Re:Anime Is Eating the World
by vunderba on Monday September 23, 2024 @06:23PM
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Bojack deals with very heavy themes (depression, self destructive behavior, etc) in a scatological and satirical manner.
Without listing specific cartoons that you watched, it's hard to know where you "went wrong". Part of it might have been a culture gap - pop culture heavy cartoons wouldn't really appeal to somebody who didn't grow up in the US.
This could have just as easily happened to you if you'd moved to Japan and been exposed to shows like:
- Failure Frame (PARALYZE POISON PARALYZE POISON LOOK LISTEN LOOK LOOK) - if you get this joke, you get it.
- Faraway Paladin (devolves into some of the cheapest flash animation YTMND level I've ever seen)
- Diabolik lovers (...)
Conversely there's a lot of good anime out there as well:
Without listing specific cartoons that you watched, it's hard to know where you "went wrong". Part of it might have been a culture gap - pop culture heavy cartoons wouldn't really appeal to somebody who didn't grow up in the US.
This could have just as easily happened to you if you'd moved to Japan and been exposed to shows like:
- Failure Frame (PARALYZE POISON PARALYZE POISON LOOK LISTEN LOOK LOOK) - if you get this joke, you get it.
- Faraway Paladin (devolves into some of the cheapest flash animation YTMND level I've ever seen)
- Diabolik lovers (...)
Conversely there's a lot of good anime out there as well:
- Cowboy Bebop
- Mob Pyscho 100
- Hells Paradise