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"Support The Industry."

I heard that a lot from people who work in the anime industry. Not to say that people shouldn't do it, not to say that I don't do it; of course we should all support the industry. But I blow a fuse whenever someone from inside, or outside, the anime industry turns the discussion around and says, "It Doesn't Matter What YOU Want."

Bandai USA was asked to do dubs for shows like Galaxy Angel Rune. That request had been ignored; "It Doesn't Matter What YOU Want." (Bandai Namco Anime is relying on US licensors now.) JapanAnime was asked to do dubs for their adult anime titles. That request had been ignored because "Nobody wants to hear adult anime dubbed." "It Doesn't Matter What YOU Want." (JapanAnime, and its parent company Xonair, filed for bankruptcy some time ago.)

And THEN there's the idea that the industry should be supported when there's no good reason to. Nearly every anime title features the shounen lead, or shounens; being spineless, pathetic, and worthless self-inserts getting their butts handed to them by women (for otaku audience luls and to make them feel better). Every other anime title are girls-only and feature the shounen as "spots of dirt to be removed" (unless he has a female seiyuu). And it feels dumb to pay $30, $50, $100, or $700 for something that's, in spirit, the same damn thing.

I've been told to go find a new hobby... But I've been watching anime, and had been a critical "fan" of it, since the mid-90's. You just don't jump off an old hobby because somebody tells you to. Right now I'm just biding time; keeping myself busy and waiting until the next "blue moon" where the certain percentage of "Wapan's Animu Industry" returns to being "Japan's Anime Industry" and create a title where shounen can fight back against the "man-misery" and unfunny femdom luls.



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