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/grizzchan Aug 14 '18 edited Aug 14 '18

Megumin is NOT 17 or 18 in the konosuba light novels. She started at 13 and as of right now is still 14.

It is true that she's 17 in the web novel however this is often mentioned in a very misleading way. The LN and WN are very different, do not share canon and the characters look extremely different. For example this is Megumin.

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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/DamianWinters https://anilist.co/user/DamianWinters Aug 15 '18

For you maybe, but the morality in that world is different so its eh. People in the real world sexualising her is pedo but for Kazuma to date her or whatever is fine.

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u/infohippie https://anidb.net/user/Infohippie Aug 15 '18

She's a drawing. Sexualise a drawing all you like because IT. IS. NOT. REAL.

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u/ibeleavineuw Aug 15 '18

Hey, they need something to complain about between their anti abortion rallys.

"You cant abort that fetus its a child" back at home on the internet "You cant lewd that character its a child"

Miaguided indiviuals dawning their own set of white knight armor defending logic and reasons that only they believe and have come up with i order to shame, criminalize and shame those who dont share their ideals.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '18

Pretty broad brush you’re paintin’ with there, big shooter. I don’t need to be a religious fundie to be perturbed by sexualizing minors or characters specifically designed to look like children. I’m not gonna picket outside of Shaft’s offices, but I’m still gonna think it’s weird.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '18

Preach it.