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NEWS: Rurouni Kenshin Gets New TV Anime by Liden Films

Oby wrote:

Heh, I bet all users who don't want to enjoy RK anymore in this thread have supported products or companies which the owners have done some bad things too. For examples, someone in the previous pages already mentioned Ford cars & other vehicles. And then there's Harry Potter franchise. And don't forget people who are fans of H.P. Lovecraft works and consumers of various adaptations of his stories in various media. And what about the goddamn Disney company which has been proven as racist if you look at their past works (Song of the South anyone? Among others). Did those "sins of the past" make you stop consuming a single product made or supported by Disney? How many of you watched Spiderman NWH this week?

I don't think a lot of those are applicable. Lovecraft is public domain, so anyone can make a series about his stuff, and most modern big adaptions go out of their way to focus on and uplift black people like the recent Lovecraft Country as a sort of apology or buffer to any pushback they would get for using his work . Similarly, so many Harry Potter organizations, actors, and groups have "denounced" Rowling like that recent 'Quidditch" league changing their name, or omitting her from the Harry Potter reunion special. Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Star Trek, and all those are also huge franchise that anyone can work on. Spider-Man used to make fun of trans people, gay people, women, minorities, and other stuff in his comics up until the 2000s. Now, they're really pushing new characters like Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen to always be along side him in modern works and are his partners in everything now. Old franchises may have been founded on politically incorrect beliefs and values, but their original creators have long since died, or retired, and they are under new management. So it make perfect sense for someone to like those things now compared to how they used to be, and likewise, why there's so many fans of the older versions of those IPs that hate the modern iterations of them.

Japan is different though since most things are creator owned there and they generally have a huge amount of respect for the creator no matter what they do. That's why act-age was cancelled rather than Matsuki being kicked off the title and letting the artist and other writer take over for it like what happens here. Or why Sugiyama will always be the father of Dragon Quest. Sure, it also helps that their views and actions are not considered big deals in Japan like the west like in Watsuki and Sugiyama's case, but that's just cultural differences. But yes. if people dislike a creators actions then supporting anime, manga, and video games is a lot harder to do for them. For example, in addition to being a huge supporter of Watsuki who stood up for him after his arrest, Eiichiro Oda also mocks and makes derogatory statements towards trans people. People have to make their choices if they'll support One Piece, Kenshin, or any other work because they are the owner of said IP. They can't just be replaced like a writer for Disney or Cthulu can.

Eiichiro Oda also mocks and makes derogatory statements towards trans people.

The manner of offense is different, but the sentiment of the fans who want to ignore the author while still enjoy the IP is more or less the same. And just like Rowling, Watsuki never physically hurt anybody.

Oby wrote:

The manner of offense is different, but the sentiment of the fans who want to ignore the author while still enjoy the IP is more or less the same. And just like Rowling, Watsuki never physically hurt anybody.

I mean -- qualitatively the situations are similar, sure. But I think magnitude of offense matters, and I'd expect most people think Rowling's offense is less dangerous than Watsuki's. I feel like I already conveyed that, though, so I'll just leave off there, rather than start going in circles.

(Also, side point: this being said, I'm also mostly trying to put myself in someone else's shoes, here. I bought and read the original HP books and saw the original movies, but haven't consumed any HP content since then. Not because of Rowling's remarks, but just out of a lack of interest, really.)

People celebraiting the news actually surprise me.

Matros wrote:

People celebraiting the news actually surprise me.

Most people, like myself, don't wanna concern themselves with crimes of people from other countries.

Rurouni Kenshin is a wonderful story, and it deserves every support it can get.

WANNFH wrote:

Loading MAPPA even more than what was hung on them already with their workload production is even bigger crime against the actual people, let the people rest! Plus Deen is actually not the best choice either, and actually even worse than LIDEN when it comes to modern production - Orphen is quite bad, and 7DS last season is notoriously known for it's bottom-hitting animation (which they are outsourced to other studio outside of Japan). LIDEN in other way got the major hit recently with the Tokyo Revengers, so that's probably the reason why they are chosen.

MAPPA is just an example like how they're doing Chainsaw Man next year. The point you're missing is there's tons of other bigger anime studios they could have picked if they had actual faith in this new Kenshin anime being a big success and they went with the studio that made Terra Formers and Berserk 2016. We've already seen the mixed results Shaman King's reboot got being adapted by Bridge.

Even then it's made by a probblematic studio that will make a half baked product that's not worth supporting. You won't get a visual spectacle.