Tag: Anime news
Anime NYC Institutes Ban on Cosplays of “Fictitious Nazis or Nazi-Like Organizations”
If you’re going to ban this cosplay. Then ban Death Note, Fullmental Alchemst, Darker Than Black…… I’ve never seen this anime so I’m gonna have to put this in my anime watch list. Let’s NOT be choosy as to what OFFENDS YOU. A lot of anime is sexually explicit and the cosplay is very sexually revealing . And display violence.
The upcoming Anime NYC anime convention has instituted a ban prohibiting cosplayers from dressing up in “[c]ostumes associated with organized hate groups.”
According to the convention’s ‘About’ page, convention organizers LeftField Media have instituted three rules for cosplayers who plan on attending Anime NYC in November. While the first two listed rules are common across most conventions, the third rule is a newly introduced policy banning a specific category of costume:
COSPLAY RULES
Costumes must be appropriate to wear in public – if you can’t wear it on the streets of New York, you can’t wear it in Anime NYC.
Naked isn’t a costume. Anime NYC is an event which will draw fans of all ages, including those under 18.
Costumes associated with organized hate groups are forbidden. This includes cosplay of fictitious Nazis or Nazi-like organizations from Hellsing, Tanya the Evil, Captain America, Indiana Jones, etc. Absolutely no swastika imagery is allowed.
Though the rule in question specifically targets the promotion or display of “fictitious Nazis or Nazi-like organizations,” Anime NYC has been highly inconsistent in its application of the rule. Tanya the Evil, a series specifically noted in the rules, features allusions to aspects of World War II (such as the appearance of the World War II-era MP40 submachine guns or a character based on Werner Von Braun) but is entirely set in a fictional country based heavily on World War I-era Europe.
Furthermore, in a move deemed hypocritical by some fans, the close professional partnership between LeftField Media and Crunchyroll led to Anime NYC promoting a special screening of The Saga of Tanya the Evil – the Movie:
Anime NYC is not the first convention to ban this type of cosplay. Back in 2017, Rose City Comic Con banned Red Skull and other fictitious Nazi cosplay.
Similar to Anime NYC their statement read:
“Hateful symbols aren’t welcome at Rose City Comic Con. Historical costumes can be great, but reminders of unspeakable atrocities are not appropriate – this goes for Old School Hydra and Red Skull or any other Nazis from entertainment properties. Those figures, while comic-related, are still very much Nazis. As a result, they are 100% banned, always. This includes any sort of “ironic” or satirical costumes that re-appropriate Nazi paraphernalia or gear. You won’t just be banned from that year’s convention. You will be banned from coming to RCCC for life.”
What do you make of Anime NYC’s move to ban “fictitious Nazis or Nazi-like organizations?” Original article below ????
Pokemon Concept Artist Keiko Moritsugu Wants Anime to End Fan Service, Says Industry Needs to be More Like Disney and Marvel
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed written in the bolded paragraph is the opinions and views of the blogger Tawny Hembry and NOT of lovelyti, Lovelyti LLC. and or her Bloggers.
These FAKE ASS white SJW’s (Social Justice Warriors) need to shut the fuck up. These people cannot help themselves. They’re always wanting to dictate and change something that is different than they are. Anime was created for and by Japanese people. These talented amazing people decided decades ago to invest in the U.S market. The U.S liked what they saw. Anime is created of different genres much like you would find in live action movies and television shows. Many of them have adult themes and very expressive unique storytelling. That can’t be told through live action dramas , comedies, or horror flicks etc. These White SJW’s have influenced one artist from Japan and it’s sad because I and I’m sure the Japanese some Japanese people would agree. WHY are you wanting CHANGE What works for the Japanese and American audience? WHY would you want to appease these SJW’s? These SJW’s probably don’t even look at these anime they probably don’t even know what anime is . If these SJW’s got what they wanted Attack on Titan would be trash. I was BLOCKED by Keiko Moritsugu. For simply giving my respectful opinion of the matter. WOW these SJW’s have tainted Her independent thinking . No screenshot of what I wrote but it doesn’t matter because it’s still up I just can’t tweet her back. Idgaf though. It must be nice to be able to block those you disagree with. It can be refreshing to hear or read other people’s opinions; viewpoints. This would be healthy dialogue. You would have in person but people can’t do that anymore. Folks are so afraid to give their opinions and their thoughts so they shut down. To be able to give your opinions and your thoughts is the most liberating thing imaginable . #sometimesihatesocialmedia
Keiko Moritsugu, a Pokemon concept artist and character designer as well as CG artist for Doraemon, took to Twitter to criticize the Anime industry and it’s willingness to service fans. She went on to condemn the sexy fan service seen in much of Anime.
She also stated that she wished the industry would evolve like Disney and Marvel by “interweaving” social issues within their products.
Keiko Moritsugu took to Twitter on the issue. Using Google Translate it reads:
“The ability to update the quality of Disney and Marvel movies every year is something that has become a contentious issue in the real world. Japan anime can’t do that anymore. “If you mix the erotica, you can fool the geeks, right? Because I’m making in the methodology.”
One Angry Gamer’s translation provides a bit more detail.
“Disney and Marvel films are in a position where each year they improve their quality, because they take actual societal issues and incorporate them into the middle of the script while interweaving them into difficult criticisms of the world.
Japanese animated films are not capable of doing that at this time.
How do we blend in erotic fan-service to swindle otaku out of their money?’ seems to be the current methodology to produce content in Japan.”
As you’d expect, Moritsugu’s message resonated with the growing Social Justice elements trying to influence the Japanese anime industry. Her comment received over 2,500 likes and over a thousand retweets.
With one user agreeing to a point about the change they believed should happen in Anime but stating that Marvel and Dinsey wasn’t the way:
Moritsugu Keiko took her message further. She would point to the movie Zootopia as an example. She said that if it were made in Japan people would be up in arms claiming it was made for minorities and feminists:
Anime in recent years, like video games, has seen a growing social justice movement within the industry.
We’ve seen rumblings of this in January, when a number outlets refused to review Crunchyroll and Kadokawa’s The Rising of the Shield Hero. In fact, not only did a number of outlets refuse to review the show, but they attacked the show for including a false rape allegation as a plot point. Kadokawa Producer Junichiro Tamura would address the “controversy” revealing there isn’t one in Japan. “We in Japan do not see these anime as controversial, so we will continue to produce more content like Shield Hero.”
In fact, just last month, it was revealed the novel and manga adaptation of the The Rising of the Shield Hero had printed over 6.2 million copies in Japan since it first hit the market in August 2013. Yusagi had previously reported that the novel and manga series had been printed over 4 million times on February 25,2019. That means there have been 1.2 million printings in less than 2 months!
Rising of the Shield Hero is not the only anime to face criticism. Sword Art Online author Reki Kawahara allegedly noted that he should write stories with “political correctness” in mind after visiting fans in the West.
What do you make of Keiko Moritsugu’s opinions on the anime industry? Do you think the inddustry needs to change? Or do you agree with her detractors that the social justice agenda should be kept out of anime?