Reveals a lot of y’all don’t know many black people.
The 4chan breed of fascist pedo anime guy is merely the most visible type you see online
not really. The most visible type is by far shounen/dbz fans that spend their time on "who would win" arguments. In certain social media, like twitter, I would argue that the fascist pedo anime type is less visible than even leftist sailor moon pfp anime fan or jojo/eva memes , unless you are actively in the more fascist side of twitter to begin with
I guess at least among the :sicko-yes: s that post on places like this who have a morbid curiosity towards and can't stop looking at the absolute worst kinds of people
Have you ever been to any anime meme communities?
Every other post is transphobia, reactionary, pedophillic, or literally referencing snuff or loli porn on nhentai. Anime meme communities are disastrously reactionary.
oh no concentrated reddit/4chan anime meme communities are reactionary who would have thought.
The most visible type is by far shounen/dbz fans that spend their time on “who would win” arguments.
Damn I am glad my social media bubble is not getting hit with like, any of that post 2004
Do people not know this? Are the :lmayo: showing their entire ass online again?
Tbh that bait thread about anime that is locked now was started by someone that has had numerous posts and comments removed for weird sexualisation stuff. They did the exact same post about anime 3 months ago. Don't take the bait folks.
I have to say, my enthusiasm for many, many anime has been muted since becoming a commie. Japan is a very conservative country and it's reflected in their artistic output. At the same time, I enjoy the aesthetic, and these days I simply go with whatever is good, regardless of origin or medium, which I have found a far more successful way to find good shit then sticking with certain types of media.
Many big anime creators especially older ones were leftists or just straight up marxists for a big part of their lives cause there is a whole generation of anime creators who were present and very influenced by the full of class struggle 60s in Japan and especially the student movement. In ways the anime industry has more prominent commie or revolutionary seeds in it than mainstream western tv and movies. Yeah the majority still sucks, most for social messaging ways but in general i dont find anime more hard to enjoy or get into compared to other mediums. Especially when there is an artistic genealogy of pretty based and left-ish creators and shows
Pretty spot on I'd say. I probably should have clarified my leftward turn ruined much capitalist movies and tv in general, not just japanese
it reveals also that they dont know about the larger anime fandom in Latin america and that they got Dragon ball z a few years before the US
Granted I didn’t see it much in that thread. Other threads both here and in the old sub it was a sentiment I saw a lot.
I feel like anime fans are prime targets for radicalization given that:
- they often consume it to escape from reality
- they're well aware of how shit the working conditions are for animators in Japan
- they can recognize that a lot of the Western stuff being put out is shit
- many weebs are ethnic minorities (in addition to black folks, I get the impression there are a lot asian weebs as well)
- I think a lot of fans would like to learn to create their own art/animation for a living but are unable to do so cause of capitalism
Gamers also tick all of those boxes but we lost them to the right because the Left was more interested in dunking on them than trying to win them over.
Same thing is probably going to happen / already happened to the anime fans.
they often consume it to escape from reality
Is this any different from people who are fans of cartoons, movies, tv shows, video games? Seems like just a stereotype...
Yeah not really any different from other fictitious works in that sense although with anime specifically, there's a lot of content related to the high school experience in particular which I suspect is appealing to many at least in part because of how shit being a working adult is.
Anime/manga also has a subgenre of "iyashikei" or "healing-type" works which again is appealing to people because of how stressful real life is.
You would assume that for a stereotypical anime high school wasn't exactly the best time in their life...
While I'm sure there's still a decent amount of those types, I suspect with anime having become a lot more mainstream now especially among younger generations, I'm doubtful the stereotype holds for the majority of the fanbase.
I wouldn’t call this a struggle session. Just pointing out a fact. If it provokes a struggle session that’s on you lot.
it shouldnt be a struggle session but this thread is going to be a reitiration of the last one and derivate from the first point. if i post after the cats debate that cat should have their claws cut that post is going to derive int outdoor cats struggle session once again. but yeah i agree you that anime isnt mono mayo. i know tons of people that get into anime not for big boobas but maybe for the different expression of gender there. :meow-tankie:
The idea that Western anime fans were mostly white was maybe true, like 20 years ago when it was a lot more niche.
20 years ago was 2001. Dragon ball z has been airing in the US since the 90's and I don't know an anime with a blacker fan base
Even then it was just segregated. Black weebs hung around the FGC and Yugioh and white people avoided them because they were “to aggressive.”
Black weebs hung around the FGC and Yugioh and white people avoided them because they were “to aggressive.”
lol why was this the game store in my local mall until it got shut down ~2008
Couldn’t handle the thuggery when they activated that trap card.
Any other criticism of anime as a genre can stand with this point I’m making. Trying to dismiss it as “white guy shit” ignores that anime is massive popular among African Americans.
I see way more black people than white people wearing Dragonball Z merch.
I mean I’ve meet this guy a couple times so unless I’m hallucinating
I mean perhaps you have, alright but I didn't see it here in the recent argument, so...
every single weeb I know really well is hispanic so... idk don't take my experience as universal
