“A bitch lives as free as a bird that can never be caught. I’m a bitch. I don’t give a fuck about hymens or demons. I’ll crush anyone who stands in my way! Get it into your tiny little head! I’m the bitchy angel, Panty, and I do whatever the hell I want!”
(Source: komahina)
Fan Service in the Anime, Sexism in the Fandom: Why Fan Service in Anime is a problem
Fan service is a rather infamous thing in anime. It seems to be, well, almost everywhere. Yes, there are plenty of series that are blissfully free of fan service, but it is one of those things that pops up more than it should.
We define fan service as the hyper-sexualization and objectification of women’s (and sometimes even young girls’) bodies within anime. Fan service is framed in a highly sexualized context and is aimed at a male audience. It should be noted here that not ALL “revealing” outfits are fan servicy. Misty from Pokemon, after all, wears a bare midrift and very short shorts, but isn’t fan service.
Fan service takes the form of panty shots, boob shots, useless bikini armor, and is deliberately framed in a sexualized male-gazey way.
So, why is that a problem? Who cares? Isn’t is just good fun? Well No.
Fan service turns women’s bodies into a PRODUCT to be sold to men. It is a SERVICE after all, remember? It frames women as simply eye candy, there for men to drool over, a ploy to male boys by DVDs because there’s tits on the cover.
That’s dehumanizing and alienating to many female fans, and it often leads to very poorly written female characters in the text.
Not only is it just a problem within the text however, but it bleeds into the fan community as well.
There is a very real problem at many cons surrounding Cosplay harassment. Female fans is cosplay are seen as fair game for harassment, unwanted groping, and the like. After all, the characters these women are dressed up as exist as objects for men to droll over, so men see women dressed like that as objects to drool over too.
It is important to remember than fan service does not inherently RUIN an anime or a character. But it is a problem, and the sooner we confront that problem as a community, the better.
try to take my fan service away and i will gut you.
Why do you feel SO entitled to sexualized images of women’s bodies that you feel THREATENED by women criticizing objectification? Threatened enough to threaten others?
Bless this post
Okay, let me tell you what is wrong with this post. Lets take an example from one of my personal favorite anime: Bleach. Now, we’re gonna look at the character of Orihime, and explain her impact on the fanbase. Orihime, as you all know, is your prime example of the shallow, fanservice character. That being said, the majority of the fanbase - yes, this includes us men - HATE her. She does not contribute to the plot in the way as other female leads such as Momo and Yuruichi provide. She does conflict other than her undying loyalty to Ichigo. If you look through the fanbase, you’ll find that many people ignore her as a whole. Yes she has big boobs, and yes she’s supposed to be “hot”, but that does not necessarily mean that we buy into it. Just like any other “trade” there is supply and demand, and in the anime trade, fanservice isn’t big in demand. Next time, I suggest looking at the majority, instead of attacking the minority and treating it like the majority.
1. I would argue that Orihime is considerably less objectified than many many many characters I can think of. Bleach itself doesn’t have as big a problem of this in my experience as many other shows (like, for example, Love Hina)
2. Your point fails. Not only is Orihime objectified by the narrative, she is also disempowered by the narrative as a character, AND the fandom completely refuses to respect ANY accomplishment she has. Character bashing + objectification = double shit.
Bleach is a sexist fandom. That’s part of the reason I left it.
3. One example does not nullify the problem for the ENTIRE medium or community.
Basically says it all. Nearly everything else would be pedantic nitpicking. It is worth saying, however, that the NEED to make women available through sexualization makes it hard to stand behind characters like Yoko Littner or Erza Scarlett since their characterization says one thing and their clothing says another.
Game of Thrones 90s era by Mike Wrobel
These are fabulous!
Anne and I just decorated our graduation caps and I’m so pleased with mine.
Happy Graduation! ;-;
Cosplay is Not Consent!
We want everyone to have a fun but also safe weekend. We’ll have these posted around the convention center. Remember if you see something, say something. Anime Boston staff, MCCA staff, and Boston PD are there to help you!
Good job, Anime Boston!
So this just happened on Facebook.
aLL THE FUCKING AWARDS
THANK
rape apology SMACK DOWN
I kind of want to post this on my Facebook now.
(Source: sketch-ass-arachno-fondler)
Game of Thrones PRINCESSES! Coming soon to a retailer near you.
WOW UNEXPECTED ADORABLE FRIENDSHIP FEELS OUT OF NOWHERE WHAT
this was some cute shit
My favorite.
Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…
Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.
YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING SHITTING ME
guys
GUYS
SHIT
SHIT GUYS
foreshortening with coils and arcs.
Peepo Choo vol 2
I think that a lot of tumblr would benefit from reading peepo choo idk
This is important.
I think a lot of the WORLD would benefit from reading Peepo choo.
This manga tells it like it is, but also a bit mean-spirited for my tastes.
Here are some awesome and empowering quotes from several very strong female celebrities.
And Kristen Stewart.
No, you know what? Fuck you.
Let me tell you about Kristen Stewart.
Let’s talk about how she’s the centerpiece of one of the most inexplicably popular misogynistic pieces of film shit and somehow gets blamed for it sucking, despite the fact that, hey, the books were actually worse. For those who were lucky enough to escape reading the actual books, her apparent lack of emotion is 100% accurate to Bella’s character, because Bella is in fact not a character but a blank white wall for fourteen-year-old girls to project themselves onto. Robert Pattinson is not the only one in the cast who hates Twilight, thank you.
Let’s talk about how she got crucified in the media for having an affair with a married man, when that man was her director. And let’s remember that she was called all manner of things for “ruining her relationship with RPattz” when she wasn’t even engaged to the dude, let alone married with kids. But oh no, she gets called a slut because she’s Kristen Stewart, she gets her career fucked because she’s Kristen Stewart, and the dude gets off scott free.
Let’s talk about how she is incredibly shy and anxious (rather, incidentally, like Chris Evans) but does film anyway, because she’s just that awesome.
Fuck your noise. She’s not the best actor in the world but she sure as hell doesn’t deserve that kind of shit.
…Huh. Y’know, you Tumblr-folk are pretty adept at getting me to respect the Twilight stars again. Good for you.
I’ve got a lot of respect for K-Stew.
Fandom Post: Japanese 'Little Witch Academia' Blu-ray Getting English Subtitles
Japanese ‘Little Witch Academia’ Blu-ray Getting English Subtitles
Good news for fans of Little Witch Academia from Studio Trigger. The OVA film has gotten a lot of attention in Japan but also abroad with its recent pickup by Crunchyroll and now Studio Trigger is talking about home video plans…
Teen’s invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds
(Photo: Intel)
Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student’s invention. She won a $50,000 prize Friday at an international science fair for creating an energy storage device that can be fully juiced in 20 to 30 seconds.
Everybody, remember this face.
Remember this name.
If this becomes a commonly used & highly lauded discovery, at some point a White guy is going to take credit, even if he has to word it like “Improved upon a previous…”
No no no
Fuck that guy.
Remember this brown girl.
Remeeeemmmmmberrrrr
