Today I had the realization that the only reason why people liked Kill la Kill so much and why it was so popular is because it's pretty much an Western cartoon, but Japan made it so it was "exotic". It's no different than westerners going to Shinjuku and proclaiming to understand "true Japan" although there's an H&M and a Starbucks and a Forever 21 next to them.
I don't think a lot of people liked Kill la Kill because they liked Kill la Kill, but rather they just liked the idea of liking Kill la Kill and are unable to stomach anime with Japanese values. It gives people the ability to signal that they LOVE ANIME while watching something that is pretty much Western.
Are there any other anime like this? I'd imagine stuff like Little Witch Academia or Carole and Tuesday are similar.
all miyazaki shit is anti-japanese pro-western propaganda but westerners don't even notice because it just looks normal to them
Eli Butler
Looks like Japanese animation to me
Wyatt Sanchez
How are any of Miyazaki's films anti-Japan?
Landon Hughes
Gainax never game a fuck about the difference between "anime" and "cartoon", and i doubt TRIGGER does either youtube.com/watch?v=brUwfQncCvI
Just because its a japanese take on a different format doenst mean "y-you dont like REAL animu", and your completely arbitrary definitions of "japanese values" dont detract from it either.
Jason Morris
I thought people only liked it because of the waifus and fanservice.
