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 No.7837[Reply]

Why is the school setting liked so much in anime? It cannot just be that the target audience is mostly children, because there are a lot of anime of this sort oriented to older otaku also. Do anime ever make more than passing attempts at portraying so called "adulthood" as a future to be excited about?
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 No.20678

>>20668
Its not like you have a choice. Adults make you take it seriously. Yet, when you graduate, they just shrug you off. All that acdemic bulkshit you go through and they say "meh you dont know shit" even though they crininalize kids for skipping school.

I really think adults underestimate the treachery of school largely because theyve been away from it for so long.
Thats the beauty of childhood nostalgia and marketing.

 No.20681

>>14930
It could be a cultural difference
From what i can tell japanese schools are usually better than ones overseas
In america unless you went to a good school you're lucky to get one that has clubs and shit to hang out in

 No.20682

>>7837
What i find funny about the school setting is that a lot of these anime don't even take place in the school itself
It's just there to remind you that these characters are in fact teenagers that go to school, but then they just stop having them attend school at some point

 No.23203

>>15622
>explanations for this quasi-Orientalism
It's probably largely due to this sentiment.

The factors that seem to contribute would be:
1. The alternative modernity that Japan represents to the people from more Western parts of the West, as opposed to the still quite culturally hegemonic— in the imperial core that the Western nations comprise— American ilk of modernity, has offered some sort of avenue of escapism that is exotic, convenient, and amassed as @Orikron aforementioned has said basically, yet not actually Other to the empire, as
Eurasian civilizations Russia, China,‌‌‌‌‍‌⁣‌⁢⁣⁢⁣‌‍‌‬⁣‍‬‌‍‬‬‬‬‌‬‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‌‌‌‌‍‬‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‌‌‌‌‍‬⁣‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌‌‌‌‍⁢⁢‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‍⁣‌‌‌‌‬‌‍‌‌‌‌⁢‍‬‌‍⁢‬‬‌‌‌‌‌‬⁢‌‌‌‌⁢‍‍‌‍⁢‬‬‌‌‌‌‌‍⁢‍‌‌‌‌‬‌‌‌‌⁢‌⁢‌‍⁢‬‬‌‌‌‌‌‬⁣‍‌‌‌‌⁢‌‬‌‌‌‌‬⁣⁣‌‍⁢‬‬‌‌‌‌‌⁢‬‍‌‌‌‌‬⁣‍‌‌‌‌⁢‬‍‌‍⁢‬‬‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌‌‌‌⁢‌⁢‌‌‌‌⁢‍‌‌‍⁢‬‬‌‌‌‌‌‍⁢ ‌‌‌‌⁢‍⁢‌‌‌‌⁢‍‌‌‌‌‌‬⁣‍‌‌‌‌⁢‍‍‌‌‌‌‬⁢‌‌‌‌‬⁣‍‌‍‌‬‍‍‬and Iran are; so as to go and step outside of the hegemony's boundaries.

2. To paraphrase someone, stagnation fuels novelty, and the popular culture industry and the subcultural niches in Japan, as other researchers have noted, have enormously flourished, while the Japanese society itself has suffered the malaises of the bust— this phenomenon is probably noticeable incidentally in the content of some anime; furthermore, Japan was also one of the first countries to venture into that postmodernity, into the sort of societal impasse that now afflicts numerous nations elsewhere in the West, too, with the failure of the old narratives and similar (go check out Utena also), and plus further Japan was one of the first countries in Asia to modernize, so the Orientalistic stereotypes about the aesthetic of Asian modernity and the alterity of it took heavy influence likely from their course, the early impressions and later fetishization of Shibuya to raise one example.

3. The sovereignty of Japan is also as vassal state quite subjugated to the American empire, and many people in the imperial core likely consider the place to be their wacky, "thing, Japan" being sort of the demonstration of this mentality, tourist spot, and the Japanese govt. encourages this sort of almost self exoticization, because of geopolitical cuckoldry or glowie shit.

 No.23604

>>7837
Japs spend like half of their life there and stay there from 6am to 9pm, no wonder they’re obsessed



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 No.3193[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

>mfw I keep convincing friends that anime and coomer art are inherently capitalistic
>tell them how coomerism fuels patreon bucks which impose an unrealistic and unobtainable image for women and males because of the rate of porn consumed created by comissions
>tfw only leftypol will be the only anime friendly lefty place, eventually
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 No.14078

>>14077
frogot to link to
>>8868

 No.14079

>>8868
And that's a good thing.

 No.14080

>>8868
thanks for the twitter recs

 No.14095

>>8868
>POV: No father figure.

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 No.23522[Reply]

The most communist anime there ever was
And it’s not close

 No.23537

>>23522
There's a thread for this, that being said, I agree. I wish we saw Kaiji organize against capital in a non-death game context as much as that wouldn't really fit the tone of the series

 No.23538

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>>23522
Post left wing anime

 No.23590

>>23522
name?

 No.23591

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>>23590
Gambling apocalypse Kaiji
(wow back when I used vlc)



 No.731[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Tomoko thread… why? Because I like the character… and other reasons…
Post lewds (spoilered), memes, edits, pics and anything else related to the subject
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 No.23534

>>23532 (me)
Also, I think the problem with Kazuma is that he's downright annoying instead of being just a goofy perverted NEETcel who doesn't shower and is therefor just boring to watch.

Diogenes was the first perverted NEETcel who doesn't shower, change my mind.

 No.23535

>>23532
She's not a NEET, she goes to school.

 No.23557

>>23535
Everyone in Japan is forced into going to school at that age tbh.

 No.23563

>>23557
Actually, no. High school is not mandatory in Japan.

 No.23567

>>23534
Diogenes was a hikkineet who didn't even want to quit his home (a cracked pot in the middle of the road)
too based for this world



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 No.1993[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Just give me your anime hot takes. I don't care if they're retarded.
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 No.23168

1. Fairy Tail isn't that bad if the seasons are plodded through slowly or by themselves, at least some of them more precisely that is to say.

2. (not technically super anime related) Utagoe, both as social activity and as musical trend, is pretty based, and maybe anime conventions should have Utagoe Kissa someday.

3. Sailor Moon "Stars" (S5) was done quite well, and the quasi-romantic sideplot inside was lightly-subtly exquisitely sentimental even if the premise might've been slightly sketchy.

4. Haz and Rafiq (and their sort arguably were partially correct in their criticism of anime, insofar as to mix anime, with its heavy postmodern undertone, and serious politics unreservedly or unmoderatedly can easily lead to perversion and as they have claimed the super "moeblob" elements are sus, not always obviously, but there's some shit off about those.

5. (not anime but still relevant) (‌‬⁣‌‌⁢‌⁣⁢‌‌⁢⁢‌‍⁢⁢‬‬‬‌⁣‌‬⁣‬‌‬⁣⁢‌⁢‌‍⁢⁢‍⁢‍redacted‌‍⁢⁢⁢‬⁢‌‍⁢⁢⁢‌⁣‌‍⁢⁢⁢‍‌‌⁢‌⁢‍‌⁣⁢‌‌⁢⁢‌‍⁢⁢‬‬‬‌⁣‌‬⁣‬‌‬⁣⁢‌⁢‌‍⁢⁢‍⁢‍‌‍⁢⁢⁢‬⁢‌‍⁢‬‬‬‌‬⁣‌‌⁢‌⁣⁢‌‌⁢⁢‌‍⁢⁢‬‬‬‌⁢‬‌⁣⁣‍‌‬⁢‬‌‌‬⁣‌‌⁢‌‍⁢⁢‍⁣‍‌‍⁢⁢⁢‬⁢‌‍⁢⁢⁢‌⁣‌‍⁢⁢⁢‍‌‌⁢‌⁢‍‌⁣⁢‌‌⁢⁢‌‍⁢⁢‬‬‬‌⁢‬‌⁣⁣‍‌‬⁢‬‌‌‬⁣‌‌⁢‌‍⁢⁢‍⁣‍‌‍⁢⁢⁢‬⁢‌‍⁢‬‬‬‌‍⁢⁢‬‍‍‌‍⁢⁢‍⁣⁢‌‍⁢⁢⁢‌⁢‌‍⁢⁢‍‍⁣‍‬‬‬‬‍‍‌‍⁢‬‬‌‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‬‍‍‍⁣‍‌⁢‌‍‌‍⁢‌‍‍⁢‬‌‌‍‬‬‍‌⁢‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‍‍‍‍‍⁢‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‍‍‍‍‬‌⁢‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‍‍‍‍‍‍⁣‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‍‍‍‍‌⁣‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‍‍‍‍‌⁣‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‍‍‍‍‬‍‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‍‍‍‍‬‍‍‍‌⁣‍⁣‍‍‍‍‬‍)

6.New AI/ML technology can really be of benefit/help for the animation industry and workers, and expand the capability to produce anime or the similar sort of media more easily to the less sponsored masses.

 No.23482

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Claymore is discount Berserk for Lesbians

 No.23483

>>23482
This thread is for controversial opinions, not for recommendations.

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 No.23540

>>23482
I hate how this artist draws faces.



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 No.8285[Reply]

Dumping.
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 No.23434

Bumping thread now that chapter 5 came out

 No.23504

Bumper

 No.23505

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here you go neetsisters

 No.23506

>>23505
>NHK with a female MC
That's just WataMote…

 No.23533

>>23506 (me)
Ah, wait, they put a deuteragonist on the cover? Damn, that's misleading.



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 No.7655[Reply]

Delinquents/yankii/banchou/sukeban are so fucking cool.

I wanted to get into delinquent manga from the 70s-80s starting with Sakigake!! Otokojuku. I torrented the whole manga's raws to practice my Japanese, as well, but I could never get around to reading it.
Likewise, even though it's not 2D (but it is adapted from manga) I torrented all of Sukeban Deka and could never watch more than 1 episode.
Unfortunately, I lost them both when my laptop broke.

Could you please recommend more delinquent stuff? Even if it's just one character in a series that's not about delinquents. If there's something like a rec chart that'd be pretty cool. If, not, we could make one.
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 No.23484

>>23481
Yes, it's called "lumpen" or "gangster." But the so-called "Japanese delinquents" are actually called "yankii" and "bosozoku" (the ones who use motorcycles). Yankii are just Japanese criminals who aren't part of a yakuza clan and have a distinct uniform like that of Jotaro Kujo because they often start their criminal lifestyle in high school.

 No.23486

>>23484 (me)
Yankii mimick the customs of the yakuza and yet they don't want to join them for one reason or another. They're also ruder and more aggressive than the yakuza (the "idiot from Osaka" stereotype) while the yakuza are more "trad" if you will. Yankii are more "punk."

 No.23487

>>23486 (me)
Man, people in Kanzai are way more fun than those boring Tokyo prudes.

 No.23489

>>23487
Kansai is so much better than Tokyo that it's not even funny. The Western coalition should have won at Sekigahara.
>>23484
I think they're more similar to hooligans than to straight up criminals.

 No.23491

>>23489
"Hooligan criminals."

I think it's a spectrum. Some are legit criminals, just not the yakuza ones. The most important aspect of them is their strong ties within their gangs unlike more atomized lawbreakers, a trait they took from the yakuza.



 No.23464[Reply]

I wish there was more of it honestly. All we get is cheesy J-pop and other extremely light music other than an occasional EDM track or two, so boring. It doesn't make me truly excited, a good metal track makes me more interested in the anime itself.

Post some good metal anime tracks btw.

 No.23465

Forgot to mention that there seems to be more metal tracks now than we had before, and now we have a metal anime too. I wonder if this is a trend.



 No.5432[Reply]

How the FUCK is it possible that there’s no general thread for quite possibly the most well-written and even leftist-oriented Shounen serial of the 2000s?

Wanted to make a general because I been tearing up listening to shit like this
https://youtu.be/WSyqRAc0f9c

Best anime soundtrack ever imo, easily tops even Jojo’s
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 No.23368

>>23363
In what way?

 No.23373

>>23368
He is both a strong figure with a prominent chin, strong shoulders, accurate, short hair and a lush long mustache. He's also a very reserved figure despite being Wrath. Hitler, while also smiling to others and trying to larp as a loving father of the German people, still throws temper tantrums in his speeches and at his subordinates. He also has no chin and is a weakling with a terrible haircut and a very small mustache.

 No.23374

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>>23373 (me)
Honestly, Bradley is more similar even to ᴉuᴉlossnW, the only similar attribute he has with Hitler is being called a Fuhrer which just means "Father" in German. He's the father of the people of Amestrix so to speak, that explains the amount of respect the Elrics have to him in the beginning of the story. He's literally Omniman before Omniman.

 No.23387

>>23362
If the homunculi are a metaphor for anything I think it would most likely be as embodiments of the evil science can do when directed towards destructive ends. In general my reading of the series is that it seems to equate Amestris as a whole with Western modernity in general. It's populated by white "Aryan" looking people complete with blonde hair and blue eyes, it has a highly centralized, alchemy reliant, fascistic military government. This is made more clear by the contrast with Ishval, who are ofc Arab-inspired, highly religious, and reject alchemy as unholy. The main theme appears to me as modernity eclipsing premodernity through ruthless violence and extermination, and setting itself up on a foundation that must constantly consume human life to survive.

 No.23463

>>10517
>I want to FUCK enby
There we go, I've fixed it.
>>23324 (me)
Why did nobody answer my question?



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 No.23352[Reply]

>Reincarnated as Louis XVI, I want to stop the French Revolution with all my might and live happily ever after with Antoinette
this is a manga that exists
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 No.23399

>>23380
I always knew Japanese web design was terrible, but the fact that it goes so far as to affect their art and marketing is hilarious

 No.23405

>>23399
I unironically love this, it's so amateur that it has this "stylistic suck" feel to it. You don't see that in overly polished American TV shows.

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>>23397
>>23398
I'm reminded of Louis the Whatever's fanfic writer. "The" something. He wrote an isekai adaptation. Nicole and I saw it when we pirated Crunchyroll. It even outshone The Rose of Versailles. In the end, Louis clapped him in irons.

 No.23419

>>23360
>>23382
just don't Invade the Soviets and allow them into the Axis.

 No.23426

>>23382
Based response to my post, gave me a chuckle or two.



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