I think psychological therapy in Japan is still stigmatized, at least more than it is in America. The only anime I can think of off the top of my head that treats therapy as normal and healthy (as in, generally well adjusted people use therapy to stay healthy) is Psycho Pass.Interacting with a certain section of anime fans and watching some of the garbage that gets released every now and then has kind of lowered my faith in humanity, but with everything else going on in the world that's really just a drop in the bucket. Does that count?
Thankfully I've gotten pretty good at avoiding shows like that by now, and there's enough good stuff out there to offset that.
It's interesting you bring up therapy, because that's one of the things anime is generally garbage at, and almost nobody even seems to care. I've watched hundreds of shows, and things like depression, suicide, and mental illness are a very common theme. But I can't think of even a single anime that would feature mental health care professionals/therapists in any way, let alone them being shown in a positive light (except for one really borderline 30 second scene I guess). I don't know how much that matters, but it's one of the bigger issues I have with anime TBH. Well, the issue is more with how literally no one even seems to care, even the otherwise "progressive" anime fans.
Not that western media is that much better, but the difference between how they handle mental health issues is still huge.
But I also don't think calling out anime exclusively is entirely fair. Just go look some of the people that play Dota or LoL (or even worse, something like Black Desert) to see what they do to some people. Hell, I'd rather talk to anime fans than play those games. Even books aren't immune, going by the things I hear about angry YA book fans trying to ruin writers' careers on Twitter.
out of topic but where did you find those nomming blobs in your profile pic? they're so cute!
I'm so damaged, I keep my Crunchyroll sub even though my home internet is so shit I can't stream reliably.It's ruined in the sense that I now have a Crunchyroll sub. I didn't have one a few months ago.
This same exact Goku one?
Yeah, this is the correct answer.
I was thinking earlier today how me watching anime ruined my life. I started smoking cigarettes because I wanted to be a cool guy like Spike Spiegal. I can't get a girlfriend because anime ruined 2D girls for me and made me socially awkward. Hentai has made real sex foreign. My anime fandom is a curse, a drug I can never get rid of. I am scared to have an anime avatar for fear of outing myself as a weeb. I tried showing friends JoJo and they look at me funny. I get accused of enjoying porn for liking goddamn visual novels. I feel oppressed.
So my question to you is how has anime affected you? I imagine there other victims like myself.
Nah the one I saw was different and lower quality material but same concept and design.
Avatar yes, Voltron lmao noWatch Avatar and Voltron. It's like a nicotine patch, but for anime.
One day a week I get to watch Mob. The rest of the week I have to wait for more Mob.
Send help.
Soon waiting a week won't be enough...Sorry.One day a week I get to watch Mob. The rest of the week I have to wait for more Mob.
Send help.
His name is Iesu-sama.Why can't y'all just enjoy anything in moderation?
Y'all need Jesus-san.
Can we get some positive answers? Goku inspired a fleet of gym rats.
A lot of heartache caused by exposure to the few genuinely great works of anime out there within a short timespan, followed by years and years of chasing that dragon only to realize much too late that the dragon doesn't really exist.
I'm 36 and thanks to anime I'm a believer that flat is justice and will only date girls with a b cup or smaller.