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~15 years ago I'd come across tweets sharing how European art teachers are struggling with cultural intrusions of anime into fine arts(lol), ~10 years ago Chine

~15 years ago I'd come across tweets sharing how European art teachers are struggling with cultural intrusions of anime into fine arts(lol), ~10 years ago Chinese companies started serving anime-style online games, ~5 years ago COVID kickstarted VTubers in anglosphere, now an anime art is in a major OSS like an AC/DC reference. It's funny how vehemently people respond to anime the first time, it's often so strong that they would not be consistent with their judgements or even own moral standards. It then subsides, and then it'll be something that "doesn't look like anything" to them. Anime wasn't always accepted in Japanese culture(where it was born); it always existed and was growing consistently over the entire postwar history, but there were still plenty of cancellation forces on Twitter when it launched in late 2000s. Don't worry, companies like Apple would be having an ultra sexualized silver gimpsuit teenager mascot by 2030 and anime hate would be replaced by something by then at this rate.

account42 1y ago
If anything, I have only grown to hate the style more the more it is pushed everywhere.
mpalmer 1y ago
Can people just not like something? Not everything is a sociopolitical debate. > It's funny how vehemently people respond to anime the first time, it's often so strong that they would not be consistent with their judgements or even own moral standards. It then subsides, and then it'll be something that "doesn't look like anything" to them uh... no, not in my case at least.
- numpad0 1y ago
  Yes in technical sense that only wrong countries try to control wrongthink, and no in the sense that if there are chances such opinions prevail. It'll be like insisting YOLO[1] renamed and presentation video changed up. We all kind of deserve a right to say so, and insisting anime is unprofessional and must be removed don't look that way yet, but IMO it very well could be considered insane talks in 5-10 years. 1: https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/ https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/
  - mpalmer 1y ago
    Culture hasn't been monolithic for decades now; it's only fragmenting more. Broad consensus that any opinion is "insane" is becoming less likely, not the other way around.

account42 1y ago

If anything, I have only grown to hate the style more the more it is pushed everywhere.

mpalmer 1y ago

Can people just not like something? Not everything is a sociopolitical debate. > It's funny how vehemently people respond to anime the first time, it's often so strong that they would not be consistent with their judgements or even own moral standards. It then subsides, and then it'll be something that "doesn't look like anything" to them uh... no, not in my case at least.

numpad0 1y ago
Yes in technical sense that only wrong countries try to control wrongthink, and no in the sense that if there are chances such opinions prevail. It'll be like insisting YOLO[1] renamed and presentation video changed up. We all kind of deserve a right to say so, and insisting anime is unprofessional and must be removed don't look that way yet, but IMO it very well could be considered insane talks in 5-10 years. 1: https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/ https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/
- mpalmer 1y ago
  Culture hasn't been monolithic for decades now; it's only fragmenting more. Broad consensus that any opinion is "insane" is becoming less likely, not the other way around.