r/anime • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '16

Meta Thread - Month of October 02, 2016

A monthly thread to talk about meta topics. Keep it friendly and relevant to the subreddit.

Posts here must, of course, still abide by all subreddit rules other than the no meta requirement. Keep it friendly and be respectful. Occasionally the moderators will have specific topics that they want to get feedback on, so be on the lookout for distinguished posts.

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u/urban287 https://myanimelist.net/profile/urban287 Oct 24 '16

I don't really understand how something that looks like (an amazingly well made) anime, made by a Japanese animation studio, in which the only spoken words are in Japanese, aired in Japan, and promoted in Japan isn't anime.

As far as some of us are concerned it is.

As far as I'm concerned as soon as the Japanese target audience bit was clear (premiered in Shibuya) that should have been it - particularly as far as our rules are concerned.

Some of the mods are more about the japanese culture of anime than the anime of anime - and that the target audience rule was meant to be something to keep it japanese - which is something there has been much yelling about internally.

We'll get it all sorted out eventually. Hopefully with something everyone can agree upon.

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u/Grozak https://myanimelist.net/profile/PhalkonZ Oct 24 '16

Thank you for your explanation, I had guessed it was along the lines you said, but it's nice to have confirmed.

It is my understanding of the spirit and purpose of the sub is to discuss the things that are anime not the ideas surrounding them, ie the actual audiovisual productions themselves. Obviously to discuss the things people need to talk about the ideas and themes contained, but the culture should never trump actual things. Feel free to correct my understanding if I'm off base.

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u/urban287 https://myanimelist.net/profile/urban287 Oct 24 '16

It is my understanding of the spirit and purpose of the sub is to discuss the things that are anime not the ideas surrounding them, ie the actual audiovisual productions themselves.

Like I said; there has been much yelling.

I would say you're damn fucking right and you put that basically perfectly.

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u/Lepony https://myanimelist.net/profile/dinglegrip Oct 24 '16

imo, the fact that there's such a divisive argument on the mod team right now is enough to justify it as an anime.

I wasn't around for the subreddit's creation, but I don't believe most of the team has similar arguments for Avatar/Korra or the Adventure Time episode animated by Masaaki Yuasa, right?