The Existentialism Of Chobits
Chobitswas ahead of its time when it comes to the technological narrative that theanimeand manga follow, but it’s still incredibly relevant due to the existentialism that society faces as technology slowly takes over. The persocoms inChobitsare basically an embellished version of today’s artificial intelligence (AI), with each persocom able to perform tasks for their owners such as housekeeping, browsing the internet, or checking the weather forecast. Considering this anime was released back in 2002, modern society isn’t anywhere close to actually being able to have a product reminiscent of the persocoms....