Posted in the general discussion, but I think this deserves it's own post.
So, I was listening to Clownfish TV's (pop culture commentators that has a good feel on the culture wars) recent episode discussing the mess between DeSantis and Disney, when one of the hosts mentioned, briefly, that "right-wingers" are now attacking anime on social media.
This is surprising news for me, so I want some evidence if this is true and what is going on, because I have a feeling that there is more to this beneath the social media surface that might negatively impact our GreatAwakening.
Nothing turned up so far when I searched YouTube and Truth Social was equally quiet on that front, so I was wondering if it was a hoax.
Bullshit. Back in the day, Sailor Moon taught me to take my dreams and ambitions seriously and never give up on them, friends will always have my back but at the end of the day, my intentions are my own. Dragonball Z taught me that there’s always a stronger version of myself that I need to strive for, even if I’m not the main character I can still do my part. Cowboy Bebop taught me to make the best of any shitty situation because hey, that’s life, shit sucks sometimes but you can’t just run from your past forever. And Naruto taught me that I have a unique set of skills that only I can master and everyone’s got their own demons to face, eating at them from the inside.
Growing up with anime taught me that I don’t have to give a shit if you don’t like the shows I watch. I learned some great life lessons, and saw plenty of great anime tiddies along the way.
Agreed. Add the movies Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and maybe Ninja Scrolls along with the series Bleach and Hunter x Hunter. There are a lot more, but those are some of the very best.
As far as people attacking anime, who gives a shit? I form my own opinions about pretty much everything, mainly because I am not one of the mindless sheep desperately seeking the safety of the herd.
Because how many times have we not given a shit only to whine later about our entertainment and culture being ruined? Gotta nip it in the bud early.
Yeah tired of the uninformed strawman that such stuff makes up the majority of anime.
Anime does have a lot of satanic/cabal elements to it, but I haven't seen any outright attacks against it.
I've seen some "right wing influencers" like that Brittany Venti attacking it and certain popular VTubers but regarding a general right-wing attack I'll quote Bill Hicks "where's this shit happening?" Anime has a lot of right-leaning fans, especially the older stuff from the 80s and 90s. Manga is increasingly outselling western comic books because lack of wokeness as well.
As for Clownfish TV, while they're rather balanced in their reporting never forget that they're still lefties, it's just really obvious with the wife to where I skip the video if she's on it and starts ranting.
Yeah.
I guess I should've waited to post until after the male co-host actually talked about this "right-wing attack on anime" and presented his evidence, but such of thing was so out of character for the "right-wingers" that I know of that I felt compelled to investigate, just in case I've missed a potentially major development in the culture wars that can affect the Great Awakening in a negative way.
Yeah if you want a more right-leaning opinion there's Nerdrotic, Geeks & Gamers, YellowFlash, YoungRippa (Eric July), Razorfist, etc. I've not heard any of them attacking anime or manga like how they criticize what western comics have become.
Here's what I think, Anime is not important in the political sphere. You want to watch it, go right ahead. I prefer to do other things, but I will not tell you how to spend your time, if you want to ask me how I spend my time because you want to shift your focus, you can go right ahead too. Nothing should be done or stopped out of coercion except that which may damage an innocent without a voice.
Edward Snowden said he likes Ghost in the Shell.
Just sayin...
If you're familiar with the series you'd understand, it was insanely prophetic.
I'm just bein' a smartass.
who cares about anime again?
Weebs
And those weebs are getting increasingly angry at the troons who keep invading and trying to ruin their hobbies. Gatekeeping has ramped up dramatically as a result.
Speaking of weebs getting angry at trans loonies, see the whole mess with Vtuber Pikamee. For the "crime" of entertaining the thought of streaming Hogwarts Legacy, the trannies ruthlessly bullied and harassed her to the point of retirement. That left many Weebs and Otakus forever angry at the Trannies. And if you haven't been at the receiving end of what kind of wraith the Weebs and Otakus can bring, you don't want to find out.
And some of them still harassing her after her retirement while others are pretending it never happened after 4chan started doxxing the harassers.
I honestly don’t know what you just said
And Otakus in Japan.
...And Fujoshis.
I have seen AOC and other chant to push Alphabet Rights in Japan and note anime is objectifying women and is outright sexist.
But right leaning attacks? They've been present since early days, but I have not seen any growth within it.
And while anime does have a bit of of gayness (usually contained to subgenres, not in general) it and Japan in general keep giving the alphabet mafia the middle finger. Twitter was full of raging retards whining that anime artists just block them instead of catering to their demands.
For the most part true, that started happening after years of their brigading and forcing artists to appologize. After a while they too began to fuck off against the woke brigade.
I am not huge on anime, but I am adamant about letting people make things they choose to make in the artistic realm. It is just wild we live in a time where if you make a sexually charged character in a bikini it is automatically "based." While making a grotesque (I mean roach killing ugly) woman, it's automatically "woke." Even if the latter was chosen actively and the former forced.
And women are "objectified" in anime only in terms that the artists know that their actual paying audience is made of people from both sexes that want to see attractive characters. Uggo characters mostly exist for laughs they're rarely a main character. The "we demand representation" crowd aren't the ones paying the bills and the anime creators know that.
Ultimately true, but ugly characters are more than humor, they can be used to tell story of tragedy through their eyes, and being playable in competitive gaming adds a dash of humiliation. Though there is a reason China forced Blizzard, for example, to make more kinds of elves to be played with damn near every expansion. But forgo races that were often a staple to their factions in World of Warcraft. The most played races in the top MMOs are very sexually charged and pretty.
I personally want more ugly characters, simple fact that it is because it adds more options. We often have no problem playing monsters, and ugly men. But I do not want more to "fill a void" of representation that doesn't exist. So it is just wild that you can WANT to honestly make an ugly character, but forever be "woke" in the process.
Well, when the lions share of anime is tiny girls being oversexualized and boobas in your face 24/7. That and the plotlines are the same recycled formula pver and over. I can see why
That's a nice strawman you've built there.
Sorry that i can tell when media is being weaponized...