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So... Anime and/or Manga. There are so many people who are are absolutely obsessed with them, and after finding myself on yet another YouTube channel dedicated to reviewing and discussing it it made me want to talk about some of my feelings too the mediums. Or are they genres? Honestly I kind of think they are something that is somewhere in between, perhaps "supergenre" or "metagenre" would be more appropriate. And honestly as much as the animation of Anime and sequential art of Manga are two different mediums, they do sort of share a common visual language and common tropes more then most any other. This is not even including visual novels and light novels and how they influence things, or the collection of video games that use a lot of the same elements. Perhaps it would be better to define the whole thing more in terms of an art movement or a culture then any thing else. Perhaps not. Regardless of how you define it, I think of it as a set of art within a distinct aesthetic spectrum. It's a common mistake to think of it as more or less a single thing or a single genre. It isn't. All sort sorts of different types of stories and different types of art styles fit into the same general category. Cowboy Bebop is a much different kind of thing then Doraemon. As much as I hate thinking in terms of national or racial divisions of culture, the most common and easiest to understand way of defining this sort of nebulous thing is simply to use the would "Japanese", but there are still a few edge cases that may or may not be included simply based on a whim. Should Avatar: The Last Airbender be included? Should Crayon Shin-chan not be included? It's really up to how people define it. But all of this I think is kind of commonly understood at this point I think, because people have argued back and forth about what is or is not included in this category and why for decades. It should be noted that in Japan, "anime" and "manga" basically mean "animation" and "comics" in general. I think it's interesting that, in the USA at least, we think of "anime" and "manga" as distinct things independent of "animation" and "comics" even if they really sort of aren't. And yet at the same time, they sort of are. Here is the thing... though I have mixed feelings about a lot of the stuff that can get lumped in the same nebulous category, I have to admit the style and imagination of most of it far outshines a vast majority of the stuff I see from what can be thought of as "The West". Most of this is just my personal sense of aesthetics. I hate how a lot of "western" style art looks. I hate "western" comic book style. I hate the over exaggeration of lips, I hate the smaller less expressive eyes, I hate the square jaws, I hate the proportions, ect, ect. And "western" cartoons seem to have evolved to vastly exaggerated and weird nonsensical lumps of shapes that look more like abstract art then anything recognizable. The common Japanese "Manga" style though? I like the simpler, more expressive art compared to comic books while being much less abstract and inhuman then "cartoon" style. Also Moe is cute. There I said it. But... Even if I like the art style most of Anime/Manga style works and like a lot of the basic character archetypes and story elements, well... I don't want to be racist or anything, but there is so much about the Japanese cultural sensibilities that sneak into these works that frankly bug the hell out of me. And yeah, examining Japanese culture form the lens of Anime and Manga is often kind of like examining American culture form the lens of Hollywood. Which the Japanese totally do by the way, but that's besides the point. Thing is, it's actually in my mind a totally fair thing to do, as long as it is done with the understanding that: 1. The perceived flaws in the popular culture of a race or nation does not imply that all or even most of the people of that race or nation share those flaws, 2. An outsider who has not grown up in that culture is more then likely not going to have all the contextual background needed to understand it, and 3. Culture is a nebulous thing that people may or may not prescribe too, and not all examples of trends in works equate to deeper cultural trends. So, if people do happen to look at American popular culture and see a unfortunate implications pointing to Americans being bunch of gun happy, imperialist, xenophobic, racist, and sexist assholes who care about nothing but militarily, economically, or culturally dominating all other peoples, then, well, yes. Yes their are a lot of unfortunate implications to that effect. Believe me, there are a lot of us who are very very much aware of how screwed up our culture is. Japanese popular culture though? Well... they have a different problem. And no, I am not talking about otaku culture or hikikomoris or NEETs. Those are just symptoms. I am talking about something much more fundamental to the "Japanese mindset". I am talking about shame culture and social pressure. Maybe it's just me who was raised in something closer to a guilt culture (and has formally rejected both, and every other, form of social control), but I find that sort of social manipulation of the individual absolutely appalling. Yet if you look at anime, it happens all the time, and is treated as a good thing. What do you think all those "friendship speeches" are really about? In a nation where so much pressure is put on individuals to succeed in school and conform to a traditional lifestyle, it just really gets under my skin. And maybe that's not fair of me to say. But then again, if my interpretation of a particular anime is correct, at least someone agrees with me. This isn't of course the only problem. I can see a lot of undercurrents of sexism and xenophobia in anime as well, a lot of trivialization of social problems, a lot of collectively looking the other way whenever having to deal with things. The degree of how much this stems form shame culture, I am not sure. And it's not like it is any worse then any other problem that people have. I don't know. Anyway, I am not going to judge a whole people for a few niggling moral concerns about the entertainment they produce. Just... a lot of anime really bugs me. I guess it's the same way Hollywood often bugs me. It's corporate produced and mindless a lot of the time and it often pushes a status quo which, if you really think about it, isn't exactly most people's ideal society. Oh well. Bah... why do I get the feeling I am going to half to defend myself later? Oh well... That's just my gut reaction.

In the spirit of making these things for a week, and because I'm too lazy to make anything else. And, yes. I know the week anniversary was yesterday, but shut up.

Blaurgle. I hope this was as underwhelming as you were all expecting.

Here's another one. Nothing really left to say here.

♪Bored, bored, bored, bored bored bored bored!♪ And so begins the slow decline of the humor.

And here we are again. And no. I don't know if this is going to become more of a thing. Maybe it will if I get some extra this summer.

Hey, this is my first off-topic post owo I was wondering if anyone on here uses deviantART? I am Vivi-Chuu on there : http://vivi-chuu.deviantart.com/ I specialize in anime artwork (preferrably cute themed), but I respect all forms of art such as photography, fashion, illustrations, and more. If you have an account on this epic website, put your deviantART in the reply!!~ Maybe we can be friends too~

Decided to tell you guys about my webcomic and see what everyone thinks about it. Here is the link to go check it out! http://www.god-webcomic.com/ Here Is my artist deviantart and tumblr if you like the webcomic art go check her other work out! http://leadpanda.tumblr.com/ http://jadeeslpknta7x.deviantart.com/ One who does the sketches for the actual artist Sketch Artist http://cyanidecanti.deviantart.com/ Synopsis The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, Obsession, and Destruction. G.O.D. is an Science Fiction/Psychological Comic. The GOD Organization has been around for many generations and are ready to put their plan to action. There goal is to establish a one-world totalitarian government known as the New World Order. A world where they're on top deciding how everyone lives their life. Will someone rebel against this group and stopped this from happening? The Year Is 2016

So...hi? It's been quite a while since I last "blogged" (who came up with that word, anyway??) and since I felt like this wasn't worth posting in my Laboratory, I decided to put this trash dump here. It's a buttload of sketches that will eventually, someday in the far future, become portraits for my game, Ariel. (Which I'm considering actually not making, but whatever.) They are horribly messy, obvious, thick-lined, and big. And much more than just that. I'm currently dubbing them Slenderman's Family because none of them have faces, soooo.... Enjoy the dump, and please don't use my sketches Alexis: Alicia Ariel Azalea Beau Celina Dawn Elise Lilian Lisbet Louisa Magnolia (Azalea's identical twin) Mariella Marnie Nadeshiko Noel Reyna Safire (the only one with a face) Susie Tina Hmeee....Oh yeah, and then there's Cordelia, the only one finished ^-^ I still have to sketch out Hilary, Stella, Jonathan, Sana, Nick, Calliope, Pharhan, Lorelle, Deinara, Sabrina, Nemesis, Esther, Diana, Felix, and Max...yep, lots of characters. Plus my NPCs ^^" And there's Slenderman's family for you. T~