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    It’s the way they portray female characters as whimpering submissive creatures on the verge of tears.

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      That or the lolis. I hate when you’re watching an anime that seems good, and then they start sexualizing a nine year old.

      I’ve heard the arguments about how it’s a difference in culture, but I don’t think it’s offensive when I say if your culture includes pedophilia, it’s time to take a long hard look at where you went wrong and think about what you should be changing about yourself. Because it’s gross.

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    I’m with you, there’s some anime that I’ve enjoyed but I really don’t need a 500 plus episode show about people fighting and shit. Just give me some nice films of anything.

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      I’m an early 90s kid so I love Akira, ghost in the shell, and a lot of the bloody techno punk anime. Recently I’ve been watching random ones with my wife but ones that don’t look conventional, we really liked My Happy marriage on Netflix, and of course Castlevania

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        There’s a new one called Captain Laserhawk that has an anime style but is all English, similar to Castlevania. I believe it’s also the same showrunner as Castlevania.

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      Those are almost always shonen anime, i.e targeted at teen/young adult boys, a genre (demographic) almost defined by action and fight scenes. Not that seinen doesn’t also have a lot of series with heavy emphasis on fighting, but at least it’s rarely the entire point, and when it is, the point is usually to be a gorefest.

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      Check out Attack on Titan, not too long and everything happens for a reason, so the plot is quite well worked, the action, the soundtracks and the characters too.

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        Nah, if I wanted to watch depressing shit I’d look at my life.

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    This is my life generally on Lemmy. You can be a Linux/tech person and not be an anime lover or trans fem furry, but they are fucking TIGHTLY entangled here.

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    I think Miyazaki put it best when he said the problem with popular anime is that it takes its inspiration from other anime instead of bringing in fresh ideas and doing things differently. Anine is a genre but it shouldn’t be.

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    It’s like there are actual Japanese people who don’t like anime or something, and still consider themselves Japanese!

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    I mean if you don’t want to watch anime simple because it legitimately does not interest you it’s fine. I assume people have tried different animes and no interest caught on.

    There is manga and anime for a vast array of audiences after all.

    Now…

    If you don’t want to watch it because of stigma from others than you kinda have a bigger problem. It’s necessary to grow out of the need of validation from other people.

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    I have to admit the same too. I’m a huge fan of Nintendo and other Japanese gaming giants but I don’t watch anime or read manga regularly. I have watched something like Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, Evangelion, Berserk, Dragon Ball and some popular others as it’s “common knowledge of popular culture”.

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      this is the way.

      As someone who has watched more than enough anime: It is an aquired taste and most of it is trash, especialy most of the popular stuff.

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        To be fair, most Western shows are trash these days, too. There’s a few standouts, and plenty of them are still the stupid kind of enjoyable in spite of being trash, but that’s true of anime, too. Most modern media has just unfortunately become a vehicle for making money, not a vehicle for making art.

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          Most shows were trash back then as well.

          It is just that survival bias makes it seem like it wasn’t.

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      Anime is often very mind numbing, with some exceptions of course. I have a much better time reading manga when I get the urge every few years, when I try to watch “normal” animes (not critically acclaimed/advanced stuff), I cannot get into it.

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    Yep don’t watch anime, but apparently a lot of songs from anime are in my playlist. It’s weird

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    I mean, Anime in Japan is like whole different platform. There are so many shows it fills multiple TV channels 24/7.

    It is like saying you don’t like what is on Netflix.

    You just haven’t found what you enjoy.

    Of course, it is fine to not like what is on Netflix, just like it is fine to not like Anime.

    If you were looking for suggestions, Studio Ghibli is like the Disney of Japan. A pretty safe bet you’ll at least enjoy it.