I was originally going to rant here about the unrealistic-ness of anime, but after counterarguing with myself several times and just hitting a wall in general, I decided to scrap it all. Then I tried to write some simple opinoins about mature anime with realistic characters, but I had writer’s block (can you call it that when writing a forum post?) on that too. So here are a bunch of short, possibly unrelated thoughts that I just wanted to get out there
I don’t have anything against high school, but anime seems much more mature when not set there, and the west doesn’t really seem to get it
Some of my favorite anime are ones that could have made just as much sense/been popular as live action in the west. Some that come to mind are Psycho-Pass, Fate/Zero. NOT that I would ever want live action adaptations, because they are great examples of “here, this is a great show that just happens to be animated” for non anime fans.
Live action of Monster on HBO directed by del Toro actually sounds amazing though
Screw characters with no intelligence as if they need everyone else to think for them. Screw characters with no motivation. Screw characters with no development. Archetypes and tropes are things that character should happen to fall into, not be created around. Real people are smart, have reasons for doing everything, and will change because they are affected by their experiences and other people