oh damn i just got it.
Yusuke is telling her that her way of life is half-assing just because she "cant" pick between being a man or a woman.
holy fuck, that is really bad.
and here i was thinking yusuke was pushing her to be who she wants to be :s
Well yah. Haku is also way more popular than the 2 min lady demon who people only remember now when they rewatch the series.Wouldnt have made more sense (and been less controversial) to use a Naruto Haku image???
Like, I'm trying understand why the social media account decided to go, 'teehee transphobia' when it could have been completely avoided.
He is a 14 year old punk Japanese boy with a distant mom who lives in 80's japan. This behavior is in character. At the end of the series he would very well act more morally rational.Honestly, it's... really a product of it's time (and honestly, even Sailor Moon did occasionally mess up Trans issues a bit, despite being very inclusive for the LGBTQ community), but I'm not gonna down play how fucked up it is. It also raises an issue too that Yusuke won't fight a woman, which is just another layer of issues on top of that.
It's really, honestly, the LOWEST point of the series. If Yu Yu Hakusho ever gets a new adaptation, that's definitely one scene I'd like to be re-written around.
Do you seriously think those aren't huge issues in anime? Like really?
This is someone else's artwork who had there own life growing up in 60-70s Japan. The show isn't for small children and Yusuke does a lot more inappropriate behavior in this.
Debatable. There was a scene during the Sensui arc, where Itsuki made it clear he was in love with Sensui and Kuwabara said something to the effect of "Don't touch me, I don't want your disease!". Remember thinking that shit was surprisingly bad, even for 2004.
Wouldnt have made more sense (and been less controversial) to use a Naruto Haku image???
Like, I'm trying understand why the social media account decided to go, 'teehee transphobia' when it could have been completely avoided.
FUNimation don't own the license to Naruto, Viz do (still doesn't make whoever handled FUNimation's Twitter account any less dumb, though).Well yah. Haku is also way more popular than the 2 min lady demon who people only remember now when they rewatch the series.
That's for the anime in Japan. Whose culture, society, and legal system is completely different from ours. (irrelevant to me, but manga is also aimed at 13-17 year olds in japan as thats Shonens target audience.) They have a a LOT of things in things in their society that can cause outrage from what we find morally right and I'm sure would agree on. I'm speaking where I'm from. In the US, it's a parentally guided show for these reasons.Uh...
This is directly from Fuji TV's licensing site for their current and backlog titles for anime, drama, etc., and they often define the age of the target demographic. I don't know about you, but "8 years and up" is still fairly young. In fact, you'd be surprised how much anime that has certain types of content that are for young kids. Hell, I don't wanna get into this a bit, but Dragon Ball has some REALLY misogynistic jokes, targeting Bulma mostly, but sometimes other female characters too, along with Roshi. And this is the same demographic too.
And as for re-looking back on your older works, sometimes authors will re-work something because they've since recognized things they did back then weren't great or wouldn't fly today because of understanding issues better. It's not that uncommon, honestly. Heck, even modern adaptations have actually removed problematic material.
This isn't about revising an already existing work, but a new adaptation of old material you're revising. This is a very key difference. I'm absolutely, in no way, asking for the manga, or even the old anime, to be rewritten or re-cut. But for a new adaptation? I think it's appropriate, especially given the target audience.
What they are making fun of a Snapchat filter that makes people look more feminine by comparing it to a trans character.The show is obviously messed up. But is funimation transphobic if they're making fun of it??
I'm not denying it, but to say it's "ingrained" as if most of them have those aspects is ridiculous.Do you seriously think those aren't huge issues in anime? Like really?
oh damn i just got it.
Yusuke is telling her that her way of life is half-assing just because she "cant" pick between being a man or a woman.
holy fuck, that is really bad.
and here i was thinking yusuke was pushing her to be who she wants to be :s
This ain't the mid 2000sGiven that sexism, transphobia, racism and pedophilia (just to name a few) are basically ingrained into modern-day anime and anime related products, yeah, I do feel like it's a reasonable conclusion to draw.
Debatable. There was a scene during the Sensui arc, where Itsuki made it clear he was in love with Sensui and Kuwabara said something to the effect of "Don't touch me, I don't want your disease!". Remember thinking that shit was surprisingly bad, even for 2004.
I would say it is wrong even in that extent.oh damn i just got it.
Yusuke is telling her that her way of life is half-assing just because she "cant" pick between being a man or a woman.
holy fuck, that is really bad.
and here i was thinking yusuke was pushing her to be who she wants to be :s
I would say it is wrong even in that extent.
To be trans, you don't "have" to do anything. You don't need to have surgery to "fully" transition and you don't even need to take HRT. The concept of pre-op/post-op implies that. Even if Yu was trying to push them, that's still wrong because he doesn't get a say in any of that. The character in question can do and be anything she wants.
Maybe for you but it's social media managers job to know what lines not to cross in order to protect their brand. Zero excuses.This tweet is kinda in that middle ground where, like, it's offensive but you can see what they were thinking when posting it.
Woah, woah, let's not get hasty.Aw fuck, I had those blu rays in my wishlist. One to cross out.
It's almost 30 years old. lolAw fuck, I had those blu rays in my wishlist. One to cross out.
Dude, do you not go outside? That's all still ingrained in culture in general. I'm not trying to stan for anime, but every time people say this kinda stuff I wonder - do they realize that you can't "normalize" problematic attitudes/beliefs when those problematic attitudes/beliefs are already, well, normal in the west?Given that sexism, transphobia, racism and pedophilia (just to name a few) are basically ingrained into modern-day anime and anime related products, yeah, I do feel like it's a reasonable conclusion to draw.
Yeeep. As a trans person I'm not really offended by it, but it still seems like a dumb thing to tweet.This tweet is kinda in that middle ground where, like, it's offensive but you can see what they were thinking when posting it.
It's a lot worse in anime. A LOT worse.do you not go outside? That's all still ingrained in culture in general. I'm not trying to stan for anime, but every time people say this kinda stuff I wonder - do they realize that you can't "normalize" problematic attitudes/beliefs when those problematic attitudes/beliefs are already, well, normal in the west?
You must be highly selective in what you watch, huh. Especially when it comes to anime, because that's like trying to cross a minefield.
You must be highly selective in what you watch, huh. Especially when it comes to anime, because that's like trying to cross a minefield.
Shows from 1994 doesn't make it right though and if that was left that way for the dub then it's like WTFDebatable. There was a scene during the Sensui arc, where Itsuki made it clear he was in love with Sensui and Kuwabara said something to the effect of "Don't touch me, I don't want your disease!". Remember thinking that shit was surprisingly bad, even for 2004.
It's late night anime made by and marketed to teenage boys and young men. No doy it's gonna be worse.It's a lot worse in anime. A LOT worse.
(Also saying it's bad elsewhere doesn't excuse the huge problem in anime)
Looks like as soon as you made this thread they took down the tweet. Still a fucking horrible thing to tweet and only adds to the pile of evidence that everything related to anime is hot garbage.
I mean it's true, but I'd say most of that kind of is true with Western media to a degree as well
It is interesting to see Togashi's views transition from that scene to Alluka in HxH over the years, looks like he changed a lot. (Unless I'm misremembering and Alluka had some weird stuff too)
yes, that was i was actually asking at first, if it is looked as bad to try to "push" someone to do the operation.
i guess there is a difference with family and friends encouraging people to do the operation than a complete stranger telling you you are half assing it
If the author's apparent views on the matter hadn't changed, I'd agree with you 100%.I just try to not watch stuff where trans characters get groped and degraded
Shows from 1994 doesn't make it right though and if that was left that way for the dub then it's like WTF
That's not really what that word is for - this is garden variety transphobia. Just like how TERF is starting to be used just to mean "a woman who is transphobic" rather than people down the well of the very specific strain of radical "feminism" it was coined to reference.That they deleted it indicates they knew it was a mistake. Definitely a big misstep though. Glad people called them out on it.
Also did not know Yusuke was a truscum, that's... ew.
If the author's apparent views on the matter hadn't changed, I'd agree with you 100%.
But you do you.