Is anime catering to otaku too much?
could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime? it seems like most is aimed at a very insular online geek culture with inside jokes, etc.
>>140616574
Isn't this entire market made for the lowest of the low? Of course it's catering towards the otaku.
>>140616574
Okay. Now go ask the atttactive Japanese people the same thing.
>>140616633
>entire market made for the lowest of the low
More or less. It's not reasonable people who buy hundreds of the same character item simply because it's their waifu. Or BDs at Japanese prices.
>>140616574
I watch anime at times in class. Not all kgenre though, I could never watch ecchi in public for example.
>>140616574
sauce?
>>140616574
is the bottom left girl reading the subtitles?
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
Yes. The only people who think the opposite are people who don't watch anime or /v/ermins who think that all modern anime are moeshit
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
No, but that has more to do with a lack of friends.
>>140616760
She's trying to but the text is mirror-inverted and she's not very good in English either.
>>140616574
what is that interview in pic about?
>>140616574
>friend
Funny.
But even still there's nothing wrong with stuff that not everyone can enjoy.
>>140616773
This guy is retarded and the reason normies hate weebs.
Nobody cares about your chinese cartoons you stupid faggot.
Why would you try to shove your interests on their face?
>>140616979
>op ask if I could show an anime to a friend
>I say yes
>hurr why would you try to shove your interest on their face
Anime is pretty fucking normalfag now. Haven't you realized this?
Because it is stupid otaku wish fulfillment do I enjoy it so much.
>>140617026
Exactly, the answer is no unless they ask you to show them some anime.
>>140616574
Only if my friend asked me to. I'm not a retard who would try to shove it down his throat like some weeb from Gaia.
>>140616574
I just watched the interview.
Japanese are surprisingly open minded and kind to those people in the video they were watching.
They didn't find them disgusting at all and defended their interests. I kind of want to visit japan now. They seem like nice people
>>140617236
they are on tv, anon. try look for them in 2ch
>>140617172
>sharing things you like with others is shoving it down their throats
You're retarded.
>>140617360
But isn't that like saying go to 4chan if you want a good representation of the normal population of america?
>>140617442
>Hey do you watch NURUTU?
>No, what's that?
>It's anime you silly
>Anime?
>Yeah watch this
>Hey bro I don't really care
>Just watch it
>I said no
>Watch it!
And then he gets punched in the face
>>140616847
>>140616744
https://youtu.be/GiNBs18k5_M
>>140616574
Only if I think it matches their interests. I watched a few with my mom and she loved them.
>>140616574
My mother watch quite a lot of japanese animation (Ghibli, Makoto Shinkai, Satoshi Kon, and a few random anime like GTO, School Rumble and Uchouten Kazoku), she's not into things that are too otakuish though.
I work in animation, so a lot of my friends actually watch anime. I have the highest powerlevel, but I can still have conversations with them about it.
>>140617587
i called it a fake since GTO
they are family-tier anime though like Chi's sweet home, Folktales of Japan, Crayon Sin-chan
>>140617520
Anonymous people will be more honest then someone with a camera pointed at them
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
I did that back in late middle school
Showed a friend Death Note, he loved it
I guess it depends on your age group
When you're young, nobody will give a shit if you like something slightly different.
During high school, people will avoid you. Happened to some people I knew, never revealed my own powerlevel.
Afterwards nobody gives a shit again.
>>140616574
>Is anime catering to otaku too much?
No.
Anime should cater to the people who like anime rather than trying to appeal to people who don't, like video games and western comics do.
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
Of course I could. But I don't watch anime with other people.
Also
>friend
>>140617541
what's the name of the girl talking in the baby voice again? Is it a troll? it's been years
>>140617541
>there are people on /a/ who watch videos like this
Kill yourself OP.
>>140617541
wait the orange-haired person in the right is a girl?
>>140617669
but they're also more likely to lie for attention and thats saying something
>>140617661
To be honest, GTO was the dubbed version that we watched along with my brother. She's fairly open about it, movie wise she also watched the GitS movies and Hosoda stuff.
Also, GTO is definitely entry-level. Sure Onizuka bring up stuff like Kamen Rider and Eva, but overall you can watch/read the whole thing without much knowledge of otaku culture.
>>140617789
>Anime should cater to the people who like anime rather than trying to appeal to people who don't, like video games and western comics do.
Fucking this. I like entry level anime because they explore other things and bring in new people, but there is nothing wrong with moe and otaku stuff. People playing elitists and bashing anime for otakus are the real cancer of anime.
>>140616633
That's true. True as Hollywood industries.
>>140616574
Post link of Davido-kun
>>140617914
bu..but muh Oscars
>>140616574
>hand holding
DELETE THIS FUCKING RIGHT NOW OR IM CALLING THE POLICE
>>140617962
The guy is missing a leg man leave him alone
>>140616574
I dont watch the otaku pandering stuff for the most part, so i could probs watch any of my anime with friends. Pretty much everyone I know already watches anime or has watched an anime they wanted to.
>>140617236
The Japanese will do anything to prevent confrontation. So even if they think otaku are disgusting, they will at least say something nice about them if put on the spot.
>>140616574
Why are you just outright ignoring the multiple highly accessible shows that air alongside the otaku shit every season? Are you brain damaged?
>>140616574
There is no singular "otaku anime" that appeals to "otaku," nor is there a clear distinction between "otaku" and "non-otaku" anime.
But if by otaku anime we mean stereotypical stuff like Oreimo, then there is no shortage of non-otaku anime. It airs every season. The problem is that absolutely none of you whiners ever watch it or even know it exists, because you barely watch anime in the first place yet still feel the need to complain about it all the time.
Season after season it's the same complaints: anime "panders" to otaku, everything is "moeshit," everything is "haremshit." Shows like Rakugo, Joker Game, Kabaneri, Kuromukuro and Concrete Revolutio come and go without anyone noticing them.
Very few people in the Western anime community watch anime.
>>140617236
>They didn't find them disgusting at all and defended their interests
Legendary Japanese politeness folded a thousand times like katana
I'd rather see them call them cunts, even though japanese doesn't even have a word that implies the same thing.
>>140617789
>Anime should cater to the people who like anime
After watching and reading various mediums over the years I disagree. Anyone who 'caters' has sloppy work. Good stuff knows that troupes and cliches exist for a reason and uses them properly to build a fun story. Its only when people try to imitate and don't understand the logic behind why characters are doing x and reacting like y that the immersion falls apart.
No one cares if you have magical 600 year old dragon vampire lolis as long as they act like human beings.
Usually that means that they either act their 'age' which means old man or their 'appearance' which means 10 years old forever. No one wants a character to act like they think they will act.
>>140617172
Guess how I can tell you're literally autistic. If you think outright asking to be shown something is the only way shit gets shared then you have a mental disorder
>>140617538
Do you not have friends or something?
Generally when friends recommend something to each other, they try that shit out, because they have a certain level of trust in each others judgement.
>>140616659
I've asked a few indirectly, and they only know about stuff they watched as kids, like Precure, One Piece, etc. People that read Jump in the open will talk about it, but the rest only just talk about their anime and manga stuff when they're with friends that are also into that sort of stuff (I've met a few semi-pro dancers that were really into Fairy Tail for example, with one calling Lucy the 'perfect waifu'.)
It's rare to see them admit it in the open, but Japanese people do watch anime and read manga, they just don't want to look "uncool" because of it and risk getting bullied the fuck out of their lives by "normal people" for it.
>>140618203
>Do you not have friends or something?
Literally me
>>140617172
Get actual friends and stop pretending to be a smartass, retard.
>>140616574
Why are /v/ and /r9k/ threads so obvious
>itt: autism
Just read social cues.
Sometimes it's appropriate to talk about anime around people who aren't into it, other times it's not. I don't know why some have a hard time with this.
>>140617538
I recommended some stuff to mi friends and they like it.
It was entry-level stuff like Beck or Detroit Metal, not harem or stuff with echii on it.
You just don't have to be a sperg over it and they'll give it a go.
>>140618407
Are you really trying to reaon with these people?
>>140617669
they will also feel free to shout any kind of bullshit without thinking.
>>140618090
>triggered otaku
>>140618476
what's wrong with that? Might be pointless but still better than shitposting nonsense
>>140616574
3DPD yellow trash, jealous of 2D goddess.
>>140616574
>friend
hahahaha
>>140616574
You going to take this interview with face value? Nips hate otakus and herbivore men.
>>140618203
every single time that my "friends" recommended me something, be it anime, american tv shows or movies, every fucking time it sucked. And I'm not the one with the shit taste, apart from anime I've watche a shitton of movies, almost all the classics of a lot of different countries.
But they just think they have to force me into watching a shitty show because "trust me, all the people I showed this to really liked it!". That is why I don't show anime to my friends, because I know exactly what they like and I know that they will never like what I'd show them
>>140616574
I'd rather the industry be insular than be influenced by western retards.
>>140616574
Top left looks like the serious one in the group.
>>140616574
>Could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
If they're normalfag friends and not from my weeb circles, I wouldn't.
Some JAVs or hentai of choice are better.
>>140618700
How am I "triggered"?
>>140618784
>Nips hate otaku
This is no longer true. And it's unclear how true it ever was (I've never actually seen any evidence of the otaku bashing that supposedly was rampant in the early 90s)
>>140617172
I do sometimes wonder whether this is like telling people that you do coke.
Like, you don't share with people that you know local dealers unless they explicitly ask you about it.
And its definitely not a conversation starter.
"Hey I watch anime."
and
"Hey I know where to get coke."
Have about the same effect, imo.
>>140617538
>>Yeah watch this
>>Hey bro I don't really care
>>Just watch it
>>I said no
>>Watch it!
>And then he gets punched in the face
Holy shit, are you actually mentally retarded?
It goes more like this
>Hey bro, I know you don't watch anime, but this season there's this show I think you'd like. It's called [Japanese title], which means [butchered English translation]
>Oh? What's it about?
>[30 second summary about basic premise]
>Sounds cool, I guess I'll give it a try.
You can recommend something without "shoving it down their throats". It's called having tact.
>>140617541
Jesus christ this video made me sweat from the embarrassment
>>140618922
sell me some
>>140616659
Manga seems to be extremely common.
I have a few good modern Japanese Drama movies and they often have a character casually reading manga.
>>140618922
It's called a hobby, anon. Have you never had someone ask you "What hobbies are you into?"
>>140616574
Bottom right is such a cute reverse trap
>>140618827
you don't belong here
>>140619149
But I like anime.
Its shit most of the time but there's some decent occasionally.
It's not like I have another consistent source for quality animations.
>>140618827
>/co/ image
At least one person from that cancerous board recognizes that The Wind Rises was better than Frozen
>>140618827
>It is
It isn't, and you would know it isn't if you actually watched anime.
>The saddest part is that it needs to pander to survive.
Who was Miyazaki pandering to and how?
>>140619251
i have no hate on pixar/disney but i really cant understand Frozen
>>140619251
It something I stole from /v/
I have no idea where most of my reactions faces are from
>having friends
Also
>this thread
>>140618925
>Hey bro, I know you don't watch anime, but this season there's this show I think you'd like. It's called [Japanese title], which means [butchered English translation]
>I already told you I don't like anime
>Y-Yeah I forgot
FTFY
>>140619099
Read the post again you mouthbreathing prick.
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
Yes.
Stuff like Fate Zero can be enjoyed by literally anyone because it's genuinely good.
>>140618827
>Miyazaki
>Good
PLANES! ENVIRONMENTALISM! WAR IS BAD! SACRIFICE STORY FOR THE SAKE OF FORCED ANIMATION!
>>140616574
>why is anime pandering to the people who buy it
Really? And it's not even like there aren't non-otaku shows. You get your normalfag shows and your fujoshit shows.
>>140619299
>Who was Miyazaki pandering to
Lolicons.
What happened to hiding your powerlevel? Has all of /a/ become "proud weeaboo otaku"?
>>140619425
>forced animation
I've seen this meme a few times. Can someone explain what it is?
>americans think pandering to an audience that is proven to be profitable is a bad thing
>>140618827
>image.jpg
>/co/ image
>Wind Rises is the best animated movie
>This entire post in general
10/10 My jimmies were rustled.
>>140619453
I don't remember there being any loli characters in the movie. Even if there were, it wouldn't prove that Miyazaki was pandering.
>>140619498
It's never been shown that pandering exists in Japan, and the whole idea is based on a misunderstanding of how things work in Japan.
>>140619477
First time I heard about it was criticism towards Despicable me
Even youtube reviewers said it was over animated
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
No, I already done it once and now he have daki with Ron-chan, never again.
>>140619477
It means animation that the person doesn't like
>>140619549
>It's never been shown that pandering exists in Japan
What?
>>140619305
marketing
>>140618827
>>140619227
I bet you're a feminst SJW
>>>/out/
>>140619477
Forced animation is when an anime tries to make up for the fact that it's story is lacking by heavily focusing on making the animation the best.
Animating it so well to try and distract you from how compelling the narrative is.
For example, let's say that a character has to get real emotional but the narrative hasn't done enough to make you empathize at all for that character so the animators instead heavily exaggerate the character getting emotional or crying to try and compensate by making them LOOK super sad.
Name one thing wrong with pandering to otaku that isn't
>an ad hominem
>a matter of opinion
>>140619587
I can see how that could happen with American movies, but anime is not exactly known for having excessive animation.
>>140619621
Tons of people have claimed that anime is full of pandering. Not one of them has been able to produce any evidence.
>>140619374
damn, anon. who bullied you in highschool?
>>140619683
One doesn't need evidence when you can grab any modern anime and 98% of the time it will have scenes that pander to the audience.
>>140619625
Why would the filmmakers think: "Shit, our story is bad. We gotta trick people into not noticing!"
You're just imagining things. If you don't like the story then just say and move on.
>>140619757
Prove it.
>>140619757
Ok, and how do you know that those scenes are pandering?
>>140619784
Go to an anime stream site like kissanime and choose the random option
There you go it will probably pander to you one way or another
>>140619626
No inovation, just the same anime with the same beta mc and the same cliche girls, some times in a high school other times in a rpg
>>140616574
Every fucking nip has at least read/watched doraemon once
>>140619863
Why are you lying anon?
>>140619850
No, I want solid consistent proof. I want statistics and examples, you colossal cock sucking faggot.
>>140619921
Remember
>no ad hominem
>>140619863
What's wrong with that?
>>140619850
How do you know the creators were pandering?
>>140619973
Too much effort for something so obvious
>>140617913
>People playing elitists and bashing anime for otakus are the real cancer of anime.
Fun fact.
These people don't have that much of a mileage compared to the regular consumers and most of them came from the western hemisphere and is in their early adulthood (mid 20s).
These 'elitists' only watch a few shows yearly nowadays and will regularly complain about how moe and fanservice ruins the anime industry.
As a regular consumer from the eastern hemisphere, I just label all of them as some low power level tryhards.
>>140619626
It makes SJW and fujoshi unhappy.
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
I show my normalfag friends normalfag anime and they love it. My sister though, she's the person I like showing weirder stuff to. She's a nostalgiafag for Tenchi and other harem shows too. Just recently I showed her the Uma Musume PV and she knew, instinctively, that it would be girls that come running out of the gates, not horses.
>>140617913
>People playing elitists and bashing anime for otakus are the real cancer of anime.
This.
>oh no, people like something they like... and they're just LETTING THEM LIKE IT?
>>140620049
If it's so obvious you should be able to prove your point better than saying "go to fucking kissanime" you crossboarder piece of shit
>>140619763
Why do bad films get made despite having high budget? Creators tend to not be able to see the flaws or care more about one aspect of production than the other. Your point does nothing to disprove mine.
>>140620102
But anon, that's an excellent thing.
>>140620049
>I-it's so obvious! Of course I don't need evidence! Just look at it, it's OBVIOUS!! That's why I can't find a way to back up my claims, I mean IT'S OBVIOUS.
I'm glad we had this discussion.
>>140619850
>press it 20 times
>To LOVE-Ru Darkness, RGZ and Monogatari and the only "pandering" shows I got
You need better argument.
>>140620058
Yeah they basically don't watch anime. Just a couple of really popular shows a year (like One Punch Man recently, and perhaps Erased). Which would be fine if only they understood the limits of their knowledge.
>>140620144
So they are trying to hide flaws they know exist, but at the same time they don't see flaws?
Years ago, all video tapes were sold at prices similar to the ones Japan charges for BDs. They were designed to be sold to video rental stores, who would then market it to the consumer (similar to the way streaming services do today).
That model never really worked that well, and so in most of the world, disks are marked-down to be sold to the general public. Even if it means making less up front, a larger audience means more people buying merchandise and tie-ins.
In Japan, however, something stupid happened. Otaku started buying the tapes priced for stores. Anime didn't have to be sold to the general public, because a tiny slice of otaku were willing to throw absurd amounts of money at it. And so it was never marketed to the public.
Manga is universally popular in Japan. LNs are very popular. But anime has remained a niche industry in the minds of many (including many who produce it), because they still cling to the idea of that tiny slice of otaku with inexplicably large wallets.
Anime movies do well at the box office. Anime swag sells well. Anime is a staple of Japanese television. But many, many people in the industry still feel compelled to cater to the otaku niche, and they've so ignored the larger market that they're blind to it.
>>140616574
>Is anime catering to otaku too much?
no
>Could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
yes, now fuck off with your shit thread.
>>140620006
It kills creativite,why take risk making something new when you can make the same shit you been doing the past 10 years that people still buying?
With that said, if I spoke that every new anime is otaku pandering, I would be lying
>>140620279
Would you show your friends JK Meshi?
Be honest now
>>140620233
A film and anime are not made by one person.
An animator may be aware of flaws that exist that the writers refuse to address or don't acknowledge. This is where the disconnect happens. You are operating under the assumption that these shows are made solely by one person, rather than a collaborative effort.
>>140620298
It's almost as if the anime industry is a business.
>>140620102
He asked what was wrong about it, not what one of the benefits were.
>>140620311
yes
>>140616574
I'd point to an anime like "Genshiken" and say, "Yeah, it's about Otaku, but it's pretty down to earth."
Hell, Saki is the normalfag that other people can relate to. I might call it a Japanese Big Bang Theory.
>>140620345
Exactly
>>140620408
>I might call it a Japanese Big Bang Theory.
Not enough canned laughter.
>>140620408
>I might call it a Japanese Big Bang Theory.
But it's actually good?
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
Yep. Call me autistic, but I have a mental list of anime I can show to everyone. I also have mental list of which animes my friends could watch if they wanted approach anime
>>140620461
Well, good riddance.
>>140620486
Not relating it to quality, just the subject matter.
>>140620495
Certainly.
>>140616574
otaku was always the target audience retard.you're like those casuals pretending startrek & starwars weren't always nerdy shit for nerds.
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>>140620488
>animes
>>140618238
So it's basically the same thing as the west in that regard.
>>140618799
>And I'm not the one with the shit taste
>>140620269
>Anime didn't have to be sold to the general public, because a tiny slice of otaku were willing to throw absurd amounts of money at it. And so it was never marketed to the public.
Anime began in 1963, and revolved almost entirely around television. Home video started coming into use in the early 80s. Even then, OVA anime was just one segment of the anime market. It didn't replace television and movie anime. Late night anime started emerging in the late 90s and eventually absorbed OVAs almost entirely, but daytime anime is still here and there's a lot of late night anime that's perfectly fine for "normal" viewers. It's just that relatively few people watch late night anime regardless of what its content is, and fewer still will financially support it.
Daytime anime is an option, but the network will want something that pulls in a lot of viewers and preferably lasts longer than one or two seasons. That is actually very limiting. With late night anime you can just buy a timeslot for a limited time and basically air whatever you want.
>>140620338
Animators don't work on their own, they work according to instructions given to them and someone needs to approve their work.
>>140616574
Yes and I'm fucking glad that anime hasn't lost its way, despite normalfags wanting it to.
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
Hahahahaha. The fact that the amount of pandering that still exists in anime keeps people like you away from it is even better.
>>140617360
Actual normalfags think that 4chan is the worst, most vile place on the internet. And no I am not talking about tumblrinas but average people.
And did you ever went to Japan? Even the ghetto places are nicer (still dangerous though) than the wester counterparts.
>B-But they are just being polite
That is the idea. With a few exceptions wen nips think something is wrong or repulsive they don't feel like making a big deal of it because that would also be frown upon.
Stop liking what I don't like campaigns are mostly a thing of the other west.
My normalfag big brother is into Nanatsu no Taizai A huge surprise to me, since he never talk about anime stuff and other nippon media. Probably because it on netflix.
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
Yes because i don't watch moeshit.
Moeshit is MLP-tier manchild cancer.
>>140621450
Does your brother know you watch so much anime?
My sister just started with K-On (dub) on tv and she doesnt know I fucking have it all in higher quality on my hdd
>>140621450
>Surprised that normalfags like entry level shonen anime
>catering
>friend
>3D
Fuck off, crossboarder.
>>140621540
The only reason some people keep trying to force a connection between moe and MLP is because they know a lot of people look down on MLP (or bronies) and therefore they can make moe look bad by association. Because they're unable to argue about moe itself. Because they don't actually know anything about it.
I've seen people claim that K-On has something to do with little girls flashing their panties. People are just hysterical and ignorant.
>revealing your powerlevel
Society is an enviroment where only drinking your brain out and fucking girls is considered normal, watching shit shows or sports or listening to normie music
saying that you like animes, play videogames (other than the typical COD or FIFA) or enjoy other types of music is a social suicide
your life will be just better if you just shut up, just do it in private
>>140619498
When the overall quality of the product decreases as a result of the pandering, it is.
>>140616574
>oh dare they appeal to their target audience
>>140621723
>it took this long for a comment like this to appear
/a/ is beyond salvation
>>140621635
I think he suspects me watching, he even recommended it to me.
>>140618238
>It's rare to see them admit it in the open
This is such a bullshit. You have no idea.
Late night Anime? Maybe You're right. I rarely talk about it in real life.
But Manga? It's as mainstream as it gets, much bigger than games. Every book store you go, they are right up front. No one here thinks reading Manga is "uncool" because we all grew up with it. It is huge part of our culture.
>>140621748
I agree. Look at Kabaneri for example, they tried so hard to pander to normalfags that they ended up with something as generic as it can possibly get.
>>140618799
>putting quotation marks around the word friends
Yep, stopped reading right there.
>>140621748
You do realize low quality pandering shows flop every season
>>140621861
How do you know they were pandering to normalfags? And how is the show generic?
>>140621889
>zombies
>steampunk
Literally every single normalfag loves those. Combining both of them is like creating the strongest magnet in the world for them.
And then, somehow, it ended up as a carbon copy of Shingeki no Kyojin. I can't see it getting more generic than that.
>>140621723
>>140621794
>living in a country where chinese cartoons are stigmatized
I pity you anon
>>140621939
That doesn't prove they were pandering.
>And then, somehow, it ended up as a carbon copy of Shingeki no Kyojin.
It didn't. You should actually watch the show.
>>140619473
Unless you're running around wearing stupid anime shirts and screaming the names of your favorite erogame waifu at the top of your lungs, nobody really cares anymore.
Fuck, it's gotten to the point where I very rarely bring it up before some other person I assumed was a total normalfag does.
Normal people don't really give shit what you watch, so long as you're mildly presentable and/or goodish looking.
>>140616574
>OP starts with a 3DPD pic of a youtube interview
>Blog comments
>Friends
>>140621980
Why are you acting like pandering is a bad thing? Being pandered too feels great.
And the first episode at the very least was pretty much SnK on a train.
>>140616574
Oh look, it's 3DPD shaming other men who find other women, 2D girls they cannot possibly hope to compete with, more appealing to men then them. How fucking typical.
>>140621939
>every normalfag loves steampunk
Most normalfags probably don't even know what that is.
Can you name ten big budget, highly successful Hollywood films released in the last ten years that you would describe as "steampunk films?" I guarantee you that if it was something people loved that universally, the soulless executives that run these industries would be pumping out products by the truckload every year, just like they do with zombies and superheroes.
Do you think the JPs will ever hear about how Anime has been conflated with support for a leading presidential candidate?
Friendly reminder that a crossboarder's opinion is worthless.
>>140622069
Pandering is a negative thing.
>And the first episode at the very least was pretty much SnK on a train.
I didn't see any titans or 3D maneuver gear.
>>140621748
The anime is STILL better than both the cartoon and comic market of the West and arguably just as good as the television show market despite all the moe shit
You people obviously don't pay attention to other mediums whatsoever
>>140622119
And yet you'd still fuck any one of them if they asked for it. Even the SUPER uggers one in the top left.
>>140622144
Pardon me, every nerd-ish normalfag.
>>140622198
Why? It should only make sense that some sort of etertainent would try to cater as much as possible to its target public.
>I didn't see any titans
Zombies, the antagonists in this version
>or 3D maneuver gear.
That pressure gun, although it's more akin to those swords than the gear itself.
>>140622222
>The Dread Man
Cool, I guess.
>>140622222
Damn quints.
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime? it seems like most is aimed at a very insular online geek culture with inside jokes, etc.
>most
??
>>140622222
Checked
>crush men leave
>>140621723
You know this response has become harder to find on this site
What happened?
>>140622204
>despite all the moe shit
Do you even know what actually is?
>>140622346
Pandering means doing something because you're forced into it by market circumstances or because you are trying to take advantage of people, and not because you personally have any interest in what you're doing.
Western pandering theory is also predicated on the idea that creators are fans are different people, which is not true in Japan.
>Zombies, the antagonists in this version
Which are very different from titans and obviously pre-date AoT by decades.
>That pressure gun, although it's more akin to those swords than the gear itself.
Now you're just grasping at straws.
>>140622222
>sex secrets sin
This is bullshit
>>140622222
>Bail the fool
Am I the fool? Am i going bail out some fool?
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
>DoctorCoxaskingifyouareawareofwhatlocationyouarecurrentlyin.exe
>>140622222
>Flesh Men Suicide
Also nice quints.
>>140621876
Awful pandering shows still get made every season, whether it is to fujoshis or otakus.
>>140622204
This is not an argument.
>>140621859
Oh? Do you mean at middle and highschool level? Because university-level and working adults + freeters are not that open to talking about manga too from my experience. I've worked with many Japanese teachers and office workers, and have been an international student at a university in Tokyo already, and it's either a non-response or they try to move the topic to music, sports or TV / manzai.
勿論日本語で話してたし、かなり仲のいい友達や同級生などを相手にした。もしかして俺自身が日本人じゃないから固まるのかな？とは言え、漫画でも同じリアクションだったので（ワンピース以外の話だと）、あなたのレスの方が信じ難い。
>>140616574
I only make friends with otaku
>>140622500
>Awful pandering shows still get made every season
Nobody has proven this.
>>140622451
I wont answer that because you have no argument to my response
Honestly market forces force you to pander to someone if youre making a collaborative work
I'd rather the market more towards the neet otaku than the normies
>>140622540
They don't cater to my tastes, that means they're awful shit that panders to someone other than myself. Fuck you Japan.
>>140622574
>I wont answer that because you have no argument to my response
So you don't know what moe is. I understand.
>>140622222
Leave Suicide Hate
>>140617815
yee
>>140622540
Every haremshit is filthy otaku pandering.
>>140617541
>>140616574
The guy who has the birthday party for Kotonoha used to go to /a/, and actually were quite famous. He made some songs for /a/s waifu pictures, like this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwP7-VpYtp0
>>140622451
And as someone who has been on the receiving end of all this pandering I can say that it feels great. Why would I give a fuck about the state of the industry? If they die then they'll die and that's it, I can't do shit about that, so I might as well enjoy what's left of it while it's still there.
>>140622500
>this is not an argument
Oh but it is
Pandering occurs in every market because it's expensive to do collaborations
The markets with the least pandering are still full of pandering because it makes money
The difference is these markets (manga, LNs, novels, etc) are quite easily made by one person so you're bound to find a shit ton of variety
Asking why anime panders to otakus is like asking why evening shows pander to middle age women
It's the same complaint
>>140622703
How do you know the creators were pandering?
>>140622779
You are assuming that creators and otaku are entirely different groups of people. They are not.
>>140622623
>still no argument
Don't be an autist
>>140616574
>could you sit down with a friend and show them an anime?
yes.
but only because I know a shitton of anime and can choose some that are "normie friendly"
>>140622856
What sort of "argument" are you expecting, exactly?
>>140622779
It might be, but not against what I said.
Pandering lowers the objective qualities of the piece of work in question as in it forces the creatives to introduce elements to their story that they might not want and/or like to attract a certain demographic, it stifles artistic expression.
Whether it happens in every market is irrelevant, because it doesn't make it a good thing (well, not unless you're an executive wanting to make a profit by selling thrash).
This is why bussinesses are the cancer of art.
>>140618203
Do you not have friends or something I never take their recommendations and they never take mine
I don't even know why I probably would have watched FLCL 5 years before I did if fucking tim didn't keep asking "you watch FLCL yet nigga"
>>140622906
So you're just someone who believes anime should be a work of art.
>>140617541
My main man Aitor
>>140623020
Well, there are some friends I trust more than others.
Still you a lazy ass motherfucker.
>>140616574
>Is anime catering to otaku too much?
200+ posts when the answer is obviously yes
Holy shit modern anime is fucking horrendous, whether its from the art direction/chacracter designs or the plots. Its hard to believe this is the same industry that created Evangelion and Card Captor Sakura.
>>140621710
>The only reason some people keep trying to force a connection between moe and MLP is because they know a lot of people look down on MLP (or bronies) and therefore they can make moe look bad by association.
Nigger it is literally the exact same shit: manchildren.
>>140623212
Exactly, only manchildren associate moe and horses.
>>140623106
It already is, I believe that it shouldn't be shit.
>>140622222
>MAD NUDE BOT
>>140623188
>modern anime
You don't watch modern anime and don't know anything about it. Listening to bullshit on the Internet from people who also don't watch it is not a substitute for actual knowledge.
>>140623212
>manchildren
Meme. Meaningless.
>>140622821
True
I didn't think about that
Is it considered pandering at that point?
Probably not
>>140622906
Youre assuming these shows are trying to be your definition of art lad
They aren't
They're just making money and making something a group of people like
How do you even know the artist is stifled? As the guy above pointed out all the artists ARE otakus
Youre making a lot of assumptions
I don't think the quality of shows would go up if you suddenly got rid of the all the otaku anime
Also collaborations aren't art
>>140623269
>it already is
No it's not
Don't tell me you have one of those piss poor definitions of art were pretty much everything under the sun falls into it
normal people suck ass
>>140617541
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHuWC6gqnBw
>>140622222
>see flesh men
>>140623239
Fuck off autist.
>>140623303
>meme
No, it means you're an adult man acting like a fucking child, i.e. moeshit and MLP.
>>140623434
Just like you're doing right now?
>>140623434
You realize other anime genres aren't mature and refined like you think they are
>>140623434
>it means you're an adult man acting like a fucking child
That's pretty rich coming from an anonymous shitposter.
>>140622222
>badass
>badass
>badass
Thats all i fucking saw. I swear
>>140621540Anita
>>140623434
It means you have no argument, you are just saying "manchildren" like it's supposed to mean anything when it actually doesn't.
And again you are just trying to force a connection that doesn't exist so you can make moe look bad by association. Because you don't understand moe to the point where you could actually criticize it.
>>140623367
Saying that "something is art" doesn't mean you're judging the merits of it, it's an statement that is as void as saying "something is blue".
Anime is art the same moment it's medium in which people express ideas through artistic means, whether is bad or good is irrelevant to this.
>>140623305
I'm not assuming anything at all, all I said is that pandering is awful.
If you want to make otaku shit because you're an otaku fine, the problem comes when you're forced into it.
Of course I can't prove it happens because I only see the end-result and I don't work in the industry, that's why the only thing I said in this thread is that being forced to modify your idea to generate a profit is bad.
Whether it happens in this industry in particular or not is irrelevant because no one here can prove it either way.
why is this shit thread still up?
As long as fanfiction-like shit gets animated, anime as a whole doesn't have a chance to improve.
>>140623756
Anime is not a monolith. There are good shows, average shows and bad shows of different genres for different audiences by different creators.
>>140623674
>Whether it happens in this industry in particular or not is irrelevant because no one here can prove it either way.
THEN WHO THE FUCK CARES
>>140623845
No! If things I don't like exist then everything is bad!
>>140616574
>Is anime catering to otaku too much?
doesnt make any difference because we dont buy it and its products
>>140616574
Over half the people in Japan watch anime (2010 DoHouse survey). the curve peaks in the 15-19 year old band and most watch 2 or 3 in all bands, but even at age 70 and over the tail of the curve is 24% of people do!
>>140622222
Secret maniac fool...
>>140623917
People like to discuss stuff even if they have no way of knowing the objective truth.
Are you new to human interaction, anon?
>>140623417
All those cute 3D waifus
>>140622222
>Man
What a shitty fortune. I guess it did describe me.
>>140616810
Maybe that's why she's squinting her eyes so hard.
>>140623417
...They're all into shonen, aren't they?
Weird.
Why are there so many normalfags on 4chan now?
I frankly don't care if people think I'm "cool" or not.
What other people think of anime or anime watchers is not my problem.
>>140617541
I get the feeling that all their answers was them being polite.
>>140622222
> Scum Suicide Naked.
It knows me too well
>>140624209
For the same reason we like watching cute girls doing cute things.
Some of them are probably fujoshi though.
>>140623927
You're stupid if you think that current LN market and its anime adaptations are not a significant problem. When a web novel can get published and its author tells how to write to a newcomers, there's simply no chance to improve no matter how much you try to dismiss the argument as somebody hating your hobby.
>>140624889
They are not a problem because I don't watch them.
>>140617789
This may change though.
If the GitS movie hits big, Japanese studios will try to appeal to the Hollywood audience from then on.
I don't get, are there really people that want anime to become like Comics and Games?
Is this what you really want?
>>140624970
So, let's hope GitS bomb. The last thing we need is for anime to appeal to Hollywood audiences.
>>140616574
>a niche medium is insular
What a genius you are. This shouldn't matter unless your goal for watching anime is to be cool and socialize with your normalfag friends.
>>140618740
You didn't watch the video, did you?
They don't really say anything bad about anime.
>>140624889
Anime is not a monolith.
>>140624970
You mean they'll tailor their productions so that hopefully Hollywood will buy remake rights years or decades afterwards? Doesn't seem like a sound business plan to me.
