Studio ghibli movies are shows what anime would be like if it wasnât made to appeal to horny adolescent boys. I think itâs the only Japanese animation I would dare watching with my parents / kids without having to check prior if it got weird shit like in the second panel.
I remember my brother begging me to watch the movie âyour nameâ ( or weathering with you? I donât remember ) the first ten minutes a boy exchange his body with a girl and vice versa. The first thing the boy does? grope himself. I closed it and re-watched princess mononoke instead.
Not every animation has to be for kids or tame. And I would love more stuff that would be weird to watch with parents or something. However a lot of anime is just weird and immature imo, but studio ghibli stuff isnât the only that is bearable to watch
Not showing nudity, sex or women objectification doesnât make a show for kids or/and tame. Sprited away and princess mononoke have quite a lot of body horror and gore. The use of such scenes need to have a purpose and not be there for the sake of having an adult rating, horny bait/ fan service but thatâs the case of most depictions and this is what I am complaining about.
Letâs take for exemple another ghibli movie : the wind rises. In the movie, sex is only alluded to and serves a purpose in story. The scene feels natural, it isnât forced into the viewer, feels very awkward or objectify the women.
Heck, you could have a show that have no swearing at all so that when a character drop the f bomb during a scene you know heâs really pissed.
I wouldnât want ghibli movies to be different, I just mean that I wouldnât mind stuff that you donât want kids to see. And I donât mean ecchi stuff. I had Perfect Blue in mind when I wrote the comment. Itâs not immature, not for kids and displays objectification as something horrifying. Not every anime has to be like Perfect Blue, but not every anime has to be suitable for kids. I read your first comment as a wish for any anime to be watchable with the family, but that is something I am very much against. Especially because people often take animation for a kidâs genre. It is a medium for any subject and any audience.
Considering that most western media is completely insufferable, maybe it's not such a bad thing that Eastern animation tries to keep the target audience in mind. Sometimes stuff that is the coolest thing on earth to a 15 year old boy it's just cringe to us adults.
That's fine, it's not for us. There can be other media that's meant for Us.
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Studio ghibli movies are shows what anime would be like if it wasnât made to appeal to horny adolescent boys. I think itâs the only Japanese animation I would dare watching with my parents / kids without having to check prior if it got weird shit like in the second panel. I remember my brother begging me to watch the movie âyour nameâ ( or weathering with you? I donât remember ) the first ten minutes a boy exchange his body with a girl and vice versa. The first thing the boy does? grope himself. I closed it and re-watched princess mononoke instead.
narshee@iusearchlinux.fyi âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Not every animation has to be for kids or tame. And I would love more stuff that would be weird to watch with parents or something. However a lot of anime is just weird and immature imo, but studio ghibli stuff isnât the only that is bearable to watch
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Not showing nudity, sex or women objectification doesnât make a show for kids or/and tame. Sprited away and princess mononoke have quite a lot of body horror and gore. The use of such scenes need to have a purpose and not be there for the sake of having an adult rating, horny bait/ fan service but thatâs the case of most depictions and this is what I am complaining about. Letâs take for exemple another ghibli movie : the wind rises. In the movie, sex is only alluded to and serves a purpose in story. The scene feels natural, it isnât forced into the viewer, feels very awkward or objectify the women.
Heck, you could have a show that have no swearing at all so that when a character drop the f bomb during a scene you know heâs really pissed.
narshee@iusearchlinux.fyi âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I wouldnât want ghibli movies to be different, I just mean that I wouldnât mind stuff that you donât want kids to see. And I donât mean ecchi stuff. I had Perfect Blue in mind when I wrote the comment. Itâs not immature, not for kids and displays objectification as something horrifying. Not every anime has to be like Perfect Blue, but not every anime has to be suitable for kids. I read your first comment as a wish for any anime to be watchable with the family, but that is something I am very much against. Especially because people often take animation for a kidâs genre. It is a medium for any subject and any audience.
sj_zero âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Considering that most western media is completely insufferable, maybe it's not such a bad thing that Eastern animation tries to keep the target audience in mind. Sometimes stuff that is the coolest thing on earth to a 15 year old boy it's just cringe to us adults.
That's fine, it's not for us. There can be other media that's meant for Us.
Bread@sh.itjust.works âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
That and a few other things aside, it is still a very good movie I would recommend. Although I will agree that is a bit awkward.