person and humanity greatest king.

[@oooppiikkk]

the most meta anime in the world, when a VA has to VA themselves VA the anime character when the writer of this story has to write the stories of other story writers writing stories When Character X chooses to write their own ending by living it in the real world and publishing it as ** ******** when this anime gets overshadowed for using the word RE following re zero , re right , and other anime with semi colons and what not T.T

[@otakudaikun]

oooppiikkk Yeah, too many generic names.

[@williamprescott8816]

I am so glad you made a video on this anime, it's one of my favorite anime of all time, and quickly cemented a place in my memory. It's criminally underrated by people who seem to just hate on this anime. Re:Creators actually reminds me of the Fate series in a way, and vice versa. Whereas Fate deals with the philosophies of characters from different histories/legends clashing, Re:Creators deals with genres. How would Guts from Berserk deal with meeting someone like Madoka? How would a light novel villain interact with a fighting game character(it doesn't go so well for Yuya, does it?)? As far as using background characters in a story go, they did kind of make a reason as to why it was mostly main characters in stories: they used the power of "acceptance" as a reason as to why only certain characters were brought to this world. Altair didn't just bring random characters, but it's implied that the characters who resonate best with their audiences were the ones brought. I think it makes sense that acceptance boosts a character's popularity and reason for it, but getting the most popular characters makes the fights more high profile would be my guess? Kind of like how in Fate you get more characters with well known legends than ones with less known ones?

[@shzarmai]

Very interesting comment

[@dledum5810]

Hello OtakuDaiKun, can I try to translate your all video in French

[@otakudaikun]

Dledum I believe this video has communal captions so sure.

[@dledum5810]

Thanks you, it was just for be sure, have a good night @@otakudaikun

[@AngelOfChaos32]

Did you check out the manga?

[@otakudaikun]

Didn't know it had one.

[@AngelOfChaos32]

@@otakudaikun Yeah, surprised me as well. Took a peek at Wikipedia and it's had three manga adaptations

[@rikardooliveira8323]

Great Anime shame no one talks about it

[@flyercurse]

only 10 views and 3 likes after 9 hours? wtf?

[@otakudaikun]

Desde Rabinal It was unlisted since last night.

[@thepronoob4039]

The philosophical dilemma of Tsurugi Kamishiro of Kamen Rider Kabuto.

[@NobuAlter]

Altair did nothing wrong.

[@aliastheabnormal]

Too bad all that depth was sacrificed in order to make time for the Daughter of Madara show in the final arc.

[@otakudaikun]

aliastheabnormal Say what?

[@aliastheabnormal]

@@otakudaikun You've gotta be kidding me! You've never heard about how Altair is considered one of the most overpowered villains in history? And that she was being called the second coming of Aizen when the show was airing? We're you a fucking cave back then?

[@lincolnbeckett8791]

WARNING. This video also contains big spoilers for the game Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

[@otakudaikun]

Lincoln Beckett-Scott Without context anyway.

[@glennjordan5057]

I'd try to figure out why the story was so dull.

[@otakudaikun]

Glenn Jordan Dull?

[@glennjordan5057]

@@otakudaikun If my life was someone else's story then I'd be wondering what their story was even about. Life's a roller-coaster but for the most part its not book worthy.

[@otakudaikun]

Glenn Jordan Oh, that's a good point.

[@boonskank]

Are you a robot?

[@tonymacintosh3744]

boooooooooooriiiiiiiing

[@otakudaikun]

I feel bad for you. This show is great.