I disagree since the stigma comes from people who think anyone with an anime pic is automatically racist - which isn’t true, especially since I’ve seen a lot of anime pfps who are normal online. This whole “anime pfp bad” nonsense stems from the anime fandom - especially K-On - somehow being a magnet for the far-right and antisemites of all people. One theory I have is that anime fits well with their reactionary vision of the world similar to 40k.
Honestly, I don’t trust anime pfps because I know full goddamn well that’s a favorite avatar archetype for feds. You see somebody you perceive as a ‘weeb’ with like… A Hetalia pfp or some shit talking on some MONSTROUS geopolitics, that motherfucker’s probably posing out of Eglin, Langley, or Dulles.
I’m not gonna deny I get nervous when I see other anime PFPs. For one, most anime sucks, so I’m wondering what’s in it for them. Is it fetishizing Japanese culture the way you mentioned, is it being an actual predator who fetishizes high schoolers, are they into some of the series that have misanthropic malthusian or fascistic themes, is there actual nostalgia for Imperial Japan, or feudalism for some damn reason. Also there’s the whole incel obsession with Japan which is distasteful to mention and I will gloss over.
When I do it, it’s cool, and charming. 🥸
Yep, sad to know fascists and capitalism ruined anime. It had SO MUCH POTENTIAL, only to be wasted.
Anime isn’t ruined.
It’s a medium, it can’t be ruined.
Blame your average weeb + anime director instead.
The odds of an Anime Profile being a federal agent are just way too high for me to take them seriously any more. It’s way too likely to be a psyop, plain and simple.
so you’re saying that joedaredtrooper is a fed?
Aren’t we all?
Most anime pfps depend on what anime character they use. People with the Dragon Ball (I use Broly pfp) and Touhou pfps somewhat can be okay, but I have found many Hindutva genocide lovers using Eren from Shingeki no Kyojin with a tilak (red/orange mark on forehead) easy to spot on Twitter.
I agree, the stigma is nonsensical and almost as bad as Nazi style stereotypical thinking of “le anime degeneracy”.
I agree, the stigma is nonsensical and almost as bad as Nazi style stereotypical thinking of “le anime degeneracy”.
Anime horseshoe theory, rabid weebs and rabid antiweebs are incredibly similar.
I get racist vibes from some anti weebs They never are this hostile to western cartoons. Dont get me wrong some weebs are racist fucks but still.
Oh my god glad to know I’m not the only one who gets these kinds of vibes from anti-anime people.
Homogenizing “anime” as if it were a genre of cartoon and not the medium itself native to Japan is annoying as hell, mostly comes from ignorance but still very frustrating even as a white guy who digs some anime. It’s like the anti-globalist version of hating on cartoons as a medium lol. Some cartoons are bangers, just like some anime! And some are dogshit! Just like live action shows!
Nobody argue we should ban the cinema and movies because things like “Jud Süß” were made and hollywood is still doing not much better things, yet a lot of people do want such for anime, even here.
