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INTEREST: Russian Official Claims Link Between Anime and Child Suicide

ANN isn’t the one at fault here for posting this article. If you think this article will give idiots wrong ideas about anime, then it is the problem of the immaturity of those individuals who are stupid enough to believe those non-sensical Russian statements are real. And also the parents and the system that raised them to be so ignorant.

青白 wrote:

ANN isn’t the one at fault here for posting this article. If you think this article will give idiots wrong ideas about anime, then it is the problem of the immaturity of those individuals who are stupid enough to believe those non-sensical Russian statements are real. And also the parents and the system that raised them to be so ignorant.

I'd disagree with you. I'm from Russia, but only "ignorance" in that way I've seen is coming from the old grannies (the same level of nonsense as "those computers corrupt our youth!"). My father was into anime since before I was born (and that was in USSR), I was raised watching the anime, and I know quite a few older people (age 40+), who into anime. Anyone can watch popular anime on TV. And like I said earlier, every country has their share of idiots in government, and blaming the whole society for idiocy those few speaking is just... it's kind of nazism, no?
p.s. And seriously, people who scream about "russian propaganda" - you should less watch TV, from all those news about "bad russians" around 80-90% are fake.

over exposure is dangerous for teens, especially if the show's characters are also teenagers who are "homosexuals, [that] smoke and drink and even cut their veins."

TheMorry wrote:

But im sorry animenewsnetwork staff. Any Russian propaganda bullshit shouldn't be on here.

Anime News Network has readers around the world and moves by government entities to restrict or censor access to anime is newsworthy. It is not my intention in publishing the article to legitimize the reasoning behind state-sponsored censorship, but to make readers aware that it is happening potentially within their communities.

Why is Russia so obsessed with gay people?

Since media is a reflection of society, it's not surprising to see foreign entity like Russia using propaganda to push their agenda on media. Anime & manga is just as vulnerable to influences as other media.

You should read less conspiracy sites and political thrillers, lol. It is extremely foolish to think that some kind of amateur and idiotic article on a local Russian resource was created in order to somehow influence the world anime fandom. It's paranoia.

There's this weird widespread racism towards Russians these days it's crazy. I even get called a "Russian bot" on Twitter sometimes. Like, wow, bigoted much?

There's this weird widespread racism towards Russians these days it's crazy. I even get called a "Russian bot" on Twitter sometimes. Like, wow, bigoted much?

An expert at Russia's-

Live long enough and you will likely have heard similar arguments made against everything from rock and roll music to pet rocks, to pogs and today's favorite whipping boy, social media. I'm pretty sure my someone in grandparents village back in the meiji era said the same thing about electricity, the steam engine and the typewriter.

Fifth graders are WAY too young to be watching anime anyway, imho lol.

And on the subject of the cover photo: Angels of Death is absolutely NOT for children.

Weird how people seem so focused on Russia, not the report itself. This kind of thinking is everywhere. BBC thinks anime causes pedophilia, Americans think anime causes sexism, violence, and Nazism. Every country has ignorant people.

Worse. Anime is for autists according to BBC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30nfka8J8Y0