Hey when you put it that way, EVERYTHING related to anime exploits the genre? Like “OMG ITS AN ANIMU BLOG … ITS EXPLOITING THE GENRE BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT ANIMU”? Hey, so what if he likes to draw anime style? I mean if he drew like Marvel comics style then wouldn’t he be exploiting the American Comics genre?

And FYI.. HE doesn’t draw the stick figures… Dom does.

And like everything else out there, there are good and bad. So what if there’s a few bad comics online once in a while? Just like how there are epic blogs, epic youtube videos, etc, there’s a plethora of shity blogs, youtube videos and just about anything else you can name.

Anyways, most of this article is illogical or elitist IMO.

That bitch vid was nothing but fail and a piece of shit I don’t think anyone can stand her anymore. Kobukson is right… nearly all of us aren’t that accepting to Western animation for music vids and whatnot….

If anything, just ask some Japanese studio to do your vids, so long as it’s not pop and all that nonsense, like take for example… the progressive metal band Dream Theater, where the song Forsaken got animated by… get this: GONZO. Yea, I know it doesn’t look like the art that Gonzo would put in the anime series they would make, but at least the art in the vid fit the song. It was awesome that it got aired on Headbanger’s Ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-7hRPx9w6M
Is that exploitation to anyone?

Anyway, I agree with Coaxen, you only mention Western culture exploiting anime…but I was thinking countless animes produced in Japan are just rip offs of another popular series. Aren’t they also simply exploiting the popularity of the first successful idea in hopes of having the same success? In fact I’d say there are waaay more exploitation animes/mangas made in Japan than any exploitation anime/mangas in the Western entertainment industry.

What TRULY deserve to be written off as blatant examples of abuse are videos like the said Britney Spears one. At the end of the day, we all know its just a popularity gimmick. Curse those who cheapen the anime style for their own selfish ends. And kudos to Ex for an interesting read, about a topic thats been on my mind for a while.

The animaton is crappy, sadly albeit still better than animation in some series.

A crappy show made in Canada or wherever, with absolutely no originality may be a slut. But a crappy anime made in Japan, with an equal originality value is a bitch. Let’s face it, most of the modern productions have the same purpose! Regardless of nationality. Some series are better, thanks to some ambitious artists and scriptwriters, but more than half of these series is worthless cliché and a waste of time. And some people want us to even pay for wasting our time and eyesight on such shit.

lol