Also it turns out the wanting to fuck horses thing wasn't just a bit.

  • oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    You know how to use a search engine, right? "Anime" is literally "animation originating from Japan". When the style is used outside of Japan it's "Animesque". Pokemon is a "Japanese media franchise".

    The Japanese use the term for any animation, though, so these are mostly labels from westerners.

      • oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]
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        11 months ago

        I gave two definitions, the English one and the one for アニメ. The second definition is for context, it's not like we're speaking Japanese. Animesque isn't a definition of anime, it's very explicitly not anime, and includes a wide variety of cartoons from The Boondocks to Teen Titans.

        I'm annoyed because you're wrong. Take for example The Rose of Versailles, who's main character I have as my name, pfp, and banner on this site. For the majority of the show, she's an adult. She takes part in the French Revolution while she's in her 30's.

        Or lets look at the 10 highest grossing Anime films. It has two teen romances, two fantasy actions films, a sports film, a fantasy film with anti-war themes, two fantasy adventure films, and two Ghibli films that are a bit harder to classify, Pony and Spirited Away. Only three of them have romantic overtones, and none have any sexual characteristics.

        Adjusted for inflation, the highest grossing live action film is Gone with the Wind, which features a 16 year old about to get married, marital rape, civil war myths, and black stereotypes.

        Give Howl's Moving Castle a watch, it's in that top 10 (it's the anti-war one!), and it's quite good.