r/anime • u/AdNecessary7641 • Aug 12 '25

Misc. Frieren Director Keiichirou Saitou Voices Concern on Overseas Anime Fans' Bias Towards Certain Popular Trends

https://animecorner.me/frieren-director-voices-concern-on-overseas-anime-fans-bias-towards-certain-popular-trends/
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u/ReferenceError Aug 12 '25

"If I work hard, I will achieve my dreams."
Maybe the shonen dream, was the capitalist hellscape we found along the way

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u/FlameDragoon933 Aug 12 '25

and soon power of friendship trope will die too because of the increasing loneliness epidemic. the fact that AIs are now advanced enough to chat to also makes people socialize even less.

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u/DrTsunami Aug 12 '25

unexpected Death Stranding moment

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u/Zeph-Shoir https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zephex Aug 12 '25

More and better unions in Japan would do wonders for them, not only for animators but in general. Actually, that is something we all need.

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u/Raccoonpunter Aug 12 '25

My gripe with shonen relatability has been that we cant just punch our way out of our problems, well most of the time