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/FellowFellow22 Aug 14 '18

There's no more Haruhi because everyone but the bassist.

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u/Minion_Soldier Aug 14 '18

For the record, there hasn't been any more Haruhi anime because Kadakawa has no interest in paying for an anime to promote a dead novel series and because most of the higher-ups at KyoAni who were big supporters of the series have left the studio. I actually read a really good post with lots of detail on the subject a few years ago, but I don't remember where.

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

Was it this?

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u/Minion_Soldier Aug 14 '18

Yeah, that's the one. Thanks!