To those who hate anime, why do you hate it? (lemmus.org)

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[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't outwardly say that I hate anime but I definitely assume the worst when I hear a show is one. I automatically start thinking it's going to be style over substance with unnecessarily long fight scenes, unrelatable characters, gross sexualization of female characters (if not child characters), and awkward dubs.

There are obviously exceptions to this. Serial Experiments Lain was my PFP here on Lemmy for a while and it's one of my favorite shows ever. Within the past month I binged all of Chainsaw Man in two nights and thought it was great. But it was great in spite of the fact that it's also an anime

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 14 points 2 months ago

Sorry, I know that this is a thread for people who dislike anime to voice their reasons, but do you mind some rec? Based on what you said, I feel like you'd enjoy Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood quite a bit:

there's a lot of substance in FMA:B in the theme, worldbuilding, character interactions.
there are fight scenes but they never overstay their welcome. They don't feel tiring like in Dragon Ball Z or similar.
characters are relatable. For example, the two protags fuck it up big time, right at the start, and yet can you really blame them? You'd probably do the same in their situation.
there's practically no sexualisation of female characters. Arguably only one of the villains, but that's done for characterisation and it would feel off otherwise, it isn't there for fanservice.

[Note: I'm not recommending this to change your views or some crap like that, it's just that as I was reading your list of issues I was thinking "true that... wait, FMA:B doesn't do it!"]

[-] Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

To be fair,

spoiler

How else would you portray Lust if not hyper-sexualized?

+1 for FMA: Brotherhood though, that shit slaps and given the above commenter's statement I also think they'd like it

[-] Qkall@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

may i recommend monster. its 76 eps and more a murder mystery with a hitchcock vibe.

edit - the dub is really good but a little harder to find....

[-] GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Monster is so fucking good.

[-] Qkall@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

i just finished my third viewing and my wife's first... she was enthralled and I keep noticing small details that come back later... I wish it was more well known...

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