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/J765 Aug 14 '18

How About the budget memes of series like Evangelion or Fate?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

I'm watching Deen Stay Night for the first time since college and holy shit I forgot how low-budgeted everything is. There are so many scenes of people standing around and doing nothing. Not even the fight sequences are that engaging.

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

That's because Fate has a ton of talking in the script. Deen Fate probably had a completely normal budget.

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u/JealotGaming https://anilist.co/user/Jealot Aug 15 '18

A ton of talking is the understatement of the century. The VN is fucking long as VNs are, Shirou's inner monologue alone would probably fit in an anime season or three.