In Which The Mainstream Media Discovers Hentai

[sailormac]

MSNBC writes about the influence of the sexy side of anime culture on AmericaThe piece talks about Hello Kitty vibrators and Pokemon doujinshi. No mention of yaoi, and, thank God, no attempt to portray American otaku as being the same as "traditional" Japanese otaku -- the article acknowledges that American fans do, indeed, date and sleep with each

Comments

[arivess]

...So they mention there's a maid cafe in Canada. Uh. How. Very. Specific. Eh?

[silverthunder]

It amazes me how many people seem to want to analyze the anime phenomenon. Why? It's a form of media. It tells interesting stories in a pretty, cool-looking way. It amazes me even more how I've yet to see one of these analyzers get their facts straight.

Yeah... there sure isn't any idea of good/bad and right/wrong in anime... Never once have I seen this concept of duality in any sort of adult anime. Especially not Gurren Lagann, which he uses as his example. No division of good/bad AT ALL!

This guys needs to be more thorough about his research.