I pretty much agree with almost everything the dude in the video said, though I'd beg to differ on attraction to anime characters being equal to higher level of empathy. People feel that it's easier to get attracted to anime characters because simply, they are easy to understand,relate and adore. Every writer uses their plot to show the perfect presentation for most of their relevant characters and this is further developed through other key factors like other character interaction with them that'll undercover even more about them. Real life isn't that easy, people don't easily and plainly share their secrets/how they feel/true attitudes etc...thus successfully labeling most of their heart content as "unknown" which humans instincts will by nature try to indirectly undercover thanks to our first motivation being the desire to seek knowledge.
There's this type of fans^^
and then there are ↓↓↓↓↓↓
"Ohhhh myyyy godd ^v^ xxx-kun was soo sexy and cool in that episode, I totally love, he's mine"
"Oh wow xxx-san is so hot, I wish if real life girls would be like that, would really bang her"
Type of fans who are simply attracted to 2d characters due to the characters having a relativity far more attractive characteristics. This is pretty common in art, but it isn;t meant to be taken to that level, or so I would assume
