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What I dont understand is why is everyone so obsessed with anime. I opened this app and sure enough there was an anime wallpaper lurking in there somewhere.

Dalewyn 3y ago
Japanese entertainment is one of the last remaining forms of sincere entertainment devoid of political correctness and driving narratives.
- voidfunc 3y ago
  > driving narratives lolwut. Japanese anime almost always reinforces traditional Japanese social and cultural norms. It's practically a teaching tool for kids there on how to behave in Japanese society.
  - neoromantique 3y ago
    See, it's not <insert some bad take about left>!
  - augusto-moura 3y ago
    Anime is just a medium, not a genre. There are good and bad anime, just like there are good and bad movies, books, and TV shows. I don't think it's fair to judge an entire medium based on a few bad examples. I'm not a huge anime fan, but I've seen some good ones.
    - pessimizer 3y ago
      > I don't think it's fair to judge an entire medium based on a few bad examples. Nobody said that Japanese cartoons that teach Japanese values were bad until you just did.
  - anthk 3y ago
    No. Even Evangelion it's a satire on the Japanese nerd obsessed with making women sexual objects. On Dragon Ball Vegeta (an obvious depiction of the old fart Japanese nationalist, Saiyans are like a samurais/ronin in space, same armor as the samurais et all) always loses against the open-minded and naive "ninja mountain-born singleton hick" Goku from Osaka/Kansai, which is the "progressive", "cheerful/open minded" and careless city/region from Japan. Technology and modernisation from the US saved Japan and that's symbolized by Bulma.
augusto-moura 3y ago
Why are people obsessed with anything? If the wallpaper was related to Rock or Heavy Metal would you be asking the same question? Or maybe a reference to Start Wars or LOTR. They are just pieces of art/media and people are fans of it

Dalewyn 3y ago

Japanese entertainment is one of the last remaining forms of sincere entertainment devoid of political correctness and driving narratives.

voidfunc 3y ago
> driving narratives lolwut. Japanese anime almost always reinforces traditional Japanese social and cultural norms. It's practically a teaching tool for kids there on how to behave in Japanese society.
- neoromantique 3y ago
  See, it's not <insert some bad take about left>!
- augusto-moura 3y ago
  Anime is just a medium, not a genre. There are good and bad anime, just like there are good and bad movies, books, and TV shows. I don't think it's fair to judge an entire medium based on a few bad examples. I'm not a huge anime fan, but I've seen some good ones.
  - pessimizer 3y ago
    > I don't think it's fair to judge an entire medium based on a few bad examples. Nobody said that Japanese cartoons that teach Japanese values were bad until you just did.
- anthk 3y ago
  No. Even Evangelion it's a satire on the Japanese nerd obsessed with making women sexual objects. On Dragon Ball Vegeta (an obvious depiction of the old fart Japanese nationalist, Saiyans are like a samurais/ronin in space, same armor as the samurais et all) always loses against the open-minded and naive "ninja mountain-born singleton hick" Goku from Osaka/Kansai, which is the "progressive", "cheerful/open minded" and careless city/region from Japan. Technology and modernisation from the US saved Japan and that's symbolized by Bulma.

augusto-moura 3y ago

Why are people obsessed with anything? If the wallpaper was related to Rock or Heavy Metal would you be asking the same question? Or maybe a reference to Start Wars or LOTR. They are just pieces of art/media and people are fans of it