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Jun 25, 2024 9:01 PM
#1
It seems like every other day there's some new controversy swirling around the world of anime. Whether it's about censorship, portrayal of characters, or cultural sensitivity. So, where do you stand on this issue? Are you someone who actively engages in discussions about anime controversy, or do you prefer to steer clear and enjoy anime purely for its entertainment value? And how do you think the anime community as a whole should approach these controversies? |
Jun 25, 2024 9:03 PM
#2
Oh hello there, ChatGPT, an AI Language model developed by OpenAI. |
Jun 25, 2024 9:04 PM
#3
"Do you actually care about Anime "Controversy"?" Sure. |
Jun 25, 2024 9:31 PM
#4
Nope, not really, I probably can't even name a single anime controversy from this month cause I don't really pay attention to them. |
Jun 25, 2024 9:33 PM
#5
a lot of times i do give my 2 cents on the controversial matter but usually not heavily engage with them |
Jun 25, 2024 9:37 PM
#6
I get to know that something has been surrounded by controversy way after the controversy has even ended. |
-Tohka is better than Kurumi. You can't change my mind. |
Jun 25, 2024 10:01 PM
#8
I don't remember any in anime, the only one I can remember that upset me was in the cartoon Avatar with Korra around 2014 turning into a lesbian, I was upset because the entire season she tried to hit on a guy. There was not a single explanation or process of characters growth in depth to explain why, at least tell me she is bisexual. Nothing, from today she's lesbian end of discussion. |
Jun 25, 2024 10:17 PM
#9
Reply to Daviljoe193
Oh hello there, ChatGPT, an AI Language model developed by OpenAI.

@Daviljoe193 what does bro even gain from doing this lmao |
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Jun 25, 2024 10:22 PM
#10
I like chatting about it with others, and if there's disagreements than I like talking those out too. That's about as much as I care for anime controversies. In regard to issues with creators, I usually try to separate artists from their work, if that's kinda what you mean. |
Jun 25, 2024 10:24 PM
#11
Controversy just makes me want to see that anime even more. |
Jun 25, 2024 10:34 PM
#12
Yes but for the wrong reason. I get mad at other people for caring about it, which then gets me involved in the debate. Like I don't feel strongly about the points, I just get so mad how everyone else makes it to be this HUGE deal. |
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Jun 25, 2024 10:44 PM
#13
Generally, no. I don't care about anime "controversy" or "discourse", until I see it enough times, and even then, the extent of my "caring" is just finding it annoying. For example, when that Uzaki-chan show was airing, and the discourse was practically unavoidable, and it was fucking annoying. |
Jun 25, 2024 11:00 PM
#14
Reply to Daviljoe193
Oh hello there, ChatGPT, an AI Language model developed by OpenAI.

@Daviljoe193 these fuckin machines taking my job: bitching on the internet |
Jun 25, 2024 11:34 PM
#15
I guess it's gonna take a little while before ChatGPT actually creates interesting discussion topics |
Jun 25, 2024 11:45 PM
#16
A lot of anime controversies are clearly the result of brainrot. Luckily I've taken a vaccine against the more extreme strains of brainrot called "stayingthefuckofftwitter", on top of already developing a tolerance through my daily consumption on mindnumbing tv. It's why I can keep responding to these threads and still leave relatively ok. @Kenzolo-folk Nothing but engagement. Which these threads are consistently getting. Aside from that, who knows. Maybe Dragevard gets a weird kick out of seeing how many people respond to these? @pinklightswitch |
Jun 25, 2024 11:54 PM
#17
Jun 25, 2024 11:57 PM
#18
I honestly don't care. Ppl will always find new things to whine about, since that's the only way to make up for their pathetic lives and low self-esteem. |
Jun 26, 2024 12:26 AM
#19
It isn't just anime, its anything you touch that is swirled in controversy. The problem is everyone has become part of the giant algorithm designed to grab your attention, and the algorithm has basically proven that the most effective way to grab your attention is not through entertaining you with things that make you happy, but with thinks that make you strongly upset. This is why most conversations for example even on these forums that go past the single reply mark are almost always two people arguing over topics they were made to deeply care about via the algorithm. The only way to handle it at this point is to try to spend less time online interacting with others who are part of this feedback loop, and more time doing the things you know you enjoy. |
Jun 26, 2024 12:39 AM
#20
I try not to care, but it does annoy me to read about controversies and scandals in the voice acting community, or controveries in general. |
Jun 26, 2024 12:43 AM
#21
Most anime controversy are just tourists seething over stupid things. Sometime it's lolisho the other is sexual themes. I don't engage much but i find it interesting to watch all the replies. |
Jun 26, 2024 12:55 AM
#22
I don't care, I can think of a lot of things which are way more entertaining than following every controversy and drama. |
Jun 26, 2024 1:43 AM
#25
I don't really pay attention to these things unless it's a real threat to people. |
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Jun 26, 2024 2:13 AM
#26
-Nope, i don't really care about it. |
Jun 26, 2024 4:23 AM
#27
Only if it affects/relates to an anime that i like or that i'm watching |
Jun 26, 2024 4:40 AM
#28
Reply to Kenzolo-folk
@Kenzolo-folk Who knows, there's 2 people that do the exact same thing in almost every episode discussion in some weird attempt to be the 1st to comment |
Jun 26, 2024 5:02 AM
#29
It is interesting to hear how people think about a topic but I don't care personally, I have my own idea of what I want to watch and what I have problems with but my opinion doesn't matter for anyone else and just talking about those controversies leads a lot of time to toxic discussions I don't want to take a part in |
Jun 26, 2024 5:31 AM
#30
Dragevard said: Do you actually care about Anime "Controversy"? Generally no. There are simply more important things to really care about in life than to care about controversy dealing with an entertainment medium that primarily revolves around fiction. I could literally list off dozens and dozens of more things I care about more in life than Anime controversy and for the most part "Controversy" dealing with Anime is usually synthetic outrage. As an example like seeing a bunch of Users on the internet bitching and whining about dialog changes due to localization when usually the only reason they even know about it in the 1st place is because someone else pointed it out to them who understand the spoken language (because generally westerns don't understand the Japanese language). I said this before it would be hilarious if some Anime was released and was purposely transcribed completely changing all the dialog just to see how long it would take for anyone who blindly thinks Anime subtitles are providence to this medium to actually notice such a thing. lol This usually also deals with Users bitching and whining about something being "Woke" too. I can't stress how much I find it annoying seeing Users bitching and whining about stuff simply because it doesn't hold true to their 1950s values or something along those lines and anything that deviates from their preferred idealistic world views. Anytime I see a User use the word "Woke' to bitch and whine about Anime, it makes me cringe. |
ColourWheelJun 26, 2024 5:36 AM
Jun 26, 2024 5:39 AM
#31
damn guess nobody fw me huh ๐ญ๐ |
Jun 26, 2024 6:04 AM
#32
No, the "controversies" are always fake, pushed by content mills and outrage merchants to sell an agenda. It's just a shame people use these fraudulent controversies as a half baked excuse to try and justify harassing and expelling others from the community. |
Jun 26, 2024 6:41 AM
#33
Yes, because it's entertaining. Perhaps one of the reasons why Mushoku is my favorite Anime right now and will probably stay for a while. |
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Jun 26, 2024 11:34 AM
#34
I like discussion of controversial topics, but I fucking despise how in fandom spaces in general these discussions tend to be taken over by hateful individuals who call anyone who places any minor criticism as "the problem" and "woke tourist who deserves to be banished to the shadow realm". Japanese anime isn't perfect and has quite a lot of flaws and things that are pretty bad and should be criticized, but the same can be said about other forms of media as well. Your favorite medium isn't perfect, and criticism with a valid reason should not be seen as an attack on it. It's one thing if you're putting out bad faith criticisms because you hate minority groups or something, then its fine to call out that shit, but people really shouldn't be just harassed and obliterated for voicing concerns on legitimate issues such as sexualization of minors, glorification of sexual harassment/assault, sexist tropes, and concerning trends such as pro-slavery shows that tend to be common in Japanese animation. Some Youtubers like Chibi, Nux, and Rev make these issues worse by actively catering to and encouraging the toxic parts of the fandom to start harassing people who have legitmate criticism by using culture war phrasing and arguments and it's gotten so bad to the point that entire vocal parts of the community for Japanese anime online has become these "Anti-woke" hate mobs who feel like they are under attack if anyone makes even the most minor criticism or disagrees with them in any minor way. Like there's genuine nuanced discussion to be had on a lot of these topics but these hateful people just turn it into an "us vs them" narrative instead of allowing civil rational discussion and I've definitely seen this site turn into a shitstorm because of so many people falling down the "anti-woke" pipeline and being so adverse to any meaningful discussion. Terms like "Censorship" and "Localization" get misused so often and used as a boogeyman to fearmonger people into becoming "anti-woke" that it feels like a lot of people just don't know what the fuck they're talking about anymore. This shit isn't even just a problem exclusive to the anime fandom, gaming, Star Wars, comic, and film spaces also have a lot of these same issues where there's a lot of nuanced topics that are a bit controversial, but the hateful people tend to be the loudest and fearmonger so many people out of fear of any minor pushback. It's just so fucking tiring tbh |
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Jun 26, 2024 11:48 AM
#35
Jun 26, 2024 3:02 PM
#36
It depends on the severity of the controversy and the series/subject in question. If its about weeb #357353 complaining about "censorship" or an alleged "mistranslation" then I can't really bring myself to care. If it is something more serious like Crunchyroll using AI translations or the abuse of the animators on series like Jujutsu Kaisen, then I'm a little more passionate and intrigued. |
Jun 26, 2024 3:09 PM
#37
Reply to FanofAction
A lot of anime controversies are clearly the result of brainrot. Luckily I've taken a vaccine against the more extreme strains of brainrot called "stayingthefuckofftwitter", on top of already developing a tolerance through my daily consumption on mindnumbing tv. It's why I can keep responding to these threads and still leave relatively ok.
@Kenzolo-folk Nothing but engagement. Which these threads are consistently getting. Aside from that, who knows. Maybe Dragevard gets a weird kick out of seeing how many people respond to these?
@pinklightswitch

@Kenzolo-folk Nothing but engagement. Which these threads are consistently getting. Aside from that, who knows. Maybe Dragevard gets a weird kick out of seeing how many people respond to these?
@pinklightswitch
@FanofAction oh shit i know that anime that’s uhhhhhh uhhhh southu parku or somethin |
Jun 26, 2024 9:27 PM
#38
Whatever I say, anime full of controversy will not disappear. So I just kept quiet and avoided watching it. |
Jun 26, 2024 9:42 PM
#39
Honestly... not really. People like what they like, dislike what they dislike. Not my job to judge them, I have more important things to worry about. |
Jun 27, 2024 2:56 AM
#40
LSSJ_Gaming said: concerns on legitimate issues such as sexualization of minors, glorification of sexual harassment/assault, sexist tropes, and concerning trends such as pro-slavery shows that tend to be common in Japanese animation Honey, thats called slacktivism. Wheres the concerns on violence becoming popular AND common trends in video games? Thats right, back in the early 2000s where it died. |
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Jun 27, 2024 9:33 AM
#41
Any Anime controversy is just covert racism/xenophobia. Much of the hatred against Anime-related topics or moral tropes is rooted in anti-Japanese sentiment. Some are more obvious when they openly criticize the history/culture of Japan along with the Anime but ignore the animation, culture or history of their own country on purpose. It's only an issue when Anime does it but they don't care, try to hide it or worse "justify it" if its a Western production. Pretty obvious what they are doing. Wokeism is - and always will be - very bigoted. Leave Anime and Japan alone. I tried to avoid them but I'll always defend them if I'm very annoyed by hypocrisy and racism. |
ToumaTachibanaJun 27, 2024 9:51 AM
BANZAI NIPPON. Nippon is the Land of freedom. Nippon is the Land of Peace. Nippon is the Land of Justice and Prosperity. In Nippon, we trust. We love Nippon, we love Anime. Anime love us, Nippon love us. ๆฅๆฌ |
Jun 27, 2024 9:36 AM
#42
I avoid controversies because I don't wanna end up on Encyclopedia Dramatica. |
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Jun 27, 2024 11:33 AM
#43
Reply to RobertsahDHDA
LSSJ_Gaming said:
concerns on legitimate issues such as sexualization of minors, glorification of sexual harassment/assault, sexist tropes, and concerning trends such as pro-slavery shows that tend to be common in Japanese animation
concerns on legitimate issues such as sexualization of minors, glorification of sexual harassment/assault, sexist tropes, and concerning trends such as pro-slavery shows that tend to be common in Japanese animation
Honey, thats called slacktivism.
Wheres the concerns on violence becoming popular AND common trends in video games? Thats right, back in the early 2000s where it died.
@RobertsahDHDA I think there's a difference when the community actively glorifies this shit and is like "OH MY GOD I WISH I WAS SEXUAL PREDATOR PROTAGONIST #42069" |
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Jun 27, 2024 11:34 AM
#44
Reply to ToumaTachibana
Any Anime controversy is just covert racism/xenophobia. Much of the hatred against Anime-related topics or moral tropes is rooted in anti-Japanese sentiment. Some are more obvious when they openly criticize the history/culture of Japan along with the Anime but ignore the animation, culture or history of their own country on purpose. It's only an issue when Anime does it but they don't care, try to hide it or worse "justify it" if its a Western production. Pretty obvious what they are doing. Wokeism is - and always will be - very bigoted. Leave Anime and Japan alone. I tried to avoid them but I'll always defend them if I'm very annoyed by hypocrisy and racism.
@Nurguburu Media Criticism isn't racism. No peice of media is flawless and if you genuinely believe anyone who criticizes your favorite piece of media is racist for doing so just because it's from another country, you need to really rethink your priorities. |
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Jun 27, 2024 12:28 PM
#45
Reply to dreamingneon
It depends on the severity of the controversy and the series/subject in question. If its about weeb #357353 complaining about "censorship" or an alleged "mistranslation" then I can't really bring myself to care. If it is something more serious like Crunchyroll using AI translations or the abuse of the animators on series like Jujutsu Kaisen, then I'm a little more passionate and intrigued.
dreamingneon said: It depends on the severity of the controversy and the series/subject in question. If its about weeb #357353 complaining about "censorship" or an alleged "mistranslation" then I can't really bring myself to care. If it is something more serious like Crunchyroll using AI translations or the abuse of the animators on series like Jujutsu Kaisen, then I'm a little more passionate and intrigued. Pretty much the same here, although I don't actively engage in them and I do try to keep up with it depending on the series/subject in question. |
Jun 27, 2024 12:32 PM
#46
Reply to DarkShame2
dreamingneon said:
It depends on the severity of the controversy and the series/subject in question. If its about weeb #357353 complaining about "censorship" or an alleged "mistranslation" then I can't really bring myself to care. If it is something more serious like Crunchyroll using AI translations or the abuse of the animators on series like Jujutsu Kaisen, then I'm a little more passionate and intrigued.
It depends on the severity of the controversy and the series/subject in question. If its about weeb #357353 complaining about "censorship" or an alleged "mistranslation" then I can't really bring myself to care. If it is something more serious like Crunchyroll using AI translations or the abuse of the animators on series like Jujutsu Kaisen, then I'm a little more passionate and intrigued.
Pretty much the same here, although I don't actively engage in them and I do try to keep up with it depending on the series/subject in question.
@DarkShame2 Same with me, I almost never actively engage in it myself. Just quietly watch the chaos happen from the sidelines... |
Jul 8, 2024 8:35 PM
#47
Reply to Daviljoe193
Oh hello there, ChatGPT, an AI Language model developed by OpenAI.

@Daviljoe193 Who cares lol. This post is still better than 85% of other useless threads. |
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Jul 9, 2024 5:27 AM
#48
well if it directly affect the anime quality then yeah probably enough to care cause otherwise it would spread like rorona. i know i was disappointed about spice and wolf cause it could have been better just by doing a faithful adaptation. |
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Jul 9, 2024 7:47 AM
#49
Reply to ZackLSD
@GoatPieceLuffy Well, it's certainly better than the threads you keep making for attention |
Jul 9, 2024 8:01 AM
#50
Reply to JoeChip
@GoatPieceLuffy
Well, it's certainly better than the threads you keep making for attention
Well, it's certainly better than the threads you keep making for attention
@JoeChip Dawg, I haven't posted for over a month now. If I wanted attention, I would post everyday ๐ญ |
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