American Culture and Anime

hobogenesis · Post by **hobogenesis** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:35 am

How do you think America should treat anime and vice versa. Also isnt FMA cool!

:..Darkamist..: · Post by **:..Darkamist..:** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:13 am

more tolerant? ehh...i just sorta think America's rule/laws/regulations/watevers...on Anime shows is a bit too strict...i mean they show Anime but they practically cut/edit the scenes that made Anime different...>.>other words they edit the good parts...

of coarse thats just my opinion...ima sorta comparing the treatment of Anime in Asia and America...

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:47 am

American culture is to some extent an obstacle, to some extent of help.

On the one hand, one may as well give up on the idea of seeing anime in the mainstream the same way you would in Japan. Cultural differences make censorship inevitable, cultural incompatibilities seem to turn the larger public off it in general.

On the other hand, the good ol' American Way seems to hold in the regard that you may, within reasonable limits, choose your own form of torture - and, provided you got the cash to contribute to the ever-growing corporate machines, enjoy as much anime as you'd like within the comfort of your own home.

So, grow in popularity though it may, is bound to stay a subculture in this society. Parts of it will break into the mainstream, as they already have, but the full picture will be kept low for any foreseeable future.

And no, I haven't seen FMA

bum · Post by **bum** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:18 pm

When Disney signed the deal with studio Ghibli to release Ghibli's movies into the western world, one of the rules of the contract was that Disney would leave the movies as they are, without any edits whatsoever. Thank god for that. I was actualy surprised a bit when watching spirited away, before I knew this. The first scene with the pigs was kinda creepy, and the scenes with the blood were definetly nothing you'd expect to see in whats probably regarded as a childrens anime.

hobogenesis · Post by **hobogenesis** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:15 pm

What about the fact that people degrade it because it is animation? Most people refuse to watch it because its a cartoon.

Also i thought independent movies were not made by the huge production agencies.

Suki6 · Post by **Suki6** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:25 pm

well, you do have to remeber one thing; the average american probaly thinks of 'lion king' when they think of animation.

hobogenesis · Post by **hobogenesis** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:52 pm

actually i think most of them do. or at least like teenage mutant niunja turtles or sumtin like that. But the biggest anime intro in the U.S. that involved adults was Pokemon which forever scared the name of anime.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:40 pm

That one of the problems I was implying there, yea. There seems to be a dismissivness of animation as something not-kid-oriented - though at the same time, I see a LOT of adults around who like American animation, even if they admit it's kid-oriented. So it's at least not a taboo or anything.

Though I'll be the first to admit, I'm not a fan of American culture in general.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:42 pm

Otohiko wrote:Though I'll be the first to admit, I'm not a fan of American culture in general.

A lot of us aren't nuts about it either.

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:43 pm

Otohiko wrote:Though I'll be the first to admit, I'm not a fan of American culture in general.

Is anybody who lives/lived outside of the US a fan of it's culture?