There are many shows today that are all the same. Everything is copycat within the American film industry and the movies/shows have become boring. At least to me anyway. However, I am not saying that they are bad, however, I just have grown to a different form of entertainment. That is anime.
Anime is a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults, but is also aimed for everyone. The thing about anime is that there is so much of it and everyone has something else to offer. This is why I love it so much. It is another form of entertainment with short or long stories having you go through a roller coaster of emotions experiencing art. The thing with creators in anime, is that they aren’t focused on all of the money. They aren’t greedy. They care about the work put in and take tons of risk in order to create something beautiful in every way, rather than just to the naked eye.
However, I haven’t always thought this way. Until recently I thought anime was stupid and for weirdos who live in their parents basement. However, one of my friends told me to give Naruto a watch. I decided to watch thinking that my brother who is also my best friend enjoys watching anime as well. This led me to curiosity to try it. Once I started the long journey of Naruto, I couldn’t stop. It was a dark time in my life where I was battling depression and the show really helped me cope with it. The main character grew up alone with no parents while everyone in his village despised him because he had what you could call a demon for people who haven’t watched the show, sealed inside him. However, he never let that justify him as he kept going with the goal to become the leader of the village in which he ends up doing so at the end of the second series called, “Naruto Shippuden.” After experiencing this story I wanted to try something new. So I continued looked around the internet and saw there is an astonishing amount of anime. The list seems to never end and every single one is different. Some may be similar but they take those similarities and make them their own. That is something American films/shows lack in my opinion and that is diversity. Although, some shows are amazing from America ,however, these shows form Japan are on another level. I recommend taking the time and giving it a chance. Everyone I have told to give it a shot always brush it off saying it’s stupid at first. Although, once they give it a shot they come back to me talking to me about it constantly. It all goes back to not judging a book by its cover. I say just give it a shot.
This is a link to my video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeHJfa6fXmk
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