| Proof and evidence! I think anime is very degenerate. What is the definition of "degeneracy"? It means "unhealthy and immoral". If that is the case, then anime is definitely degenerate. But I love my anime degeneracy. I can't live without my degenerate anime shows. I got alot of degenerate anime files on my computer btw. I cannot live without anime degeneracy. I'm definitely a degenerate anime fan. I love my anime waifus. |
| "Is anime degenerate? Yes or no?" Nope. |
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Reply to Serafos
"Is anime degenerate? Yes or no?"
Nope.
Nope.
| @Serafos proof and evidence. I want you to prove it isn't degenerate. I think it is degenerate. |
DesuMaiden said: What is the definition of "degeneracy"? It means "unhealthy and immoral" Maybe unhealthy depending on the person, but certainly not immoral, so it's semi-degenerate at most. |
| No, this isn't my signature. |
| Like any media, some anime are degenerate and some are not, you can't say all cinema is violent even tho a big part of it is action. But overall anime is lewd, but that's okay since it's one of its signature features that attracts and retains fans to watch and enjoy it.  |
| It's not degenerate enough this decade we're faced with a shortage of ecchi and erotica animays. |
Reply to LenRea
It's not degenerate enough this decade we're faced with a shortage of ecchi and erotica animays.
| @LenRea do you like ecchi and hentai anime btw? |
Reply to LenRea
It's not degenerate enough this decade we're faced with a shortage of ecchi and erotica animays.
@LenRea Yes that is statistically true according to this graph that was conducted on the MAL database of anime tagged as ecchi. The best years for ecchi were 2004, 2011 and 2015. |
| Human nature is degenerate, and it is oftentimes expressed in media. I love ecchi and hentai. |
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| you can say bye bye to that cause censorship shall cleanse everything. i hope we get palworld anime. |
| This thread is definitely a scheme trying to get personal information from people. I suspect OP might be a fed. I enjoy watching anime on my laptop btw. |
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Reply to rohan121
Human nature is degenerate, and it is oftentimes expressed in media. I love ecchi and hentai.
| @rohan121 i like hentai alot, too. In fact, I even create it, and upload it online. |
| Degenerate means "Having lost the qualities proper to the race or kind; having declined from a higher to a lower type; hence, declined in character or qualities; debased, degraded" (OED). In other words, we call "degenerate" that which has departed from its original form and nature to a significant degree. It follows that, as long as anime keeps those traits that define it as anime, it cannot properly be called degenerate. Yet in order to answer this question we should first establish what those qualities are, as well as a scale by which we measure the loss thereof. |
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| "Is anime degenerate?" I think it depends on the anime.¯\_γ‘_/¯  |
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Reply to Tirinchas
Degenerate means "Having lost the qualities proper to the race or kind; having declined from a higher to a lower type; hence, declined in character or qualities; debased, degraded" (OED). In other words, we call "degenerate" that which has departed from its original form and nature to a significant degree. It follows that, as long as anime keeps those traits that define it as anime, it cannot properly be called degenerate. Yet in order to answer this question we should first establish what those qualities are, as well as a scale by which we measure the loss thereof.
| @Tirinchas Yes that is indeed true and accurate, calling anime "degenerate" is a misnomer when referring to its perversion since the word degeneration has the meaning of the definition you gave leading to funny results in the scientific fields like these. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_energy_levels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_semiconductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_bilinear_form https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_conic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_dimension |
Reply to Jonas-K
"Is anime degenerate?"
I think it depends on the anime.¯\_γ‘_/¯
I think it depends on the anime.¯\_γ‘_/¯
| @Jonas-K that definitely looks degenerate, without a doubt. |
Reply to tchitchouan
@Tirinchas Yes that is indeed true and accurate, calling anime "degenerate" is a misnomer when referring to its perversion since the word degeneration has the meaning of the definition you gave leading to funny results in the scientific fields like these.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_energy_levels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_semiconductor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_bilinear_form
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_distribution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_conic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_dimension
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_energy_levels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_semiconductor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_bilinear_form
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_distribution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_conic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_dimension
@tchitchouan If you think about it, a fair amount of sexual content has always been a constitutional part of the medium. So it could be argued that it is a sanitized, family-friendly, Disney-style anime that could actually be called "degenerate". |
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| Degenerate as a doctrine? I’m not sure it is. I think it’s simply the reflection of almost boundless creative and distributive freedoms. No one can claim that any mind engaged in crafting imaginative fictions is free from incursions of sexual fantasies, especially when, to be honest, sex occupies a persistent corner of the human mind. As an artist, you might even wish to bring those desires to life on paper. And if you could publish them without objections and make money off them, well, that’s Japan. |
Reply to Gnza
@Jonas-K Anime name? For study purposes of course
| @Gnza https://myanimelist.net/anime/2403/Kodomo_no_Jikan_TV |
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Reply to Tirinchas
@tchitchouan If you think about it, a fair amount of sexual content has always been a constitutional part of the medium. So it could be argued that it is a sanitized, family-friendly, Disney-style anime that could actually be called "degenerate".
@Tirinchas I would agree with that, given that Osamu Tezuka -the father of manga and anime- created anime as a counterpart to disney's sanitized style. Thus dealing with mature, sensitive, controversial and sexual subjects in many of his works. Thus "degeneracy" has always been part of anime's DNA from the very beginning.  |
tchitchouan7 hours ago
| Depends on what anime you watch. Not all anime can be fit under a single umbrella. |
Reply to DesuMaiden
@LenRea do you like ecchi and hentai anime btw?
| @DesuMaiden I try to consider anime a legitimate medium so I try to not watch a lot of hentai. But ecchi and erotica = πππ |
| The anime industry would be boring without it's shock values. |
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Reply to LenRea
@DesuMaiden I try to consider anime a legitimate medium so I try to not watch a lot of hentai. But ecchi and erotica = πππ
| @LenRea hentai is bad because it has censored genitals. |
Reply to tchitchouan
@LenRea Yes that is statistically true according to this graph that was conducted on the MAL database of anime tagged as ecchi.
The best years for ecchi were 2004, 2011 and 2015.
The best years for ecchi were 2004, 2011 and 2015.
| @tchitchouan I hope there really is another ecchi boom coming! Looks like we're on track for it! |
| It depends on which anime you watch. |
| Some anime are degenerate and some are not degenerate. |
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| it can be. But it can also be wholesome on a level the western world is incapable of competing with. |
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