The weird sexism/girl idolation in a lot of anime is something. Even in more ‘grounded’ shows. It makes my skin crawl whenever I try anime, hence I think Cowboy Beebop and a Ghibli movie or two are the only things I finished.
“Western” animesque animation (Arcane, DCAU, Avatar, Dragon’s Blood…) doesn’t seem to suffer from that as much.
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The weird sexism/girl idolation in a lot of anime is something. Even in more ‘grounded’ shows. It makes my skin crawl whenever I try anime, hence I think Cowboy Beebop and a Ghibli movie or two are the only things I finished.
“Western” animesque animation (Arcane, DCAU, Avatar, Dragon’s Blood…) doesn’t seem to suffer from that as much.
Yea it IS weird how they sexualize younger characters