Where do you draw the line when selecting/watching anime?
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03-03-12, 5:55 PM
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Basically what the topic title says. At what point would you stop watching a series or refuse to watch a series based on certain elements that not only question your morals, but also just flat out make you feel uncomfortable? For me, it would be extreme, extreme violence, such as guts spilling out, limbs being chopped off, organs being ripped out, etc. I would also not watch anything that shows someone deriving sexual pleasure from extreme mutilation and abuse, such as guro or ryona (girl getting beat up). I'm also not a fan of parent-child incest. I'm all for open-mindedness and creativity, and I'm certainly not against people who create/enjoy anime with those above themes, but I personally just cannot sit through them. I kind of envy people who can, though, you must either have a very high tolerance for graphic themes or are just kind of morally ambiguous. (In a good way?) :D So...where would you draw the line? Modified by Adair, 03-03-12, 6:08 PM |
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03-03-12, 6:06 PM
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Offline Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1831 |
Wont watch Hentai with lots of rape or if it has a gross fetish like scat or pissing >.> Everything else is fair game for me to try. I love watching stuff most people couldnt manage xD ![]() |
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03-03-12, 6:07 PM
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Offline Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 518 |
any obvious hentai of any kind, I suppose. i read To-Love-Ru Darkness for a time, and that's really borderline. no yaoi for me, either. |
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03-03-12, 6:10 PM
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Probably hentai, though I don't mind nudity. xD ![]() "We don't need memories, because I'm loving now so very much." |
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03-03-12, 6:14 PM
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the only limit is the inamingnation of the creator if an anime is lacking in good iagination were needed its not good for me my 11 main things i rate on 1 Impact on Impact on industry both the anime and Original Manga had 2 TV Ratings in Japan [ Gross for movies Unit sales for OVAs 3 Manga Ka of the Sourcework 4 how loyal the anime stayed to its source how well the compare to other big name in its genre 5 Seiyuu casting [ how many i know by voice i use the royal I here ] 6 Impact on General Pop Culture in Japan and the West 7 Impact on Otaku Culture in Japan and the West 8 Music[ Instrumentation] 9 merchandise sales 10 art style 11 Studio who produced the anime[ and what thay have done for the industry] |
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03-03-12, 6:16 PM
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Oh look. People will draw the line at hentai. That's like saying you'll watch all kinds of movies but not pornos. Obvious answer is obvious. |
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03-03-12, 6:19 PM
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Anime_Name said: Oh look. People will draw the line at hentai. That's like saying you'll watch all kinds of movies but not pornos. Obvious answer is obvious. indeed this k my i made my comment aa a twist things lol my 11 main things i rate on 1 Impact on Impact on industry both the anime and Original Manga had 2 TV Ratings in Japan [ Gross for movies Unit sales for OVAs 3 Manga Ka of the Sourcework 4 how loyal the anime stayed to its source how well the compare to other big name in its genre 5 Seiyuu casting [ how many i know by voice i use the royal I here ] 6 Impact on General Pop Culture in Japan and the West 7 Impact on Otaku Culture in Japan and the West 8 Music[ Instrumentation] 9 merchandise sales 10 art style 11 Studio who produced the anime[ and what thay have done for the industry] |
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03-03-12, 6:21 PM
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Any hentai with anything non-female-human involved. |
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03-03-12, 6:27 PM
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Instead of focusing on extremities and morals, I ignore everything under a 7 on MAL. I think I've kept with that statement for a while now, at least 2 years and counting. Other than that, there's really nothing else I actively try to ignore. I do have a common dislike in romantic comedies that have a shitty main and harem, but there are often other redeeming qualities in exceptions that I do get the chance to watch. I guess one other thing I ignore is just about everything that have more than 100 episodes no matter how good they are (looking at you Gintama & One Piece). They are probably animes I know I'd like a lot if I do watch it, but I just don't like the concept of never-ending shows. Modified by Tachii, 03-03-12, 6:30 PM |
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03-03-12, 6:27 PM
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Pretty much Yaoi only for me...other than that, anything goes! ![]() |
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03-03-12, 6:32 PM
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Anime_Name said: Oh look. People will draw the line at hentai. That's like saying you'll watch all kinds of movies but not pornos. Obvious answer is obvious. Hentai sometimes has slightly more of a storyline than porn so i wouldnt make it a direct connection. ![]() |
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03-03-12, 6:37 PM
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Tachii said: Instead of focusing on extremities and morals, I ignore everything under a 7 on MAL. I think I've kept with that statement for a while now, at least 2 years and counting. that bad way to go cause the fact that alot of anime that are adted over 8.00 are bad while theres alot og anime rated under 7.0 cause oif laxck of a proper weighted score my 11 main things i rate on 1 Impact on Impact on industry both the anime and Original Manga had 2 TV Ratings in Japan [ Gross for movies Unit sales for OVAs 3 Manga Ka of the Sourcework 4 how loyal the anime stayed to its source how well the compare to other big name in its genre 5 Seiyuu casting [ how many i know by voice i use the royal I here ] 6 Impact on General Pop Culture in Japan and the West 7 Impact on Otaku Culture in Japan and the West 8 Music[ Instrumentation] 9 merchandise sales 10 art style 11 Studio who produced the anime[ and what thay have done for the industry] |
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03-03-12, 6:38 PM
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The line between shounen ai and yaoi. I'm fine with just about any other hentai sub-genre other than guro/scat. Certain cgi'd Animes as well. |
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03-03-12, 6:40 PM
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Sexism. When an anime strikes me as straight up sexist, I drop it. No questions asked. |
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03-03-12, 6:43 PM
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I wont watch if the art is bad against my tastes usually out of being really old. Yet this rule is flexible if its really good so thats why i didnt mention it before, i can make exceptions for it. ![]() |
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03-03-12, 6:49 PM
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24601 said: First, get your typos at least to an understandable degree.Tachii said: Instead of focusing on extremities and morals, I ignore everything under a 7 on MAL. I think I've kept with that statement for a while now, at least 2 years and counting. that bad way to go cause the fact that alot of anime that are adted over 8.00 are bad while theres alot og anime rated under 7.0 cause oif laxck of a proper weighted score Second, opinions. My tastes follow the aggregates more often than not. You, quite obviously, don't. So let's leave it at that. Beedlebud said: Eh, I know a friend that exactly does this. He refuse to watch Gurren Lagann even though he likes the mecha series overall. Sexism. When an anime strikes me as straight up sexist, I drop it. No questions asked. |
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03-03-12, 7:35 PM
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Offline Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2 |
Well for me... Definitely do not want to watch anime that show everything(nudity), animes that have no plot or meaning, and i dont especially dislike magical girl animes but I dont really watch them. Oh i probably wont watch an anime if it has no japanese voices and is only dubbed. Other than that anything goes haha.... |
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03-03-12, 7:50 PM
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onepieceforever said: I really dont understand why nudity would bother someone unless they are watching with their parentsWell for me... Definitely do not want to watch anime that show everything(nudity), animes that have no plot or meaning, and i dont especially dislike magical girl animes but I dont really watch them. Oh i probably wont watch an anime if it has no japanese voices and is only dubbed. Other than that anything goes haha.... ![]() |
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03-03-12, 7:55 PM
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Offline Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1058 |
Yaoi makes me uncomfortable :/, gender bender is fine though :D anything that's made for younger audiences mahou shoujos overly ecchi anime |











