Oof…
There is enough good anime out there that I don’t foresee slop like this gaining much popularity outside the very dedicated niche that it speaks to.
That stands in contrast to a historical example like Birth of a Nation, which was actually a bit of a technical marvel when it was made. It was listed on the AFI list despite the extremely problematic content because of the technical contributions to filmmaking at the time.
Rottcodd@ani.social 5 hours ago
Years ago, I was working at an art gallery, and we had one customer who would come in every few weeks with the latest vaguely renaissance-looking oil painting he’d found at a yard sale and spend an hour or two tediously pointing out and explaining the artfully hidden brush strokes or initials or subject matter or shapes in the clouds or what-have-you that proved that it was actually a Rembrandt.
I had forgotten all about him until just now, when thus essay veey forcefully reminded me.
And on another note, it also managed to Streisand the Galverse. I didn’t even know there was such a thing until just now, but now I’m going to go track it down.