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i don't watch anime and yes this is my opinion on it

Exact reasons I hate anime. It’s just so creepy. There are a few notable exceptions, of course, but I think it’s safe bet that 95% of anime is just awful.

Anime is fine. It's just anime fans that are absolutely insufferable

-Hey, do you know any Japanese food you could recommend?

-Sure. What are you looking for?

-Anything, as long as it doesn't have rice or soy in it.

-... here you go.

Asking for anime without the idolization of young female beauty is just entitled ethnocentrism. It's part of Japanese culture. Unless you are living in Japan, you don't get a say in their culture. Asking for art that only displays scenarios that fit your normative views is an entitled misunderstanding of the purpose of art/craft, both as an expression and as a product. If you need your world filtered so you experience only things that reinforce your worldview, you might as well move to a compound in the woods, because that's the only way you're going to avoid all the people who don't share your beliefs.

Anime doesn't sexualise underage people, because until the 2023 age of consent in Japan was 13. It's 16 now, so for American prudes it's still underage. Just don't forget that in most of the world the age of consent is much much lower than in the US.

And if anything, this meme is a cultural appropriation as the American view is being pushed on another culture. If you don't want to learn about and accept foreign culture - watch Marvell movies instead.