Forum - View topichorror VS supernatural
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rti9
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Two genres that keep bothering me are horror and supernatural. The feeling that there is a misconception of what is horror comes from my view that horror is one of the weakest links in anime. The biggest difference between live-action and animated horror stories is the potential level of fear and anxiety. There is an Ask John article about it, but I believe it can probably be explained better by a psychologist.
When I look at this list generated by just selecting the horror genre, I ask myself: do these titles really make the viewer experience dread, fear, terror, or horror? Most seem more like they could merely be classified under supernatural instead. I would suggest that viewers be forced to choose between one of the two like drama vs. slice of life, but then I wonder if it can technically be done since supernatural already can't be combined with fantasy or magic. |
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Moomintroll
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Agreed. How is Akira a horror movie? Worse, some of them aren't either horror or supernatural - the likes of Perfect Blue and Paprika for example. |
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woelfie
Encyclopedia Editor
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Technically, it wouldn't be a problem. But I know a lot of movies (of which at this late moment I can't find a name, sadly enough) which are horror AND supernatural. Follow-up when I remember some. |
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rti9
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LOL. Excellent point wolfie. I was so focused on pointing out horror which isn't horror that I overlooked that minor detail. Forget the choice between horror and supernatural. The best alternative solution I can think of is something that oddly Mylene and I suggested at the same time. Why isn't there an audit before letting a genre or theme being posted on the website? It's weird that anyone can add genres and themes so easily, but to take them down you need a whole bureaucracy.
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Farix
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rti, you hit one of my sore points when it comes to confusing supernatural and horror. The simple fact is that people frequently slap the horror label onto anything that has supernatural elements.
Now the two genres are not mutually exclusive and frequently coalesce. Most horror titles have supernatural elements and many supernatural titles will contain horror elements. However, one must consider if the overall intent of the title is to frighten or create anxiety in its audience or to do something else. However, xxxHOLiC, while clearly within the supernatural genre, is anything but a horror anime series. But yet, it has been classified as such. And what about Ghost Stories or Yu Yu Hakusho? Now two genres I do think are usually mutually exclusive are comedy and horror. |
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cardcaptormanda
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I thought the same thing when the audit system was first introduced, but thinking about it, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be practical because of how many little-known anime there are out there. There are quite a few entries in the encyclopedia that have only been seen by a handful of people, and many more than have been marked as "seen" by well under 50. Because you and I actively contribute to the encyclopedia in any way we can by doing audits and adding information as we find it, it's easy to forget that the average user doesn't do that. Even with 50 users having marked something as "seen," an audit could still take a while, because only a fraction of those users would bother to do audits. For all of these little-known anime, it would take a very, very long time for their audits to finish, and it's very possible that for some of the really little-known anime, it would never be finished. If the system was changed to wait for an audit to finish before adding the information to the site, it could easily take months or years before some of them had genres or themes listed in their entry. At least, that's what I think is the reason for not doing things that way. I could be completely wrong. 
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