It’s to please the fans though. They do drive the economy for the anime companies.

@Drm: @_@ who likes to use their brain all the time anyway.

@Lia: Hahah, i DEFINITELY will love your mom. Is she of a need for a foster son by any chance?

@Gaguri: Well, I personally am a new person in terms of anime viewing. I just started intensively when i started this blogging site. It is perhaps a very hard topic to really conclude, and I actually wrote this during a period that I have a serious case of writer’s block.

Nevertheless, I am no huge fan of something that is overly deep because I prefer to enjoy my entertainment. I guess that is why i am no literature student myself. Nevertheless, when a show is both entertaining and has a good story depth, it is the type of show that will interest anyone.

I personally don’t see the merit behind the need to discuss such a ridiculous question, since the statement ‘vast majority of anime seeks to entertain, and only a few are profound’ is commonly accepted by those who are reasonable.

Lupus, people don’t use their brains very often. That’s the problem

Anyway back to the topic. I’d agree that Anime is more of an Art and entertainment form rather than a “deep thought” genre. Of course I’ve watched several noted exceptions and those are probably some of the best anime shows I’ve watched since I love “deep and meaningful” stuff.

These days fanservice are definitely quite blatant. I usually even have an anime, from its large popularity, producers would just make an OVA or some special that’s almost entirely plot-less and fanservice orientated :p

@Lolikit: deep penetration show? OKKKKKK?

@Kyokii: Hmm, I do somewhat agree with you but the perception of how deep an anime is does not deter from the fact that the artwork in itself is not a complicated thing that you might not understand or appreciate if you do not understand the patterns in it. Anime is simplistic and seeks to entertain, which is why I believe that the depth of the personal viewer is not that important.

@Nekonron: I am enjoying fanservice myself. I do not think that fanservice is a bad thing at all. It is good but I am not arguing whether it is good or bad, merely that it does not define “deepness”.

@Briar: Entertainment can be deep or shallow, but still primarily entertainment. That is why you call it entertainment, where the primary reason to viewing it is to excite or enjoy the artwork presented to you.

I do not believe that the topic in itself is a fallacy in which the artwork never bothers to fully enforce any intectuall or informative data onto you. It is a passive action of the viewer, and does not require active participation beyond the amount of leisure to understand.

@Lupus: rule.

@Drm: ?_? grey matter?

@Josh: Oh, i definitely do not think that not having any depth is a bad thing. I mean, is Ichigo Mashimaro or Midori no Hibi deep shows? nope. Yet, they have huge entertainment values. It is perhaps a bit confusing that I have portrayed deepness as a good quality and entertainment as a bad quality.

However, to be honest, there is no good or bad regarding the two terms. They are just terms for discussion.

@無

I can give a few examples of deep and shallow anime title but at the end of the day, there are ALL [b]ENTERTAINMENT[/b]! There’s no line drawn between the two. And deep is just one word to describe entertainment, not an entirety of notion.

Haha, fanservice that can help to contribute to storyplot, I see no harm in them. But if fanservice is just for the sake of whetting the appetite of interested people, that will irk me seriously. I am not against fanservice but it should be kept to minimum and for a meaning to it!

An anime being deep lets us reflect on things we rarely think of in our spare or casual time… just like literature or television shows, films and books. They are all stories to! ENTERTAIN.

But yeah. I look for some Moe AND entertaining AND deep… in a true way. Discrimination is probably the deepest one we are able to relate daily life to. Now have the victim be very moe, and it could get very heartbreaking… I’d love to see that… oh whatever, lol.

Of course, I think most people realize and agree with all of this, except for those who think that if it’s animated and from Japan, then it must be deeper than The Matrix or something, which is pretty silly on it’s face. All I’d have to do is find a DVD of Girls’ Bravo to prove that belief wrong.

As for fan service, I’d generally agree, though I still think there are plenty of shows around that don’t have fan service, or at least not enough to make it bothersome. I mean, almost anything - and I’m talking live-action TV and movies, have their own version of “fan service” usually. It’s how it’s used and how much it’s used that’s important rather than whether it exists or not (though I’m pretty sure that was basically your point anyway).