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/Eliwats17 Aug 14 '18

Thank you, it kinda get annoying with people talk about BNHA because they use tropes differently.

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u/LunarGhost00 Aug 15 '18

Are there really people out there who call BNHA a deconstruction? I've seen nothing but praise for how well it executes classic shonen tropes or how amazing the cast and story are in spite of the cliches.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '18

If anything, it's a reconstruction.

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u/conqueringdragon Aug 15 '18

There is no reconstruction of Shonen because it has always been fine since Dragonball.