File this one in my ongoing battle against anime. A Japanese man Lee Jin-gyu married a pillow with a picture painted on it of anime character Fate Testarossa from the ‘magical girl’ anime series Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha. This comes just days after reading that a Korean couple allowed their flesh and blood child to starve to death because they were too busy feeding their virtual anime baby at a nearby internet cafe.
What the heck is wrong with people?
Hey morons… anime characters aren’t real! A drawing on a pillow or a character in a online game doesn’t have feelings, thoughts, or need any extraordinary amount of attention. Only a couple years ago another Japanese man filed a petition in an attempt to change the laws in Japan to allow people to marry anime characters online.
This is the point where as a society we should say enough is enough and tell these idiots to “man up” and knock off this goofy garbage. The two fools who allowed their actually child to starve to death because they were too busy feeding their virtual anime child should be swiftly and painfully executed. Heck, I’ll personally volunteer to perform the punishment.
Anime is one of the most disgusting, perverted forms of “art” and “culture” to ever have tainted our society. It’s nothing more than a form of soft porn, mixed with theme’s of transgendered perversion, not to mention the art itself is lame. Almost everyday I get junk mail from some Japanese anime distribution company which sell’s anime figurines and almost all of their products are of some young anime girl with her skirt flying up, what’s the deal with that? Give me some good ol’ Looney Tunes or Donald Duck. That’s when cartoons were meant to be funny and entertaining for children and adults, not add to the vile perversion that destroys lives and ruins families.
So go ahead and marry your pillow ya perverted freak of nature but be prepared for the rest of us normal folks to hope and pray that your pillow suffocates you while you are sleeping.
… end rant.
Also @persephone 66. I don’t care whether you have guns in America but in England we can’t carry guns, and there is less random shooting, because the random people can’t shoot as they can’t get a gun.
I agree with everything you say. My friends have become completely obsessed with anime and it’s annoying and stressful. We no longer go places or do things because the only things they want to do are watch anime, and go to anime festivals. Anime is sad and perverted and all the authors give a bad name to Japanese culture. Japan is an amazing country and me and five of my friends have been saving for ages, and we’re going to go to Japan after we’ve finished japanese GCSE, because one of my friends is japanese (not the ones who are obsessed with anime, as my japanese friend realizes it’s not the only thing people talk about in Japan.) All in all Japan is amazing, but anime is a sick, perverted part of it which shouldn’t have so much hype around it.
What is wrong with anime!? how do you know how other people feel… what if one day you too get addicted to something then someone says its disgusting… how would you feel? you guys who say anime is stupid are a bunch of weeny losers who have nothing else to do but complain about things that are great and incredibly perfect…I’ll admit that I am addicted to anime and it has affected me in more ways than one…I have even fallen for a bishounen character in hakuouki named Hijikata Toushizou… and because of him I become more inspired to got to school and study well… so what right do you have to discriminate anime…anime is much better than real life because it depicts the joys and fun you can have in life… anime characters are WAY more handsome/beautiful, WAY more cute, WAY more sexy or WAY more perfect than you are… so BACK OFF! LOSERS! you guys are just probably jealous of their WAY more perfect looks…and one more thing…. if you want a war against all otakus…then good luck facing 2/3 of the planet’s population genius. YEAH, face it… there are more OTAKUS than you think there are…and NO ONE will back out in a war against anime haters! YOU probably can’t even draw well can you?!
anime is great, but i don’t want to marry it O.o
It’s not the anime that caused this retardation, it’s the obsession that caused it. Kind of like alcohol and gambling; In small quantities, it can bring fun and entertainment. However, when addiction kicks in, it becomes dangerous and ruins lives.
Okay yeah those things are whacked out and the baby thing is terrible. I do feel strongly about the baby thing since I used to be in daycare, and a two of the babies there had to be adopted because of things like that (only the anime was substituted with crack…poor babies…)
Anyway I still wouldn’t blame anime for it. It’s not like the people drawing and writing these things are specifically thinking “Let’s make this baby starve and see this pathetic man marry a hug pillow.” They were probably thinking “Let’s make a new story to entertain people and hopefully rake in some cash while we’re at it.”
Summary: Yeah. It’s really jacked up that these people did those things. But please blame them, not the anime.
i agree with some people that you may be too subjective on the value of japanese comics. they’re not always about a bunch of girls falling for a loser. “Death Note” and “20th Century Boys” for examples are quite sophisticated in my opinion. but even for the so-called pervert comic that aims to comfort ‘loser’ audiences, i can’t see why they’re noumenally bad. it functions like an adult movie, it is not meant to be sophisticated or deep.
general japanese publics look down on these perverts (otaku) too. but i think as long as the activity did not harm anyone, we should let people do whatever make them happy.
just some thoughts, i still enjoy reading most of your interesting articles.
Anime is stupid. đ
The man is Korean. His “wife” (or would she properly be called his “willow”??) is Japanese.
There’s always 2 sides to everything a good and a bad, so it’s better if we go against badness rather than the thing.
I love anime and what i’ve seen is that anime greatly change people, the ones i know (including myself) have changed for the better.
I would rather deal with each anime series an individual entity.
Becoz naruto, one piece, dbz, bye blade, bleach r the animes i’ve seen and i think ur rant was not aimed at these anime.
I agree with the person who commented that, why not fight perversion itself?
That’s messed up! It’s funny because it’s one of those things you would joke about. But it actually happened!
Thank you, Eric. ^_^ I understand your frustration, and do find your points humorous. But the thought of my uncle thinking I draw something similar to porn kind of upset me. XD I love you very much, and don’t want you to go believing the bad stuff over the good, because some of us are trying to make a change. I’m just very passionate about the things I love.
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That’s kind of why I posted. ^^ Why not a battle against perversion instead of anime? And I do hope to make a dent in the world of art and show others it can be used for better and more beautiful purposes than porn.
I hope I didn’t come off too feisty. XD Sorry if I did!
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Hope this helps.
“By tomorrow I will probably be ranting about something even more important than anime, such asâŚ. how difficult it is to open a package of Graham Crackers without destroying half of the crackers in the process.”
I hate that!
Micah stated….
Micah you make some good points. But shouldn’t you be more frustrated with the majority of anime creators that create perversion which in turn makes folks like me create silly posts like this one?
In other words… if I were involved in anime (as you are) I would be more upset with those that pervert the art than those that complain about the perversion. Does that make sense?
My best buddy is an anime fanatic! And even he admits that the vast majority of anime is a bit perverted. So he doesn’t defend it, instead he merely enjoys the portion of anime that isn’t perverted and that’s an opinion I can respect.
Micah, maybe you will be the one to clean anime up! I hope so. Although getting from here to there will be a steep climb.
I have seen your art and it’s extremely well done. And even though I have never been a fan of anime I can appreciate your talent because it’s clear that you have tons of it! And keep in mind… this blog of mine isn’t to be taken that seriously… it’s just a place to catalog my silly curmudgeon, old fashioned, thoughts in a somewhat outlandish way as to entertain myself. Life is short and there are far more important things to be passionate about than who does or doesn’t like anime.
By tomorrow I will probably be ranting about something even more important than anime, such as…. how difficult it is to open a package of Graham Crackers without destroying half of the crackers in the process. đ
Love ya with all my heart…. Eric
Persephone 66 stated…
ROTFL
See? Now didn’t that make you feel better? That was an even better rant than mine. Well done.
Ummm guys…. it’s just a silly article.
But I am glad it evoked some emotion. lol.
It really is horrific to know a couple would allow their own child to starve while they focus all their attention on some virtual kid. And itâs disturbing to think someone would marry a pillow⌠(like the guy who married a bottle of beer) However, just because these items have anime art-styled faces, doesnât make anime the perpetrator. Thatâs like saying guns kill. People make the bad, irresponsible, evil choice themselves and use guns as the weapon; guns donât just sprout legs and start shooting people. And as awful and heart-breaking as this is, if it wasnât âanime-styledâ games or pillows, it would be something else.
Also, anime is not soft porn. Itâs not porn period. Only a percentage of animation is pornographic. The correct term for animated porn is âhentaiâ, which means âtwisted pervertâ in Japanese. Anime is not allowed to have sexual content or it goes in this category. (I wish movies over here did the same and banished sex scenes to porn) Unfortunately, living over here you only see the perverted side of anime. Itâs sad, but true. You canât buy all the cute, silly cartoons meant for children and adults. It doesnât sell over here because we have our own. Only a few Japanese cartoons have made it over here. Most of what we import is animeâwhich does not mean âcartoonâ. Anime is the pop-culture term for âJapanese Animationâ. This style of art is for creators or appreciators who enjoy a wide variety of stories and art. Anime opens a realm of imagination unlike any other because creators arenât limited. You can draw anything (of course, this does become quite tempting to some and it gets out of handâbut anything can, right?)
As for the figures, I wish there werenât quite so many flashy ones, but again they sell everywhere so thatâs what youâre going to see. If you witnessed my collection of figurines you might appreciate the creativity and craftsmanship that goes into them. Again, the majority of figurines available in Japan is not pervertedâitâs downright fantastic.
Another sad thing, groups of people blame Looney Tunes for the recent generationâs violent behavior. I find this ridiculous, but they do. There was a lot of violence and strange, but good, humor in those old cartoons. Someone is letting their imagination go wild and that can always be used for good or bad.
Anime, like anything else, can be influential. And when itâs influencing the bad stuff, itâs really upsetting. The anime I grew up watching inspired me and made we want to treat people right and explore the world and just create. I really despise and loathe perverted content and wish more people could enjoy the pure fun of anime. And when people keep saying anime is soft porn, it makes it hard for creators like me to share the great aspects of anime because they already have one image in mind: anime=porn. My goal is to create wonderful stories with great morals that are fun and inspiring to others and to have my work appreciated.
Heya Eric, this is Monica your niece. I see you are super confused about anime, this happens to many people. You really shouldnât go off on anime (something you clearly know nothing about) because of a couple stupid people, these people are everywhere. A man married a beer bottle here in the US. A different man married Barbie. A woman married the Eiffel Tower and she as well was from the US.
There is anime for children, then for pre-teens, then for young adults and then adult, same as our movies over here. In Japan they donât have a lot of live action movies it is all anime. Here there are movies that are rated for kids (pg13) and have a load of perverted and disgusting things in them, and those are REAL people which in my opinion is much worse then a drawing.
Not All anime is perverted, the oneâs that are, are labeled âHentaiâ this word itâs self means âpervertâ. I think that henati shouldnât exists but I also whish we wouldn’t have things like playboy and all that other crud! But thatâs not making me rise against anime because there is way more anime with nothing of the sort in it. Also no ones forcing you to watch anime, if you want to watch looney tunes over anime no one cares, but donât bash a great thing because you donât know your facts, it just makes you look like you donât know what your talking about.
Also Iâm sure Micah is saying a lot of the same things I am but the guy who married the pillow is not Japanese heâs Korian.
In Japan they actually made it illegal to show nude anime girls on television, here we show nude people all the time on TV!
I understand if someone doesnât like anime do to preference but when you attack it you should actually have solid reasons for attacking it⌠you donât. And if the art for anime is lame come over to my house and tell me Iâm a bad/lame artist and point out what art is better/ less lame then mine. What makes anime art lame?? The way they add way more detail then any American art style?? Or the way when they animate an amazing fight scene that gives you get goose bumps?? Or maybe because theyâre not talking sponges? Let me know.
Iâve watched anime my whole life, some good and some bad. If it had perverted stuff in it I stopped watching. It didnât turn me into some freakish gay loving psycho! I love anime and am no pervert. Anime doesnât change people, everyone Iâve met whoâve like the per crud liked it long before they knew of anime.
The title of your site should stand for who you are and what you really know. âEric knows it allââŚ. Hmmm obviously not.
Are you serious? Anime is a pretty important part of Japanese culture and is quite entertaining. If you have such a problem with anime, I suggest you go to Japan and attack it at it’s source.
I’ll agree with you on the couple that neglected their kid, the should be punished. The guy that married his pillow is like the kid that married his video game girlfriend. So what? Big deal. This effects me how? It’s pretty pathetic, I just laugh and move on, not make some whiny crybaby rant.
You come off like one of those liberal loonies that wants all guns banned because someone went psycho and shot somebody. Anime does not make people do freakish things, people do that on their own. Ever been to Japan? Ever watch a Japanese game show? Ever see Japanese street fashion? Ever read anything about Japanese culture? They are pretty crazy over there.
And about your good ol’ Loony Tunes? What about when Bugs Bunny dressed like a girl? Or kissed Elmer Fudd? And Daffy Duck did the same. What about this line I recall from my childhood “Speedy Gonzales good friends with everybody’s sister.”? And the mouse that said that was drunk! Come to think of it, there was an awful lot of drinking in those good ol’ Loony Tunes. What about that skunk that kept chasing, stalking, harassing, pawing over and practically molesting a cat with a white stripe? Do I need to go on? Some real wholesome stuff there.
What the heck is wrong with you?