Is Anime Healthy?

[Arina Love]

You know because people have different tastes than you. You don't need to know why people love it. Because if you don't get it you never will. Been watching Anime and playing J-RPGs for 10 years now and still going strong.

Yes but even you have to admit that some of the anime industry trends are not exactly healthy, particularly the enphasis on harem shows with self-insert protagonists and undeveloped female leads (looking at your avatar's show)

Ultimately, we love anime but we also have to concede that it has issues

Except it's a non issue, a lot of anime getting released aimed at different people. There are serious anime and there are harems and other fanservice, something for everyone. Don't like fanservice? You don't have to watch it, but don't insult people that do, labeling them as unhealthy or without social skills. It doesn't matter if something healthy or not because it's a FICTION it have noting to do with real life. Just as murdering people in games would be unhealthy by that logic but it's not, because it's NOT REAL.

 

[Izanagi009_v1legacy]

You know because people have different tastes than you. You don't need to know why people love it. Because if you don't get it you never will. Been watching Anime and playing J-RPGs for 10 years now and still going strong.

Yes but even you have to admit that some of the anime industry trends are not exactly healthy, particularly the enphasis on harem shows with self-insert protagonists and undeveloped female leads (looking at your avatar's show)

Ultimately, we love anime but we also have to concede that it has issues

Except it's a non issue, a lot of anime getting released aimed at different people. There are serious anime and there are harems and other fanservice, something for everyone. Don't like fanservice? You don't have to watch it, but don't insult people that do, labeling them as unhealthy or without social skills. It doesn't matter if something healthy or not because it's a FICTION it have noting to do with real life. Just as murdering people in games would be unhealthy by that logic but it's not, because it's NOT REAL.

a non issue in terms of the influence on people, yes. But I see it as a large issue given that the more these type of shallow fanservice shows get made, the less stuff like Aldnoah Zero, Captain Earth, Ghost in the Shell or anything of artistic merit gets made. Yes, fanservice has a place but there is a time when we have to develop a better taste in shows or at least realize that, you like a show for what reasons: because of the head on your shoulders or the head between your legs

 

[Arina Love]

You know because people have different tastes than you. You don't need to know why people love it. Because if you don't get it you never will. Been watching Anime and playing J-RPGs for 10 years now and still going strong.

Yes but even you have to admit that some of the anime industry trends are not exactly healthy, particularly the enphasis on harem shows with self-insert protagonists and undeveloped female leads (looking at your avatar's show)

Ultimately, we love anime but we also have to concede that it has issues

Except it's a non issue, a lot of anime getting released aimed at different people. There are serious anime and there are harems and other fanservice, something for everyone. Don't like fanservice? You don't have to watch it, but don't insult people that do, labeling them as unhealthy or without social skills. It doesn't matter if something healthy or not because it's a FICTION it have noting to do with real life. Just as murdering people in games would be unhealthy by that logic but it's not, because it's NOT REAL.

a non issue in terms of the influence on people, yes. But I see it as a large issue given that the more these type of shallow fanservice shows get made, the less stuff like Aldnoah Zero, Captain Earth, Ghost in the Shell or anything of artistic merit gets made. Yes, fanservice has a place but there is a time when we have to develop a better taste in shows or at least realize that, you like a show for what reasons: because of the head on your shoulders or the head between your legs

issue for you yes but not for majority it's simple, supply and demand. People like and buy fan service shows so the make them, whenever you like it or not. And "better taste ""artistic merit" is purely subjective. Anime is entertainment not everybody likes heavy/serious thought provocative themes in their entertainment. Like me ,for example, i do not watch anything that is not comedy/slice of life/Light-shonen/Lighthearted Adventure like Fairy Tail and Once piece. I just don't like depressing stuff. So yeah i have head on my shoulders and i like fanservice. You may think you have "better taste" if it helps you sleep at night but that's just not true. All you have is taste for certain subtype of entertainment and subjective opinions.

 

[Izanagi009_v1legacy]

You know because people have different tastes than you. You don't need to know why people love it. Because if you don't get it you never will. Been watching Anime and playing J-RPGs for 10 years now and still going strong.

Yes but even you have to admit that some of the anime industry trends are not exactly healthy, particularly the enphasis on harem shows with self-insert protagonists and undeveloped female leads (looking at your avatar's show)

Ultimately, we love anime but we also have to concede that it has issues

Except it's a non issue, a lot of anime getting released aimed at different people. There are serious anime and there are harems and other fanservice, something for everyone. Don't like fanservice? You don't have to watch it, but don't insult people that do, labeling them as unhealthy or without social skills. It doesn't matter if something healthy or not because it's a FICTION it have noting to do with real life. Just as murdering people in games would be unhealthy by that logic but it's not, because it's NOT REAL.

a non issue in terms of the influence on people, yes. But I see it as a large issue given that the more these type of shallow fanservice shows get made, the less stuff like Aldnoah Zero, Captain Earth, Ghost in the Shell or anything of artistic merit gets made. Yes, fanservice has a place but there is a time when we have to develop a better taste in shows or at least realize that, you like a show for what reasons: because of the head on your shoulders or the head between your legs

issue for you yes but not for majority it's simple, supply and demand. People like and buy fan service shows so the make them, whenever you like it or not. And "better taste ""artistic merit" is purely subjective. Anime is entertainment not everybody likes heavy/serious thought provocative themes in their entertainment. Like me ,for example, i do not watch anything that is not comedy/slice of life/Light-shonen/Lighthearted Adventure like Fairy Tail and Once piece. I just don't like depressing stuff. So yeah i have head on my shoulders and i like fanservice. You may think you have "better taste" if it helps you sleep at night but that's just not true. All you have is taste for certain subtype of entertainment and subjective opinions.

I guess I will concede that the whole artistic thing was subjective and that people may not like the depressing stuff. But I think even we can admit that the proliferation of brocon/siscon characters and shows like "Recently, My Sister is Unusual" is a bit unnerving

 

[Richard Dubbeld]

I generally prefer anime that is not based on any manga or other paper based medium. Stuff like Wolf's Rain or Ergo Proxy. They tend to stay away from most of the "tropes" (Cliche is a better word)that plague most the vast majority of anime.

Also I suspect that part of the reason why FMA and Brotherhood stay away from those cliches, and as a result are among the best anime ever made, is because they are based on a work created by a female mangaka.