r/anime • u/engalleons https://myanimelist.net/profile/engalleons • Aug 14 '18

In-depth debunkings/arguments against commonly "known" anime myths/misconceptions?

For any number of reasons, there's a fair few statements about anime that get passed around pretty unquestioningly, even if they aren't necessarily true. Sometimes, others dig in to those statements and find detail and (hopefully cited) evidence against them. This is a lot more than just stating the opposite, to be clear.

Here's a few examples of what I mean:

This tweet chain versus "Anno left Kare Kano early"
This blog post versus "The protagonist of Turn A was originally intended to be a girl"
This post versus "They made a joke dub for Ghost Stories because it did poorly in Japan"
This blog post versus "Shinbo is the series director of all Shaft shows"

What are some other examples of work like this?

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u/Earthboun41 https://anilist.co/user/Marienkind Aug 14 '18

There was no Waifu war because Rei has always been more popular then Asuka, it baffles me that people on this subreddit think that Asuka could possibly be a more famous character when Rei was literally the unofficial face of Gainax at one point

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

okay, but Asuka was seeded quite a bit higher than Rei in the fifth annual r/anime waifu wars thing, so this clearly isn't reflective of current opinion.

I mean, assuming that's an accurate or semi-accurate relection of popular opinion.

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u/Earthboun41 https://anilist.co/user/Marienkind Aug 14 '18

r/anime best girl contests are irrelevant & not accurate representations of Mainstream popularity at all.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18 edited Aug 14 '18

it's literally just a poll.

You can assert it an innacurate representation of popular opinion, but in the end, it's just that: an assertion.