Hentai question(

[Erdrick Holmes]

It just urks me when people say they don't like anime because they say it's a cartoon for children, then they go off saying how much they like Spongebob and Scooby Doo.

[Cleric]

are u kidding?? Hentai has to be the raunchiest thing i've ever heard. but, im probably just saying that mostly because im not a big porn fan anyway. but seriously, i dont think that getting off on a manga picture is that exciting. come on...

[Mirage]

Of course another reason it maybe hated is all the best Anime and video games seem to be turned into Hentai. While its technically brillant... most Anime fans do not want to see Evangelion characters having sex(in that infameous video) or ff characters having sex with each other.

This fan does :p. I find hentai to be amusing.

And for the general anime discussion:
Yes. In japan, "anime" means any kind of animation. However, outside of Japan it is most commonly used to describe Japanese animation, so I think we should just stick to that ;/.
I like animation in general. It doesn't have to be anime, as long as it's good. Then again, I find anime to have more interesting themes and plotlines than most other animation.
I think if you're going to say you "hate anime", you should just say "I hate animation in general".

[Shlup]

Anime is cartoons. Who cares? I like some cartoons, I like some anime. I like what i like, no matter what it may be labeled as. ^_^

Including hentai. Sometimes. I suppose hentai can be "beautiful" and all that crap, but I've never seen any. Every hentai I've seen has had... alright animation, a poor to very, very poor storyline, and never any sex scenes that would appeal to the average female. Now there are dozens of manga that I love under the genre of "smutty shoujo" but that never gets made into anime because hentai is all the kind of crap that boys like.

It makes me sad. ;_;

[kikimm]

I really don't know. It doesn't appeal to me all that much, to be honest. It seems like it's mostly aimed at males---there's way too many boobs for my liking. But eh. It doesn't bother me at all that other people like it. Big deal. I don't go out and buy anime/manga for the sex, but if it has it in there, and it's done well, it's perfectly fine with me.

[DMKA]

DMKA is correct though, cartoons in America are typically targeted at children therefore usually containing material that is entertaining to children. In Japan, they are targeted at a much bigger audience, thus containing relative content.

I see I've made my point to atleast one person. Thank you.

Just as you say anime appeals to more general people, I know for a fact that there's thousands of animes that appeal to children only, without nudity or violence in Japan. What makes those animes different from cartoons here? What about violent cartoons here compared to your form of anime? Until someone makes a difinitive difference between the two, I'll always refuse to acknowledge the two as completely different.

If you'd of read my entire post, you'd have seen I mentioned that.

Tell me, how many "violent cartoons" have there been on American TV? Of course, by violent I assume you mean "not for children". Spawn and Reign are the only two I can think of. Also, adult comedy anime (like Love Hina, Excel Saga, Puni Puni Poemi) don't look all cartoony (like say, Family Guy or the Simpsons), which, despite how much I love some of those shows, I completely hate the style. I like the anime style. I hate when people look all disproportioned and hardly resemble a human shape. Anime does sometimes do the chibi thing, but you never see anime characters that look like Fred Flinstone.

Also all the things that were mentioned about anime everything being like "this" or like "that" is complete prejudice and ignorance. I've seen plenty that is similar, yes, but I've seen plenty that is nothing like any of the others.

In short, anime is a genre with genres within itself. The difference between it and "cartoons" is too huge and varied to distingush to people who won't give it a chance and say "OMG I H8 TEH ANIMEE ITS ALL TEH SAME WITH TEH BIG EYES ANMD CARTOON PRON AND STUPID AN ALL THE SAME I HATE IT!"

[Rye]

Hentai IS a cartoon. It was drawn as a cartoon is drawn, except it's not played on Cartoon Network or Nick. It's true, not ignorant. I'm not saying it's like Rugrats, but it's made the same.

It's annoying when people try to defend the "honour" of hentai. It's naked people doing it. Just like porn. Except it's drawn. I wouldn't be proud to admit I liked it, and I'm glad I don't. But whatever floats your boat. If you like hentai, than like hentai. I just don't think people should really be saying that it's something, when it's not.

That's just my two cents there.

[Doors]

Hentai is the thing for anime freaks that combines the two things they like the most:Big glassy eyes and porn.

[TasteyPies]

I'm not saying it's like Rugrats, but it's made the same.

Yeah, hentai usualy has a better storyline.


A great link for this topic would be somethingawful's horrors of hentai, too bad I can't link to "Somethingawful" and "Reviews [Hentai]" If you do find some strange way to crack the code and make it there, warning there might be some material thats not for the youngins

I'm not sure why I am being hesitant to link there if the creator of this wodnerfull site did Here but I might as well be safe

[aeris2001x2]

Anime is cartoons. Who cares? I like some cartoons, I like some anime. I like what i like, no matter what it may be labeled as. ^_^

Including hentai. Sometimes. I suppose hentai can be "beautiful" and all that crap, but I've never seen any. Every hentai I've seen has had... alright animation, a poor to very, very poor storyline, and never any sex scenes that would appeal to the average female. Now there are dozens of manga that I love under the genre of "smutty shoujo" but that never gets made into anime because hentai is all the kind of crap that boys like.

It makes me sad. ;_;

But ShlupQuack and kikimm.There is lots of Yaoi out there that surely you would prefer? What about the Illustrious Gravitation?

[GhandiOwnsYou]

Man, it's not worth arguing. Hentai is good for two things, giving freaky little folks who can't find a perfect enough porn star for their taste something to get them worked up, and laughing really really hard at. the problem is, the same way people argue they read playboy for it's inspired articles, they will always argue storyline storyline storyline. you can find overly romantic anime that relies on something other than "naked anime-chik" to sell itself, and that makes it better. might even have some sex scenes in it. but hentai is anime for sex's sake, not storyline. if you like it, so be it. but at least admit you like it for the sex. I buy playboy, i do not read the articles. it's pretty much that simple. same with the hentai folks i'm sure.

[black orb]

Of course another reason it maybe hated is all the best Anime and video games seem to be turned into Hentai. While its technically brillant... most Anime fans do not want to see Evangelion characters having sex(in that infameous video) or ff characters having sex with each other.

>>> I used to hate hentai because of that too. but I realized it wasnt that bad, after all fan-made Hentai doujinshi is quite popular among japanese artists and it seems the practice doesnt have legal issues in japan unless the company/artist who hold the copyrights is against about turning his/her creation into hentai.. As far i know almost all the japanese companies/artists doesnt have major problems with this..

[Crazy the Clown]

Those overseas animators tend to have a lot of imagination. They have knocked Germans, renowned for their Sheize-videos, off the throne of weird pornos. Hentai is usually where (You know what) is happening between a 36-24-36 naked female ninja and a giant octopus-like creature, or something else of that nature. They invented that.

[Lionx]

We have movies, we have porn, we have anime, we have hentai. You like chicken, we like beef. Whats the big difference? If we are complaining about this then why arent you complaining about REAL porn with REAL people? Drawings can never hurt anyone, if you dont like it dont watch it. I seriously dont see whats wrong in people like adult entertainment no matter how different it is, you have a *insert private stuff here* dont ya(this doesnt mean that you have one and can not hate it)? Personally i dont find adult stuff necessarily that bad a thing, its just there, especially adult ART. What can it do to you? If you dont want to see Evangelion people having sex then dont, simple. If sex is so taboo to you then dont have it.

Its obviously different stuff for different people, omg you like chicken i hate you cuz you like that and not b33f!!!111one1!!! -_-; Very nice. Frankly one more person watching porn in their homes is better than someone raping someone irl because they cant see their fantasy on a DRAWING(not bashing the fantasy here, just stating).

I view it as an art in itself, since when is it wrong to draw that stuff? Its human body and if it isnt its still an art in itself, i really dont see how just because something is considered adult, it isnt art. Imagination at its best, just because its something that is all hushed up by public doesnt make it any less.

BTW they let them sell doujinshi(most of which are hentai..some arent), because it helps them publicize it and frankly i can see how it can. If someone likes what he sees of course they would buy more products related to it. And i also heard that the male gentillia is considered something that HAS to be censored or something like that(females dont count), so thats my guess on how tentacles and stuff like that get into the fray more often than not. Course i could be completely wrong.

[boris no no]

i find hentai great. it turns me on and its fun to watch with all my friends without getting embaressed like with real porn (i don't like real porn)
i dunno why i like it, i just do! it's seems not as dirty as porn and it's all fantasy, not people being forced to suck c**k for a few pounds.
by the way i am a girl so no comments that only men like it
i love legend of the overfiend (i ain't going to even try and spell it's full name) its both funny and sexy (in my mind...i do have a warped mind)
plus alot of the pictures really are artistic.
saying that it's not art is like saying that picasso was a perve drawing naked ladies. i went to a really great gallery with loads of manga stuff and they had a lot of naked chicks there and they all looked beautiful. some may say its porn, i say that it's art, maybe not taseful but how much art is nowerdays?