-Hey, do you know any Japanese food you could recommend?
-Sure. What are you looking for?
-Anything, as long as it doesn’t have rice or soy in it.
-… here you go.
Asking for anime without the idolization of young female beauty is just entitled ethnocentrism. It’s part of Japanese culture. Unless you are living in Japan, you don’t get a say in their culture. Asking for art that only displays scenarios that fit your normative views is an entitled misunderstanding of the purpose of art/craft, both as an expression and as a product. If you need your world filtered so you experience only things that reinforce your worldview, you might as well move to a compound in the woods, because that’s the only way you’re going to avoid all the people who don’t share your beliefs.
All she asked for was some anime without excessive fanservice, suited for a younger audience, and your reaction was, “YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, IT’S ART.”
What a narrow view of the medium. Imagine telling all the Japanese female fans that if they want different representation, they’re being ethnocentric. You want an anime without panty shots and lolis? THE ENTITLEMENT. You are the one who seems to be asking for art that only displays scenarios that fit your ideals, not OP.
It’s part of Japanese culture. Unless you are living in Japan, you don’t get a say in their culture.
Actually you do if you pay for anime. Sucks to live in a capitalist society, but this is one thing that results from it – you vote with your wallet. And by the way, you obviously have a very narrow view of Japan if you think that this is a deep-set part of the culture. For one thing, it’s not hard to find Japanese media without those things, and for two, such things offend the sensibilities of many Japanese people I know.
It’s part of a Japanese subculture. And it’s actually part of a subculture in western countries too, since they exported it. Western fans ask for that kind of stuff just like Japanese fans do. This is why you see it even in, say, Netflix-produced anime.
-Hey, do you know any Japanese food you could recommend?
-Sure. What are you looking for?
-Anything, as long as it doesn’t have rice or soy in it.
-… here you go.
Asking for anime without the idolization of young female beauty is just entitled ethnocentrism. It’s part of Japanese culture. Unless you are living in Japan, you don’t get a say in their culture. Asking for art that only displays scenarios that fit your normative views is an entitled misunderstanding of the purpose of art/craft, both as an expression and as a product. If you need your world filtered so you experience only things that reinforce your worldview, you might as well move to a compound in the woods, because that’s the only way you’re going to avoid all the people who don’t share your beliefs.
All she asked for was some anime without excessive fanservice, suited for a younger audience, and your reaction was, “YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, IT’S ART.”
What a narrow view of the medium. Imagine telling all the Japanese female fans that if they want different representation, they’re being ethnocentric. You want an anime without panty shots and lolis? THE ENTITLEMENT. You are the one who seems to be asking for art that only displays scenarios that fit your ideals, not OP.
Actually you do if you pay for anime. Sucks to live in a capitalist society, but this is one thing that results from it – you vote with your wallet. And by the way, you obviously have a very narrow view of Japan if you think that this is a deep-set part of the culture. For one thing, it’s not hard to find Japanese media without those things, and for two, such things offend the sensibilities of many Japanese people I know.
It’s part of a Japanese subculture. And it’s actually part of a subculture in western countries too, since they exported it. Western fans ask for that kind of stuff just like Japanese fans do. This is why you see it even in, say, Netflix-produced anime.