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...
Yeah, I do realize that, I just thought it was funny that his objection was to a scene besides that one. Also, look at how many fans miss that (definitely intended) meta commentary. Turns out there is no such thing as an anti-anime film.
Dang, done it by my inability to discern sarcasm in text form.
If Anno did the principled Bill Waterson thing and somehow blocked all merchandising (which I'm not sure even he could pull off as I don't know how much he had a say in production and financing) maybe it could've worked, but the Evangelion toothbrushes certainly don't help.
Socialism is when you take away everyone's Evangelion toothbrush