@coded_artist i'm down and my dick is up, but the only other people who are down are other people whose dicks are up
@applejack @Mr_NutterButter i was going to suggest something from Ghibli as well. It is by far the most approachable anime out there and not only is it approachable, it's also *really fucking good* while still carrying the anime/japanese charm and weirdness.
i'd go with spirited away as a starter. one of my favorite movies of all time.
if they end up liking it, then you can show them more ghibli films :) can't really go wrong there. they're all so beautiful and while they are typically marketed towards children, they still have that amazing quality where adults can watch them too and be totally bewildered.
then there's also the option of death note if you think they might like something grittier and more of a crime thriller with a supernatural element to it. i think that's a bit more of a risky play, but if you know that's something they are into it could work. if they like breaking bad, they'll probably like death note (if they end up liking anime at all, that is). could be used to show them how wide the medium is, after they've seen some ghibli.
my dad got super into naruto shippuden, watched basically all of it. i think naruto is a pretty approachable anime, i mean it was on disney xd for a time, but it is extremely long and has lots of filler so you kind of have to be in it for the long haul and really enjoy it to keep going.
i haven't personally watched akira (i know fuck me whatever) but i've heard many accounts of it being the first anime people have watched, even well into their lives, and really enjoying it and turning them on to anime more. one such account was vinny vinesauce, who for YEARS wasn't exactly "anti-anime" but just did not understand it and did not want to engage with it. he watched akira in i think 2021 or 2022 and has been slowly getting into more things that his friends have been showing him.
@TheVNCritic @InvincibleSugar since you won, maybe it is ![]()
@InvincibleSugar @TheVNCritic @Dr_Jackel_Ms_Hide @Yokappa @Huburt_Pewder @mbhen114 @PARAVENOMART @bucket_thing @disabled never cared about the sketch, just wanted to make a funny meme lol.
@qwerty youtube's algo has been weird for the last little while, i get recommended videos with practically any views all the time. which can be good, i'm glad those get recommended, but within the past couple days i've been getting like russian and filipino recommendations for completely unrelated things.
@ninja8tyu >4chan says sad satan has cp in it
>muta downloads it anyway
>plays through the whole thing
>makes overdramatic vomiting sounds every time a picture pops up
>censors the pictures and uploads to youtube
>"don't worry guys i reported it to the feds"
idk if he had monetization enabled on the video but i do know there was a lot of buzz around sad satan at the time and he certainly capitalized on it. if not in money directly from the video, then in subscribers and through clicks.
like first of all why download it in the first place? if your curiosity has gotten the better of you and you just HAVE to know if what they say is true, then why continue playing it after the first image? to find out HOW MUCH is in the game? and then why upload it?? at some point you have to think that all critical thought flew out the window and dude was 100% focused on the bag at best, 100% focused on trying not getting arrested for purposefully looking at CP at worst.
@Mr_NutterButter that's the problem lol i've never watched a video in another language.
@ninja8tyu this list is all over the place lol. how are you gonna' have "i have no mouth and i must scream" on the same list as rapelay in any capacity xD like, it's a disturbing game, but it is based on a novel and is far more on the artistic side. to lump it in with games that are more or less porn games shows kind of either a lack of direction or a severe lack in media literacy.
demonophobia is one that stuck with me. it has a sequel too that doesn't get talked about at all, i think because it was never translated. the creator is 100% in it for the fetish of it lol.
sad satan is also an outlier because it had literal CP in it (reminder that someordinarygamers hates loli but played through all of sad satan "for the content"). i think FUN did as well but that feels like fucking ages ago, i can't remember if it was CP or just some other weird fucked up pictures.
@Blakie don't worry! go at your own pace. if you rush it, your own quality will suffer.
@ninja8tyu i want one of these that's like, a canadian flag or something lmao
@Arkana @CrackSmokerHD @HOLOCAUST that last sentence is so good, what a fucking legend cs lewis was.
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