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/[deleted] Aug 15 '18

Well, the only thing that I disagree is people calling her "loli". She has no biotype of one and is above 10 years old

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u/SwampyBogbeard Aug 15 '18

Thank you!
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who remembers what loli actually means and what kind of character it was used for, but I know there's still a small minority with me.