My only critique with this is that simplifying Gozillia minus one as something that focuses on western colonialism completely detracts from the fact that the reason Japan was in that situation after WW2 was due to it's own horrifying acts of colonialism. Which lead to surrender. It's sad that the average Japanese person had to suffer but there was a reason why they no longer had a standing army.
@@jbstarkiller4626 ??? Yes, they lost but the reason they weren't allowed a military after (their national defense force is fine) is to prevent further war with other nations and colonization. This is clearly recorded and not speculation.
@@wombat4583 What’s you’re point? The US could rationalize any reason they wanted, doesn’t make it right. We also don’t have room to talk when it comes to war crimes and excessive brutality.
One of the funniest bits for me is that today the representation of any kind of queer representation (be it gay, lesbian, trans, etc.) is often said to be "a political agenda" and "we have to shield the japanese values" from those western influences, when YAOI and YURI was such a god damn japanese trademark for manga. This would be really funny if it wasn't that depressing. It's also really weird to look at anime and manga and think that it is vastly conservative, if we think about public moral code in Japan, where fitting in is more important than realizing ones self. Because at the end of the day all those tropes and genres we see are really outgoing, expressive and about selfrealization. Something that is actually pretty much in opposition of fitting in. Doesn't mean that you should be some kind of delinquent, but more of finding a way to contribute to society as who you are, not who you are expected to be. You also tackled to issue of many, many video essays and critics that default back to "Japan good, because no WOKE" when it comes to media. I despise those channels with a passion. Because most of the time it's just some wannabe smartass that states, the western media is failing because "woke" and japanese succeeding because "not woke". Those guys can't analyze media for shit. They often can't comprehend why something works or does not work and that make me furious. Especially whenever they draw an audience that just claps to their tune without contributing anything of value. I saw one video where Frieren vs Galadriel was discussed in your video. That was actually a good one, because it was never boiled down to woke bad stuff and more about what makes an everlasting elven character compelling and why one works better than the other in their respective series. That's what we should be focussing on: The series, the media we discuss and not some political boggieman we imagine to be responsible for everything we don't like. It's so immature. Which is why I'm really happy so see good content creators like you, who take the step back, look at the situation at large and differenciate. I also like how you don't belittle those with opposing views and just state where assumptions and statements are simply incorrect. You even provide common ground for example by highlighting positive examples of conservative series. Damn - the world would be a lot easier if we had more good faith actors like you in those spaces. I really mean it.
I'm sure someone else has already said this, but King Kong directly effected Godzilla. Eiji Tsuburaya loved King Kong. He got a hold of a reel of the movie and learned how to reverse engineer the effects. There's a good chance that we wouldn't have Godzilla without King Kong.
People who say American Godzilla movies are xenophobic are borderline delusional. Shin Godzilla literally wouldn’t exist if 2014 wasn’t made, as Shin Godzilla was made LITERALLY AS A REACTION TO THE SUCCESS OF THAT MOVIE.
Nah quite the opposite, the movie made lots of money, but so does MCU slop and Bayformers back in the day, people are suckers, Shin Godzilla was made in response of Edwardszilla being a boring bait and switch snozefest.
To be fair most of Marvel is slop, it's just weebs are convinced their Japanese corporate pulp is deeper. So they'll ignore Anno worrying about making fight scenes cooler in Shin Kamen Rider saying "They're expecting Marvel level when it comes to action scenes. What are we going to do?" Most creators enjoy, respect, and take influence from most other creators including ones the weebs hate. Acknowledging that means losing the culture war that only exists in their head.
Fun Fact: The fist anime fan club in the late 70s was founded by 5 people in LA (CF/O). One of them was a queer furry that went on to start the first furry convention. The mascot of the club was a created furry species. Even Osamu Tezuka visted that club more than once and really loved Americans love anime. Notable members of the group went on to import anime and people like Peter Chun (Aeon Flux).
@@tomasgordilloreale5841His name was Mark Merlino. He was my family but he died of cancer last week. His name was trending on twitter for a solid day around the world at least under "Animation and comics" There is a documentary that covers some of this history with him called "The Fandom by Ash Coyote" that is on youtube here and streaming services. It covers CF/O near the start.
@@tomasgordilloreale5841 Mark Merlino or his alias Sy Sable. He sadly passed away this February. Sy was INSTRUMENTAL in both creating the furry fandom and popularizing anime in America.
Definitely gonna make a video on this topic too. As an anime and comic fan, I find it kind of annoying how there's always this comparison and constant unending whining about 'comics dying' that's been going on for the past few years. They want so desperately to believe that they are the majority demographic of manga and comics and therefore have a sway when they 'boycott' something. I find it very strange how the same people who will claim 'you don't need to have a character look like you for them to appeal to you' are the same people who get INCREDIBLY salty when it seems like the characters in their media do not look like them...
As a French queer woman, I never felt, as if yuri content was made with Western lesbian culture in mind, as in the West, butch × femme pairings are a more prominent feature than "Sclass" ones. Edit: I have watched anime/manga since I was a child (my dad and uncle introduced me and my siblings to it in the 1990s) and what I have loved the most about the medium since the beginning, is that it often subverts traditional gender roles and expression. Anime bros/weeabos have a very selective vision of the medium and it's kinda sad.
Yuri isn't really aimed at Japanese Lesbian culture. The anime are mostly aimed at men and the print comics are mostly aimed at the at the straight passing bisexual subset of the BL audience.
@@moustik31 Yes but those are manga/novels that got the occaisonal adaptation. If there's an anime original Class S story with a female audience outside of power of friendship childen's shows like PreCure I've not heard of it. In anime form everything else is either magical girl series for older male otaku, subtext in moeblob slice of life shows for the same audience or too sexual to be Class S (and also probably discounted as 'for men' by a lot of western lesbians). BL isn't aimed at men either. Josei Yuri is mostly aimed at bisexual women with husbands but in manga form its a relatively young (20 years) genre that has made a lot of attempts to break out of the coming of age school girl paradigm.
@@AC-dk4fpthat's an outright lie. Go to any demographic survey in yuri communities, including the ones from Comic Yuri Hime and other yuri magazines, and they have a majority female readership. At worst it'll be split 50/50. Not only that but lesbians have been the main writers of yuri novels and manga since the genre began
@@fellipepessoa1685 Where did I say comic yuri hime and its peers have majority male audiences? Unless you're replying to the OP whose statement is just blatently correct unless she's talking about manga styled western works. The pure Yuri magazines are josei but there's still a lot of yuri in seinen magazines and they tend to get as much anime adaptations as the josei series. Plenty of classic yuri were by women with husbands. I could very easily be wrong about the ratio of bisexuals to monosexual lesbian readers but my lack of access to data on that isn't 'lying'. The "beginning of Yuri" is up in the air since it wasn't really used as a genre term in Japan until the early 2000s but plays with tropes going back to the 1890s.
Or better yet, Anthony should’ve called them what they actually are: child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). Because when you hear the term “child pornography”, it comes off as an oxymoron, since A. porn inherently implies consent between adults, and B. a child cannot consent obviously. So it is more appropriate to describe said materials as child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM), regardless of whether or not they depict real life minors.
Love Hina was my first monga, and I have long enjoyed it, but I can definitely acknowledge the issues inherent in the story. Not least of which is the frequency with which Keitaro gets hurt. I once counted it up and it was over 900 times, over half of which was attacks from Naru, who would end the series marrying him.
I know it was brief but the mention of Lily Hoshikawa and how she got treated felt like deja vu with Bridget. Same arguments, same reasoning by the same people despite what the actual Japanese creators have said. They were like 5 years apart, goes to show history repeats itself
No, no one in Japan thinks Lily is trans. They think he's an otokonoko and refer to him that way. The "sources" for that were writers from Crunchyroll and not anyone actually that was actually part of the creative staff. It's actually so insane activists "love" that character so much that he has an English wikipedia page but not a Japanese one.
@@ariel_haymarket More people to debunk its false claims from a white guy who doesn't even speak Japanese and thinks "boku" is the same as an English subject/object pronoun.
I almost didn't watch this video because it had the words "culture war" in the title. Every time i hear it, I swear my eyes roll so hard I'm afraid they're going to pop out.
really interesting video. i didn't agree with everything you said, but i see the general idea that you were putting together. I look forward to seeing more content from you!
I loved the part when you when into how western literature influenced Japan, and Japan then influenced the west. The point of media I'd the exchange of ideas, and many people online don't understand it. I've previously run panels on western literature that has influenced anime and manga, and is always fun to discuss. Fun random example is Edogawa Ranpo, who was possibly the best Japanese mystery author in history, was highly influenced by the stories of Sherlock Holmes, and whose pen name was a reference to his favorite author, Edgar Alan Poe.
@jbstarkiller4626 I don't think you read my comment correctly. I'm agreeing with him about how cultures influence each other, and was giving an example that many outside of Japan overlook.
What annoys me is that these types of ppl treat Japan more of a "toy" than a country full of culture. They wouldnt be involved in any Japanese related politics if not for their entertainment; manga, anime and video games. Theres more to a country than just entertainment exports.
The thinly veiled racists making an uproar about a Japanese artist drawing Black characters, reminds of the bigots who infect a small part of the Bleach fandom the lot of them genuinely refused to believe Yoruichi was black screaming the she had a tan....only for Tite Kubo to show that multiple members of her family are also Dark Skinned.
But did kubo say they were black? He draws black characters differently, case examples include, Jackie Tristan, Francesca mila rose, Love Aikawa, and Lillie Barro. No one claims she has a tan, most people who disagree wit her being black just assume she is racially ambiguous or south/southeast asian.
@@shadowsonicsilver6 proof? I just listed all the characters kubo stylistically designed to represent black people, even hispanic characters like chad have a distinctive look, plus its in his backstory.
Great breakdown of a very difficult topic. Sadly “Irreversible Douchebaggery” did end up being published in Japan by far-right newspaper house Sankei Shinbun. And them being part of the Fuji TV network, of course it landed on the recommendation shelf of a lot of bookstores.
"Fushigi Yûgi inspired the entire isekai genre"? What about all the other works that came before it? Such work include: -Urashima Tarō from Japanese folklore -Haruka Takachiho's novel "Warrior from Another World" -Yoshiyuki Tomino's television series "Aura Battler Dunbine" (the oldest anime with the isaki tag) -The film Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! - Mashin Hero Wataru - NG Knight Ramune & 40 - Paul no Miracle Daisakusen - Fushigi no Kuni no Alice (may no count since this is the anime adaption of Alice in Wonderland) It would be more accurate to state that Fushigi Yûgi is the first isekai anime that boost the genre "during the 90s".
@@agramuglia Point taken. I imagine there also are other older isekai stories out there. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice from Greek mythology perhaps? However in my original argument, I was trying to keep to Japanese works. One of the reason I was hesitating about including the anime "Fushigi no Kuni no Alice" in the list.
@@agramugliaWhat you are doing here is what a lot of the scary weebs do. You are talking in American/western terms. Fushugi Yugi wasn’t the first or remotely the most popular one in Japan, it was a big deal in the west, but nothing special or unique over there. I like a lot of what you are doing with this channel, but you really need to not manipulate facts to make your points.
The intro of some randos complaining about black characters in japanese art as evidence of "see we are good and they are bad" is weak, specially when the same thing happen the other way around, when a bunch of sensitive americans jump to hate on an artist because "you did not use the correct shade of brown" Everybody should let others draw what ever they want, and for now we should expect that somebody will hate on it because prople are assholes.
That’s a poor strawmen when that’s not actually what happened rather it was about the idea that fairness of skin is this rigid beauty norm among artists especially when it comes to female characters
This video is so awesome, I'm so glad I found this channel . Its really critiquing my views on things I believed in the past and helping me understand things I see more. This video was extremelely insightful. Something I see a lot these days are people trying to tell artists what they are allowes to draw, especially if it is sexual, and its extremely frustrating. The last part about how Americans have this kneejerk reaction to seeing "woke" things was super interesting, as its something I'm interested in right now.
22:02 the mangaka of that office worker BL manga cherry magic(?) donated her film rights fee to a Japanese same sex marriage group 1-3 years ago actually
Why are they so fixated with the MCU? I really need a video essay for that. Btw, this one was great and its good to let people know how much Hollywood has influenced Japanese media. Example: Oku Hiroya was influenced by Hollywood sci-fi movies to write his manga, Back to the Future is one of his faves.
Basically. Anything they can interpret as a talking point, be it something they can support or rant against, they see as being magnified tenfold because of the size of the audience. It also helps in the RU-vid algorithm.
Because right-wingers are OBSESSED with measuring cultural worth through economics alone, so it burns their hides to see something that doesn't personally gratify them making more money than they think it deserves...
Got 12mins and had to stop. This is such a base take regards the Godzilla issue it hurts my brain thinking you put so much effort into letting people know you've thought about the subject to such small degree. Research, redraft, re... something, anything other than that drivel.
Just to add another point to the video’s thesis, the most popular manga ever, One Piece, has a character/island kingdom that’s explicitly inspired by Rocky Horror Picture Show. And then there’s the Wano arc, with Okiko and Yamato, on the subject of transness and gender identity
There’s a entire character brook who wouldn’t exist without influence from American music hell Jojo straight up wouldn’t exist without influences from Prince another American artist
> Um it is only the right that Bullied a Japanese artist for making a black character And how many Japanese artists were bullied and targeted for drawing a black character a shade to bright?
Pretty sure there's an entire thread dedicated to showcasing the racists that bullied japanese artists just because they uused an artsytle that's inherently bright, compared to "Rightoids' bullying artists for making a black character that are... Nope, can't find any threads about them lmao.
@@Necromectric "being called out for racism" Racism which they never committed nor believe in, but which sensitive prog white guys like to accuse them of.
There’s something you should’ve mentioned in there to how conservatives treat Japan as their paradise. In Apartheid South Africa, East and Southeast Asians were classified as “Honorary whites” until the fall of Apartheid in South Africa, and some of the reasons involved the countries relationships with those countries, and the fact they also traded.
this is such a good video, made me tear up a bit at the end there. as an queer indian woman, a show like Utena means so much to me, and it's always an uphill battle arguing with people about representations of poc in eastern works.
Not gonna lie, I thought you'd sound more like Comic Drake thanks to your pfp. Regardless, this was really interesting to hear, especially the stuff regarding Ken Akamatsu. It's also fun hearing about the Meiji Restoration (& the discussions over the influence the West could have on Japan) again considering a class I took on JPN literature.
I love how so many complain about "the message", when a stories theme is the message the author is trying to convey to it's audience, these people never passed middle school literature class.
Its also such a lazy way to engage in media critically. Authors like telling stories, some have messages some dont (depending on the genre itself), but a lot of media does have something it wants to say from the author and its so annoying ppl are just flat out dismissive of it
A very insincere asthetic of "Japan" has been adopted by the culture warriors, for sure. Its so dumb, because these aren't people who know anything about other cultures, including Japan. I saw a clip of the Critical Drinker going on and on and on about how much more successful Japanese movies were than "Hollywood." But when asked what new Japanese movie he likes, all he could come up with was Korean film Old Boy. Korean and not a new film even at the time of this interview! But oh boy, he talked all confidently about his little theory! That's what they do. Talk all confidently without having a clue about what they are talking about. All they know is that this extreme narrow minded view they are so stuck on is rejected by an awful lot of media. They can't quite understand that its not a big conspiracy or some brainwashing into "leftist" ideology. The reason entertainment and media companies all over the world tend to stay away from overly conservative leaning material is that all the narrow mindedness inherent in that kind of thought is just plain unpopular with the vast majority of the public.
Heck, that’s the main reason why the seminal manga character Norakuro (a Suiho Tagawa creation) aged from a young, Tomorrow’s Joe type military personnel to a married coffee shop owner within the fifty years of his regular appearances.
@@lionmom7629 Half of the US is republican🤡 conservative ideas in media are not unpopular. You’re right it’s not a conspiracy, it’s an established fact that nobody denies unless they’re being intentionally dishonest.
There are a few points where (I assume) you're quoting things; like, you have a quote on the screen, and you have someone read it out, but I have absolutely no clue what it is that you're quoting. You should probably fix that in future videos
The timing of this video and Dunkey's Octopath video pretty much shows how moot the culture war is if they are in it for the money and fifteen seconds of fame... Didn't Hbomberguy show us examples of what to watch out for in content mills recently? This video feels like a companion piece to his latest work, especially when you think back on the american side of things, there was a LOT OF RESISTANCE from americans against the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, championing the likes of the Flinstones (which became Mario 7 Grand Dad), and Dennis the Menace (who ultimately faded into obscurity). History repeats...
And Godzilla vs Megalon is spiritually a Godzilla x Ultraman crossover where Jet Jaguar is standing in for the hero which if you are familiar with Ultraman, a lot of Ultraman's core themes carry on into Godzilla x Jet Jaguar vs Megalon.
Excellent essay. Eastern & Western Culture are very different. It's unfortunate westerners attempt to appropriate Eastern Cultural aspects without understanding or actively ignoring the underlying philosophies of that culture. Then arguing or projecting their misguided values upon misunderstood appropriated aspects.
cant really give any specific advice because i'm not a video/audio editor, but i think the voiceover narration could have used a bit more editing work. lots of pops, inconsistent volume levels and quite a few "uh/ums" that could have been cut out. also, this is a subjective thing, but whoever read the quote at the beginning about "you cease to be an artist and become an ideologue" was extremely obnoxious in their delivery. maybe you think it's comedic, but it gives a poor impression in what's supposed to be a persuasive essay, that you don't take what you're saying seriously.
Nope. People on Twitter claimed I said that, but that's not true. However, my next video will focus on orcs and on this social narrative, so within a few weeks, you will have the option to see my opinions on orcs.
@@agramuglia "Orcs, ever since JRR Tolkien wrote them, have been racially coded. Tolkien often refers to them as looking like Mongolians, to say little of their darker skin. But DnD was not the first to treat Orcs like a minority group. Other fantasy did that WAY earlier, like Warcraft." Dude these are your words
@@boros4925That's not saying he thinks of orcs as black people. He's saying there are obvious parallels between a fictional race (that is explicitly treated as a minority group) and real life minority groups. Though I'm going to guess you are still too stupid to understand this distinction
I love this video. I recognized your icon from Anime feminist and this video reminds me of the more personal RU-vid video that if you have friends who are shy from politics is Matthias Pilhede's "When I Was a Weeaboo" , it was the earliest video that I have seen that touched on the topic that points out how weebs tend to idealize stuff that is usually far away from them and the problem is not anime but the ways that anime is seen as how japan is like, forgetting that it is a country and not anime. like please go check that out if you do not.
Great video, I just have one criticism: The volume is all over the place. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down, and it always happens between topics, where you edited pieces of the video together.
Yoruichi isn't Black. Just because someone has dark skin doesn't mean they are Black. Just compare here to characters like Tosen or Jackie and you will quickley realize she isn't black.
I like it. I think you'll get the hang of it, I'm sure there's a billion parts you're proud of and a few parts you'll do differently next time. An internet stranger in the comments (me, I'm the stranger) is recommending that you don't be afraid of slowing down a little and taking your time. This was well-structured, it'll be cool to see what you put up next.
Wonderful showing! I'll have to look into some of those shows you mentioned, since I'm always looking to expand my horizons when it comes to this stuff. It's honestly really funny seeing these people use anime and go by names like "Patriot Char Aznable." Ah yes, known government supporter Char Aznable
You say on twitter that people were surprised by your voice. But you, at least in this video, sound as I expected, a oddly grizzled reporter. I expected a more New Jersey-ish accent though. I will admit that with most accents, I only have the stereotype to go off of. So probably unreasonably expectations of actual accents coming from TVs from a European that has never been to America. Pretty great video. I've been aware a lot of the details brought up here but having laid out there like this not only useful but also informative. Especially with a few details that I wasn't aware of.
13:05 You really think Death Note is a conservative work when the whole point is to humilliate and make fun of the essensialistic view of criminality? (the idea that criminals are entirely evil and they deserve to be killed in order sustain a more happy life for the ones who are not criminal) Or when in the a-kira story everything ends with the protagonist literally doing something to give the layman a sustainable way of living by making substracting their necessity to work in the majority of cases?
Yes. Because it still offers a very conservative world view of society. Cops good, criminals bad. Men and women are presented in traditional gender roles. It's not right wing conspiracy, but it's right of center.
@@agramuglia I don't think that something like criminals being bad or being a problem is inherently conservative unless you are pro-crime, any work that presents a way of dealing with criminals would conservative de facto even with nuance. And again, what about A-kira which have a literal redistribution of the monetary power to layman, breaking the status quo in the process? The only point I can see is the woman's one, because sustaining a very progressive point of view in relation to crime doesn't makes us incapable to be sexist since that's a structural problem.
I had no idea the fact that Death Note (and Obha in general, as even more evident by Bakuman) was conservative was considered controversial? Like, yes, it is. Light's view AREN'T actually questioned at all in their essence, what is questioned is the method. The idea is not that Light was wrong (and actually "good characters" actually explicitly confirm he has a point more than once, like Light's dad and Matsuda, and what actually we are told after the time skip is that Kira's plan WORKED and the world IS actually better now), but that by doing what he did he became like the person he hated, that's a very different message. It's the same reason why AoT is also conservative despite being critical of Eren
@@sonicthehegheghog321I haven’t seen death note but it seems to not really change anything on views, why was Light actions bad? Was cause he taking justice into his own hands or was how he doing it?
I was hoping Monarch Legacy of Monsters would have been mentioned in light of Episode 5 showing Cate being in a same-sex relationship, and the reaction from culture warriors using the South Park Panderverse "put a chick in it and make it lame and gay" joke. Mr. H Reviews in particular made pretty bad videos, and I'd be lying if I didn't say he sounds insufferable.
Been following you for a bit on other platforms and have enjoyed your writings and thoughts. I'm so happy you're dabbling in the RU-vid medium now. This was a great topic to kick off with looking forward to potentially more.
Bridget is a man. Bridget did not have a "fairly messy journey" to being "trans", Bridget 100% identified as a man and then was retconned in a complete 180 for his character. There's nothing organic or genuine about it. You are not slick wit it.
@@chaosforged7600fuck off, yes it was a total retcon and contradicting to Bridget’s entire character arc which was that he can be a man regardless of how feminine he looked or how he was forced to be a girl
@@chaosforged7600 You never played a guilty gear game other tham strive and probably you're a minor too. Don't fight for things that will never help you in life.
I can tell you never played any Guilty Gear game for the life of you and your argument for "trans Bridget" is so bad. "It takes people a while to figure themselves out" is a bad argument because if you have seen any of the dialogue from his arcade story (the perfect route to be exact), Bridget snaps out of his confusion. It's even in his theme: "no matter what changes will no longer change me". That's his whole story in -Strive-. Bridget always thought of himself as a boy, he just reached a rocky part in his character arc, no thanks to the government agent, Goldlewis, intentionally trying to confuse him (to the government's benefit I might add) at first until the fed leaves him alone after Stage 7. At the end of Stage 9, Ky's message to Bridget is exactly that line of his theme I wrote out earlier. I'll rephrase it here as well: no matter how much the world changes, Bridget is still Bridget; a man who looks feminine but has masculine character traits. Dmitri Monroe has two excellent videos on the subject if you want to see "trans Bridget" debunked in more depth than I can in a RU-vid comment.
But I mean to say is it doesn't matter what the writers say about it and it doesn't matter what the full implication of the text in context is. You, people who agree with you, and people who disagree with you are going to read whatever meaning they want to out of art. The creators definitely made a lot of conscious decisions in the dialogue choices that *happen* to reflect many authentic trans experiences. Not to mention that arcade endings have never been fully canon unless a future game canonizes them.
@@DatBoiVLC Here where you're wrong. That phrase has been hijacked by tra's for years now. Your authentic self is the way you are born as. By doing all the highly experimental cosmetic surgeries that have been proven to cause problems down the line, how is that living authentically? How is lobbing off one's Johnson or healthy breasts any different than one who wants an arm or leg chopped off?
This is probably why Love Hina's next plan of action was to automate an entertainment industry, going full "Take the cake, and eat it too." Since this can be used as a companion piece to HBomberguy's video, I can expect more like it in the future. By the way, isn't it strange that the very content mills that worship and idolize japan for it's views often mock their games, specifically a certain genre?
Thinking your missing the point on the issue. If you watched or read a bit of Japanese media it's obvious it has diverse stories, characters, and settings. That's why some people are now preferring over western media. We have to be honest here; media in the west as gone stale. Reboots, retelling, recycled story beats, re-releases, and so on. I've been watching anime, godzilla, samurai movies since the 90s. So i get your point but it misses the mark. Alita was liked because the movie was good and stuck to the original characters and story. Captain Mavel was disliked because it was a bland movie with characters being rewritten to something different. When criticism was levied against it, actors and writers threw identity politics up as a shield to act as if what they did was morale right. It's not. It's a failing marketing ploy. Back in the 80s and 90s it was the right censoring anime/games and rewriting characters and stories they thought was harmful. Now the tables have turned with the left. Either through direct interference (translations and censorship) or indirectly with investments if studios gear the product to a "global market". Both were and are wrong. The culure war in media is a symptom of a lack of creativity and good writing. That's where the problem lays.
Actually it’s a bit more interesting on your point about Japanese media being diverse stories but I bit Japan also has stuff that can be considered lazy story’s but you wouldn’t know about since it probably be stay in Japan One of the best anime’s one piece does engage with identity politics but not of our world it’s yet they can be or probably are allegory’s of actual ones(kawabaka kingdom the worst saidly even though I like Eva) No really cares for the shield people use here since it corporations usually holding writings back and investor watering it down instead wanting explore this ideas
@@bingyboi6303 Oh. Trust me. There's plenty of bad stories in all media, including Japan's. I wasn't trying to put Japan on a pedestal as like the shinning homeland of peerless writing. A good story bridges all sides.
@@xenohans9364 i think the issue that happening currently in America is big companies like Disney,blizzard’s,rocksteady and other triple AAA is they seem to be very reliant on company doing the heavy lifting to our people in and are much too afraid to actually take risk which doesn’t breed creative or new ideas on top of that there crunch culture. One of the best games for is Yakuza like a dragon infinite wealth even though the company was being greedy but making new game plus dlc anyways spoilers for that game if you are wanting or thinking about getting into the series: [the story kinda politic as the main villain restarts the nuclear power and planing on storing on a island near Hawaii which definitely based off the America doing exactly that’s to Hawaii islands though it took my brother to point that out for me] It’s thing where you can use political subjects as a way to explore new stories it’s not like it’s new idea but greed is the main reason why nothing mainstream good comes out in America or when it does sometimes we don’t care which sucks cause I wish I could throw my heart out to this but they’re not what I enjoy but I want them to exist still.
it alot of time, just people being judgmental in thing they dont understand, i just hope that when the culture war goes downhill in content slop farm (probably not) people just stop and trying to understand
Funny how articles may claim "Love hina Normalises women abuse" when I learn from it that I cant do any kind of approach or I may get punch or make women feel uncomfortable. So even if they wanted me to make the move, I was terrified of it being wrong Sure there is more there than just 1 show, but still
Foreigners who have never lived in Japan, don't speak any japanese and don't have any japanese friends arguing about Japan, I'm sure valueable insights will come out of that. Overseas People, regardless of political spectrum, talk about japanese people in such a strange way if they were zoo animals. Also "The LDP is conservative even though they have liberal in there name" is a strange remark, because liberal has different meanings in different countries. For example In Germany, liberal just means econically liberal.
At 17:40 you say that the LDP was the ruling party in Japan during the 2011 tsunami disaster, but wasn't the DPJ (along with the PNP) the ruling Coalition majority?
Good catch. The DPJ had majorities in both houses of the legislature at the time, and the PM (Naoto Kan) was from the DPJ. I'm not sure how any party, coalition, or politician would have been able to stop a once-in-a-century earthquake and tsunami from happening, though. We can talk about the response afterwards but trying to blame the disaster on politicians you don't like is ridiculous.
I mean I would have an issue if anyone from these parties tried to say it was punishment and karma for something I wasn't involve in. We can also discuss the poor response times and handling of how people were taken care. Yes they are not Raven from That so Raven but having some empathy and working quickly is something that should be heavily criticize no matter the political part. @@PeacenikHippie
There are clear set rules about what constitutes as Cheese Pizza, but Cheese Pizza are not Lettuce or Sausage Hoagies, & Pizza is not Hoagies at all. The method used for making Hoagies & the method used for making Pizza are two different methods & it makes no sense to compare the two. Additionally, while a lettuce leaf might be the same size as a slice of cheese, or a slice of a sausage might also be the same size as a slice of cheese, Lettuce & Sausage are not Cheese & no reasonable person would say they are. Conversely, those who make Lettuce & Sausage Hoagies ensure that the voices behind the Lettuce & Sausage have met the age requirements to make the Hoagies. The staff involved in making Hoagies, whether or not they are made with Lettuce or Sausage or not, are all over the age of 18 & have all agreed to work there. Those who distribute Cheese Pizza know their Cheese is nowhere near 13-18 years old & distribute it without regard to whether it's damaging to the Cheese or not. Yes, artistic depictions of Cheese Pizza, such as pictures, photorealistic artwork of Cheese from local restaurants or well known Cheese brands counts as displaying Cheese Pizza & those who make it are showing their inclination toward Cheese Pizza. That said, if the Cheese comes from the artist's imagination & can't be considered the same as any real cheese, then it's not Cheese Pizza. Also, it's inaccurate to call it CP, because it suggests that the C has consented to being in the material & that's wrong, because a C cannot consent until the age of 16 or 18. The proper term is CSEM & as is established, since H is art drawn from the imagination & not based on a real person of actual age, & the voices behind L & S are legal adults who have consented to participate in L/S H, that means that H whether it has L or S or not, is not CP or P in general.
Just FYI, you totally don't sound like I thought you did :) That said, your intro on this with Godzilla was spectacular. I wonder if the chuds ever bring up the agenda issue when you have people dropping art from My Hero Academia based on Trump?
I disagree with many things in this video (can't really say what, because I am not fluent in english), but it was a really well-made video. Have a nice day from germany.
I'm 10 minutes in and I see the problem. You don't know what the Americans are talking about. You don't seem to understand that side of the culture war. "The message" is just intersectional feminism. Gurl boss good cis white man bad. That's what it boils down to. Carol(marvel) viewed men in a negative light. Alita had a traditional romance arc. Sam Jackson said "f the fans and so did a lot of female show runners. Kathleen Kennedy(current owner of star wars)made her own detractors by naming anyone critical of the star wars sequels "the fandom menace". They all do this. It's well documented.
I'm trying to make it as simple as possible. You guys don't know what you are talking about at best at worse your lying. Intersectional feminism. It's just a power grab. The CEO of black rock just said in a interview they are conditioning the populous to think a certain way. They are "forcing the behavior". Like I said it's all right there for anyone to look at. It's also possible this channel and this account is part of some social media division attached to the same organizations.
The people weaponizing Godzilla against Disney only watch Godzilla movies for the city destruction and dumb monster brawls, which was why they were disappointed in the 2014 movie at first because of how Godzilla wasn't smashing buildings like he usually does. Now you have 2014 fans hating on GvK and New Empire for abandoning its serious and realism tone for showa era sci-fi BS that made Godzilla a joke in the first place, hence the MCUification complaints. The obsession for anime from western fans stem from them being exposed to them during the 90's boom and how different they were compared to U.S. cartoons. When the internet became more accessible, they were exposed to more mature anime and found them superior to U.S. cartoons made at the time, which they viewed as "garbage," and the censored versions of said anime it was airing in the U.S. for kids their age. This is also where you get western animation fans disliking anime because of its obnoxious fandom it was gaining and tried to retaliate them.
This video is 50 minutes of pure cope and I believe has the funniest line near the end of this unbelievably dull essay. "Conservatives are projecting their beliefs onto Japan. If western conservatives came to Japan, they'd find one of 2 things. They'd find they don't know how to function in a country whose rules and customs they don't Understand. They'd find the conservative Japanese people DON'T LIKE THEM (the emphasis isn't mine) and the vast of the Japanese people they'd encounter, they'd hurt" Already, this claim is staggering, because it assumes that Japanese people have no agency of their own besides what leftists/democrats/this youtuber deem they have. Which completely dismantles any point this essay has to begin with. If conservatives are projecting, what would that make what you're doing? holograming? Printing? Pre-defining? They are as human as anyone else. I don't think they need a youtuber, a twitter user or any political warrior trying to make a point for them, especially one as reductive as that quote. And if YOU think they do, that says more about how you view the people than any conservative on twitter or 4chan.
Sadly I get the impression Antman is in the same bandcamp of, "If I go out of the city and into rural areas those people will hate me." Not understanding that you earn peoples trust and respect as an outsider of any community.
Let me go ahead and say it... The far left talking heads always go back to the far past instead of talking about what is happening now. We get history lessons form the 1800's or anything that has little to do with current events. They refuse to talk about anything from Avengers: Endgame(2019) till now.
Leftists do discuss more recent media as well. However, there is a concept of dialectical materialism that is imperative in leftist discussions where one's material conditions shape the individual, and thus the art they create. This is as valid now as it was before and it will be in the future.
@@nohbuddy1 because there is too much ground to cover. A lot of progress is missed. You need to discuss contemporary culture. It was that way but not anymore. Keep it from 2005 - now and even that might be over shooting it a bit.
This has to be one of the most concise, eloquent, well thought and well put out videos on the topic I have ever seen. The amount of work is astounding. Beautifully done. Thank you.
*cracks my knuckles* I'm a lesbian and I'm Chinese that's a triple minority LGBT, Asian and woman so you're gonna listen to what I have to say. It isn't that the conservatives have any issues with LGBT representation or diversity the problem is the hijacking of characters that are already established, already known and already loved and Race Swapping/Gender Swapping or changing their sexuality. Leave the already existing characters alone. Furthermore it isn't LGBT they are against either its woke and there's a difference. Let me tell you about Dion, he's a plot relevant major character from the recent game Final Fantasy 16 and he's openly gay in the game and the conservatives aren't mad, aren't screaming that final fantasy 16 despite the game having a plot relevant major gay character is woke and there's a reason. Dion isn't a gay character he's a character that's gay, his sexuality isn't hidden its blatantly shown in game but it isn't the focus of his character. He's a deeply faceted character with many aspects to his character, his sexuality is only one part of who he is he's a COMPLETE CHARACTER. It isn't when you add LGBT or Race diversity that's the problem its when it's FORCED that's a problem you can add diversity and have it fit within the narrative. For example I'm Chinese you aren't going to see a Black African in an ancient Chinese setting before international trade and immigration occurred, everyone is going to be Han Chinese, if you force a Black African into media within that setting you aren't being diverse you're just hijacking Chinese culture and history. Representation is fine and even welcome.....when it fits the setting the problem is you're putting it where realistically it doesn't fit like the live action How to train your dragon, Astrid is Scandinavian and you do not get to hijack Scandinavian culture for woke points that's not okay. Hopefully you have a better understanding of why everyone protests "representation". It isn't the representation that's a problem it's how Hollywood HANDLES representation that's a problem
Sis I'm sorry to tell you this but your identity isn't a good reason to respond to a video without actually watching it. P.S. I understand that a lot of conservatives are under the impression that if you're a progressive you HAVE to agree with everything every minority or whatever says, but that's just because conservatives aren't particularly intelligent and believe silly things
To the folks who are coming here because of a certain grifter who is hyperfixated on Bridget - Tell Lefty that Ariel Haymarket says hi and that he (Lefty) needs to get a better hobby.
I randomly found you on Twitter and you're the best thing to come from that cesspool in awhile. I LOVE this so much. You really tap into the important bits. 🖤💙🖤💙
This is really good! Really good at presenting information and getting across ideas while being as unbiased as possible! I'm glad I found you and followed you. Excited to see what comes next!
My two cents on why with Godzilla and Japanese media.. Godzilla: The reason some not all are not looking forward to GxK is because of quality comparrison. Minus One is a more serious retelling of the original with impressive results in its quality given its low budget. I think being made on 15 million is what makes it impressive. GxK is a $200 million love letter to the 70s Showa Era and personally I'm for both because its fun monster movies. Japanese Media: There is a respect for Japanese Media because they are influenced by Classic Western Culture and not Modern Western Culture. Modern Western Culture unfortunately became corrupt by politics. The day Donald Trump came into power, Western Culture became propaganda machines and political campaigns bleeding into massive franchise IPs as Retaliation for the election discarding franchises need for world building and telling a story for telling the masses "this real world person is BAD!" I hate Trump as much as any, but I don't like the other side ruining my franchises either. You can have diversity, so long as they are well written and original new characters and not recasting or replacing the previous characters. We have to like them before they earn that passing the torch. In regards to the two sides fighting for "protecting Japan" are also flawed. Mostly on the conservative side. Your call out on the hypocrite saying "censoring cri-babies" in their ideals of a Western Japan are the same side that greenlit the Atomic Bombs that lead to the enforced surrender and democracy of Japan. The other side are the ones who see the actions of the likes of Yamaguchi as historically significant for the country in saving it from potential Communism. I think we are in a very unknown world of crossroads of politics, culture and who is good or bad in todays society so for everyone this is very scary and manifesting nothing but fear until they pick a side. Personally, I choose not to pick a side due to all being corrupt and flawed. I will consume what I like and toss out what I dont like. In short, Japans fork in the road with the world is a mess I dont think anyone (even myself) can really grasp.
"Modern western culture became corrupt by politics." This is blatantly untrue. Western media has always been political. The difference is people were way too young back in the day to notice and the politics they are noticing are what they disagree with. Go to any piece of media from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, you're gonna find politics. Hell, even the work that people that claim was "corrupted" by it really amounts to subjects like having a woman as a lead or saying what I thought was objectively good things like "Hey don't be a dick." and they're not ruining franchises which brings me to another point. A lot of the media that has received alterations and modernizations for the modern world were never sacred. They were simply products of the time they were made in. Marvel for instance had a large collection of white characters not because tons of these guys being white was integral to the story but rather, it was the times those stories were made in and creators just making what they knew with them having to go out of their way to incorporate those of other genders, races and creeds and because comics are where seemingly the status quo for casts is god, they've never really changed until someone finally realized how odd it was that Stan Lee was a champion for diversity and stood against bigots and yet Marvel still is basically a bowl of sour cream and just so we're clear? Making new characters still pisses people off because for them? They don't care about writing quality, they care about hiding their asshole nature by saying they're simply standing against "wokeness". Though what's funny is the idea that there's all these caveats to it when considering there are tons of characters in the face of this dumb argument that people have miraculously pretended they've always accepted without considering the reasons for why they do which tend to come down to they grew up with these guys and therefore they saw no issue or they can't accept they don't know what they're talking about so they make shit up.
Really well done video. I wish that you could have gone more into the immigration stuff. Especially since there are still some people who think Japan is as homogenous as it was 20 years ago. Overall great vid👍.
Fantastic video! You did a great job, and it was nice to hear the shout out to Pillar of Garbage at the end too. Great guy to build inspiration for your essay style from, he never misses.
"many people argue that godzilla is the first movie about a giant reptilian attacking a city and those people are... wrong!" Yeah nice work buddy. You really powned that straw man you created.
