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
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