That’s also a 1930s movie gangster.

I think the fact there’s more trash than ever being produced kind of proves the original point, but I’m also of the opinion that we’re living in a kind of golden age of media production in that the tools for amateurs to create have never been easier to get a hold of; so alongside all the slop there are going to be a percentage of people, however small, with really noteworthy ideas able to express themselves in ways they wouldn’t have been able to in the past, and I think we should celebrate that.

Or, you know, just quote Miyazaki and be doomer about it I guess.

Oh, sorry, alt text is such a rarity that the only place I ever check for it is XKCD. No clue who you’re calling out, tho.

Going in a completely different direction, since I am trying to learn Japanese I recently learned that, curiously, their name for Mexico is 墨西哥メキシコ (romanized “Mekishiko”). Not trying to correct you just a little oddity that tickles me.

1st, I’m surprised no one is going for any of the low-hanging fruit: “why is my lemmy account stuck in Spanish?”, “feliz Jueves”, “Eva girl bathwater”, etc.

2nd, since I think it’s safe to assume at least some people won’t get the multilingual pun at play, the original intent of the “Agua de Rei” name is “water of (the) king” – tho I can’t be certain if it’s a local dialect quirk or a matter of marketing that it’s “de rei” and not “del rey”

Sonic Spinball OST - Toxic Caves

Yeah that’s the thing I’ve followed too many shows that do the opposite of what’s in the OP, I don’t trust the show declaring characters as dead even when we see the body half the time.

There’s also Thanatos and probably a few other Daimones I’m forgetting or unfamiliar with you could invoke. I’m certain there’s like a dozen different Egyptian deities involved in a soul’s passage to the afterlife, Anubis is just the most popular one in modern reception. It also bugs the hell out of me that “Europe” is put up alongside three countries

Also wow, they really buffed Hermes up for Hades 2. Still haven’t seen much of that game as of yet.

Watch Brotherhood, not the original.

Watch the 2024 remake.

I see someone woke up today and chose violence lol.

I kid, of course – as a lover of both versions of FMA, I understand how the slight change in tone & story appeals to different people; and I’ve yet to see the Spice & Wolf remake, I’ve just only heard about the criticisms people had with the things it changed.

I’ve been waiting for people to mention the first few magical girls. Basically all my knowledge on the subject comes from Kenny Lauderdale videos, I would have suggested Minky Momo or maybe Creamy Mami. I’m not actually sure how wide-reaching their influence is.

I get the intention but my eyes immediately zone in on that super spikey shoulder pad (and think ow)

Then Gurren Lagann has to count as influential on Promare.

I don’t think Digimon quite occupies the same sphere – it’s like comparing Chronicles of Narnia to Ready Player One.

I’m not even sure how to rate the multiple .hack// series here because they were really experimental (one branch leaving half of its story in PS2 games) and AFAIK nobody was directly copying them. Meanwhile, after SAO…

Evangelion for Gurren Laggan

Can you really count that when it was the same studio?

Anyone who actually read the article feel free to correct me, but this reeks to me of the same kind of mentality as all games having to be either sports or spunk-gargle-wee-wee and anything that’s not “breaks the trend”.

There’s more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your battle shounen.

I will also wish you a happy cake day! (*･ω･)ﾉ”┌iii┐♡

One more from that year’s batch, then, just for you <3

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Copy/pasting someone else’s scores both because I have trouble doing this exact thing and because the Venn diagram of my tastes to the average anime fan has nearly no overlap^‡, hopefully it helps.

Ancient Magus Bride: 1/1/1. Can be enjoyed by people that don’t even know what anime is, barely any sexual content to speak of, extremely high production values.

Konosuba: 6/7/2. Requires a moderate amount of knowledge of anime tropes, specifically the isekai genre and JRPG tropes it’s lampooning. Contains an above average amount of sexual content, though it is not the focus and is generally reserved for comedy rather than genuine fanservice. Generally high production values and is very enjoyable.

Non Non Biyori: 3/0/2. Requires a surface-level knowledge of Japanese culture, but nothing too deep. Contains absolutely no sexual content whatsoever and could be shown to your grandma. High production values for a “girls doing things” show.

^‡as a for instance, I practically loathe Konosuba and yet here it’s rated at a 2 on the shit scale

I’ve really liked the weeb-ass-shit scale for cases like this ever since I learned about it.

Three 1-10 scores:

• Weeb: the amount of familiarity one needs of Japanese culture or anime tropes
• Ass: the amount of T&A/panty shots/comedic groping/etc.
• Shit: an inverse quality scale

That, I feel, is entirely subjective. Like, Lain might experiment with the medium and not be good for a kid, I imagine an adult with a love of sci-fi or niche films might find it much more tasty than a typical battle shounen.