Occult? I’ve studied exorcism and I actually think the fantasy magic in anime is waaaay, way cooler than the occult that exorcists warn about. Then again, it’s not like the stuff in fantasy and reality are the same anyways. LOL! XD
Parents are human too. Let me tell you right now that you will reach a certain age when respect for them can only be so far. Let me start with a few examples from non-anime fiction of why parents are hardly infallible.
Denethor from Lord of the Rings - The man sends his son on a suicide mission, plays favoritism, and ultimately loses his mind then burns himself alive (all the while attempting to burn his feverish son along with him).
Lucius Malfoy from Harry Potter - Lucius is a racist and will not hesitate to indoctrinate his son, Draco into his worship of one of the most evil wizards in the HP world.
Zira from Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride - A scornful lionness who desires nothing but vengeance, lives a life of bigotry, and even trains her son to be a deceitful murderer.
Finally, the most classic example…
The Evil Stepmother from Cinderella - A stepmother is still a mother no? Yet, this woman uses her status of authority only to enslave poor Cinderelli-er I mean Cinderella. (Stupid singing mice! DX)… *cut short for more room]
The examples give and cited are filled with Sorcery, Magick, Communication with the dead, Ancestor Worship, Reincarnation, etc. All things that the Bible forbids us to even tamper with and for our own good, so that we are not deceived, and what is more that these “programs” make all of those things look “fun”, “cute”, “harmless”, “adventerous”, etc. It is the very poison of satan mixed among sugar.
The Bible says that those who have died are asleep and dead. Peter himself attests to this. For those wanting to believe Peter, they somehow choose to not want to see those words…
Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien (friend of C.S.Lewis) and his other works take aspects of the Bible (silmarillion, hobbit, etc) and twists them to suit spiritism and the occult manifestations. It glorifies, goblins, and shades, and all manner of undead. It glories mystical powers and relics.
Harrp Potter, is overtly occultic, absolutely filled with very real practices from the occult world. Look into how the author came up with the the characters and stories…
Lion King, is full of ancestor worship, sun worship and “circle of life” rhetoric.
Cinderella, based upon wishes and spells, and “faerie” or “fay”.
Naruto and Bleach have been already briefly cited, much much more could be said on them.
However, look at Bleach again. It glorifies death itself. Shinigami - death god. Heco Mundo - Greater Hell. A person “combining” with their weapon, their other “soul”, wielding their zanpakuto. Full possesion and glorified at that.
Look at Death Note, again we see Shinigami, involvement…just whom do you suppose they are? Manipulating the affairs of men. Playing with the lives of men. The devil is mocking men, and revealing it to them and they do not see nor do they hear…
The Bible says Death is an enemy that will be destroyed.
Helsing…vampires and blood drinkers, undead, demons, spells and calling upon dark powers by occultic runes. The Bible absolutely forbids the drinking/eating of blood and doing any of this sort of thing. Using a vampire [dracula himself] to hunt vampires…
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? Matthew 12:26
…and I could list many many more, and go into deep detail in them all [having known them most intimately before Christ Jesus saved me from them], and I have not even gotten to those which are of the uttermost depravity, sinking into absolute perversion and disease of mind. I have not touched even those which are “lighter”…but let me say this, satan does not care… all it takes is 1% error to make the whole error and deadly.
FF (have you wondered why this genre is called the “final fantasy”, think about the age we live in, it will be the “final” one, and the signs all are coming to pass as foretold in scripture, have any even considered the “Sephirot” Kabbalism again), Ninja Scroll, Neon Genesis Evangelion (filled with Kabalism, and death, and absolute fighting against the judgments of God, a dark depression surrounds this particular series), Sakura (Clow and Tarrot), Cowboy Beebop (gambling, bounty hunters, ancestor worship, mafia, hackers “ed”-as funny as I used to think it all was, until I see, Christ Jesus has opened my eyes, I was blind, but now I see…), DB, DBZ, DBGT (ascending into all power and godhood, gaea, ancestor worship, incantations, eastern mysticism, etc), TMNT, Street Fighter, and a thousand others and I have not even mentioned those things sinking into the depths of “ecchi” or “h” or worse, and there is worse…far worse…
…I have not even mentioned movies, or video games (video, arcade or paper (DnD)), or card games (Mtg, vtes, etc) or begun to really enter fantasy fiction (DL, WoT, SoT, etc)… all of it is there for anyone to see. Who do you love more, Jesus or those idols (and they are idols…those gods). Has all power been given unto Him, or is the power craved for self? Do we seek His glory or our own? Shall we fill our minds with the things of the world and of illusion and satan, or the things of Christ Jesus, His Creation, His Beauty and Truth in His Word?
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. Provernbs 8:36