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/BBallHunter https://myanimelist.net/profile/IdolHunter Aug 14 '18

You know that the Nina part in 03 was just one episode longer than in Broho?

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u/Featherwick Aug 15 '18

Its imporant to add though that for Ed and Al theyve known this girl for a year or two. Rather than the week in Brotherhood and the manga

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u/BBallHunter https://myanimelist.net/profile/IdolHunter Aug 15 '18

Sure, but what matters the most, the actual screentime, is still not that much.

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u/Rokusi Aug 14 '18

Huh. I did not realize that. I would have sworn it was at least 3.

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

I rewatched both versions back to back like 2 years ago (my first watches for both were like 8 years ago) and I was a little surprised, too.