Yet, catering to international fans will create another backlash like Taniguchi and ppl are complaining about. Japanese animation will always be criticized, no matter what direction they go to. If they have to leave out every single “problematic” thing, that’d set even more censorship than it has already been and it’d eventually lose more audiences instead of increasing it. And not all international fans are real fans, many of them are just larpers, so their opinions shouldn’t be taken seriously. Japanese animations have just to make good story without relying on single formula.

It’s a dead giveaway that all you look for in anime is incest and sexualized children, hence your whining, but don’t worry, you’ll be cured

So basically you’re mad because you want to sexualize children and you are projecting? Yikes, seethe

Seethe you utter fascist nazi libtard lmao seethe and cope you fascist scum

Yes, i get nausea when i see the amount of isekai every new season.
Yes, i wish we could get back some of the darker, more perplexed stories of the 2000s.
But that has nothing to do with being in accordance with real social problems.

In total, i think it’s only a natural thing to progress.
Let’s not freak out about it.

ps: great now i also have to rewatch Planetes

Wow, all these people turned rabid 😂😂 you’re not wrong! Changing the core of any entertainment medium for the sole purpose of easing EVERYBODY’S sensitivities, instead of focusing on the creative idea that brought it to life in the first place, is a sure fire way to slowly kill it. Even if it wasn’t focused on that in the article, doesn’t make it false! 🤣 Just make your original idea and whoever likes it loves it and whoever doesn’t won’t, simple! That’s how so many shows, games, and anime became so big in the first place~

But one thing that is mentioned that is a big problem over here too is all these industries focusing on profit rather than creativity. That’s never a smart choice when it comes to entertainment.

And it’s more concerning if only Taniguchi who raised this kind of issue. Anime industry has too much focused on making fluid animation and a bunch of impactful sakuga, until they forget how to write the story and pace it properly without being feel rushed. Not to mention how to pour a wild and creative idea without any limitation from others

“The Ghost in the Shell animated movie would have never been the cultural phenomenon it is if it was a faithful adaptation.”

And there was JoJo Bizarre’s Adventure 1993 OVA that messed up so badly it was widely forgotten for a long time, until new JoJo TV series ,which was faithfully adapted, came up in 2012 and became massively popular worldwide ever since.

Also, as much as people loved Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell film, fans still demand a faithful adaptation and the upcoming new anime in summer would deliver that. So, great director and catering to community feedback are what matter the most

Lmao, he saw the title and started foaming at the mouth thinking Taniguchi was talking about the “eEeEvillll DEI” and didn’t even bother to read the actual article.

All of these word salads for what??? You need to improve your reading comprehensive first before making these long-ass novels. Sadly, nobody will pay you for this irrelevant response

I disagree. It’s not always the case and depends on how good the director is. The Ghost in the Shell animated movie would have never been the cultural phenomenon it is if it was a faithful adaptation.

Also there are less original anime now than before. As the article says investors are looking for the safe bet so adapting Manga that already proved successful is the norm. New original anime with no source material is a risk.

I think you should read the actual article bcs for one it’s the industries story direction in general and second the man talking is famous for anime first series, a lot of those exsist. The direction of the industry effects manga and LNs the same way.

You are talking about something basically unrelated to the point here.

Did… Did you even read the article?

That’s not what this article is about at all lmfao you dumb nazi

Any entertainment medium that gets as popular will always bring attention to people believing if they could compromise its core elements more people would take interested, and for short term, it does increase viewership, but its structure isn’t something that will last for the long term of it.

Its like how Japanese Companies like Capcom, Square Enix, SEGA, Nintendo, and many more are forced to integrate this poisonous internal quotas known as DEI, believing it will bring positivity to the structure of game design, but will negatively push longtime fans and consumers away from buying any of their products.

Companies shouldn’t focus on ESG scoring, Critics/Journalist scores from international gaming networks, or aiming for an award for bring change to social issues, because at the end of the day, those won’t be profit or sale numbers to your products, just look at how the western market of entertainment is doing these past years of decline.

We need people like Taniguichi to remind what made their entertainment “entertaining” to begin with.