I swear Cowboy Bebop was sponsored by cigarette brands because every single episode it tries its hardest to reinvent smoking as the coolest, sexiest thing since sliced bread. It is blatant propaganda to turn weebs into chain smokers.   |
The entire anime of Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsurasugiru felt like one big promotional campaign to increase tourism to Okinawa. I must say it kinda worked cause after watching it, I do wanna visit Okinawa. |
  What have I done?! It's too late for me now. I guess I won't be the sane level 5 of Academy City anymore. |
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The entire anime of Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsurasugiru felt like one big promotional campaign to increase tourism to Okinawa. I must say it kinda worked cause after watching it, I do wanna visit Okinawa.
| @Dark_Mikoto Haha, true, but to be fair I wanted to visit Okinawa prior to this show or manga. I will also add Gate as JSDF's favorite anime. https://myanimelist.net/anime/28907/Gate__Jieitai_Kanochi_nite_Kaku_Tatakaeri |
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The entire anime of Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsurasugiru felt like one big promotional campaign to increase tourism to Okinawa. I must say it kinda worked cause after watching it, I do wanna visit Okinawa.
| @Dark_Mikoto This had pretty much the same idea. https://myanimelist.net/anime/53421 |
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| gundam 0079 is anti-zeon propaganda, good thing yasuhiko remade it into an amazing story about war and drama with the manga |
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| Majority of modern detective conan movie are just straight up tourism campaign for where the movie takes place in and the crazy thing is that after every movie those said place see a rise of tourist from other Japanese prefecture |
zurame said: @Dark_Mikoto Haha, true, but to be fair I wanted to visit Okinawa prior to this show or manga. My prior impression of Okinawa was that it was the "Hawaii of Japan", a tropical paradise that the mainland Japanese visit for their beach vacations. Beaches aren't my thing, which is why Hawaii does not interest me much either. Okinawa being the former Ryukyuu Kingdom does interest me in terms of its historical and cultural differences compared to mainland Japan. The anime did illustrate the differences in a comedic way, so it did make me more interested in Okinawa as a potential future vacation destination. Oh yea, forgot about the Hokkaido one. Definitely on my list of places to visit one day. I believe the Hokkaido girls wearing mini-skirts in the snow thing inspired the character of Dawn in Pokemon. The Sinnoh region was based on Hokkaido and Dawn is depicted as walking around in the snow in both the anime and the games in a mini skirt.   |
What have I done?! It's too late for me now. I guess I won't be the sane level 5 of Academy City anymore. |
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zurame said:
@Dark_Mikoto Haha, true, but to be fair I wanted to visit Okinawa prior to this show or manga.
@Dark_Mikoto Haha, true, but to be fair I wanted to visit Okinawa prior to this show or manga.
My prior impression of Okinawa was that it was the "Hawaii of Japan", a tropical paradise that the mainland Japanese visit for their beach vacations. Beaches aren't my thing, which is why Hawaii does not interest me much either. Okinawa being the former Ryukyuu Kingdom does interest me in terms of its historical and cultural differences compared to mainland Japan. The anime did illustrate the differences in a comedic way, so it did make me more interested in Okinawa as a potential future vacation destination.
Oh yea, forgot about the Hokkaido one. Definitely on my list of places to visit one day. I believe the Hokkaido girls wearing mini-skirts in the snow thing inspired the character of Dawn in Pokemon. The Sinnoh region was based on Hokkaido and Dawn is depicted as walking around in the snow in both the anime and the games in a mini skirt.
| @Dark_Mikoto I never thought of that but now that you mention it, it all makes sense. |
| Beyond the fact that, while simultaneously art, all are at some level a bought and sold capitalistic entertainment product marketed for profit and either pushing some form of source material they're based on and/or incorporating some other form of promotion or ad for other goods and products, services, etc., Super Cub really takes it to the next level with its Honda propaganda and pushing Cub motorcycle purchases. But somehow that just accentuates its offbeat charm. |
| This OVA felt a lot like a big commercial for communism. My weekly group laughed about how heavy handed it felt when we watched it recently. It was pretty fun to watch, though. I'd recommend it.  |
| Golden kamuy is probably one big ainu propaganda🤔 |
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| Dr. Stone is a big Science Propoganda |
Jashin-chan Dropkick is literally Hokkaido tourism propaganda and it doesn't even try to hide it. The later seasons were funded through fan crowdfunding and sponsorships and in exchange the show constantly has characters hyping up Hokkaido food and local spots.  |
QorvMay 10, 7:25 AM
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| @Zarutaku I remember pizza hut sponsored this show |
| I played the Summer Pockets VN and it was clearly a "have children" propaganda so I'm sure the anime is the same as well |
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| I can think of a few https://myanimelist.net/anime/40256/Cannon_Busters Essentially the black panther version in anime form. https://myanimelist.net/anime/58913/Hikaru_ga_Shinda_Natsu Yaoi without shoujo/josei tag https://myanimelist.net/anime/36432/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_III An anime that literally glazes the british royals for some reason. https://myanimelist.net/anime/51553/Tongari_Boushi_no_Atelier The creator showed up into a UN meeting about protecting fictional girls and pushing ___. https://myanimelist.net/anime/54855/Senpai_wa_Otokonoko Pretty much take the idea of traps and remove all comedy from them. There are a lot of dub only examples, but that is unfair to mark since the og sauce lacks such ideas like Dragon Maid dub. As a conclusion, propaganda really is everywhere, but noticing and becoming aware of it is a good defense against such messaging. |
rohan121May 10, 9:11 AM
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| Is it just me or people became so stupid that they call a mere advertisement as propaganda nowadays. |
| Momotaro: Sacred Sailors https://myanimelist.net/anime/2765/Momotarou__Umi_no_Shinpei?q=momontaro%20sacred&cat=anime Also, there is that ova from Kyoani, which was produced by a cult, if that counts. https://myanimelist.net/anime/13441/Shiawasette_Naani |
| Code Geass with Pizza Hut. Literally no censors, and they have best girl eat it all the time too. Also wasn't there some anime that had Hokkaido girls are awesome or something as a title? |
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| Oishinbo had a 2 episode arc of "muh whaling is japanese culture" and the anti-whaler organization had a Bond villain meeting. |
| Angel Cop is basically a Groyper anime if you watch it with its original audio track. In the last few episodes, it's revealed that everything that transpired over the course of the show was orchestrated by a cabal of Jewish bankers who want to take over Japan and turn it into a nuclear waste dump. Transparent far right propaganda lmao. They altered this in the English dub though. fr though, this shit is so out of pocket lmao |
LoveLikeBloodMay 10, 4:19 PM
Take care of yourself |
| Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? and a few other that followed it were clearly propaganda to make weebs to do some exercice, out of their dark flat rooms through cute girls manipulation. Thankfully, I resisted it and I'm still a lazy weeb. Speaking of cute girl manipulation, there is this alcohol propaganda where you see cute girls drink a lot streaming right now. https://myanimelist.net/anime/61186/Kamiina_Botan_Yoeru_Sugata_wa_Yuri_no_Hana That one is good propaganda :) sport is bad, wine is good. |
| Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement did this video series about these fucking insane anime movies made to promote the Happy Science Cult. It's a real trip and I would heavily reccomend watching his videos about these movies as they are really funny and give you some insight into the genuinely insane world of a bizarre cult that feels like the Japanese equivalent to Scientology. It genuinely has to be seen to be believed how insane this bullshit is lmao |
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Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement did this video series about these fucking insane anime movies made to promote the Happy Science Cult. It's a real trip and I would heavily reccomend watching his videos about these movies as they are really funny and give you some insight into the genuinely insane world of a bizarre cult that feels like the Japanese equivalent to Scientology. It genuinely has to be seen to be believed how insane this bullshit is lmao
| @LSSJ_Chloe Yo, I heard about this. Good call. @LoveLikeBlood haha yeah, good ol' Angel Cop. When I see someone defending/ favoring it I immediately get the picture of who they are. |
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Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement did this video series about these fucking insane anime movies made to promote the Happy Science Cult. It's a real trip and I would heavily reccomend watching his videos about these movies as they are really funny and give you some insight into the genuinely insane world of a bizarre cult that feels like the Japanese equivalent to Scientology. It genuinely has to be seen to be believed how insane this bullshit is lmao
| @LSSJ_Chloe I can't imagine watching any of these movies. Fuck Speaking of anime about/from cults, there's Chouetsu Sekai. |
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@LSSJ_Chloe I can't imagine watching any of these movies. Fuck
Speaking of anime about/from cults, there's Chouetsu Sekai.
Speaking of anime about/from cults, there's Chouetsu Sekai.
| @CaptainKenshiro Holy shit I completely forgot there was an Aum Shinrikyo anime. That's fucking wild |
LSSJ_ChloeMay 10, 9:52 PM
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| Yes the recently aired anime Darwin incident felt like a propaganda |
| Just so you know, smoking was extremely common in Japan up until really recently. Cowboy Bebop aired in the late 1990s, when it was estimated over half of working businessmen smoked. They got smoking breaks during work. They could smoke indoors too, and even on some trains and airplanes. It's not so much "propaganda" as it was more just a super common thing. It's almost like watching a movie set in the US and seeing everyone driving and you going, "I swear this movie is sponsored by car companies". |
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Geoff Thew from Mother's Basement did this video series about these fucking insane anime movies made to promote the Happy Science Cult. It's a real trip and I would heavily reccomend watching his videos about these movies as they are really funny and give you some insight into the genuinely insane world of a bizarre cult that feels like the Japanese equivalent to Scientology. It genuinely has to be seen to be believed how insane this bullshit is lmao
| @LSSJ_Chloe Funny story, my brother and I ran into a Happy Science booth at a book fair in Cape Town where they were promoting their books when we were teenagers. Neither of us knew anything about the cult or even that it was a cult, and the lady at the booth was both disarmingly friendly and really cute. This led my brother to buying one of the books lol. He read some of it and told me it was some of the most unhinged shit he's ever read. |
Take care of yourself |
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Just so you know, smoking was extremely common in Japan up until really recently. Cowboy Bebop aired in the late 1990s, when it was estimated over half of working businessmen smoked. They got smoking breaks during work. They could smoke indoors too, and even on some trains and airplanes. It's not so much "propaganda" as it was more just a super common thing.
It's almost like watching a movie set in the US and seeing everyone driving and you going, "I swear this movie is sponsored by car companies".
It's almost like watching a movie set in the US and seeing everyone driving and you going, "I swear this movie is sponsored by car companies".
| @SapioGalion Yes, we know...just some people can't stop dissing on Cowboy Bebop for whatever reason. Personally I don't smoke and never did, seeing people smoking or vaping doesn't even register. |
| Ranking of Kings has that really nasty part that paints an entire culture as a degenerates who weren’t grateful enough to their colonizers, which is exactly how Japanese right-wingers talk about Koreans. I don’t trust it anymore. |
| Honestly, most Chinese anime feel like propaganda to me, so I haven't watched any of them. |
| Thankfully no. I like to relax when watching. |
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| There's a lot of shows that promote products, activities and locations (Dagashi Kashi, Edomae Elf, Yuru Camp, Super Cub etc, etc), but, I wouldn't go as far as to call those propaganda. I suppose maybe Gate felt a little too glazy about the JDF? But, I can't really think of anything more egregious. I'm sure there IS stuff like that, but I just haven't really stumbled upon it. |
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I can think of a few
https://myanimelist.net/anime/40256/Cannon_Busters
Essentially the black panther version in anime form.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/58913/Hikaru_ga_Shinda_Natsu
Yaoi without shoujo/josei tag
https://myanimelist.net/anime/36432/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_III
An anime that literally glazes the british royals for some reason.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/51553/Tongari_Boushi_no_Atelier
The creator showed up into a UN meeting about protecting fictional girls and pushing ___.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/54855/Senpai_wa_Otokonoko
Pretty much take the idea of traps and remove all comedy from them.
There are a lot of dub only examples, but that is unfair to mark since the og sauce lacks such ideas like Dragon Maid dub.
As a conclusion, propaganda really is everywhere, but noticing and becoming aware of it is a good defense against such messaging.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/40256/Cannon_Busters
Essentially the black panther version in anime form.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/58913/Hikaru_ga_Shinda_Natsu
Yaoi without shoujo/josei tag
https://myanimelist.net/anime/36432/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_III
An anime that literally glazes the british royals for some reason.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/51553/Tongari_Boushi_no_Atelier
The creator showed up into a UN meeting about protecting fictional girls and pushing ___.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/54855/Senpai_wa_Otokonoko
Pretty much take the idea of traps and remove all comedy from them.
There are a lot of dub only examples, but that is unfair to mark since the og sauce lacks such ideas like Dragon Maid dub.
As a conclusion, propaganda really is everywhere, but noticing and becoming aware of it is a good defense against such messaging.
rohan121 said: I like how you are singling this anime out while engorging all of the other BL anime that aren’t tagged as shojo/josei, such as Sasaki to Miyano and Love Stage. Also how does that even count of propaganda?Yaoi without shoujo/josei tag |
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@SapioGalion
Yes, we know...just some people can't stop dissing on Cowboy Bebop for whatever reason.
Personally I don't smoke and never did, seeing people smoking or vaping doesn't even register.
Yes, we know...just some people can't stop dissing on Cowboy Bebop for whatever reason.
Personally I don't smoke and never did, seeing people smoking or vaping doesn't even register.
alshu said: Me too! Yayy smoke free buddies! (^ω^)人( ´▽｀)Personally I don't smoke and never did Smoking is also very much a character archetype thing too. Some characters just works really well with the personality when you have them smoke in certain scenes. |
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rohan121 said:
Yaoi without shoujo/josei tag
I like how you are singling this anime out while engorging all of the other BL anime that aren’t tagged as shojo/josei, such as Sasaki to Miyano and Love Stage. Also how does that even count of propaganda?Yaoi without shoujo/josei tag
| @StarBloom_64 None of the anime he cited are propaganda. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| There's a difference between ads and propaganda. I know plenty of anime with ads in them. Even a bunch of anime that are basically ads. As far as propaganda goes, most if not all fantasy anime promote race-mixing, but in a very naive way without considering consequences for the world and only in a feel-good way. |
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| from all the anime iv seen over the years 86 comes to mind and big suprise its from the 2020s |
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