Where mainstream media looks at naval action as something fringe, anime often treats it was a serious subject worth exploring. Conversely, anime has tons of titles dealing with the subject, from the cute to the very detailed and sober. While Battleship was something of an exception, there simply aren't that many movies or TV shows about naval warfare, and none about fleet warfare in the period the game covers. While still not a capital ship, it's at least not just about submarines again. Although I know Tom Hanks is producing a show about destroyers. Seems Hollywood has decided that the only ships worth talking about are submarines. There are very exactly zero TV shows or even movies about capital ships. Simple: There are multiple animes based around big gun ships. And for the record, if you can't already tell by my chosen screen name, I happen to like several anime series as well, though a few of them date back to the 70's. Didn't anyone grow up watching Looneytoons (the original ones, not any of the remakes), Popeye, or any number of others I could list? I knew as a kid that those weren't strictly for kids, heck, my WWII vintage US Army Staff Sargent Grandpa liked most of those cartoons, especially Popeye and helped get me to like them too. Sure, these cartoons often had to be reasonbly kid friendly, but that doesn't mean they were for the kids. You didn't just go to see a movie, you went to to see the cartoons, the newsreels, get some food, and then see a movie. Another thing to consider is that in the old days before things like TV and affordable home air conditioning, the movies were the place to spend an evening or afternoon. Even in the ones that are 'for kids' the animators or story writers still usually manage to slip in something for the adults anyways. How else do you explain this?įrom what I've heard, Betty Boop is pretty much the direct grandmother of the anime style, it certainly goes a long way to explain some things when you think about that. This idea that cartoons are just for kids is a load of hogwash that I largely attribute to the rise of Disney. I'm guessing a lot of the people criticizing anime in general and specific things like adults watching it or how female characters tend to look according to the stereotypes must not pay attention to what passed for 'normal' cartoons in America at the time of WWII.
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