https://www.vice.com/en/article/93k9vd/studio-ghibli-park-groping-japan

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Very luke warm take - hating on Anime as a medium and dismissing it entirely as :libertarian-approaching: is just plain racism and chauvinism. There's just as much disgusting, weird shit in western media, while there is a great deal of genuinely good, progressive, worthwhile storytelling in Anime and manga.making sweeping accusations against an entire culturally rooted medium of expression because of the stuff that is heavily marketed for profit driven reasons is plain unimaginitive chauvinism and you should re-examine your beliefs. Imagine dismissing all western novels bc there's so much fascistic science fiction and spy thrillers, or dismissing western cinema bc of Michael Bay and Zach Snyder movies.

    • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Nah, the product of a hyper capitalized industry can be generally dismissed as without Merritt.

      Even the karl Marx anime had underpaid exploited workers working themselves to death so line go up. The anime industry somehow treats it people worse than hollywood.