perversion in anime

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:28 am

I'm thinking Len has the gist of it. There are many levels here. How is it that some people see Elfen Lied and get all upset about the nudity, when in the same scene you can also see someones heart getting litterally beaten from his chest?

Perversion, is really just defined as a deviation from the norm. Typically, it's used with a sexual connotation. So when we see something that is out of the norm for us, it gets a reaction of one sort or another. I'm *fairly* sure that in schools in Japan, the students don't run around having deadly feuds and battles, blowing up major portions of the schools every day. Possibly it's a massive coverup though. I'm also fairly certain, that the panty shots, and nudity that we see via anime is also just as far fetched. Thus: it's all fantasy. Since most of these shows are geared toward young teenagers, sex and power are the major fantasies that we see played out.

Some shows, seem to have a lighthearted innocent feel to them, and show very little in the way of actual nudity, Love Hina, Maburaho, and countless others in the same genre. These shows quite obviously are geared toward the teenage male psyche (loser nice guy gets a group of super hot chicks that all fall for him over time) The next level up, is the occasional scene with some nudity, usually played for comic value. Shows such as Midori no Hibi comes to mind.

On an other level from that, some shows are quite obviously geared toward fanservice, such as Ikkitousen, or Najica Blitz yet show very little if any actual nudity. The hardcore stuff, or hentai, I don't really know much about. Ask Godix, he seems like that kind of guy.

Then, there are shows that have truly bizzare outfits, like Bakuretsu, and Daphne that the fan service seem so to play almost no role whatsoever in the story, or even the chracters. They just dress in pasties for some unexplained reason.

So in sumary: A little pervish-ness can be fun, too much is just bleh.

@ Paranoia - Chill out. No one is accusing you of whacking off to these shows, although your guilty displays might leave someone inclined to wonder what you have to hide. Don't make a huge all caps rant about generalizing Japanese people as perverts (did you even read the other posts?) and at the same time go off on people from California. Life here isn't like what you see on TV shows dude.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:16 am

prettysoldiersailormoon wrote:Guys seem to be more open about it and talk about it like they're talking about schoolwork or something. Girls try to act all offended when a guy says something perverted or says a mean joke. If you meet the right girl, like me, I have one of the dirtest minds in the world. I can take the most innocent thing and turn it dirty.

and I love you for that! ^.^

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:43 am

I don't know what the big deal is. What guy doesn't like seeing two hot girls kiss each other?

Having sexual references in the anime meets the unsaid wants the viewers have. And it's comforting to know that girls have the same perverted minds guys do.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:50 am

older_gohan wrote:And it's comforting to know that girls have the same perverted minds guys do.

More than comforting, it's exiting!

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:51 am

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prettysoldiersailormoon · Post by **prettysoldiersailormoon** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:43 am

madbunny wrote: So in sumary: A little pervish-ness can be fun, too much is just bleh.

Don't make a huge all caps rant about generalizing Japanese people as perverts (did you even read the other posts?) and at the same time go off on people from California. Life here isn't like what you see on TV shows dude.

Yeah, too much can get a little blah sometimes. But if I really like a show I don't mind watching over and over again. And that is sad that someone would generalize America by what they see on tv.

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:18 am

I'm watching Labryinth of Flames...

Lots of perversion. Lots and lots and lots and lots of perversion.

prettysoldiersailormoon · Post by **prettysoldiersailormoon** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:30 am

older_gohan wrote:I'm watching Labryinth of Flames...

Lots of perversion. Lots and lots and lots and lots of perversion.

That's right! You watch it and you like it! I want to go home after classes today so I can watch Sailor Senshi transform! hehehehehe

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:33 am

I sure as hell wasn't complaining now was I.

Let me sum this show up for you in a nut shell.

Thongs, Naked Girls, and sword fighting.

An Otaku's dream come true.

J-0080 · Post by **J-0080** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:55 am

As long as none of the fanservice doesn't feel forced or overused (or create a large amount of awkward moments) I usually don't pay it much to any mind.

Anime that relys soley on it I usually won't give the time of day, as there are better things for me to watch.

paranoia_agent99 wrote:WA HAH!

I found this post incredibly amusing for some reason.