• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.47
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• pp.149-170
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• 2017

which was first shown as TV series in 1995 has been highly praised until now successful animation that reflected human psychology and ideology. first gained popularity in Japan and spreaded into global animation market. Characteristics of can be summarized as mechanical design, realistic military mise-en-scene, and philosophical view of the world based on the bible. All works reflect the philosophy and ideology of the writer/creator, but reflects various form of ideology. Furthermore, 's ambiguous and vague plot made the fans to discuss and analyze about the work, which brought secondary marketing effect. In this report, the ideology reflected in will be analyzed and understand how these ideologies were reflected in the work. By analyzing religious, psychological and philosophy ideologies in , ideology can be proved as success factor of animation films.