>>63530>>63506Sorry anon, was waiting off a 24 hour ban. First off, let me preface this post by saying that I'm not American (I'm a leaf), so these are just my observations as an outsider.
My problem comes primarily from the culture around these forms of media, which eventually ends up influencing the media itself. I hate how every work has to line up with liberal American tastes: nothing can have any edge or bite, everything has to be safe and marketable to the mainstream. All cartoons look alike with that godawful ultra-round art style, all video games are either insufferably pretentious or presented ironically, every character is a snarky millenial 20- or 30-something. Niches aren't allowed to exist anymore. And that's fine and dandy if you guys want it that way - I just won't consume any of your media, and will look to other countries for entertainment. I pretty much have to anyways, because Canadian entertainment sucks and there's almost none of it.
But the problem is that I don't want you people influencing the media of other cultures, and I know that's exactly what a ton of you burgers want to do. I swear on my life, the second Americans start having any say in Japanese media is the second I stop indulging in it, because I look to other cultures to get away from the U.S. I know the response to that is "well I just look to all media to be entertained and I want it all to appeal exclusively to me, regardless of culture!", but I disagree rather strongly with that sentiment.
I dunno. Am I making any sense here? That's how I feel.
