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zagan93 said: Do you believe that if a Person, any person, Was willing to stay open-minded and give 1 true and honest chance to watch an Anime, they would like\love it and perhaps look\ask for more? I'm obviously not talking about extreme cases like Blind\Autistic\psychopaths etc.. but the general population of women and men, children to working men to seniors. if they were willing to try, and the anime fan would pick a most suitable "First Anime" for them based on their tastes in other mediums, do you think any1 would love and perhaps "get into" Anime? despite never watching or even hearing about it before? It depends of the anime and the person´s age. The only reason why anime is marginalized is the picture that anime community shows to the rest of the world. you just have to look at MAL´s Tops The majority of anime fans keep refusin to take anime seriously. The picture that society has of the anime is all about Battle Shonen and other kid stuffs, so they think anime is a kid stuff. |
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zagan93 said: First, I don't think it makes sense to think of "anime" as one entire thing to "get into". "Anime" is actually a bunch of different works, and no one watches all of them. Everyone chooses a different set of things to watch based on what they're (not) interested in.Do you believe that if a Person, any person, Was willing to stay open-minded and give 1 true and honest chance to watch an Anime, they would like\love it and perhaps look\ask for more? I'm obviously not talking about extreme cases like Blind\Autistic\psychopaths etc.. but the general population of women and men, children to working men to seniors. if they were willing to try, and the anime fan would pick a most suitable "First Anime" for them based on their tastes in other mediums, do you think any1 would love and perhaps "get into" Anime? despite never watching or even hearing about it before? Second, I don't think becoming familiar with a medium is something that can be forced. Sometimes, the process of becoming interested in something is pretty gradual, and -- like I suggested above -- may just involve becoming interested in one show at a time. Third, I don't think it takes one show to make someone feel like part of the fandom. At best they become a fan of that one show. To become interested in the medium as a whole, they have to want more like what they've seen, and that often doesn't come from just seeing one thing, the same way people don't start to think of themselves as gamers from just playing one videogame, nor do they think of themselves as tennis players from just playing one game of tennis. I mean, I don't really think of myself as an "anime fan" -- rather, I'm just a fan of some things, and not others, and the same thing honestly applies to everyone else who is a fan, because not everyone likes 100% of all anime series. Rather, for me, it's just, I like this show, I like that show, having seen these shows makes me think I might like this other show, while I don't like that other show, and these show don't really interest me, but those do. I think for me being an "anime fan" simply means I know my way around the medium like this. This isn't a familiarity that comes with just watching one show, but it is something that is a result of a gradual accumulation of experience with the anime medium. |
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| I' m thinking about a anime list with shows to suggest to someone who have never watched anime (adult) to make him/her understand what "anime" can be. - Blue Gender - Baccano - Boku dake ga Inai Machi - Bokurano - Cowboy Bebop - Hatarakou Saibo - Made in Abyss - Monster - Uchuu Kyoudai |
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| Time to be cliche. "Every comic is someone's first." Taken way too earlyokay to be honest no offence but not really, Stan Lee's famous quote about comic's can be applied to literally everything, anime included. In basic, I do believe that, yes, you can get someone into anime if you show them the right, show for them. Into dystopian "Slavery is peace" sci fi? Get em psycho pass. Into vampires? Hellsing Ultimate. Into space adventures? Bebop. Etc. Etc. The first thing, of anything you show anyone can make or break it for them getting into the medium. But, in my opinion, that doesn't matter, that really doesn't in the long run. Of course, you can mathematically, psychologically determine the type of show for someone to like it, it's actually extremely easy to do so, I bet I can do it quite honestly with every family member and friend I have if you give me a week or two. However, that wont matter because, well, that's not what anime is. Unless they are willing to give anime as a whole a chance, it doesn't matter, and I frankly don't believe you should "trick" them into liking anime, from showing them one show they liked. Maybe they just like that one show? It doesn't have to be all of anime. You do not want to show someone something like Fate/Zero, or Paprika, or Eva, or any other great, avant garde artwork as their first impression into anime because that simply isn't what anime is. That's what that show was. And unless they're a big fan of isekai, or any other trope running around the medium to the point of oversaturation, they may give it a chance, but aiming something specifically they love at them, then taking it away, only for them realizing that's not why they got into anime, most likely wont work for extended periods of time. So, to answer your question, I for sure can get anyone into an anime, but anime as a whole? Don't think so. Anime just isn't for everyone. |
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Monarch-Reli said: Time to be cliche. "Every comic is someone's first." Taken way too earlyokay to be honest no offence but not really, Stan Lee's famous quote about comic's can be applied to literally everything, anime included. In basic, I do believe that, yes, you can get someone into anime if you show them the right, show for them. Into dystopian "Slavery is peace" sci fi? Get em psycho pass. Into vampires? Hellsing Ultimate. Into space adventures? Bebop. Etc. Etc. The first thing, of anything you show anyone can make or break it for them getting into the medium. But, in my opinion, that doesn't matter, that really doesn't in the long run. Of course, you can mathematically, psychologically determine the type of show for someone to like it, it's actually extremely easy to do so, I bet I can do it quite honestly with every family member and friend I have if you give me a week or two. However, that wont matter because, well, that's not what anime is. Unless they are willing to give anime as a whole a chance, it doesn't matter, and I frankly don't believe you should "trick" them into liking anime, from showing them one show they liked. Maybe they just like that one show? It doesn't have to be all of anime. You do not want to show someone something like Fate/Zero, or Paprika, or Eva, or any other great, avant garde artwork as their first impression into anime because that simply isn't what anime is. That's what that show was. And unless they're a big fan of isekai, or any other trope running around the medium to the point of oversaturation, they may give it a chance, but aiming something specifically they love at them, then taking it away, only for them realizing that's not why they got into anime, most likely wont work for extended periods of time. So, to answer your question, I for sure can get anyone into an anime, but anime as a whole? Don't think so. Anime just isn't for everyone. If you show someone the right show and he/she likes it, at least you may change his/her mind about what anime is, so he/she could start inquiring by him/herself and maybe giving a chance to other kinds of shows. To me that´s enought. |
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zagan93 said: Do you believe that if a Person, any person, Was willing to stay open-minded and give 1 true and honest chance to watch an Anime, they would like\love it and perhaps look\ask for more? I'm obviously not talking about extreme cases like Blind\Autistic\psychopaths etc.. but the general population of women and men, children to working men to seniors. if they were willing to try, and the anime fan would pick a most suitable "First Anime" for them based on their tastes in other mediums, do you think any1 would love and perhaps "get into" Anime? despite never watching or even hearing about it before? I don't get where the question is going, since it's saying, "If you give someone something they like, would they like it?" with the clear answer to that being yes. If the question was geared more towards, if you showed anyone any anime, do you think they would the medium and search for more, I'd say no. Because being an avid fan of the medium myself, I don't like most anime per se. At least, not to the degree where I would actively search for more, rather than the "Yeah sure why not?" But if the any anime happened to be one of the series I currently regard as my favourites, chances are I'd more than happily go out of my way to search for similar series, be it anime or not. |
gaq_t said: No. I've tried everything with my friend, he's just not having it lmao. What kind of stories does your friend like ? What have you shown to him? What does your friend think about anime itself? |
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| Well, I mean, obviously. Otherwise none of the rest of us would be on this site. From what I know, people who like Nintendo/Sony video games and have other 'nerdy' hobbies are typically more open to trying anime. Or just people who like to watch at lot of TV shows and movies might be willing to try. Its not too difficult to find an anime targeted for any age range under 50. Just dont try to force it down peoples throat if they dont like or arent willing to try. |
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| That was my case. I did't watch anime before until Last year I give a chance to Evangelion and I loved it and then I get myself into anime. |
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gaq_t said: Gingko said: What kind of stories does your friend like ? What have you shown to him? What does your friend think about anime itself? Like me, he likes action. So I showed him OPM. He just thinks it's silly cartoons, he prefers real life shows which I find boring af. Well, the fact is that OPM is a really silly show, just anime fans will understand why it is supposed to be funny. If your friend likes the action genre like hollywood´s action movies, there isnt an anime show with a similar style. He may enjoy AOT, It seems like a good starting anime since some people I personally know are interested in it and they havent watched anime in their entire life. . |
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Neolux20 said: That was my case. I did't watch anime before until Last year I give a chance to Evangelion and I loved it and then I get myself into anime. Evangelion was your first anime show? How old were you? Maybe we should show just masterpieces like Eva to the foreign public, lol , but I thought Eve was too eccentric to someone who havent watched anime. |
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zagan93 said: Do you believe that if a Person, any person, Was willing to stay open-minded and give 1 true and honest chance to watch an Anime, they would like\love it and perhaps look\ask for more? I'm obviously not talking about extreme cases like Blind\Autistic\psychopaths etc.. but the general population of women and men, children to working men to seniors. if they were willing to try, and the anime fan would pick a most suitable "First Anime" for them based on their tastes in other mediums, do you think any1 would love and perhaps "get into" Anime? despite never watching or even hearing about it before? Bruhh thats why there are "gateway anime" |
on gaq_t said: Gingko said: Well, the fact is that OPM is a really silly show, just anime fans will understand why it is supposed to be funny. If your friend likes the action genre like hollywood´s action movies, there isnt an anime show with a similar style. He may enjoy AOT, It seems like a good starting anime since some people I personally know are interested in it and they havent watched anime in their entire life. . Tbh I haven't even watched that yet, gonna need to do that b4 recommending it, he also likes thriller so I was thinking death note (which got me into anime) but I've recommended that to him a few times and he has never gotten to watching it ree He likes thriller? Ok, forget everything I´ve said and make him watch Monster, that´s all, try to find a dubb version. Do not accept a "no" as an answer, lol, he needs to watch it. No matter if you havent watched it yet. |
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Gingko said: Neolux20 said: That was my case. I did't watch anime before until Last year I give a chance to Evangelion and I loved it and then I get myself into anime. Evangelion was your first anime show? How old were you? Maybe we should show just masterpieces like Eva to the foreign public, lol , but I thought Eve was too eccentric to someone who havent watched anime. I was 21 years old when I saw it for the first time. So I already had some maturity to try to understand it a bit. maybe it souns kinda cliche but EVA helped me to understand myself better. Before EVA I was a really depressed and lost girl. |
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Neolux20 said: Gingko said: Evangelion was your first anime show? How old were you? Maybe we should show just masterpieces like Eva to the foreign public, lol , but I thought Eve was too eccentric to someone who havent watched anime. I was 21 years old when I saw it for the first time. So I already had some maturity to try to understand it a bit. maybe it souns kinda cliche but EVA helped me to understand myself better. Before EVA I was a really depressed and lost girl. Well, you must be a really open-minded person if you didnt get frightened , you are admirable. |
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Gingko said: Neolux20 said: I was 21 years old when I saw it for the first time. So I already had some maturity to try to understand it a bit. maybe it souns kinda cliche but EVA helped me to understand myself better. Before EVA I was a really depressed and lost girl. Well, you must be a really open-minded person if you didnt get frightened , you are admirable. Haha,, thank you for the admirable. |
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Gingko said: Every time one of these threads pop up, people start giving suggestions and I cringe. And I get that tons of anime fans have been inundated on the likes of Cowboy Bebop, but tons more have tolerated it because they're used to Japanese antics. I'm not sure that people who have not been immersed with Asian media could relate.I' m thinking about a anime list with shows to suggest to someone who have never watched anime (adult) to make him/her understand what "anime" can be. - Blue Gender - Baccano - Boku dake ga Inai Machi - Bokurano - Cowboy Bebop - Hatarakou Saibo - Made in Abyss - Monster - Uchuu Kyoudai For example, I loved Made in Abyss, but I would never recommend it to anyone as a first show. It's about a fucking little girl, and follows a tedious damsel in distress trope until half way in. Cowboy Bebop is another one. For everyone person captivated by Ed, probably another 2 are annoyed by that autistic personality. The fact that the women in this show have ridiculous revealing outfits (which are tame by anime standards, but not elsewhere) does not help. I mean even those tight latex shorts and midriff baring tee, and the other girl has permanently unbutton booty shorts and a sports bra. This is the kind of stuff that gives anime its reputation. |
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katsucats said: Gingko said: Every time one of these threads pop up, people start giving suggestions and I cringe. And I get that tons of anime fans have been inundated on the likes of Cowboy Bebop, but tons more have tolerated it because they're used to Japanese antics. I'm not sure that people who have not been immersed with Asian media could relate.I' m thinking about a anime list with shows to suggest to someone who have never watched anime (adult) to make him/her understand what "anime" can be. - Blue Gender - Baccano - Boku dake ga Inai Machi - Bokurano - Cowboy Bebop - Hatarakou Saibo - Made in Abyss - Monster - Uchuu Kyoudai For example, I loved Made in Abyss, but I would never recommend it to anyone as a first show. It's about a fucking little girl, and follows a tedious damsel in distress trope until half way in. Cowboy Bebop is another one. For everyone person captivated by Ed, probably another 2 are annoyed by that autistic personality. The fact that the women in this show have ridiculous revealing outfits (which are tame by anime standards, but not elsewhere) does not help. I mean even those tight latex shorts and midriff baring tee, and the other girl has permanently unbutton booty shorts and a sports bra. This is the kind of stuff that gives anime its reputation. I didnt think that these shows were too hard to digest for an adult person. I mean @Neolux20 ´s first anime was Evangelion... What kind of shows would you suggest? Gansta ? I assume that its easier for a western taste, but its not good enought, something like that? 91 Days? About Cowboy Bebop I ´ve already shown this anime to someone as his first anime and he liked it. |
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| No, not everyone will be into anime, no matter how open minded nor how much one puts thought into which gateway shows to recommend. The reason is quite simple: media taste is not always about an open mind, there are tons of other factors involved, such as personality, attention span, culture, prior experiences, personal beliefs, and so on. Personally I don't believe in these so called gateway anime lists. I had watched Death Note, Madoka, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 years ago, but never had really got into anime. What got me into the medium at the beginning of the year was Happy Sugar Life, a show probably no one would recommend to an outsider, most wouldn't even recommend it to those already in the community. When I think about, maybe this says more about me than about the gateway lists. Those who will like the medium will enjoy it regardless of anime tropes and japanese strange customs. Trying to hide anime's unique 'mechanics' is just fooling people that won't have much to watch as they delve deeper and deeper into the medium. |
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| Not necessarily, but I feel like A LOT more people would enjoy anime if they gave it a shot. Just like any interest, there will be people who don't like it simply just because it's not their thing. I do believe though that if more people gave anime a shot instead of thinking it's "weird", there would be more people who like anime than there is now. |
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| Absolutely. Japanese cartoons are the last thing I would've ever expected my mom to enjoy, but frankly she loves anime now. Albeit she's one of the most open-minded people ever, though... she's pretty much willing to look past any stereotypes and at least give things a try. But still, I thought anime might've been the one thing she'd stay away from, but funny enough, I recommended something I thought she'd like and now she loves it. Slice of life, iyashikei, and romance are her favorite genres, and she even prefers subs. xD The thing is, anime is a medium like film or anything else. There's always bound to be something within the medium that could appeal to any given individual, even if they thought they'd absolutely hate every last bit of it. The problem is that people are just too biased or closed-minded to ever give it a shot. |
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| Do you know the type of people who it's good to try and get into anime? People who have a love and affinity for good stories regardless of the medium, and are open-minded enough to really underscore that second part. I realize that when you proclaim yourself open-minded you are already being somewhat judgmental as it implies many others aren't so there is a certain hypocrisy which goes against open-mindedness, but let's be real - there is a certain truth to it. People who love good stories and are open to watching television shows and films that span all or nearly all genres, the type who grew up watching and looking for great shows, seeking out new DVDs regularly, making lists of their watched or favorite films on sites that exist now like Letterboxd, those who really want to passionately follow and discuss well-told stories with their family or friends or other enthusiasts online rather than just watch things in a more off-handed cavalier way, are the type inclined to even be interested in giving anime a shot in the first place. Particularly when they feel they're running out of good stories elsewhere. People dissatisfied with a lot of current TV and mainstream movie releases and are not opposed to also seeking out a lot of foreign content and indie films. And often then they still really need that "hook" show or shows. As others have said, there is no "into anime" really, because I don't see any more great similarity between two shows of radically different genres and styles in anime than, say, Futurama and the Berenstain Bears or Homeland and Married With Children. Aastra343 said: No, not everyone will be into anime, no matter how open minded nor how much one puts thought into which gateway shows to recommend. The reason is quite simple: media taste is not always about an open mind, there are tons of other factors involved, such as personality, attention span, culture, prior experiences, personal beliefs, and so on. Personally I don't believe in these so called gateway anime lists. I had watched Death Note, Madoka, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 years ago, but never had really got into anime. What got me into the medium at the beginning of the year was Happy Sugar Life, a show probably no one would recommend to an outsider, most wouldn't even recommend it to those already in the community. When I think about, maybe this says more about me than about the gateway lists. Those who will like the medium will enjoy it regardless of anime tropes and japanese strange customs. Trying to hide anime's unique 'mechanics' is just fooling people that won't have much to watch as they delve deeper and deeper into the medium. I don't really believe in gateway lists either, but they are designed to appeal to the widest swath of people possible. If you're a person who tends to have divergent, obscure, niche, and esoteric type interests to begin with, as I am and I suspect you may be, then this wouldn't be applicable. If I had seen many of the shows on these lists first I probably would have enjoyed them but wouldn't be touched on a core level and driven to actively seek out more. My "hook" was a different show that also is not commonly recommended in anime circles and is pretty far down on all the rankings. So if you know a person like this that you give a shit about, appeal to what they may be interested in rather than just a sample size designed to appeal to the common denominator of the general population. |
Gingko said: Hell no. A Western setting does not mean a Western taste. People think that Cowboy Bebop, Baccano, Trigun, etc., must be easily digestible because they're based in a Western environment and has purportedly Western characters. I posit that most anime fans are so used to anime that they do a subconsciously conversion when they perceive characters. So when a character acts cute in Japanese, you imagine what it would be like for them to be cute in America. That's the only way, in my opinion, that you didn't notice Baccano characters being distinctly Japanese, with Japanese inflection in their speech, and Japanese expressions and body language, and Japanese reactions to events, despite having blonde hair and a top hat. I assure you, real life gangsters in America, whether Italian or the black or Asian kind do not act anything close to how gangsters act in anime. Gangsters in anime are more like high school tough guys saying, "Say that again to my face about my mama." Cause if you really want to hurt someone, you dispense with all the theatrics and get your 20 buddies and jump the dude at night.katsucats said: Every time one of these threads pop up, people start giving suggestions and I cringe. And I get that tons of anime fans have been inundated on the likes of Cowboy Bebop, but tons more have tolerated it because they're used to Japanese antics. I'm not sure that people who have not been immersed with Asian media could relate. For example, I loved Made in Abyss, but I would never recommend it to anyone as a first show. It's about a fucking little girl, and follows a tedious damsel in distress trope until half way in. Cowboy Bebop is another one. For everyone person captivated by Ed, probably another 2 are annoyed by that autistic personality. The fact that the women in this show have ridiculous revealing outfits (which are tame by anime standards, but not elsewhere) does not help. I mean even those tight latex shorts and midriff baring tee, and the other girl has permanently unbutton booty shorts and a sports bra. This is the kind of stuff that gives anime its reputation. I didnt think that these shows were too hard to digest for an adult person. I mean @Neolux20 ´s first anime was Evangelion... What kind of shows would you suggest? Gansta ? I assume that its easier for a western taste, but its not good enought, something like that? 91 Days? About Cowboy Bebop I ´ve already shown this anime to someone as his first anime and he liked it. I digress. My point is if you don't notice Baccano characters acting non-Western, you've probably watched too much anime. People in Western countries have no problem digesting media from foreign settings as long as the characters act in a way familiar to Western culture. Think Memoirs of a Geisha, Ip Man, Mulan, Akira Kurosawa movies. Right there that tells you the setting is not the point. If I were to recommend an anime to a total beginner, that anime should have as little as possible of the following:
As for @Neolux20 's first anime being Evangelion, well no shit. There are people who just, through whatever circumstance, find affinity to anime. That's why we're here. I'm sure there are people out there who watched Boku no Pico and fell in love with anime. But that's not who we're targeting when we talk about introducing someone to anime for the first time. The whole point is to be conservative. Otherwise, there's no point in this topic to begin with. You might have shown your friend whatever and he would still like it. |
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katsucats said: Gingko said: Hell no. A Western setting does not mean a Western taste. People think that Cowboy Bebop, Baccano, Trigun, etc., must be easily digestible because they're based in a Western environment and has purportedly Western characters. I posit that most anime fans are so used to anime that they do a subconsciously conversion when they perceive characters. So when a character acts cute in Japanese, you imagine what it would be like for them to be cute in America. That's the only way, in my opinion, that you didn't notice Baccano characters being distinctly Japanese, with Japanese inflection in their speech, and Japanese expressions and body language, and Japanese reactions to events, despite having blonde hair and a top hat. I assure you, real life gangsters in America, whether Italian or the black or Asian kind do not act anything close to how gangsters act in anime. Gangsters in anime are more like high school tough guys saying, "Say that again to my face about my mama." Cause if you really want to hurt someone, you dispense with all the theatrics and get your 20 buddies and jump the dude at night.I didnt think that these shows were too hard to digest for an adult person. I mean @Neolux20 ´s first anime was Evangelion... What kind of shows would you suggest? Gansta ? I assume that its easier for a western taste, but its not good enought, something like that? 91 Days? About Cowboy Bebop I ´ve already shown this anime to someone as his first anime and he liked it. I digress. My point is if you don't notice Baccano characters acting non-Western, you've probably watched too much anime. People in Western countries have no problem digesting media from foreign settings as long as the characters act in a way familiar to Western culture. Think Memoirs of a Geisha, Ip Man, Mulan, Akira Kurosawa movies. Right there that tells you the setting is not the point. If I were to recommend an anime to a total beginner, that anime should have as little as possible of the following:
As for @Neolux20 's first anime being Evangelion, well no shit. There are people who just, through whatever circumstance, find affinity to anime. That's why we're here. I'm sure there are people out there who watched Boku no Pico and fell in love with anime. But that's not who we're targeting when we talk about introducing someone to anime for the first time. The whole point is to be conservative. Otherwise, there's no point in this topic to begin with. You might have shown your friend whatever and he would still like it. To be honest I didnt consider the characters at all,just the themes. You really have a point. Considering what you said its even harder. Then I just can think about Monster, but there is nothin similar to Monster so you are gettin the person to anime, cause Monster doesnt represent what anime is. what about slice of life? Is there some that could be liked by the regular western taste? maybe Makoto Shinkai stuff? |
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GokaiKingJul 15, 2019 9:06 PM
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Gingko said: Well, it's probably hard if we reject anime with any examples of the above. I want to limit it as much as possible. A few examples come to mind that doesn't rely much on typical anime tropes. Monster is definitely one. Detroit Metal City, Kids on the Slope, Ping Pong, Tatami Galaxy, and Rakugo are good choices in my opinion. You'd be right to say that they don't represent anime at all. My view is to give a soft for people to get used to all the elements so eventually they become desensitized to the weird stuff, like we all are. The restrictions can loosen on the second or third choice, etc. I deliberately left out movies because I think it's pretty easy to find good examples.Considering what you said its even harder. Then I just can think about Monster, but there is nothin similar to Monster so you are gettin the person to anime, cause Monster doesnt represent what anime is. what about slice of life? Is there some that could be liked by the regular western taste? maybe Makoto Shinkai stuff? I'm primarily addressing adults, probably 20+ years old, give or take. I guess depending on the person, if you know he likes more drama or faster paced movies, then you wouldn't recommend something like Tatami Galaxy. Maybe the action will distract him from the weird stuff. In that case, Attack on Titan or whatever might do. But if you know absolutely nothing about the individual's tastes, or if the person is older, and probably not as open minded, and has no prior exposure to Asian culture, then I would give them these "sanitary" suggestions, cleaned from all the fan service and anime tropes that might make him think it's immature. If it's a younger, more metropolitan person, probably has Asian exposure from YouTube or Kpop, or just more open minded people in general, then obviously use your best judgment. |
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