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>Objectively, anime/manga better than American alternatives. So why the need to justify? Right off the bat, what? How far into this text do I need to read to u
by newbie789 6y ago
>Objectively, anime/manga better than American alternatives. So why the need to justify?
Right off the bat, what? How far into this text do I need to read to understand what those two sentences mean to imply?
- yorwba 6y ago> It seems to be a fact that anime is overrepresented in the American market compared to moving picture products of other countries. How many British productions does one see in America, despite England being one of the closest culture to America, despite all their productions being in English by default, despite 70 years of television excellence by the BBC, etc. etc.? Not very many. Or how about Bollywood, one of the most prolific cinemas in the world, active since the 1930s? Or the aforementioned Korean films?
- polka_haunts_us 6y agoI gotta challenge on the British one. PBS is not only a thing, it's a thing a lot of people watch, just a different age demographic (mostly). I grew up on old reruns of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Are You Being Served as much as I grew up on Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. Don't even get me started about Downton Abbey.
- newbie789 6y agoI agree. My friend group watches a lot of British media. Peep Show, Would I Lie To You, Pointless, etc. Even shows like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire had their start in England.
- newbie789 6y agoThanks for the quote. I still don’t understand how this addresses anime being “objectively better” (or not) than American media. I genuinely don’t understand what that means. I also don’t understand how anime being over represented is a justification of... anything?