Response to 'Anime Sexist'
By: ThingfromtheDeep

In Response To Miss Wheedston... by ThingfromtheDeep
 
On June eighteenth, I was on the NintendoLand Message Boards, reading people topics and adding in my own two sense when I saw a topic posted by a guy named "The Ubbergeek." He seemed to be angry about some article ripping on anime, so I checked it out.
 
Well, I check it out and I have to say that I agree with some things, but not many.
 
Now in the past, I've read numerous things and listened to countless comments about how something or other is wrong with anime. Well, people, I'm here to kill the rumours and straighten the facts.
 
Carmen. You said that Sailor Moon is sexist because just about every battle goes liek this: Sailor Scouts go to fight monster, they get beaten down and about to die, Tuxedo Mask comes and saves the day, while the enemy is weak, Sailor Moon uses her newest wand and kills the monster. Well, I have to agree with you there. Even though I am male, it pisses me off because it IS pretty sexist.
 
You also pointed out the way anime movies and shows were a lot like 50's and 60's media the way the men were macho and brave while the women were weak and stuff like that.
 
The thing is, there is no use complaining. A lot of Japanese media is like that. In a way, the "trends" are behind those of America. It's still more sexist than ours and they are into things that we were into a while back. A good example is the fact that they are into pop music a great deal, while rap and rock are the dominant music, here in the good ol' U-S-Of-A.
 
You're ripping on someone's elses culture, which isn't good and no ammount of ranting will do any good. And last but not least, you said that this might affect our peers and hurt the future. Well, let's see this way. The kids who will do society good and become productive members of society won't BE affected by anime or anything like this. The ones who will become killers, criminals and so forth WILL be affected. There's no stopping it. If we got rid of anime, those who would become sexist would STILL become sexist and those who become "gangstas" would still become criminals if we took away rap music.
 
It's best not to worry about these things, because those who will grow up good and straight will do so no matter what and those who grow up wrong will do so.
 
Also, this wasn't any sort of attack on your person or anything, I'm just stating what I think and trying to get people on the board from complaining.
 
Later...