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You're in the Age of Doublethink
What is doublethink, the meaning and ideology of The Party and Big Brother in Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)? How can the concept be summarized and explained? Possibly…
What Inspires You to Create?
This video is from a Q&A about ProfessorViral anime video essays, which was offered to supporters, who asked great questions like "how has you identity shaped what you…
the fear of living life wrong
What could I learn from seeing the entire world on a journey? Would I become a better person from travel? Should I see the world? Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful…
The Assumptions that Isolate Us
What do ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, and an anime movie about a single mother raising wolf children have in common? A lot more than you’d think. Wolf Children is…
Embrace Life's Worst Moments
What do you do when you have to become something new? Psycho-Pass (2012) is probably the best anime from Gen Urobuchi, the writer of series like Fate/Zero and Madoka…
What's Lost in "Maturity"
As two grown men eat their feelings in boiled eggs, it might be the wacky child who tells us the most about what “growing up” or being mature…
A Story of How Your Summer Ends
This is the story of how your summer is ending. Summer time is often the time of living life, where students are free from school and adults are (somewhat)…
The Ones Forced to be Free
What does it mean to be “born in the wrong era?” At a mismatch with the world, not allowed the pleasures of average life, is this a kind…
A Loser's Guide to Connection
What can we learn from a socially anxious girl playing guitar to look cool? Quite a lot, actually… Bocchi the Rock was a hit anime from 2022, following the…
loneliness is empty like deep space
There’s one sure way to avoid being left by other people; leave them first. Cowboy Bebop is a classic and loved 90s sci-fi anime in the same class as…
Suffering Isn't Purpose
Painful and useless wings within a walled city; is the unfairness of life something we must come to terms with for salvation? Haibane Renmei, an anime from the same…
The Tragedy of Time & Place
You can do everything in your power to work with the time and place you’ve found yourself in, but still fail. How do we cope with this harsh…
The Link Between Body & Mind
We tend to think that a transcendence from flesh, leaving the body behind for the mind, would advance us to new heights; but is that really the case? Serial…
The Line Between Man & Beast
Senselessly acting on fear, opening the door to destruction, the wolf in human skin refuses to think. What is the path of the beast? Jin Roh (/Rou) is a…
Finding Joy in Responsibility
Life is full of things that we have to do, mundane chores eating up our time. But could these things actually be some of the most valuable moments……
Is There Value in a "Human" Definition?
If someone asked you “what is a human,” could you answer? What does it mean to be human after all? Time of Eve (both the movie and the anime)…
The Loss Experienced in Change
What can living, breathing gemstones teach us about being human? Quite a lot actually. Land of the Lustrous (Houseki no Kuni) is a 2017 manga adaptation set in a…
AI Shouldn't Work For You
Having AI do your work or make money for you? You may be compromising your well being in ways you never thought about. 2023 began the age of AI,…
The Fear of Transformation
the fear of transformation | Tokyo Ghoul What do you do when you have to become something new? Tokyo Ghoul, at least when you don’t count Root A and :re,…
living in a story
Millennium Actress is a great anime movie to watch by Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Paprika). Similar to Kon’s other films, Millennium Actress blurs the border between fiction and…
Moving Passed the Past
What does fooly cooly even mean!? FLCL (fooly cooly) is a 2000 anime from Gainax (Evangelion), who formed an eventual offshoot of Studio Trigger (Kill la Kill), which shows…
the fear of being genuine
Only you will remember the next 24 hours before time is undone; what do you admit to the people you love most? Steins;Gate is a popular anime following the…
Drowning in Faith
If the world around you was empty and dead, what would lead you to carry on anyway? Angel’s Egg (Tenshi no Tamago) is a 1985 anime film from Mamoru…
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I need scissors! 61! Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, is the brainchild of Hideo Kojima, featuring a pair of the most loved and hated characters respectively, Solid…
The Mistakes that End Love
What would you do if you found a child thrown in the garbage on Christmas Eve? *note: this description is written using terms commonly associated with the film for…
(Don’t) Fight the Past
An anime about past mistakes correcting the past mistakes of its movie… kind of. Scott Pilgrim vs the World took the younger generation, one much more intertwined with and…
avoiding "wasted youth"
The desire to relive those wasted youthful years. How can we prevent this feeling… or is it a part of life we can never avoid? A Place Further than…
the spice of life
If your dreams instantly became reality, would the world be a better place? Or is the very idea of such a thing self centered evil? Paprika is a 2006…
the power of a stupid game
A silly game can be the thing that makes your life Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon are two of the most nostalgic properties of the 90s and 2000s, surely topping any…
The Ethics of Judgment
Is efficiency the savior of human value, or the thing which destroys it? Death Parade is a 2015 anime telling the story of an Arbiter (Decim) and his human…
The Necessity of Violence
Violence, while its form will change greatly with time and place, may always be a necessity in the meeting of beings. Psycho-Pass, the all-time great anime from Gen Urobuchi…
the desirable disease
Gossip, pink dogs, bent bats, and lifelong lies; how can all these things be an escape from reality? And just how harmful can such a thing be… Paranoia Agent…
Fate is Awful For You
Are we free agents acting on will, or merely puppets of something greater; of fate? Your Name is one of the most popular anime movies of the past decade,…
the depths of obsession
“I don’t want to do this. I *have* to do this.” These are the kinds of words spoken in obsession, a state that’s easy to see from the outside,…
The "Good" Tyrant
How do we respond to an imperfect world which makes us suffer? The root of society is seeking a better future for the people within it, but there…
How Memory is Manipulated
Can you prove that your memories are true? Wouldn’t all of the evidence, which itself relies on memory, have the potential to be just as false? With the…
The Dystopia We’re Sold
Dystopia is something you buy, every single day. Planned obsolescence, ignored diminishing returns, false innovation, consumerism, these seemingly mundane aspects of daily life lay the framework of a purchased…
A Quick Channel Update | New Schedule
A ProfessorViral Channel update for 2023. I really don't know what to put here, I'm so used to writing descriptions for videos I think will be seen!
how to see things you wouldn't believe
Do you think you could see something that would change your whole life? And could that thing, or rather person, been standing right next to you the whole…
The Cost of Kindness
In a cruel world, when should we be kind? And if we understand how, would humankind be able to rid the world of evil? The 2023 release of Trigun…
The Soul of a Story
How do we deal with “products of their time,” stories we love, with their problematic elements that can teach us the wrong message, even when we just want…
The Ethics of Sacrifice
Are the systems of ethics we know and love spelling the end of humankind under our noses? Madoka Magica is a Gen Urobuchi anime with a shoujo, magical girl…
why we're together, but alone
Together, but alone. Is this common feeling a pessimistic creation of mankind? Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most popular anime of all time, a 90’s classic from…
don’t live each day like your last
Live each day as if it was your last; an excuse, like any other, *not* to live true. There are many common statements saying something like “live like you’re…
Evangelion's Insane "Psychology" Explained
Neon Genesis Evangelion and Sigmund Freud. Two controvertail topics at once, what could go wrong? Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most popular anime of all time,…
the father in the caves (The Survivalist)
A dark cave, a lonely hum, and the end of the world. What can it teach us? The Father in the Caves, also known as the survivalists logs or…
A Great Anime You Don’t Know | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Are you looking for a new anime to watch? Nothing in the 2023 releases doing it for you? Well, what about a "hidden gem" recommendation, an unknown great…
the fear of love
Love. One of the things in this world most worthy of fear. Capable of building worlds up and destroying them in the same exact breath. Why some live,…
The Harsh Truths of "Care"
“It’s because I care about you.” Is this common statement love, or manipulation? Arcane’s aired season is a great animated show (based on the League of Legends video game,…
Becoming What we Hate
One day, years after declaring your ideals and sticking staunch to them, you look back and realize how far off the path you are, how much you've changed,…