Anime, Weaboos, and Engineered Nostalgia | Kanpai Kronicles 10

In this episode, we talk about anime! But not just the Narutos, One Pieces, and Bleaches: we talked about the childhood anime that we grew up with, our relationship with anime fans (aka. weaboos), and the real implications of what each of the genres represent. This isn't a discussion for everyone unless you're a fan of cultural implications and anthropology too, but enjoy nonetheless!

Timestamps

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:06 Daylight Savings and a crazy Deepavali drinking night
• 07:07 Yokai of the Week
• 22:50 Childhood anime and Digimon vs. Pokemon
• 31:31 Getting a larger worldview and growing perspectives through anime
• 39:45 To be wrapped up in a fantasy world
• 43:33 The origin of weaboo, and Japan as a 'perfect world'
• 54:15 What we consume skews our impression of a country
• 1:07:00 We understand countries through the lowest barrier of understanding
• 1:12:43 Creating anime to provoke discussion and bring up issues
• 1:18:35 Perfectly engineered nostalgia, and compensating for what a culture is missing
• 1:32:16 Sexualisation of Asian Men and trends breaking stereotypes
• 1:37:42 Becoming more skeptical of attractions after the Hallyu Wave
• 1:46:18 Not many people in Japan watch anime as much as we do
• 1:54:09 Manga recommendations

Links

• Yokai of the Week: https://yokai.com/suikanobakemono/
• Psycho-Pass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Pass
• Dance! Subaru: https://myanimelist.net/manga/6888/Subaru
• Promised Neverland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promised_Neverland

Follow Holly here:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hotaru.chi_/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/hotaruchi_
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCozAFQfdEfhjmyafFjesaqg

Follow Norm here:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisaintnorm
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClRCbVifuTpvHn6WVcJaXdA/videos

Chapters

• 2:06 How Daylight Savings works
• 7:07 Yokai of the Week
• 22:50 Childhood anime and Digimon vs. Pokemon
• 31:31 Getting a larger worldview and growing perspectives through anime
• 39:45 To be wrapped up in a fantasy world
• 43:33 The origin of weaboo, and Japan as a 'perfect world'
• 54:15 What we consume skews our impression of a country
• 1:07:00 We understand countries through the lowest barrier of understanding
• 1:12:43 Creating anime to provoke discussion and bring up issues
• 1:18:35 Perfectly engineered nostalgia, and compensating for what a culture is missing
• 1:32:16 Sexualisation of Asian Men
• 1:37:42 Becoming more skeptical of attractions after the Hallyu Wave
• 1:46:18 Not many people in Japan watch anime as much as we do
• 1:54:09 Manga recommendations