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The Fall 2014 Anime Preview Guide- CROSS ANGE

So according to ANN anyone who enjoys this show is a rape apologist, because of a 7 seconds scene that isn't even rape. Good to know.

Reading these reviews fills me with a sense of bizarre amazement. Amusement, too.

Contrary to the other contributors in this thread I will not debate the actual content of Cross Ange and whether or not it's misogynist. In my opinion it clearly is, regardless of what was and wasn't rape. I'm also not going to talk about whether Ange adequately tackles touchy subjects like discrimination. I will, however, add that I don't consider this torture porn, simply because actual torture porn is much more drastic. Have any of the reviewers seen movies like Hostel? Evidently not, and so they should refrain from using established terminology.

Instead I would like to say that these reviewers have the wrong hobby and/or job, depending on how much time they devote to ANN reviews. Applying Western concepts of gender equality to anime is incredibly pointless. The Japanese will not care. They will not stop making anime like this just because some social justice warriors in the West are waving the war flag.

You're not the primary audience of this show. You're just people who, for a fee, are permitted to watch it. If the reviewers dislike watching sexist content, then the only smart course of action would be to cease watching anime, because most anime for a male audience is sexist to one degree or another.

Likewise, expecting the Japanese to have a fair and balanced opinion on discrimination when the country has never come to grips with its own past or dealt with discrimination issues rampant in its contemporary society is completely absurd. Cross Ange will not treat the subject of "subhumans" with dignity. Having the expectation that it would or might is a pipe dream, especially when the country is slowly moving towards the right.

Ultimately this boils down to whether it makes sense to apply Western standards to something that isn't Western. I think it's a waste of time. You can take Cross Ange for what it is and see if you can look past the aspects that you dislike to find something you do, or you can ignore it for lack of compatibility.

Writing yourself into a rage lambasting it is utterly fruitless.

but Sword Art Online can have an attempted rape scene, a caged up Asuna that also had implied tentacle rape, and tied up in a provocative way, and no one calls misogyny of that?

Any chance of a episode 2 preview? It's really good.

msgundam2 wrote:

Any chance of a episode 2 preview? It's really good.

Do we really want another 25+ page thread about Cross Ange?

Wow! Just happened to check out the new anime preview while eating lunch and saw the chuckle-worthy reviews of this anime.

THANK YOU, ANN Reviewers, for your fiery moral outrage, drenched in the "Sturm und Drang" angst you suffered while being visually lambasted with this lesson in turpitude! God's, you have suffered!

THANK YOU, outraged respondents, for spilling your flatulent horror and profanation over the barbarism depicted. God's, you have suffered!

I THANK YOU because your fine prose; nay, insightful philosophies, have convinced me to BUY the blu-ray, and I HAVEN'T even SEEN this anime yet! Where's the pre-order button? Gimme!

When it comes to finding the anime I WANT TO WATCH, I can always come here and read the ANN reviews for anime THEY DON'T WANT TO WATCH. The more responses and reviews by the lemmings giving the ANN reviewers an "Amen!" confirms that, "DEAR LORD! I NEED THIS ANIME NOW!"

PS: Please provide lists of all objectionable content before your written reviews so I can save myself the time of speed-reading drivel. GOD BLESS!