Should anime adapt to Western sensibilities, or stay true to its cultural roots?
| Anime globalization is booming, and the medium has never been more popular. Should the industry adjust cultural references and certain themes that do not resonate with a global audience? ( For ex, changing rice balls to sandwiches in early Pokémon eps to make it more relatable to western kids). We also had many localization where problematic themes were removed and dialogues, altered to suit the local cultural norms. |
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| This is MAL so the majority is obviously gonna say No except for some morons who are always looking to inject politics everywhere |
| It should never adapt to Western sensibilities and must always remain true to its cultural roots. |
| The anime industry should boldly make Lolicon Anime again, like Lemon Angel. |
| How about 50-50? Then both sides can watch anime they prefer. |
DesuMaiden said: Nobody resembles me physically because I don't even physically exist. |
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The anime industry should boldly make Lolicon Anime again, like Lemon Angel.
@TransferUser 10000% CREAM LEMON PEEEEEEEEEAAAAK   |
| it should specifically star appealing to the growing Central Asian market |
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Commit_Crime said: it should specifically star appealing to the growing Central Asian market Yea, all imoutos belong in burqas and only leave the house when their onii-chans allow it. |
DesuMaiden said: Nobody resembles me physically because I don't even physically exist. |
| Every anime should do its own thing, it should be as hard as possible to make statements which describe "anime" generally. |
| I wish it will never adapt. People don't have to watch if they're afraid to feel lost or offended. WE have to adapt to the culture we're interested in. |
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@Zarutaku "onii-chan can I go outside" does seem a hit in the making
MedK001 said: "onii-chan can I go outside" does seem a hit in the making 😂 ... based on true stories and Taliban-approved. |
DesuMaiden said: Nobody resembles me physically because I don't even physically exist. |
| I think artists should make the art they want to make. If they want to make something from a uniquely and specifically Japanese perspective, fine. If they want to make something with a more global view, that's also fine. Depending on what they're making, one or the other might be more suitable, but it's a subjective artistic choice. It's not like anime is a completely magically separate part of world cinema anyway. You are almost certainly missing cultural references to things in anime that are not from Japan or your own country simply because the people who made the anime have consumed some piece of foreign media that you haven't. Something like, say, The Big O is obviously based around giant robots fighting monsters in the middle of the city which is a very super robot and tokusatsu inspired motif which is very Japanese, but it's also dripping with references and homages to noir, superhero media, and western science fiction, some of which are very overt, and the texture of the series would be very different without them. For example, the theme tune is obviously based on the theme tune Queen wrote for the 1980 film version of Flash Gordon. More obscurely, the track "Respect" from the soundtrack is also an homage, to the theme from the classic 1970 British sci-fi series Gerry Anderson's UFO. This is a deep cut that I only happen to know because I came of age at a time when Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons were being repeated on TV, and enjoyed them enough to want to go looking into Gerry Anderson's other works when I was older. I'm sure there are other explicit references in the series that I didn't pick up simply because I haven't seen the thing they're from. (Respect and the theme from UFO below) |
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Commit_Crime said:
it should specifically star appealing to the growing Central Asian market
it should specifically star appealing to the growing Central Asian market
Yea, all imoutos belong in burqas and only leave the house when their onii-chans allow it.
| @Zarutaku hahah I would love YsG set in Afghanistan |
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| It does not matter. Anime is lousy anyways. Nobody watches anime for the "plot" anyways. People watch it for the animation, not for the plot. |
| "global sensibilities" 1. Not sure if the japanese will care about sensibilities different than their current ones. 2. Are said "global sensibilities" actually global? Maybe focusing mainly on the countries which pay well. "changing rice balls to sandwiches in early Pokémon eps to make it more relatable to western kids" And I thought we are talking about human rights here... |
alshu2 hours ago
| Global sensibilities = Western sensibilities. Hell no. If anime became westernised, then it's game over. |
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| Global seems like a good idea, more money for the industry. |
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| Diversity in culture is great. That's why it's important to preserve it. If media all over the world would abandon their cultural roots to produce for a global market we would be left with no cultural diversity at all. Everything left would be one "global" culture. I don't mind if there is some assimilation, but I would much prefer if artists from other countries would be able to make entertainment for these audiences that anime with its Japanese roots can't reach. |
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