Anime is hentai considered anime?

[Guest chobitslover90]

I was thinking about it and since hentai is basically animated pornography
should it be considered anime? cuz alot of people dont watch anime or let their kids watch it beacause of it

[sbsp13668]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Sienna]Yeah, I really don't like how hentai and yaio make anime seem my mom didn't like me watching Sailor Moon when I was a little kid because hentai and yaio make anime all seem really disgusting! I really hate it when you're looking for doujinshis and that stuff comes up too because I know that some day if I'm innocently looking for some funny doujinshis I'm going to get in trouble for accidently being on one of those sites! :animedepr :animecry: [/COLOR] [/FONT]

[Guest chobitslover90]

[quote name='sbsp13668][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Sienna]Yeah, I really don't like how hentai and yaio make anime seem my mom didn't like me watching Sailor Moon when I was a little kid because hentai and yaio make anime all seem really disgusting! I really hate it when you're looking for doujinshis and that stuff comes up too because I know that some day if I'm innocently looking for some funny doujinshis I'm going to get in trouble for accidently being on one of those sites! :animedepr :animecry: [/COLOR'] [/FONT][/quote]

on top of that hentai can also destroyed peoples lives so if some guy goes crazy cuz hell never get a woman like that animated one anime will leave america right along with hentai and ill have to move to japan darn u hentai

[r2vq]

[QUOTE=chobitslover90]I was thinking about it and since hentai is basically animated pornography
should it be considered anime? cuz alot of people dont watch anime or let their kids watch it beacause of it[/QUOTE]

That depends on your definition of Anime.

If you think Anime is a cartoon of Japanese drawing style... Yes, it is Anime.
If you think Anime is a cartoon that originated from Japan... Yes it is Anime.
If you think Anime is a long, curved, yellow fruit... No, it isn't Anime.


Basically, Hentai is Animated Porn. Anime in Japan means something Animated. Anime in North America usually means something Animated from Japan. Some people consider it something Animated resembling the Japanese drawing style. Hentai matches both of these definitions so it is Anime.

Even if you don't like Hentai or Yaoi, they are still Anime. Just because some parents don't let their kids watch Pokemon because they think it's the same as Cool Devices, you don't change a definition.
Not all Anime is for kids. In fact, a lot of it isn't.

-ArV

[Guest chobitslover90]

[quote name='sbsp13668][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Red]Woah! My head hurts :animenose [/COLOR'] [/FONT][/quote]

ok basically one pervert goes to some hentai site and then loves anime weomen so much that he goes nuts and grabs a knife and kills his wife just cuz she wasnt good enough and of course congress will blame it on anime and not hentai so bye bye anime hello snoreville under stand?

[Dagger]

It would be even easier to understand if you used periods and commas more often. ;)

Anyway, I'm with Arvie. Hentai [i]is[/i] anime, like it or not. It may not be my bag, but neither is a lot of the stuff out there.

~Dagger~

[Guest chobitslover90]

yea i guess your right but still hentai is not good for the industry and will get it in trouble one day mark my words it might happen next week next moth or next year but it will happens and i hope to god anime survives

[Saya]

[quote name='r2vq']Not all Anime is for kids. In fact, a lot of it isn't.[/quote]
100% new to the forums and already I?m taking part in a controversial thread. Oh well, it was bound to happen eventually. And your post r2vq is right on the money...

I?m actually quite a bit fan of H, of course it depends on the title like all anime releases, but for the most part I find many of the premium titles out there (Cool Devices, Bible Black, Black Mail, No Surface Moon, etc), to be of exceptional quality and design. I watch H not because I?m a pervert (at least I don?t fashion myself a pervert), but rather because I believe many H artists show what their made of when they design an H movie.

For instance, I realize this might come as a shock to some people but there are a number of H series/movies out there that were designed by well known people in anime. I realize without a substantial source this comes across as malarkey (can?t for the life of me remember a specific title), but famous anime artists and directors often design H titles to enhance their skills in drawing and attempt to express their art form differently (one of the key animators behind Ghost in the Shell or Akira comes to mind but don?t quote me on it).

Anyhow, as for the comments you made chobitslover, I?m going to have to disagree with you. The same argument stands for any movie or music title. There is a lot of controversy over the fact that violent movie leads to violent tendencies in music listeners? are we to believe this at face value?

I would say it depends on the person? surely the abuse of such media is not the fault of the media and is instead the fault of the individual (though again, this is a highly controversial topic that dates back to such things as book censorship and the like). Furthermore I don?t remember any case in which anyone was hurt because one of the involved parties watched H: granted I don?t know every that happens in the world, but an avid reader, I regard what you said is mistaken.

As for it ruining anime, that?s not quite true ? if anything H has little to no effect over the overall anime market (not something I can statistically verify, only logically determine based on observation). If anything I believe that H would only strengthen the market by providing anime artists a key to express themselves without any form of censorship (likewise on the same token it allows H artists to get into making anime).

I realize I?ve overly exhausted this topic, as H isn?t really all that important to me (again, I watch some titles, enjoy the art and that?s usually it), but I thought that such artists needed some sort defense ? no offense though to you chobitslover, for there certainly are individuals out there concerned with music/movie influence over society, that however, is beyond the scope of this reply.

[Dagger]

[quote name='persocomblues']100% new to the forums and already I?m taking part in a controversial thread. Oh well, it was bound to happen eventually. [/quote]
Welcome to OB! :catgirl:

[b]chobitslover90[/b], I think I understand your concerns somewhat better now. If you're going to worry about anything, though, you should probably be worrying about manga. It's higher-profile, for one thing, and the questionable/controversial stuff is easier for kids to access. A bookstore clerk can't stop a ten-year-old from buying Sensual Phrase, for example (and Sensual Phrase isn't outright hentai or anything, but it's definitely inappropriate for kids). I imagine it's not at all difficult for someone underage to get their hands on 18+ rated manga. And it's probably a lot worse in the eyes of some parents if he/she goes for hardcore BL (such as Level C) instead, which is not an unlikely scenario.

Really, though, what's the point in fretting? You described a hypothetical incident, but anime has weathered similar stuff in both Japan [i]and[/i] Canada, if I remember correctly.

~Dagger~

[animekid17]

[QUOTE=chobitslover90]I was thinking about it and since hentai is basically animated pornography
should it be considered anime? cuz alot of people dont watch anime or let their kids watch it beacause of it[/QUOTE]WHAT? of course it's considered anime.

its animated in japan by japanese people,with the anime style. how could it not be considered anime. as for as i'm concerend it's not even a question.

[celoctopus]

the answer to the question of" is hentai anime?" is a simple yes. just pornagraphic anime. you people had to bring in morals which really has nothing to do with the fact.

[Saya]

[QUOTE=Dagger]Welcome to OB! :catgirl:

[b]chobitslover90[/b], I think I understand your concerns somewhat better now. If you're going to worry about anything, though, you should probably be worrying about manga. It's higher-profile, for one thing, and the questionable/controversial stuff is easier for kids to access. A bookstore clerk can't stop a ten-year-old from buying Sensual Phrase, for example (and Sensual Phrase isn't outright hentai or anything, but it's definitely inappropriate for kids). I imagine it's not at all difficult for someone underage to get their hands on 18+ rated manga. [/QUOTE]
Thanks for the welcome ;) love the site!

You know, I never really thought about that. One of my biggest concerns have been anime with teen appropriate ratings displaying questionable material (often found more in mangas since in the anime versions of those mangas, such things really wouldn't fly as well). On the same token 18+ mangas sold to below 18 year old individuals. Now that's something different... not quite H and perhaps a little more upsetting.

My sister reading Love Hina since she was 12 ... beh. Isn't Hentai but that bothers me a little.

[Guest terraforce991]

yes it is considered anime