Another reason why studio Ghibli is better than regular "Anime" that is hyper sexualized and full of "Fan service" for basement dwellers. Regular anime is full of misogyny and portrays women as objects.

posprov · 2020-12-07T11:43:03+00:00

Spirited Away is my favourite Studio Ghibli film. The courage that Chihiro demonstrates resonated with me from the first time I watched–I think I was about nine or ten years old!

GrapeJuiceEnthusiast · 2020-12-07T11:33:49+00:00

Anime as an art form has so much potential. I love animation and art but it's such a shame 99% of anime has misogyny and pedophilia in it.

HengroenAndLlamrei · 2020-12-07T13:36:31+00:00

Ghibli films are phenomenal. Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Kiki, and Castle in the Sky are my absolute favorites.

Anime isn’t the problem guys. There are some truly fantastic animes out there. Fruit’s Basket is so wholesome. InuYasha is awesome!! Devils’ Line is romantic and sexy and great.

I totally understand why anime and manga get a bad reputation. There is some disturbing and disgusting stuff out there. But that stuff exists in some American media too. It’s not anime itself that’s the problem. It’s the people who create, seek out, and consume that gross content. But not ALL anime is jiggle physics and underage girls. There is some truly spectacular anime content out there.

SpaceC4se · 2020-12-07T12:55:49+00:00

Also check out the movies of Satoshi Kon. Although they’re full of LVM characters the female leads are interesting.

notadog8 · 2020-12-07T12:03:20+00:00

I absolutely adore Studio Ghibli. If you haven't watched any of their films, please do! There's so much in them.

bigsquishycatface · 2020-12-07T12:40:40+00:00

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2020-12-07T14:56:19+00:00

Yes! Studio Ghibli is so pure, yet so impactful in so many ways. Shows you don't need sex in order to sell, too.

UnstrirringCoffee · 2020-12-07T17:11:12+00:00

They are beautiful and not just "ordinary". They are just not sexualized, which is as it should be. Also the term "strong female character" is really toxic, like it is something unusual that should surprise us. Just because most of malestream media can't be arsed to accurately represent what we women and girls are, doesn't mean we are all docile doormats. Men need to get a grip.

madonna_whorecomplex · 2020-12-07T15:02:04+00:00

"Anime was a mistake, it's nothing but trash."

-Hayao Miyazaki, Co-founder of Studio Ghibli

sbb1896 · 2020-12-07T13:08:38+00:00

I had to check the sub because I did not expect this to be posted here haha. But I love Studio Ghibli (and anime period)!

I never thought about the attractiveness of the characters to be honest. But I have always loved Miyazaki’s choice for strong female lead characters, many of which are young girls! So awesome!

SayNad · 2020-12-07T14:46:45+00:00

Studio Ghibli, Arakawa Hiromu, Minekura Kazuya, Fruit Basket mangaka, that studio that does Violet Evergreen - basically if you have a female author and/or female-majority studio, there's a higher chance you have a non-female-sexualizing anime. I grew up with Avenger anime (not marvel, japanese one) and the badass female lead Laura Ashley is my main role model to this day. Or mangaka that focuses on slice of life, josei, seinen or psychological stories - which are my main favorites. Just avoid harem anime at all cost.

spoonxxm · 2020-12-07T15:06:57+00:00

These movies are the reason why I’m working on my own manhwas! I want to give girls strong women to look up to or let them enjoy (healthy) romance stories with HVM since there are so few of them.

goththeinspiredart · 2020-12-07T16:20:24+00:00

Oh wow, look at this, something I have some knowledge about.

You will hear a lot of people saying that anime back in the 80s and 90s, while still flawed, are leagues better than the garbage being pandered today and they're right in saying this.

Back in the day, people like Hayao Miyazaki and other well known directors/writers at the time (think of 20th century boys) didn't make anime their full-time job. They had other passions, other jobs, and other lives. Anime/manga was simply something they stumbled upon and found it as a nice medium to realize their real experiences in whimsical ways.

Now look at people like Heideko Anno (Evangelion is really bad but he's one of the least worst offender), he represented a newer generation of people in the anime industry who grew on stuff from Miyazaki's generation and actively decided to work in the industry.

This is important for two reasons:

This means people were no longer "going out, exploring the world" before they started making anime. They liked anime and they stuck with it, they were trapped in a bubble.
This also means people weren't making characters based on real people, they making characters based on tropes built on Miyazaki's generation. (Tsundere: (Miyazaki) cold, distant woman who warms up over time -> (Anno) explosive but still reasonable, still a kind person -> (modern) absolutely misogynistic, women are psychos who are overly emotional until they are tamed by boring, male self-insert)

If you look at each generation, each decade, you will notice a amplification of tropes in anime (shy, inexperience boys -> complete dumbasses) and appearance (normal faces ->small, cutesy faces). Characters go from complex people to depictions that can only come a basement dweller. Additionally, it doesn't help that the anime industry realizes this and decides to profit off of a subset of people that identifies with the childish reality that is found in modern anime. Men with no social skills who make anime an emotional outlet are essentially cashcows (see vTubers and twitch streamers), and are a more stable cash flow than most people.

There is literally no incentive to make anime about the real world and many studios that tried to do that like MadHouse are going bankrupt.

tl;dr: It's an infinite loop of people copying tropes from anime, nobody is basing this shit in the real world and the anime industry is profiting off the backs of basement dwellers.

EarthKveik · 2020-12-07T14:26:55+00:00

Studio Ghibli is amazing. Loved Nausicaa: valley of the wind.

2020-12-07T16:15:46+00:00

Huge anime fan and I love the ones that make you think and talk about history or conspiracy. Anyone saw Monster, Full Metal Alchemist, Parasite, (fanstasy) or even detective like anime similar to darker than black that is not too sexualized, know they have an interesting take in the anime flair. But I wholeheartedly agree that studio Ghibli takes the top both story wise and drawing wise.

valleysflower25 · 2020-12-07T14:33:27+00:00

Basement dwellers 😂😂😂

anna_is_spoopy_today · 2020-12-07T15:50:53+00:00

I watch this anime in the first couple of seconds of it was this main characters 13 year old sisters ass and her sucking on a lollipop she has an entire fanbase who sexualizes her I think it was called kurumi tokisaki but I'm not sure

huevos_and_whiskey · 2020-12-07T21:49:16+00:00

See also: Studio Ghibli’s predecessor, Topcraft, which made animated films such as The Hobbit, The Return of the King, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds, and my personal favorite, The Last Unicorn.

naamshiko · 2020-12-07T11:20:08+00:00

Oh be careful you may get some nasty comments from the part of FDS who is adamant that ALL anime are bad and portray women badly even though they probably never watched a single anime in their life 😅.

kht777 · 2020-12-07T15:58:46+00:00

Exactly, there are plenty of slice of life anime, appropriate children's anime and dark, sophisticated murder/horror, fantasy, sci-fi and even comedy animes.

It's not just hentai (which means perverted), or shounen (which are focused on boys).

https://manga.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_anime_genres

Genres that would interest women here:

Shōjo - Japanese for "young lady" or "little girl". These anime are generally targeted at girls. Examples: Fruits Basket or Mermaid Melody, Pichi Pichi Pitch

Josei - Japanese for "woman". Examples: Gokusen or Honey and Clover. These women's manga/anime are more slice of life and feature more realistic romance and more likely discuss everyday issues they face in society.

Kodomo - Japanese for "child". All children's series fall into this category. Examples: Hello Kitty or Hamtaro. Typical children's shows.

Expertise - specializes with a specific topic in depth. Topics range from sports, the arts, and cooking. Examples: Eyeshield 21 with football, or Yakitate Japan with bread-making.

Studio Ghibli films are great movies to start with.

2020-12-08T00:04:00+00:00

Ive ALWAYS hated anime for this reason. I dont want to watch blowup sex toys in a tv show and see their tits jiggling when they so much as blink.

sympathyshot · 2020-12-07T17:34:29+00:00

ahhhhh, y'all should watch Attack on Titan! None of the women are sexualized. With the exception of Mikasa's shallow character, there's a lot of badass women like Hange and Sasha who are defined by their bravery, intellect, and love for potatoes.

supercircinus · 2020-12-07T20:47:03+00:00

There’s a ton of super cute anime though that’s outside of the Ghibli universe (which I also love like I still rewatch them now!!)

Like I love Ai Yazawa’s work like Nana, I love anime like Belladonna of Sadness (which is a very strong anti-misogynist Men Are Villains film), josei about the lives of women, or even cutesy magical girl anime like Utena or Cardcaptor Sakura or Rayearth !! 💄💞✨✨✨ I absolutely love it when films and shows give us complex narratives and fully fleshed out women/girl characters.

umbralgarden · 2020-12-07T15:11:44+00:00

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madonna_whorecomplex · 2020-12-07T21:18:46+00:00

Am I the only one who can't get into Fruits Basket?? The reboot still doesn't change the fact that Tohru is a pickme 😔

HengroenAndLlamrei · 2020-12-07T13:26:16+00:00

idk, they all look beautiful to me. Nothing about their appearance is ordinary to me

kht777 · 2020-12-07T15:31:39+00:00

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queendorkus · 2020-12-07T16:26:53+00:00

I love studio Ghibli and that's pretty much all the anime I will ever watch

anna_is_spoopy_today · 2020-12-07T18:42:48+00:00

Studio glibly has really great animation tho I liked the one with the witches flower

DeorisGrey · 2020-12-07T19:38:59+00:00

Ghibli films, "Maria-sama ga Miteru", "Haibane Renmei" and "Fruits Basket" are my top anime that depict the best female characters. True friendships and love.

fairywakes · 2020-12-09T03:15:13+00:00

Porco Rosso sends a huge message about misogyny!

PessimisticAna · 2020-12-07T18:58:23+00:00

Not all anime is what you've described, that's typical in ecchi, harem themed and shounen anime.

I personally like shoujo which is more aimed at young women, it's more romance themed and the characters are typically conventionally attractive (I won't deny that)

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