Michelle"Anime has frightfully low poc representation"
I-i... You know almost everyone depicted is non-white right
Afsgafag they added the boondocks to a list of anime with "poc" JESUS CHRISTO
La vie est drôle@tinykinkshamer but boondocks is western animation
@cycm I am very aware of this lmao
@tinykinkshamer fair. it’s just a pet peeve of mine when things that are not anime are called anime, even though it really doesn’t have a legally protected destination of origin or anything
The Book of Kels@cycm @tinykinkshamer This amuses me a bit because the Japanese themselves sometimes refer to Western stuff as anime. I recall a friend's japanese copy of Newtype that had a feature on the new anime, Batman: The Animated series.
But in western contexts of course you're right, it's proper to use it for Japanese work specifically, although I do wonder if you'd consider the similarly styled work coming out of China or Korea these days.
@Nezchan @tinykinkshamer that’s really where it gets kinda muddy tbh. does anime specifically have to come from a japanese origin? or can it come from china and korea, and if it can come from china and korea, why can’t it come from the us? it makes me want there to not be any resistance to just calling them cartoons or animation, because that’s really what they are at the end of the day
@cycm @tinykinkshamer Plus where do you go with stuff like Wakfu, which is made in France but with a clear anime pedigree stylistically? Or a French-Japanese co-production like Mutafukaz?
I'm honestly not sure what Korea or China call their animation products. They do have their own words for their comics so I'd imagine those words wouldn't be "anime" although they follow similar styles.
@Nezchan @tinykinkshamer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_traditional_specialities_in_the_European_Union
that’s where i think a system similar to this might work out well, not necessarily legally but more in a communication sense where it helps people know where something is from without having to spell it out for them. of course, it also cones with the barrier of entry where you have to learn all the different terms and what they mean
that’s where i think a system similar to this might work out well, not necessarily legally but more in a communication sense where it helps people know where something is from without having to spell it out for them. of course, it also cones with the barrier of entry where you have to learn all the different terms and what they mean
