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Downvoted for being right, the fact that more people aren't suspicious of an anime with a bunch of german names and aesthetics that also just happens to feature a race of non-people who are incurably evil and can never be trusted is baffling to me
I'd say that the German aesthetic prevails in anime largely because it's got those idealistic ruralist one-with-nature mountain vibes, rather than the love for fascism.
Southern Germany especially is a beautiful idealistic landscape (warst du schonmal in...), though nowadays you'd see the "old europe" more in places like Bosnia than in Germany, but Bosnian culture is less accessible
Frieren's fascism seems to be largely a personal thing specific to her, rather than something that all the other characters exhibit. I'm hoping there's an arc that proves her wrong in her beliefs about demons
Germany is beautiful, sure, so are most countries, you can find similar rural beauty in Africa, the fact that the country that Japan was allied with for WW2 is the go-to for this isn't a coincidence. I'd love to see an arc that alleviates my suspicions, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
I'd rather believe they chose Germany because it's dead center of europe with mashups of all kinds of influences from surrounding regions, densely populated like Japan is, and has wild ancient forests along with long-standing organized institutions (scientific academies, churches, military) that jells with the conservative Japanese obsession for order, custom, and Nature.
(...But, yeah - it could just be axis-love)
It's entirely possible that you're right, we'll see
I'm told there is not.
well, dang.