I know for the fact you watch hentai for the story weirdo

Anime isn’t a hobby. That’s like saying “if you don’t know The Wire season 4 outro song, you’re not a real HBO fan”. Tf wrong with y’all I only see this weirdo Ish in anime. Even MCU/DCU didn’t have this much bs

seek help

Like that s*** is ridiculous
Guess u can’t cosplay unless u white/Japanese 🤦🏽‍♂️

Gatekeeping Anime and Manga??

All Westerners get is the most popular anime series

Plus I dont gatekeep anime, manga, webtoons, manwha, or manhua.

I put niggas on so I can have people to talk to.

This too
I read so much manga and s*** but I dont f*** with anime communities

Individuals yeah but these 4chan degens be out wilding

Like I go on 4chan for reccs every now and then but I dont wanna be in Discord with niggas reposting the blackface scene from gantz or the terraformars roach.

Also I dont know why niggas cape for Japan cuz of anime and manga. Nigga its just comics and cartoons. Just enjoy the content and relax lmao

Anime is a medium. Watching anime or reading manga is a hobby (not necessarily mine mind you, I only watch one anime and binge-read a few manga once or twice a year, but the point still stands).

Gatekeeping doesn't mean you cannot invite others or discuss it with them yo, how else are you supposed to support the media you enjoy.

that's exactly what the f*** it means lmao

dude in op even said "stay tf out of anime"

american dweebs really stopping the japanese creators from making money by gatekeeping their products lmaoooooooooo

It's weird how this forum that centers mainly around rap can't understand why gatekeeping exists. It's to keep some amount of integrity between the fans/artists that will go onto create more anime and keep the discussions on anime as high-quality as possible over the long term.

Like oldheads that talk s*** on new rap, I totally understand where they're coming from. But I think it's important just to have a wider scope and delve deeper into rap in whatever form.

The problem is how do you gatekeep an entire medium

Youre not even gatekeeping fandoms youre gatekeeping an entire series of illustrated works and animated content.

Its bizarre and arbitrary
And with DB, Naruto, etc

These are some of the most popular series in the medium that many other series reference constantly.

So its like what does he want.

And in this case popular means good for most of these series

Most of Shonen Jump are literal classic series like Slam Dunk, YYH, Demon Slayer, Naruto, One Piece, Fist of the North Star, Death Note.

Unless youre reading Endless and GUNM tier series back to back most series are unironically not better than the s*** that aired on Toonami.
So what exactly is he gatekeeping?

I'd argue that if you have followed either Shuiesha or Kodansha magazines or their anime adaptations you are clearly a fan of this medium

Just went through this idiots Twitter he basically is a all lives matter tap dancing b**** f*** his wack ass opinion ugly ass nigga

Remember yall
If it aint
Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball Super
You might as well be watching a pig get f***ed by a dolphin

DBZ
Bleach
Yu yu hakusho
Code Geass
Steins Gate

How is anime not a hobby

Real

Cowboy Bebop
Hunter x Hunter
Gintama
Titan
Fullmetal

Honorable mention: Evangelion

I just finished watching Evangelion a couple days ago.

Fukin wild

Hunter x hunter is in my top 10

Someone post that Twitter user's avy.

Gatekeeping as it relates to anime and manga is when you preserve the substance of a media by calling out people who use it to be "quirky and different" or "fashionable", for being fake enthusiasts. They have no understanding or desire to understand the depth or substance of the franchises but will use it to promote themselves.

When the wrong demographic exceeds the core demographic they become the primary demographic, which causes quality of the brand suffers overall because they and have no real standard (or understanding) of what is good or bad about it.

The more of a household name it becomes, the more the story and quality of art suffers for instance, because the writers/authors start milking it as their cash-cow to please as many people as possible, which typically results in mediocrity on all ends. Something to be said about hunger and quality, etc.

This generally occurs over the course of years although there are a few exceptions to sensationalized media maintaining quality or improving such as One Piece, AoT, and OPM. But it has happened enough for people to become cautious of something they enjoy becoming commercialized, despite wanting it to succeed as a niche media more than anything. It has nothing to do with "dweebs really stopping Japanese creators from making money".

ngl there have been some braindead takes in here

saying "anime is not a hobby" is either bait or should disqualify you from postin in the thread

Naruto is a better anime than dragon ball its a fact