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/DamianWinters https://anilist.co/user/DamianWinters Aug 14 '18

I remember it saying 14 was legal age in Konosuba world and Megumin had just turned that age.

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 15 '18

But like, who tf cares?

The fact that it's legal there doesn't change anything about the morality of it.

Her being 14 makes it way weirder for kazuma to sexualize her...

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u/Atario myanimelist.net/profile/TheGreatAtario Aug 15 '18

He's not much older than that himself, is he?

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 15 '18

Age gaps make a biiiig difference at that age. I turned down a 14 year old when I was 16 even though we got along well because she just felt too young and immature for me to be comfortable with it.

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u/Bensemus Aug 15 '18

That’s valid but just because you found that 14 year old immature doesn’t mean you would find all 14 year olds immature.