Just look at animemes banning the use of tr*p. Of course not every anime is misogynist but… there’s kinda a lot. And I think there’s a lot of blatant misogyny that is definitely noticed, and people who watch those scenes know it’s bad, but if you keep watching that shit over and over, even if you know it’s bad, it just get burned into your brain. But more importantly, a lot of anime just treats women as a whole differently than the male characters. Their drawn slightly differently, they act slightly differently, and they continue to be treated as objects, albeit in more subtle ways. On their own or in a bubble these grievances wouldn’t be a big deal, but it does add up. Idk, shit just sucks and it makes it hard to get into shows I would really like otherwise…

  • BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 years ago

    You get Akira, and you get Wicked City. Course, in Japan no self respecting adult citizen of the world would be caught dead watching cartoons, so only basement dwelling weirdos with VHS decks actually buy and watch these movies.

    Akira was actually the 6th highest grossing Japanese film of its year in theaters.

    • CriticalOtaku [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      4 years ago

      STOP "YES AKSHUALLY"ING ME, I’M SHITPOSTING MANUFACTURING A NARRATIVE OVAH HEAH!

      Sigh. What I meant to say is that, by-and-large, animation was/is still looked down upon by the mainstream as a medium for children. I understand the run-on sentence gives the impression I was referring to Akira, but I didn’t mean to.

      Edit: Wait no I totally did.

      Double Edit: Wait OK what I mean is that the majority of the people financially supporting the anime industry by-and-large were enthusiast/nerds/VHS weirdos. Mainstream successes (Studio Ghibli/Ghost in the Shell/Akira/Your Name) and shows catered to children notwithstanding.