When my friend first introduced me to the world of anime in my freshman year, I had originally thought that the art form was just a collection of Japanese cartoons aimed at a young audience. As I started watching anime, I was amazed to find an entirely different world full of varying concepts and deeper philosophical meanings that could be enjoyed by people of all ages and interests. This intrigued me as I looked further into it. Being able to understand these philosophies actually helped me connect more with the characters and enjoy anime more than I had previously. However, philosophy was helping me in other aspects as well. I was able to utilize these insights to make better decisions in general.

Over the course of the last few years, I realized that more people would come to love the unfathomable knowledge and insights that philosophy brings if there was an easier and simpler way to access and understand the information. I often find that the best way I can understand something is by using things that I enjoy in my daily life as an analogy. This has really helped me with breaking down and understanding philosophy. 

I started Animosophy for that reason: to be able to create a platform in which I can share knowledge of philosophy through my favorite form of entertainment. With philosophy as underrepresented as it is already, I feel that being able to have a place that can help introduce these concepts is important. According to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, In 2014, philosophy majors accounted for 0.42 percent of the 1.7 million bachelor degrees earned that year. That number is too low considering how important philosophy has been in changing the world.