Right... I have little interest in people who are going to post here just to say how shallow female characters in anime can be. I've read a couple threads too many to realise what dickheads some people can be by making such a generalisation.
To those who read and intend to flame, I'll ask the following two question sets:
1. If you do watch anime, what do you watch that leads you towards such a conclusion, and why do you watch it?
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2. If you don't watch anime, where does your justification come from?
Now, I like to watch slightly less popular (i.e. not mainstream) anime and I would say that a vast majority of the series I've watched have strong, independent and complex female protagonists. Some examples (which includes some well-known and well-liked series):
1. FullMetal Alchemist - (basically, all the women) Winry Rockbell, both parents killed in a war and she has the opportunity to get revenge when the killer is kneeling in front of her and she has a gun in her hands, what happens? Izumi Curtis, tried to resurrect her stillborn child, lost her womb as a result, spends the rest of her life trying to make up for that mistake. Riza Hawkeye, father passed secret alchemical techniques to Roy Mustang by way of a tattoo on her back, she requests he burns it off, plus some relationship issues there.
2. Seirei no Moribito - Balsa, father was framed in a conspiracy and has been a hunted woman most of her life, her protector killed his friends to keep her alive and she feels responsible for all of their deaths, and she becomes a surrogate mother to a prince.
3. Ghost in the Shell - Motoko Kusanagi, required full prostheses as a six year old and spent most of her childhood simply trying to control her own body.
4. Nodame no Cantabile - Nodame, brilliant (if eccentric) pianist, but constantly overshadowed by her even more brilliant eventual boyfriend, and she has to deal with the politics of the musical performance industry.
5. Ergo Proxy - Re-L Mayer, granddaughter to the effective ruler of Romdeau Dome, looked down upon because of that connection as being the only reason she's a ranked police officer, so no-one believes her about the appearance of Proxy 13, plus all the shit she has to go through to resolve everything.
6. planetES - (once again, all the women, pretty much) won't bother explaining, because anyone who says anything bad about the series deserves to be shotgunned in the face
7. Shinigami no Ballad - Momo, who tries her best at her job despite knowing that said 'job' is reaping the souls of generally young children, she cries for the dead because she knows that the dead cannot cry.
(There are others, including Taisho Yakyuu Musume, after a fashion, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, Hourou Musuko, xxxHolic and so on, but I won't bother... ooooh, the will to live...)
I'll stop there. Now, someone explain to me why any of the above are shallow bitches who deserve a slap. Failing that, discuss...
To those who read and intend to flame, I'll ask the following two question sets:
1. If you do watch anime, what do you watch that leads you towards such a conclusion, and why do you watch it?
&
2. If you don't watch anime, where does your justification come from?
Now, I like to watch slightly less popular (i.e. not mainstream) anime and I would say that a vast majority of the series I've watched have strong, independent and complex female protagonists. Some examples (which includes some well-known and well-liked series):
1. FullMetal Alchemist - (basically, all the women) Winry Rockbell, both parents killed in a war and she has the opportunity to get revenge when the killer is kneeling in front of her and she has a gun in her hands, what happens? Izumi Curtis, tried to resurrect her stillborn child, lost her womb as a result, spends the rest of her life trying to make up for that mistake. Riza Hawkeye, father passed secret alchemical techniques to Roy Mustang by way of a tattoo on her back, she requests he burns it off, plus some relationship issues there.
2. Seirei no Moribito - Balsa, father was framed in a conspiracy and has been a hunted woman most of her life, her protector killed his friends to keep her alive and she feels responsible for all of their deaths, and she becomes a surrogate mother to a prince.
3. Ghost in the Shell - Motoko Kusanagi, required full prostheses as a six year old and spent most of her childhood simply trying to control her own body.
4. Nodame no Cantabile - Nodame, brilliant (if eccentric) pianist, but constantly overshadowed by her even more brilliant eventual boyfriend, and she has to deal with the politics of the musical performance industry.
5. Ergo Proxy - Re-L Mayer, granddaughter to the effective ruler of Romdeau Dome, looked down upon because of that connection as being the only reason she's a ranked police officer, so no-one believes her about the appearance of Proxy 13, plus all the shit she has to go through to resolve everything.
6. planetES - (once again, all the women, pretty much) won't bother explaining, because anyone who says anything bad about the series deserves to be shotgunned in the face
7. Shinigami no Ballad - Momo, who tries her best at her job despite knowing that said 'job' is reaping the souls of generally young children, she cries for the dead because she knows that the dead cannot cry.
(There are others, including Taisho Yakyuu Musume, after a fashion, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, Hourou Musuko, xxxHolic and so on, but I won't bother... ooooh, the will to live...)
I'll stop there. Now, someone explain to me why any of the above are shallow bitches who deserve a slap. Failing that, discuss...
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