⟳ Репост от heaumeau e. rotacism
this is frankly still the overall dominant anglosphere view of anime to this day outside of battle shounen stuff and ghibli films, even. do not ask any gen x'er / older millennial who isnt part of the scene what they think of anime worst mistake of ur life
Good HaroYou either weren’t alive in the 90s-00s or weren’t interacting with normal people in a way that tipped them off to your interest in anime if you sincerely think there was never any negative sentiment toward it in the US at the time. The image of all anime as degenerate pornography was very pervasive