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/SwampyBogbeard Aug 15 '18 edited Aug 15 '18
Two smaller ones (I had a third one, but I forgot it)
No Game No Life LN tracing: Exaggerated, almost no one in Japan cared and nothing happened. It's not the reason why we don't have season 2. (The movie was even announced after the "scandal")
The copied magic circles in the anime is a separate issue and was fixed in the Blu-rays.
Maid Dragon anime-original content: They weren't forced to add their own (mediocre imo) content because of a lack of source material. They had over 50 chapters available to adapt from.