Why is anime frowned/ unacknowledged upon?
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DeadManWonderLand
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Anime in general
I wasn't aware of that at first either but,my answer still stands as it accounts for most anime/manga anyway.
I wasn't aware of that at first either but,my answer still stands as it accounts for most anime/manga anyway.
Umari Senju
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I think Clouds and a few other posters hit the nail on the head. In Western Culture we view cartoons largley as something for adolescense to view. The Anime that comes from Japan, though widley popular in the US, are normally mainstream stuff like Pokemon, Yugi-oh and even Naruto (at one point)
Japanese culture don't regard animation in such a way and view it as something for everybody. This is slowly being excepted here in the West as we see more and more adult themed animations like Family Guy and the Simpsons though these are consider to be more citcom based than actual animation.
There was Avatar the Last Airbender which blened eastern style art with western comdey and themes and that was widely excepted (don't count the movie that just sucked hard)
But overall we still view as something for the kids.
Japanese culture don't regard animation in such a way and view it as something for everybody. This is slowly being excepted here in the West as we see more and more adult themed animations like Family Guy and the Simpsons though these are consider to be more citcom based than actual animation.
There was Avatar the Last Airbender which blened eastern style art with western comdey and themes and that was widely excepted (don't count the movie that just sucked hard)
But overall we still view as something for the kids.
Really? I mean I agree and disagree at the same time. Because I'm not the type that you would think that watches anime a lot, but I can surprise you lol at the same time I don't see other people, in my friend group, starting to watch it
KingHashirama
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Umari Senju
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I agree. I don't mind slight changes in the Anime VS Manga and it is so true it is far easier to understand the Anime over the Manga. In cases like Naruto or Bleach some of the panels showing special effects are really hard to make out what's going on, but when I watch the Anime it is clear as day.
I hate the Naruto Fillers as they completely suck. But I enjoy the Bleach Fillers they aren't all that bad. Especially the Zanpaktu fillers when we got to everyone's Zanpaktu personified.
I agree. If you were to see me. You wouldn't know I was a big comic book/Manga/Anime Watcher/Reader. I think their are a lot of closeted Manga/Anime types out there. XD
Hikari Uchiha Senju
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I think it's because people hear people who do watch anime and they think it sounds weird, all the names and such. and then you know what those people usually think of when they do see anime, girls with huge eyes and rental space between them. And you know, some people are just close-minded. I know a lot of these kinds and they all know I watch anime, when they bring it up I tell them it's just normal cartoons but in japanese lolz.
Many people actually like Naruto and it's popular worldwide, it's less weird than others. Still I would consider eye bleeding black flame demonic ribcage 10 tailed one eyed monster weird
yea most people think anime and cartoon is the same thing it piss me off everytime i hear it but certain english dubbed anime are the kinda the cause of it pokemon , yugioh zexal so cheesy -_-
I've seen enough weird animes, talking about general audience who haven't seen anime
Because the West confuses anime with childish cartoons when some anime have more gore and violence than an R rated movie. And they assume that the general anime fanbase is a bunch of nonathletic, losers, who dream about being japanese.
What they fail to realize is that its another abstract form of art that has a worldwide culture, applies to almost any genre, and is just awesome
Great point! There are all kinds of genres, I just don't get it why people want to brush it off so quickly
