Abstract

[The “anime” towards the pedagogy of fundamental rights and values]. In the mid-1970s, just as the Italian Constitutional Court was affirming the legitimacy of private television stations for the first time, the monopolist state television (Rai) included in its programming the animation works of Japanese production better known under the denomination “anime” (アニメ). Strongly criticized in the period of their first programming, due to the contents, according to some, not suitable for children, “anime” were subsequently accepted by most, albeit mainly confined to the context of entertainment. This report, briefly retracing the most compelling plots of the anime revolution of the 70s, pursues the intention of stimulating some reflections on the contents of greatest interest to the jurist and which can be placed in the pedagogy of fundamental rights and values.