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I AM WARHOL
Veteran
Amira was bae
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
I thought it was an example of cavemen
Cavemen had the club's, the stones and such and that big and muscular body structure just like the roaches.
Where did you get the similarities to Black men?
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
I think people are exaggerating the racism of Terra Formars (I joke about it a lot, because I think it's jokes) when it's really more classic Japanese xenophobia paired with the lack of cultural understanding of the west. Race relations are completely different in the east compared to the west, and that fukks with your head because you look at a show like Terra Formars with a western mindset, one in which institutional racism is ingrained, with a long history of mocking/stereotyping black people in media. But Japanese people don't really have any experience with that, so to them, a big black caveman-acting creature that's preying on (almost exclusively) white people doesn't carry the same subtext as it does for us westerners.
We see racism because we recognize elements of how black people used to be (and in some ways, still are) portrayed in media. Same goes for the German guy called Adolf. Sure, Japan was in WWII, but do you think that outside of some very forced (and rather weak) alliance with Germany, they gave a shyt about the European theater of war? Of course they know about Hitler and shyt but to them the things that happened in Europe are about as irrelevant to them as the Pacific Ocean is to us. Can you name the Japanese emperor of the top of your head? Outside of Pearl Harbor and stuff that's been a part of movies (like Iwo Jima) what do you really know about what happened over there. To keep it short, even if they know about all the shyt Hitler has done, his legacy doesn't carry the same weight in Japan as it does in the western world, which is why the name Adolf is less of a taboo.
Basically, Terra Formars is a series that really emphasizes how separated the western and eastern world still are culturally. Remember, this is what Japanese people think black people sound like:
They simply don't understand because they don't know.
We see racism because we recognize elements of how black people used to be (and in some ways, still are) portrayed in media. Same goes for the German guy called Adolf. Sure, Japan was in WWII, but do you think that outside of some very forced (and rather weak) alliance with Germany, they gave a shyt about the European theater of war? Of course they know about Hitler and shyt but to them the things that happened in Europe are about as irrelevant to them as the Pacific Ocean is to us. Can you name the Japanese emperor of the top of your head? Outside of Pearl Harbor and stuff that's been a part of movies (like Iwo Jima) what do you really know about what happened over there. To keep it short, even if they know about all the shyt Hitler has done, his legacy doesn't carry the same weight in Japan as it does in the western world, which is why the name Adolf is less of a taboo.
Basically, Terra Formars is a series that really emphasizes how separated the western and eastern world still are culturally. Remember, this is what Japanese people think black people sound like:
They simply don't understand because they don't know.
kingdarius
Wtf u talkin bout? Ya Bish
buuut quite a few anime's are returning...i'd say there's no new anime im checking for except for maybe death parade but jojo, kuroko, tokyo ghoul, & sengoku will for sure hold me down....and i know theres a few on here that watch that aldnoah zero shyt too
CACarot
Where is Princess Fajita
I finished bahamut...I'm a little dissapointed. I was under the impression this show was going ot be atleast another season or two, didn't think it would end right there. Seems like crammed alot into 12 episodes when characters could have been fleshed out a little more with around 22 imo. Still enjoyed the anime had a different feel than the ones I been watching lately.
kingdarius
Wtf u talkin bout? Ya Bish
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Parasyte is definitely up there. I didn't include it because it's still airing, if the quality keeps up though
Second half of Zoku Shou really brought back the feelings from season 1 that Zoku Shou part 1 was missing at times. My emotions
TheGodling
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Parasyte is definitely up there. I didn't include it because it's still airing, if the quality keeps up though
Second half of Zoku Shou really brought back the feelings from season 1 that Zoku Shou part 1 was missing at times. My emotions
Yeah, hopefully Parasyte will stay on its current level. Same goes for Ronja.
I liked the second season of Zoku Shou better than the first but it still wasn't touching the OG. It got closer though.
Last 10 mins of stay night sold me. The stan in me wants to say its that but parasyte to this point is better.
knowing how both end tho stay is going to yake this in the spring
knowing how both end tho stay is going to yake this in the spring