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[–]  No.40398[Reply]>>41512[Watch Thread]

I want to discuss something that has been bothering me about anime. There is a certain subset of anime that is essentially a way for losers to fantasize about being popular and powerful normalfags who get all the succubi. The typical format is a fantasy harem show where the MC is some loser with a typical self-sacrificing nice guy routine. He saves some succubus from X danger and kills himself so he gets isekaied as a noble with overpowered magic powers and his memories intact. In the show he keeps up his usual nice guy act, often being quite milquetoast and useless, but he gets plot armored into all the succubi liking him and other positive things so his nice guy routine is rewarded to the max. The other thing is that the succubi are usually underage for some reason.

I think there is something vaguely fucked up about this whole situation. First off, these corporations are targeting people who are clearly mentally unwell and lack confidence in life and they are catering to their fantasies in ways that are pretty fucked up. I mean if you have no confidence and are attracted to little succubi, that should not be encouraged or normalized because it's fucked up. Men who lack confidence seem to view little succubi as less threatening because they share their ignorance about social customs and the world, even to a greater extent than the man in question, depending upon how low he goes in age. The more fucked up they are mentally, the younger they seem to want. It betrays a desire to be able to control the situations and perceptions of the succubus and not be humiliated.

But let's set aside the pedo aspect for a second, even without that, this shit is fucked up. The whole point of the show is for weak and broken people to self insert as the MC so they can fantasize about a situation that compensates for all their inherent weaknesses (which the MC is shown to share in spades) and delivers to them the perfect normalfag life where they are at the top of the social pyramid. They are the most powerful, most popular, with the harem of the most attractive succubi. Is this really something that wizards should be watching and fantasizing about? Isn't is just kind of, pathetic? Real life will never plot armor you into any of that shit, if your fantasies revolve around things that you will never have in real life (but which do exist in real life, ie power, wealth, hot succubi etc), won't you just end up wanting to fucking kill yourself?
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[–]  No.40441

pretty much all anime has a youth obsession. I suppose it has to do something with Japan being dominated by old people. Occasionally you have some old guy warrior or some knowledgeable old lady, but they are always background characters.

[–]  No.40443>>40446

I don't consume anything besides wish fulfillment content anymore. At least they make me feel good like a drug unlike whatever mature slop that I just can't care about.
>muh deep and realistic characters
I don't care
>muh well thought out and executed plot
I don't care
>muh deep commentary on philosophy and society
I don't care
>hordes of anime succubi going uguu kawaii
Ok now that's good shit

[–]  No.40446>>40447

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>>40443
Have you watched any of World Masterpiece Theatre's adaptions? There's a lot of relaxing, simple, endearing adventure to be had there with no substantial action or plot. Any commentary just acts as context for the historical environments in which the series take place.

Daily reminder that the mods = Gods.

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>>40446
Never heard of it. When I say anime succubi I am more thinking around the line of trashy harem isekai and such. I am afraid more tasteful works would be too uninteresting for my plebian brain.

[–]  No.41512

>>40398 (OP)
well no shit those shows suck. I don't know how any self respecting individual could be into that. If i found myself liking those isekai anime's where its just some dumb niceguy who goes and gets fucked or whatever by the anime succubi i'd slit my wrists. Shonens are for boys isekai's are for the kinds of people you see who just look sickly, pale, malformed. they are either extremely overweight or extremely underweight. You know then when you see them because they look like they were never fully formed in the womb. I thought this was all self evident.

>First off, these corporations are targeting people who are clearly mentally unwell and lack confidence in life and they are catering to their fantasies in ways that are pretty fucked up

it's clearly stooping to a low to make money.



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[–]  No.41479[Reply][Watch Thread]

I enjoy media where a character is trapped in a terrible situation with no way out. irumyuui and mitty in made in abyss or the magical succubi in madoka magica are good examples of this. What other anime/manga portray this and the feelings of despair and hopelessness that come with with it?

[–]  No.41481

"Shadow Star Narutaru" uses that a lot.

[–]  No.41487

boku no laifu



[–]  No.39194[Reply]>>39577[Watch Thread]

podt a manga or an anime you really want everryone to read or watch. Ill start with voynich hotel as a manga and witch hunter robin for the anime
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[–]  No.39314

kurozuka

[–]  No.39574>>39575

Everyone should watch Magical Circle Guru Guru!

[–]  No.39575

>>39574
I Have! I did enjoy it.

[–]  No.39577

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>>39194 (OP)
serial experiments lain
akira
ghost in the shell (the original)
parasyte
pokemon orange island

[–]  No.41457

Jujutsu Kaisen



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[–]  No.40517[Reply]>>41443[Watch Thread]

I do enjoy watching OVAs and movies, but long TV shows I can't get around anymore. Anything more than 26 episodes I just don't even bother starting anymore.
Is this ADD? Did I ever like actually anime? why do I still like anime, especially old 80s/90s OVAs but can't sit through new TV series anymore?
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[–]  No.40719>>41452

>>40713
>I AM A RETARD

[–]  No.41443>>41449

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>>40517 (OP)
Watch something good

[–]  No.41449>>41456

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>>41443
>Watch something good
>posts prettyboy FOTM adaptions with korean animators

[–]  No.41452

>>40719
lmao
yeah sure anime is all about talent
no really
there is so much wisdom in it
so deep
so many hidden cues
and animation is so striking, the best animation in the world
especially 3d, when i see it i get stricken dead by its beauty
anime has some of the best plot arcs ever written in media, including all available literature
there is nothing that even nearly compares to anime
don't take me wrong, your reply is funny, but i fully agree that anime is all about talent
if it wasn't for the extreme talent of those creating it…
anime is the best thing ever invented
i have never enjoyed anything this much
and plot, man, the plot, it's so amazing. i have not seen any single writer who would even nearly compare to japanese storytellers
holy shit i'm so hyped right now
anime is so good
it must have been created by the god
and may the god multiply the talents of people making it even further
amen

[–]  No.41456

>>41449
Who hurt you?



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[–]  No.40448[Reply][Watch Thread]

Mushoku Tensei is my favorite Anime, and I think it should be very relatable to wizards. Its where a Wizard gets reincarnated as a literal Wizard.
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[–]  No.41217

>>41185
Whatever the reasoning, I'm excitimoso for it.

[–]  No.41229

thank you op for making me discover this anime, it's good

[–]  No.41231

aren't all isekai mcs virgins?

[–]  No.41437>>41454

>>40736
This. Same for me. I don't understand how this could be popular here, aside from the wish fulfillment aspect. The pre-isekai backstory stuff that shows up once in a while and rarely has meaningful bearing on the present story is okay. But, again it's merely window dressing background.
The story itself is nothing more than watching a blessed ubernormalfag Chad born in an ubernormalfag Chad family live an ubernormalfag Chad life.

[–]  No.41454

>>41437
yes, that is the point of escapist wish fulfillment fantasy shows. To let people (losers) self insert as the MC and enjoy pretending they have the most amazing normalfag life possible.



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[–]  No.30009[Reply][Watch Thread]

I've never been into anime and I don't know much about it. However, I decided to check out One Punch Man and I'm enjoying it a fair bit. I've never been able to stick to hobbies or find any passion or purpose in life. Is anime a worthwhile thing to get into? I'm beginning to see why so many people love it. The problem is, it just seems so dense. So much to learn, so many forums, so many niches. It's a little intimidating for a newcomer. Where do I begin? Should I learn Japanese? I've never been able to actually succeed at something like that, but maybe getting into anime would give me a reason too. Will anime improve my life and make me a better person? Will it make the bad things in life, like wageslaving and disease, more bearable?

I await your responses. Thank you, wizards.
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[–]  No.40817

>>40769
Wizchan is the best -chan site, but Wapchan has a /cel/ board for retro anime.

>>40737
Always dubbed. I want to look at the beautiful Japanimation, not at words on the bottom of the screen.

[–]  No.40833

>>40737
been watching dubbed for first few years but never regretted switching to subs.

and developed a belief that dub is for weaklings. anime is stupid, but this stupidity makes little sense until you hear how japanese seiyū dub it. after you do that you begin to experience some actual fun from the absurd you observe

[–]  No.40856

>>40769
Not really.
I don't like the anime "community" I just enjoy the medium/artform and do so mostly solo.
This is probably the only place I actually talk about anime online. Which isn't that often and usually just in the form of giving or asking for recommendations.

Same with animation and cartoons in general.

[–]  No.40866>>41425

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Chibi Maruko-Chan is very easy to watch, it's also cute and comfy.

[–]  No.41425

>>40866
So is Crayon Shinchan.



[–]  No.18031[Reply][Last 50 Posts][Watch Thread]

put up the best songs from an anime ost
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[–]  No.40625

this might be the only anime that didn't a fuck about anything and even had babies drunk

[–]  No.40706

Nanaka 6/17

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[–]  No.41419

YOASOBI「勇者」~『葬送のフリーレン』オープニングテーマ


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[–]  No.39766[Reply][Watch Thread]

I miss old anime communities. Used to be many of them. Now almost all are gone or abandoned.
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[–]  No.41301

>>41300
I saged on purpose and post was an answer to another, similar, post.

[–]  No.41315>>41322

Mainstream companies like Google along with social media killed those communities along with the cultural shift of anime becoming an acceptable hobby. I used to be active in them in the 2000s. Back then it was a bunch of nerds talking about anime we pirated as well as any fun touhou games. The average normalfag with a social life wasn't playing the games we played or watching anime in 2006, he was going outside with his friends/girlfriend to do stuff. Crunchyshit killed most of the old anime streaming websites from the 2000s with chatrooms by making anime more accessible to mainstream audience and then capitalizing on it by charging people money. Now the free internet no longer exists really where everything is subscription based and of course anime has been normalized to the point that even Netflix has it.

[–]  No.41322>>41352

>>41315
>normalfags
What do you think goes through mind of a millennial normalfag who's jumped on the anime bandwagon? There's people watching I know who've never watched anime since school.

[–]  No.41351

>>39933
>Turn in to coomerbait
It's been that way since AT LEAST the mid 70s or 80s. I kind of see what you mean though. There's a difference between good storytelling with maybe a hot succubus with big tiddies and the whole anime just being fan service.

[–]  No.41352

>>41322
From what I understand those people like it ironically or only have a surface level interest. Then of course you have the trannies self-inserting as a female lead and spamming clips of that anime all over social media.



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[–]  No.39458[Reply][Watch Thread]

>tfw Lucifer-san is my role model
thank you nippon.
kanpai biiru to a long NEETo life.
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[–]  No.39474>>39475>>39476>>39477>>41347

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should I move this thread to /b/?

[–]  No.39475

>>39474
if you have to ask, then maybe you should step down

[–]  No.39476

>>39474
Whaaaaat? Moving such a high quality thread that also got posted on 4chad before here? https://boards.4channel.org/a/thread/242652916

Don't you dare!

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[–]  No.41347

>>39474
Please do. This is barely anime or japan-related.



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[–]  No.37521[Reply]>>41307[Watch Thread]

Hey everyone, i've recently got into a watching loop of pre-2000s anime movies. There's of course the well known Ghost in the Shell, or Akira for instance but there's plenty of them that are actually quite good. I know a lot of wiz here are into animes in general, so what would you suggest? I'm espescially looking for hidden pearls.
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[–]  No.41302

>>39843
I liked "Stink Bomb" better.

[–]  No.41307

>>37521 (OP)
You seem into cyberpunk like Patlabor 2, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade or Bubblegum Crisis

[–]  No.41311>>41354

old stuff is generally pretty bad in my experience. Ghost in the shell was an exception.

[–]  No.41312

>>41257
I think this is highly overrated. They couldn't decide if they wanted to make it episodic or serialized and the hybrid format sucks. The main story itself is just quite boring and undeveloped. There are a few good episodes but taken as a whole it is mediocre.

[–]  No.41354

>>41311
You should probably kill yourself.



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