Comment on Anime Recommendations
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 week agoWhat’s the ratio of good movies and TV shows to bad ones?
Much, much higher, if we’re talking about creepy tropes.
Plenty of TV and cinema is bad, but thats different than the specific creepiness we are discussing.
Additionally, popular, high profile, critically acclaimed anime seems to suffer from this too. Not universally, but when I tried to get into anime it was hard to avoid.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io 1 week ago
To be honest, I think it's hard to have this discussion in the abstract, because a lot of it comes down to what that "specific level of creepy" means, both on the individual level and culturally. I think to what degree sex, violence, drug use, antisocial behavior, etc., are acceptable in media depends a lot on the context.
Many, or rather most, of the popular manga/anime series out there are shonen shows, primarily targeting the tastes and sensibilities of adolescent boys, so I think to some degree sexual content and violence are to be expected.
What's more, I think America is generally more sensitive to sexual content in media than Japan, while Japan is probably more sensitive to stuff like drug use... so there is a cultural aspect to it as well of course.