This sounds more like PR hype for the anime industry than a real, substantive comment on the art. Plus, it sounds like you're trying to convince yourself that your private little vice isn't so bad by giving it pretensions of pedagogical worth: "informative"??! Since when are science fiction stories chocked full of blood and sex praised for their educational qualities. Oh, and "entertaining and especially enjoyable", aint that a bit redundant?
Ok, about the subculture you're right--lotsa interesting geeks interested in anime and manga, a bit like D&D used to be. But hey, what about the culture behind the subculture--i.e., Japan? Its weird that your comments, like alot of things I read about anime, never seem to connect these visually stunning sci-fi adventure pieces to the Japanese culture that gives them birth...Why is this ?
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This sounds more like PR hype for the anime industry than a real, substantive comment on the art. Plus, it sounds like you're trying to convince yourself that your private little vice isn't so bad by giving it pretensions of pedagogical worth: "informative"??! Since when are science fiction stories chocked full of blood and sex praised for their educational qualities. Oh, and "entertaining and especially enjoyable", aint that a bit redundant? Ok, about the subculture you're right--lotsa interesting geeks interested in anime and manga, a bit like D&D used to be. But hey, what about the culture behind the subculture--i.e., Japan? Its weird that your comments, like alot of things I read about anime, never seem to connect these visually stunning sci-fi adventure pieces to the Japanese culture that gives them birth...Why is this ?