Just look at animemes banning the use of tr*p. Of course not every anime is misogynist but... there’s kinda a lot. And I think there’s a lot of blatant misogyny that is definitely noticed, and people who watch those scenes know it’s bad, but if you keep watching that shit over and over, even if you know it’s bad, it just get burned into your brain. But more importantly, a lot of anime just treats women as a whole differently than the male characters. Their drawn slightly differently, they act slightly differently, and they continue to be treated as objects, albeit in more subtle ways. On their own or in a bubble these grievances wouldn’t be a big deal, but it does add up. Idk, shit just sucks and it makes it hard to get into shows I would really like otherwise...
Try Masaaki Yuasa - the best animation (not just "anime") director hands down with an absolutely unique vision every single time. He has plenty of interesting and well written female characters. In fact in many of his works it's the male characters who are often the immature idiots instead. The late Satoshi Kon a close second. Makoto Shinkai and Mamoru Hosoda as well.
Serial Experiments Lane also features a female protagonist who explores her own psyche as she descends into madness.
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