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From my perspective, I don’t know why people are against anime. It’s simply a genre of animation of another country. Where I live, the U.S, there are many people that enjoy anime, but also many who oppose it, saying it’s “trash”. The thing that frustrates me about that is I am pretty sure at least one of things that person does is from another country (this is not true everywhere, but it is true where I live).
I based this off of my own understanding, not the videos.
I based this off of my own understanding, not the videos.
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I don't care how old this post is but man this is a bit I've been needing to get off my chest. I've only recently gotten into anime last summer and I can tell you the answer isn't so hard to find. It's because people's first exposure to anime is most likely the "senpais" and the "oh doubleyou ohs" and the "you doubleyou yous" when really it's about the ALPHONSUUUUU!!! I mean hell, look at the guy above me's profile picture--and I've just realized yours too! The hell? People don't realize it's actually good entertainment because of the stigma it carries. And even past that, a lot of people are inevitably going to find anime cringeworthy because of the culture difference. I don't think I could get into anime if I was any couple years younger, for me I feel like I had to mature to really enjoy it. I haven't watched the other two videos but the anime addiction one is absolutely correct. Western cartoons just don't have the same amount of effort and don't appeal to all audiences the same way Anime and Manga do. Mangas especially are incredible because they can be the labor of someone's life, like Berserk or HxH. Also Robin Williams was a fan of Evangelion, so there you go.
Last edited by gunop; Aug 1, 2020 at 05:54 AM.
i like animation's ability to express abstract concepts, the initial attraction to japanese animation was that in the west cartoons are typically made for kids, and elsewhere it is not the same so there are less filters in the content.
good show is good
bad show is bad
the form of media is irrelevant
i was not aware of any controversy
current anime has been very trashy and very bad for the most part because there is now a huge market for it and even the bad stuff can make money so people are pumping out generic trash. its the hollywood effect essentially, things become more about money and less about art, and the things made with the sole intent of turning a profit are always the most advertised and thus the easiest to find, as well as the least interesting. this is why it is stigmatized.
also weebs are gross
good show is good
bad show is bad
the form of media is irrelevant
i was not aware of any controversy
current anime has been very trashy and very bad for the most part because there is now a huge market for it and even the bad stuff can make money so people are pumping out generic trash. its the hollywood effect essentially, things become more about money and less about art, and the things made with the sole intent of turning a profit are always the most advertised and thus the easiest to find, as well as the least interesting. this is why it is stigmatized.
also weebs are gross
