https://youtu.be/zl24v73qHlM
For those not familiar with the Date A Live series… To say it is symbolic is a massive understatement. It is, effectively, an open declaration of war on the cabal in no uncertain terms.
The Japanese media is very different from Western media, and has a lot of ties back to German and Russian influence prior to World War 2 and even further back to the turn of the 20th century.
When Neon Genesis: Evangelion was published, it was when they effectively went to war. Anime up to that point was largely very cartoonish or echoes off of the older western animation studios that would fade in the face of Disney and Pixar. After Evangelion, everything in the world of Anime changed.
There are many that play on the symbolism - even Naruto does it to a large degree, particularly in the final story arc where things seemed as though the author lost control of his own plot.
However, recently, there has been a string of very brazen titles.
Kill la Kill. While entire volumes of analysis could be written about it, there are very peculiar relationships in the series that do not match with Shinto lore. They do match, however, Egyptian lore. Nui Harime, for example, being injured by "Izanagi" and losing her left eye. Her place as the seamstress, weaving powerful articles of clothing used to bestow favor upon individuals who serve the cause well ("The Hidden Hand")… Satsuki's declaration of rebellion atop a pyramid.
Psycho-Pass
Not so much symbolic as a logical dissection of society. It is one of the few pieces that so thoroughly analyzes how 'autists' or 'psychopaths' function within the world by way if Shogo Makishima, the Sibyl System, and Akane Tsunemori. All of them are capable of acting without or in spite of their emotions and yet all fall into mutually opposed ideologies. Urobuchi is a master of classic greek tragedy, and Psycho-Pass exposes that it is the sociopaths who ultimately cloak themselves in what we want to hear in order to rule society. There are, also, those in the field of Makishima, who find the idea of a cabal so sinister and insulting to the concept of humanity that they would rather burn the world than be a part of it.
Aldnoah.Zero
The symbolism is subtle, and would be missed. The main character is shot in the left eye and has a cybernetic replacement made. The war is between Earth and Mars - the Martians invading with technology so advanced as to be magic after a false flag assassination on their princess is used by the knights' court to invade and secure resources for an extremely barren martian society. Which reflects the story of Horus repelling Set. IE - Horus represented Earth and Set represented Mars.
It's noteworthy that the martians in the series are depicted as extremely wrapped up in the concept of nobility and fealty. Their military is extremely political and is just as prone to fratricide as it is to anything else. The war is actually brought to a swift end when the princess takes a sudden political marriage to ascend the throne after her grandfather dies and leaves it empty.
It was a move that pissed off the fans (even though inko was the MCs right hand girl the whole time and I found it a better match, anyway) - but it REALLY makes sense in the context of how the blood lines work.
Then there is the song Aliez. Follow on in next post.