Anime... recurring stereotypes or fault of imagination?!
Question: Anime!.!.!. recurring stereotypes or fault of imagination!?
I have one question, and I hope not to bring some disappointment to some fans, or to annoy someone:
Why almost all the animes starts with these usually found beginning stories!?:
- It was a normal day to the annoying and rebel boy, when suddenly!.!.!. a demon/power/energy came from nowhere, and the boy got these amazing powers/abilities that no one else have, but he have to fight because some demons/persons/gods/entities want to come to reclaim the power he have!
- The goal of this annoying and rebel boy it's to be the best in the sport/game/ninja-job/samurai-job/competi!.!.!. of the world!.!.!. because it's his dream! He has a dream! To be the best! But he have a rival, that he hates, but later they became very good friends/allies, and they have to fight an evilier!.!.!. evil!
- It's the end of the world!. A normal day happened to be converted into dust and death, by some evil demons/gods/aliens/evil entities! The human race can't have another choice, but to use their super-man/machine/battle-robots to defend themselves!
- And for the girls: this girl is the cheeriest of his crew, and she always spend time and hang out with her many friends, but in their friends, there is (always) a shy girl, who is the inteligent, and there is (always, too) a though girl, a tomboy with a though voice, who almost always end punching everyone into the sky!. Suddenly!.!.!. they realize they have to do a coreography! What a terrible terror!
- And of course, to mention the "faces" they always do!.!.!. for no aparent reason, it doesn't matter if it's a sunny day, if he's at his room alone watching the wall, if a person died!.
I'm not a big fan of the anime, but I love the ones who have proved to be more than a recurring and tiring stereotype, like Hunter x Hunter, Death Note (who, although it follow partially the "first rule", it's more of a thriller, and no demon/blah-blah-blah it's following him XD), Get Backers, and stuff!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Why almost all the animes starts with these usually found beginning stories!?:
- It was a normal day to the annoying and rebel boy, when suddenly!.!.!. a demon/power/energy came from nowhere, and the boy got these amazing powers/abilities that no one else have, but he have to fight because some demons/persons/gods/entities want to come to reclaim the power he have!
- The goal of this annoying and rebel boy it's to be the best in the sport/game/ninja-job/samurai-job/competi!.!.!. of the world!.!.!. because it's his dream! He has a dream! To be the best! But he have a rival, that he hates, but later they became very good friends/allies, and they have to fight an evilier!.!.!. evil!
- It's the end of the world!. A normal day happened to be converted into dust and death, by some evil demons/gods/aliens/evil entities! The human race can't have another choice, but to use their super-man/machine/battle-robots to defend themselves!
- And for the girls: this girl is the cheeriest of his crew, and she always spend time and hang out with her many friends, but in their friends, there is (always) a shy girl, who is the inteligent, and there is (always, too) a though girl, a tomboy with a though voice, who almost always end punching everyone into the sky!. Suddenly!.!.!. they realize they have to do a coreography! What a terrible terror!
- And of course, to mention the "faces" they always do!.!.!. for no aparent reason, it doesn't matter if it's a sunny day, if he's at his room alone watching the wall, if a person died!.
I'm not a big fan of the anime, but I love the ones who have proved to be more than a recurring and tiring stereotype, like Hunter x Hunter, Death Note (who, although it follow partially the "first rule", it's more of a thriller, and no demon/blah-blah-blah it's following him XD), Get Backers, and stuff!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
I do not, generally, care for made-for-Japanese-television anime, or at least not the ones that are imported to the United States, and then dubbed into English!. I do, however, like a few feature length anime which are not simply very long episodes of something that was running on Japanese television when the feature length anime were made!. Movies like "Princess Mononoke," "The Grave of the Fireflies," "Barefoot Gen," and others are very good films and are well worth watching!. Most imported television anime series tend to be disposable junk designed for those who aren't terribly fussy about how they use their free time!. I'm not quite amazed that even anime fans find much of what turns up in the U!.S to be mind-numbingly alike!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
You should watch Rose of Versailles!. An old anime, that is historically based off of the french revolution!. So, no recurring themeWww@Enter-QA@Com
Oh man yes, I know exactly what you're talking about!. That's why almost 80% of anime is crap!. There's only a very few original ones!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
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in general you could say that for anything not just anime!. for instance you could say all american movies fit into the category like 1!. guy is a nerd and girls ignore him!. suddenly transformers/ evil wizards/ vampires/ villains show up, he learns to be brave and the girl loves him!. or that every chinese movie is like Someone's master and/or family gets killed and he has to learn kung fu and self discipline and get revenge!.
specifically it has to do with the culture of Japan and the target audience!. so if the target audience is young people who's every day life is boring and difficult school and lessons, they will make a show about a school girl who suddenly is extraordinary and has an exciting life!.
also, some stuff is just fanservice or a result of what's popular!. some writers / artists deliberatley cater to what's been well received before or pay homage to another series they like!. it's also kind of a running joke to have certain elements, stereotypical characters (the shy one, the womanizer one, the woman who slaps the guys when they touch her, etc) just to be funny!.
so anyway if you only like certain things and not the more specific genres then dont watch them and stop knocking everything!. death note is not without those things and i'm sure you couldnt go out and write something 100% original yourself!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
specifically it has to do with the culture of Japan and the target audience!. so if the target audience is young people who's every day life is boring and difficult school and lessons, they will make a show about a school girl who suddenly is extraordinary and has an exciting life!.
also, some stuff is just fanservice or a result of what's popular!. some writers / artists deliberatley cater to what's been well received before or pay homage to another series they like!. it's also kind of a running joke to have certain elements, stereotypical characters (the shy one, the womanizer one, the woman who slaps the guys when they touch her, etc) just to be funny!.
so anyway if you only like certain things and not the more specific genres then dont watch them and stop knocking everything!. death note is not without those things and i'm sure you couldnt go out and write something 100% original yourself!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
sooooo true
but to me!.!. tahts why i luv almost all anime, cos they basically have teh same story line so if u like teh one story line, ur gonna luv them all!.!. am i rite!.!.
and u think that cos its basiclly teh same story line taht u'd get bored!.!. but no, u dont because each different anime series have different characters (even if tehy do act the same), take naruto and sasuke for example, (from naruto), there rivalry and sasukes moddiness, is very similar to alen walker and kang(or watevr his name is ) from D!. grey man!. even if it is soo simialr i luv watching them both becos it is like watchin sumthin u luv all ovr but its fresh and u dun get sik of it!.!.
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but to me!.!. tahts why i luv almost all anime, cos they basically have teh same story line so if u like teh one story line, ur gonna luv them all!.!. am i rite!.!.
and u think that cos its basiclly teh same story line taht u'd get bored!.!. but no, u dont because each different anime series have different characters (even if tehy do act the same), take naruto and sasuke for example, (from naruto), there rivalry and sasukes moddiness, is very similar to alen walker and kang(or watevr his name is ) from D!. grey man!. even if it is soo simialr i luv watching them both becos it is like watchin sumthin u luv all ovr but its fresh and u dun get sik of it!.!.
if u get tahtWww@Enter-QA@Com
Well if you don't like anime stereotypes I suggest sticking to anime movies since they tend to break free of the normal!. The number one person I'm thinking of is Hayao Miyazaki since his works don't follow the stream of anime fandom!.
I can understand how others may be completely sick of Sailor Moon and Naruto scenarios but there are tons of anime that follow their own beat!.
Sadly you have to look beyond Cartoon Network to find them!. XDWww@Enter-QA@Com
I can understand how others may be completely sick of Sailor Moon and Naruto scenarios but there are tons of anime that follow their own beat!.
Sadly you have to look beyond Cartoon Network to find them!. XDWww@Enter-QA@Com