Godzilla, Speed Racer & even the long unwavering classic Dragon Ball Z [Kai; 2018+ closing series finale episodes] have all shared hidden elements of truth as to how Japanese culture surpasses all odds in spite of how their clashing with the atomic bombings into two of their most benevolent cities had traumatized them beyond measure. As such it is easy to blame and point fingers at an art style so obnoxiously overstated and mentioned in our pop culture, seeing a wide and vast demographic among introverted right brains using anime & manga as somewhat of an escape from reality and having a chance to be themselves without fear of reading too much into it.
I indeed share a similar tale of woe, albeit I embrace it using healthy doses of cartooning & occultist virtues for all the right reasons. I am not a “masculine male witch” if that but I think there is a lot we can learn from the unknown and the people that we don’t quite understand. Take Butch Hartman for example, the former ex-Nickelodeon cartoonist of legend. He is currently running a crowdfunding campaign to operate upon “Optiplex” or whatever his brand new free will network/platform is going to be called (hence why I haven’t given evidence/proof master/hotlinks, my bad!) and I think we all know where he is going with it. It’s the kind of lukewarm Cowboy Bebop tragedy where if you have ever looked at someone awkward, with those keen, dafuq does this guy/girl/etc. think he is doing trying to be an attention whore[?], and overall didn’t precisely see the worst NOR the least into them then you’ve pretty much nailed why Butch never, ever gave up.
This is my kink with anime: It’s NOT overrated, but it IS lamely excused in a very dishonest manner coming these 2010-2020 decade eras. Anime Hatred does not dowse from those whom detest the lack of advertisements in the local TV and cable channels, if not across the world wide web & even our newspapers but even when you see a pamphlet or a phone design done with those Chi bi caricatures and you think to yourself “now WHY does that not happen more frequently?”.
I dare say even the nutritional health standards of Eastern Civilization reaps more than architectural diehards trying their damnest to outsmart this lazy ordeal of free speech or whatever the heck they use Cynical Paranoia to overcomplicate picking a Left/Right side in political issues. For these kinds of philosophers & demographics, anime is a must have. I do not blame them for feeling like politics is not understood for more reasons than deserving but when it comes to a culture you do not understand especially without the proper responsibilities & experiences, racism, sexism, ageism & the like become common place and that’s just the hard cold truth about our reality come the 21st century & more.
I will end off with this, though: What would you do to invite, accept & acknowledge the existence of other people, places and things in spite of how their culture MIGHT HAVE BEEN dead on its own feet, even if its not like that whatsoever and its all in your heads? Does anime & manga have a right to be addressed a bit more without discrimination fears or should we be more careful with how we involve our off-topic affairs to people?
Thank you for taking the time to watch. You never know what you don’t know. ~Tony C.