Talk:Japanese animation
I'd like to make a glossary of Japanese terms, such as hentai, used by Western anime fans. Wikipedia uses far too many of these loan words, and I feel it obscures understanding for those who are not immersed in field. Too much jargon is the enemy of understanding. --Ed Poor Talk 08:47, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
- Ed, leave me a message on my talk when you get started on that glossary; I can probably help out a bit. Stryker 09:23, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
Might be misleading.
"Anime is divided into the same genres as manga, with a heavy emphasis on violence and romance which blends seamlessly into softcore porn (and beyond)."
This, in my opinion, gives the impression that if you look towards anime, you'll always find violence, romance, and porn. Although cetain anime types are just this, anime is much more broad than violence, romance,and porn!
This is like saying:
"Motion pictures have a heavy emphasis on violence and porn (and beyond)." --Funnny 21:54, 9 July 2007 (EDT)
- Not exactly: they do have a lot of violence and sex, though. Anime tends to have much more of this than Western animation, though.
- If you have access to studies which shed light on this, please reveal these!
- If you know anything about Japanese animation, please tell us how much of it is violent (or not), and how much is romantic, soft porn, or ecchi (i.e., porn). For example, how would you classify Sailor Moon? Have you seen even one episode without a romance or soft-porn aspect?