Why is real anime considered inappropriate in Europe?

ANDNime is an integral part of Japanese culture. However, much of the classic anime is considered inappropriate and weird in both Europe and the US. Why did it happen and what specifically does not suit the European consumer? Everything is simple. The fact is that Japanese and European cultures are really very different. Below are three simple examples to prove this.

Father who bathes with daughters

In Japan, a father who bathes naked with his daughters is considered a completely normal person. He does what all loving healthy parents do with their children. In Japan, it is impossible to imagine that something inappropriate could happen in such a situation or that the situation itself has any hidden connotations.

In Europe and America, people have been taught to think about all sorts of inappropriate actions that can take place in such a joint bathing. If a father takes a bath with his daughters, child support services may be notified.

As a result, children can be taken away from their parents, and the father can be permanently registered in the database of sex offenders. Yes, Europe has been "sitting" on its cockroaches for a long time.

Anime magic: fairy tale or part of reality?

In Japan, magic in anime is considered pure fantasy. Any Japanese understands the absolute improbability that the magic of anime is in any way related to reality or affects it.

That is, literally every child and adult knows that none of the manifestations of anime magic is part of real life. In a word, the magic on the screen is a pure fairy tale that lives only in fantasies.

Well, fabulous fantasies always remain unreal, so you should not worry about them. It is better to worry about something worldly, such as drugs or alcoholism.

In Europe and the US, some parents are somehow worried about the idea that anime magic can teach children to believe in otherworldly dark forces. They believe that the magic of anime can become a reality for children and encourage them to worship something evil, such as the devil.

Real pain and death in anime

Anime does not protect children from unpleasant scenes of violence and awareness of pain and death as phenomena. Everything is real here. Anime characters who are beaten will not only have bruises and bruises. They feel real pain, and sometimes they die.

A certain grotesque of the above realism in Japanese animation was a scene from the world-famous film "Kill Bill". It tells and shows the story of O-Ren Ishii in the appropriate style - Anime scene with O-Ren Ishii. If you haven't seen it, you can easily watch it on YouTube.

In European and American cartoons, their characters also often beat each other. However, even after serious-looking collisions, they quickly bounce back. After that, they often continue to fight, while constantly joking, and then go travel.

Euroevolution of Japanese anime

These three examples are far from the only ones that have at various times been called "inappropriate, harmful and strange" in different countries of the "European" culture. Undoubtedly, what ideally exists in one culture may be completely inappropriate when trying to import into another culture.

All these three scenes-illustrations are already many years old. The Japanese, being under certain pressure, in a situation where the anime was still in demand by the European audience, began to release revised versions of their products.

However, over time, some dealerships and consumer associations demanded that importers stay true to the original, not the revised version. Perhaps that's why more recent anime has increasingly been made with an international audience in mind. At the same time, the use of the Internet has helped bring cultures closer together.

That is, according to Travelgide.ru, the situation has changed dramatically. However, old impressions and the common thought that anime is inappropriate just stuck in the minds of individuals. Well... it will pass with time...