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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 3733607" data-attributes="member: 151">I enjoy a great deal of anime and have for...almost 30 years now (yikes).  I can easily understand why some folks don't like it's aesthetics.  I don't find it problematic that people ask for anime to be kept out of D&D...I do find it problematic that they often claim something is 'anime' without any clear explanation of what element they're referring to in that context.  Many of the stylistic elements of anime have no grounding in an RPG either way.  Speed lines?  Big Eyes? Lingering pan shots?  Thrice repeated visual attacks?   These are all visual and stylistic elements, which don't really translate into a rulebook.  Anime is, of course, a hybrid of the Asian cinematic tradition and the American one.  Just as some folks don't like noir movies or the French New Wave, they won't like anime.  Nor should they be expected to.When many non-anime fans refer to elements they don't like of anime, such as many of the elements Henry mentions, they usually apply to 'Shonen' or 'young boys' anime.  Shonen anime is extremely popular in the US (as in Japan, of course)...and many of the elements that many find confounding (ridiculous weapons, overpowered heroes, young protagonists, free mixing of comedy/tragedy/action) are endemic to that genre of anime.  There is, of course, a much wider selection available...but I don't expect people to go seeking them out.  It's not their responsibility to do so; I do wish they'd recognize, however, that there ARE other genres to anime that don't feature these elements.  This is why many anime fans (and video game fans, for that matter) bristle somewhat at the claim.  I do believe it's a fair cop to same there are some folks, such as Mousferatu, who just don't like it.  I don't think that he 'doesn't get it' or 'just needs to see the right thing'.  It's a taste issue and a valid choice.For myself, any medium that can feature a show like "Master Keaton", about a former SAS Master-Sergeant turned insurance investigator for Sothebys at the same time as shows like Naruto, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Berserk, Doreamon, Claymore and The Skull Man...well, I'm in.</blockquote>

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