Studio ghibli movies shows what anime would be like if it wasnāt solely made to appeal to horny adolescent boys. I think itās the only Japanese animation I would dare watching with my parents / kids without having to check prior if it got weird shit like in the second panel. I remember my brother begging me to watch the movie āyour nameā ( or weathering with you? I donāt remember ) because itās supposed to be a very well made emotional story. the first ten minutes a boy exchange his body with a girl and vice versa. The first thing the boy does? grope himself. I closed it and re-watched princess mononoke instead.
Not every animation has to be for kids or tame. And I would love more stuff that would be weird to watch with parents or something. However a lot of anime is just weird and immature imo, but studio ghibli stuff isnāt the only that is bearable to watch
Not showing nudity, sex or women objectification doesnāt make a show for kids or/and tame. Sprited away and princess mononoke have quite a lot of body horror and gore. The use of such scenes need to have a purpose and not be there for the sake of having an adult rating, horny bait/ fan service but thatās the case of most depictions and this is what I am complaining about. Letās take for exemple another ghibli movie : the wind rises. In the movie, the woman flirt with her husband and sex is alluded. The scene serves a purpose in story and feels natural, it isnāt forced into the viewer, feels very awkward or objectify the women.
Heck, you could have an adult show that have no swearing at all so that when a character drop the f bomb during a scene you know heās really pissed.
I wouldnāt want ghibli movies to be different, I just mean that I wouldnāt mind stuff that you donāt want kids to see. And I donāt mean ecchi stuff. I had Perfect Blue in mind when I wrote the comment. Itās not immature, not for kids and displays objectification as something horrifying. Not every anime has to be like Perfect Blue, but not every anime has to be suitable for kids. I read your first comment as a wish for any anime to be watchable with the family, but that is something I am very much against. Especially because people often take animation for a kidās genre. It is a medium for any subject and any audience.
[animation] is a medium for any subject and any audience
I fully agree.
I think thereās a misunderstanding here. I donāt mind when such themes is used as a part of the story, what I am complaining about is the forced ecchi aspect that is prevalent in most Japanese animations. Otherwise, If you remove that, a lot of anime may as well be for kids honestly.
When I was still watching anime and a ecchi scene was randomly thrown at my face. I wasnāt like : āthatās niceā or whatever they expect me to feel, it always felt awkward and I end up asking myself what was even the point of that ?
Space Dandy. Heās a dandy guy, in space. He combs the galaxy like he combs his pompadour on the search for aliens. Planet after planet he searches, discovering bizzare new creatures, both friendlyā¦ and not. These are the spectacular adventures of Space Dandy and his brave space crew, in space.
I donāt really want to be Space Dandy, but living in Space Dandyās universe would be awesome.
Letty just wants to find a house where he can live and be safe in. But that Demon Lord of Real Estate keeps finding him trap-filled dungeons, or ghost-filled hallways and overemphasizing the security featuresā¦
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Tohru, despite having a cute and adorable human-form, is actually a badass. So Letty probably is the dragon you were looking for this meme.
For some reason, this post reminded me of the illustrations Reiji posted to his twitter of Chizuru drawn on top of photographs. Here is the first example I could find from a quick search, but there is a whole series of them.
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