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 âš11â© 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 âš11â© 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.
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com âš11â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I fully agree.
I think thereâs a misunderstanding here. I donât mind when such themes is used as a part of the story, what I am complaining about is the forced ecchi aspect that is prevalent in most Japanese animations. Otherwise, If you remove that, a lot of anime may as well be for kids honestly.
When I was still watching anime and a ecchi scene was randomly thrown at my face. I wasnât like : âthatâs niceâ or whatever they expect me to feel, it always felt awkward and I end up asking myself what was even the point of that ?