Pretty much

Yes. The mainstream status of anime has grown a community of haters and ppl who think anime must fit the cultural norms of the west. Like fanservice. The West is always complaining about how female characters are sexually portrayed in games and now want to push that idea on anime. Me personally, I think anime should be gatekept.

yeah

It always has been like that.. 🧑‍🚀

You took the words right out of my mouth. I didn't want to put this in the video but I think a lot of anime fans growing up in the 90s and 2000's wanted anime to be popular and in the mainstream so that they could feel validated. A lot of kids I knew when I was growing up Were ostracized for liking anime and that made them feel uncomfortable. Anime going mainstream makes us feel good, it makes us feel that we were always right about liking anime. That should never be the case. You should like your hobby or medium regardless if other people do.

Facts, “Anime should’ve stayed an outcast”, is what I thought at first. What I actually want is just for the Mangakas, and Animators to make stable income, better sleep, and better work habits. I can wait for the episode or volume, but don’t disappoint me. Not only does better conditions benefit the life of these deserving creators, but influences the quality of their creations. We are starving the gods here people, the soul of content is being siphoned out by devilish companies. But cash rules everything, There has to be some way for the global fanbase to manifest their support for the Anime industry, at least more than money. Regulations with studios and companies should be made. But they need to know how important it is for the industry, and whether they can decide to be serious about it. There are a lot of people out there who would be willing to support Anime creators, cause I just know the type of influence Anime has on some people, they would hate to lose it like that. But in reality, the issue has to be more apparent to people before any resolution starts. The industry would have to be on its last leg. Typing this out made my dumbass weeb mind go into thinking, that this is all just some sort of plot. Where the integrity of all the genres, all the Mangas, every Anime series… Fighting to survive from history by winning the hearts for content and entertainment of fans further than ever, in the name of “Anime”. That Anime series that’s been on your mind a lot lately, let them know how much you liked it…

@@p_owlow Unfortunately, that issue lies a lot in the culture in Japan. They value the "family honor" and the "institution" above the individual, so the suffering of the mangakas and animators is secondary to them at best. The important thing is to keep pumping out anime and "good stuff" so that they can keep on getting the "good reputation" and money. Iirc, Tokyo has been among if not the top city with the most suicides due to those kinds of things (not only due to them, but those contribute a lot to it). It's extremely easy for the people to shame and ostracize others there. It's actually very sad, tbh.

I think if it ever gets stale, then people can fix it to some extend by watching anime that released in years past, because too many people feel the need to keep up with the most recent anime already, and I find that not a great way to go about consuming your media. You miss out on so many classics or gems you never knew about.

I do mostly agree with you, my friend. I think this video is unnecceserily pessimistic. A few rotten apples do not make a basket - taking a few rotten examples and painting a brush stroke over the whole industry is not a good idea. Anime is fine. It will be fine - Japan and japanesse creators do not care about a few angry people on the internet and discard any nonsense thrown their way. They just keep doing what they were doing best: Create. I think MangaKamen was saying the same thing about the topic. I, for one, am not worried about Anime.

What do you define as "the core of anime" ? I'm curious.

nope, I completely disagree with you, if anything I think yuri has been infected even before...

I'm glad that your brother likes it! It's awesome to see new people coming to the medium. The purpose of the video was not to deter newcomers. Ultimately I wanted to open a discussion about anime hitting the mainstream and how it might affect it in the future. I am really fearful of anime losing its creativity to cater to global audiences. However, this does not account for anime currently catering to its Japanese audience. Which for the most part, should be a good thing. But as a result we are now seeing an overabundance of Iseki in the anime scene. So, I kind of get where you're coming from. And it's not just Iseki. A lot of current anime kinda seem to be dull.There's not that spark that we used to have in the 80s and 90s. It all kind of just feels like the same thing. But occasionally you'll find that one good show, the one that sparks your interest again. And just like that you're back in the medium. If I may try looking to some older anime. And I don't just mean from the 80s and 90s. You can even go back the past 10 years and look at a show that you haven't seen before but you heard about. Or, try re-watching one of your old favorites, one that you haven't seen in years… Maybe that will spark your interest in anime again. Or not. Do whatever makes you happy.

Thank you! I don't suppose you would be interested in subscribing? I've got some new videos in the works.

If your vids are as entertaining as this, THEN HELL YA!

Which ones did you need? I'll try and track them down.

loli is a term for anime characters. Tatsumaki and Rebecca are petite female and they're considered loli. Also, why you hate the word loli because short and petite meet those characteristics.

@@sagemaster1357 Because it was never commonly used outside of anime. It's only EVER used SPECIFICALLY when talking about anime.

@@Murillos1 Yes. In anime, people use terms like loli, yandere, moe, and all the dere types are all archetype used specifically in anime.

@@sagemaster1357 It's the same reason why I call 'anime', cartoons. If there already was a word that existed or described it before, why am I going to change it?💁‍♂️

@@Murillos1 anime is a Japanese cartoons. the meanings are the same but I just like to call it how I see. Also the western and Eastern have different styles of animation. Hence, Eastern animation being called ',anime' (still the same but just a short word) I mean everyone else's calls that way.

hopefully it gets better

LMAO! That's fair.

I am reading jjba after it's done I will anime for sure

💀he never called it bad

@@Rinkxo ok

No it's not. Every good thing must come to an end and you gatekeeping won't change anything not even delay the unavoidable. So not only it doesn't do anything but gatekeepers also act like disgusting animals which often accelerates the process of something going mainstream since it doesn't discourage people who want to try something niche, the difference is that they will lack the context to understand why things are the way they are which will in turn, encourage people to complain about said things thus forcing the creators to comply to their complaints. To me the responsible thing to do when someone wants to try something niche would be to warn them about the fact that said thing is niche and that they might not enjoy it due to the audience it's catered to. Sadly though this doesn't work against corporations who just don't care about context but then again, gatekeeping won't do anything against a massive corporation so if people are still gatekeeping at this stage, they're just being jerks.

Yeah...I need to remake the video and go more in depth.

I'm afraid of Anime being for "normies"? not really. I'm more afraid of Anime standards conforming to suit those who hardly watch it. Those who would seek to change it because they found certain aspects about it that they didn't like. There are plenty of new people who are entering the medium who enjoy Anime for what it is.

@@greenlineessays Thank you

@@powerjolt7215 Oh? Your welcome!

@Greenline Yeah! Your opinion was welcoming to me, because a lot of people come into the community trying to change the anime to suit their needs or "agendas" and leave again once they don't really care. Anime is a form of entertainment and a way to tell engaging stories which many can enjoy, but of course there are things more suited to some people. The idea of having one thing appeal to every and everyone is impossible and then shifting the appeal to just one group makes the other feel left out. That's why we have so many genres. So there's something for everyone and classic stories don't have to be remade or butchered to appeal to certain people. Now this isn't an anime example, but starwars. It suffers from pandering to certain people ultimately leaving others that cared for the movies and stuck with it from the start.. unsatisfied. But basically I don't like how things are made and simplified for new fans compared to how things were, but it's not as big an issue yet. We gotta keep our eyes open tho.. because eventually things could get really bad for anime fans, new and old. Anyways I stick to manga these days. It's the full uncensored content straight from the author.

Not necessarily. It's to point out that anime might be slowly changing to accommodate more and more people. The problem with that is if it changes too much it will lose what made it interesting in the first place. As the market tries to cater to more audiences that would not watch in the first place. Another side effect is the people who work on these shows suffer more and more as a result, as more and more anime have to be churned out for a massively growing medium. The problem with the video is that it's way too damn short for such a large topic. I should've spent more time covering the small details that will probably lead to anime becoming more stale and mediocre, or worse a complete crash.

@@greenlineessays can you please tell me some anime which has changed.

​@@yashkumar6701 Recently Bleach comes to mind. The character of Giselle was called into question for possibly being trans. due to sensibilities in the West the subtitles were changed from the episode Giselle was featured in. That might not seem like a big deal at first but bear in mind all this culminates into is death by a thousand cuts. By the time the majority of people notice major changes anime itself will have changed long ago. Also keep in mind that it's not just a trans thing. It's changing the source material to appeal to more Western audiences.

@@greenlineessays it's maybe changed very slightly but people still prefer sub over dub so it doesn't matter and trans people are shown in anime from very long time so it's not a big deal. Anime will not change until the west becomes the biggest buyer of mangas which is not going to happen ever. In East Asia 90 percent of the mangas are sold and they don't have a problem with story or anything shown in manga or anime so I don't think anything will change in anime

Downfall started after 2019 in lockdown 😕

@@abhishekdhiman4136 it's cuz of these low testosterone fem boys

Mainstream started drying,not anime as whole.

@@thomaskennedy5728 from 2020-present the only great anime is "vinland saga" only 1 great anime.

What do you mean? What happened?

@@Mister_Domm Look at new Anime these days They have less and less fanservice, Ecchi Scenes or revealing outfits And even Brutality and Gore is tuned down Like OnePiece for Example there is almost Noo Blood in the ArtStyle of Wanokuni Or Bleach has no Lewd scenes anymore even the Mangaka of Bleach hates it in Anime games Sexy Characters with Sexy outfits like Stockings or Clothes with Cleavage are Bad now Thats why every Character in Honkai Star Rail, ZZZ or Genshin has Bare Legs or tights now and all the boobs are coverd And Ecchi Anime has the Same Problem now

@@gwynbleidd968 huh that's pretty sad if you think about it the best thing you can do is move on to the less known anime games where they have fanservice and some lewd stuff or just straight up well H I say

how is it changing. i didn't see a single one which is similar to americans

I wouldn't call myself a hipster, that's just blatantly false. And as far as the rest of it… 1.) Censorship is not that bad right now, but has the potential to get far worse. It's always a slow burn, and before you realize it most things that were okay before are now censored. It always starts small… Maybe even with things that you didn't really care about beforehand. But before we know it all changes right before our eyes before we even had a chance to realize what was going on. 2.) "Anime production quality has only improved as years have passed." I never said that they didn't, that's kind of a given. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. On that front anime has never looked better, and so that's a big plus. 3.) "Anime is a business. It can't be profitless passion projects for too long." I covered this @9:36 already. In Japan they will probably need to change its policies for its animators. They are still overworked and underpaid, but I can't speak for the writers. If you're talking about mangka I imagine some of them have plenty of time to work and get paid well but others are suffering for the sake of their work. Example: every weekly shounen author ever. But I also can't claim that this would change for the better if anime suddenly became less popular. We are already starting to see results from the overworked anime industry. The past season had several delays. Anime production is starting to spread itself way too thin. 4.)"There's plenty of variety to find on store bookshelves." Are we still talking about every anime, manga, and light novel with the title of "that time in another world"? While I love anime whether that be old or new I'm really starting to get tired of this genre. Yes, I know, there is still some variety… But between you and me I'm hoping that this oversaturated Iseki era ends soon. Overall my original point was that I didn't want to see a medium I love become censored and destroyed for the sake of those who won't even bother to watch most of it. Because in the beginning we all wished for anybody to be more popular so that we can fit in, or so we could have more people to talk to, or so that we can feel validated in liking this obscure thing. To say that "it wasn't just me" To say "I knew that cool thing before anybody else did" When all of that didn't matter in the first place.

Anime for sure is a busniess im not Gonna lie on that but as an entrepreneur minded individual I gotta tell you one thing if there are less animators out there and they get paid very less the demand for such production for anime or Manga's are high but the Supply of such anime's or Manga's will be low cause there are less creators that will definitely affect the Market value of the anime industry and it will definitely go down since animators get paid less and there simply isn't enough animators to outsource anime out there for the fans that are wanting to watch such shows with such serials or fans wanting to read manga etc.

Fair, but you clicked on the video. So the title did its job.