#Takeshi Aum

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Five most evil brainwashing cults

Five evil brainwashing cults are examined by TV historian Tony McMahon including the Branch Davidians and Heaven's Gate

The 1970s 1980s, and 1990s saw some terrifying brainwashing cults emerge resulting in mass murder and suicide. In November 1978, the bodies of over 900 men, women, and children were found at a remote site in Guyana. The Jonestown mass suicide was on a scale not seen since a similar number of Jewish zealots took their own lives at the fortress of Masada, rather than be captured by the Romans in 73…

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April 1995 FRIDAY magazine issue featuring Aum Shinrikyo's mass murder suspects and executives. In left-right order: Hayakawa Kiyohide, Tsuchiya Masami, Murai Hideo, Joyu Fumihiro, Matsumoto Takeshi, Hayashi Ikuo, Niimi Tomomitsu (1) Inoue Yoshihiro, Hirose Kenichi, Okazaki Kazuaki, Nakagawa Tomomasa, Hayashi Yasuo, Nakata Kiyohide, Kibe Tetsuya, Aoyama Yoshinobu (2)

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“上九一色村物語  (Kamikuishiki Village Story)”  1995, PC-98 

// This underground homebrew parody Aum cult simulator was considered to be authentic cult propaganda by Youtubers until Vice tracked down the game’s creators, who just happened to be Takeshi Kanai and Kouichi Kanasawa. So yeah, it’s some 90s edgelord art and it won’t brainwash you (don’t listen to gamebros on ytube).

But how about that memecore mix of news footage with digital illustrations. The game was released just months after the infamous aum gas attacks, quietly foreshadowing today’s post-internet media landscape. The game audio is also pretty crunchy and it makes for an interesting experience. I wish I spoke Japanses so I could comment more on it.

GIFs sourced from Youtube walkthroughs by Comfortable Hole and SciFiRenegade Productions