Whatâs this about?
Male otaku/obsessive anime fans being hilariously mad about the existence of an anime called Free!, and their ridiculously persecution-complex comments posted on sites like Sankaku Complex.So whatâs Free! then?
Free! is a currently newly airly series about boys who swim, aimed primarily at a female demographic, animated by Kyoto Animation.Why is that so controversial? Donât plenty of anime aimed at women exist? And whatâs Kyoto Animation?
Kyoto Animation is a particularly famous anime studio beloved by male otaku because they specialize in the cream of the cop of âmoeâ anime – cute girls doing cute things. I like plenty of moe anime myself, but they do tend to be creepily popular with the type of socially incompetent and misogynistic male anime fans. You may have heard of K-On! and Lucky Star; those were both animated by KyoAni. Theyâre famous because theyâre a quite high-quality studio that puts a lot of effort into its animation, so regardless of content their shows are almost always beautifully animated. Basically, a game/manga/novel being adapted into a KyoAni anime is seen as one of the best things that could happen to it.
Anime aimed (exclusively)at women do exist, of course, itâs just thatâŠa lot of the time, they get stuck with cheaper animation studios and are very rarely any good compared to whatever source material they may have.
KyoAniâs anime have never really been exclusively âfor menâ – plenty of them are enjoyed by male and female fans alike, but most male otaku seem to think they own the company. When Free! was announced, they acted like theyâd been betrayed.
Betrayed? Why is that?
Male anime fans are some of the most entitled people on the planet, and because KyoAni are currently not giving them any cutesypoo girls to wank over, theyâre acting like itâs the end of the world and that the evil feminist fujoshi have ruined their beloved animation studio.Whatâs a fujoshi?
A self-deprecating nickname given to female anime fans who like malexmale relationships (ie slash) (it literally means ârotten womanâ). Free! has a cast full of attractive male characters who undress a lot and are in close proximity with eachother, so you could say KyoAni are catering to them. Otaku have a giant hateboner for them for the most part, mostly due to them being homophobic as well as traditional old-fashioned sexism leading to their disgust at women having fetishes that they dont approve of. (It should be here noted that a lot of other KyoAni animation features implied girlxgirl relationships, but this is fine and dandy for them)
The whole thing opened a giant can of sexism-worms as manchild after manchild pounded angrily on their keyboard yelling what basically amounts to âBUT WHERE ARE THE ANIME AIMED AT -ME-, THE OPPRESSED STRAIGHT MALE? STUPID WOMEN!â
So, to summarize, a renowned animation company is, for once, catering to the female fans that make up a huge part of its demographic and the entitled male fans are going apeshit for being âleft outâ even though they get catered to every other anime season?yeeeeeep.
âŠand KyoAni are making another anime aimed more at their âoriginalâ demographic right after this?
yeeeeeeeeeeeep
And there are currently loads and loads of other anime currently airing, that have aired and that will air that cater more towards men than women, yet theyâre still going on about how women are âruiningâ their hobby due to the fact that it doesnt 100% all the time revolve around their penises?yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Wow, what a bunch of entitled dickwads. Pass the popcorn.Welcome to the blog.
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