Oh.

[rosejailmaiden]

ANN reviewed Arceus and the Jewel of Life



next time, ANN, try to your anti-Pokemon bias a little less obvious, kay?

Comments

[nekusagi.livejournal.com]

I meant Ghibli movies in general. I mean Pokemon movies are no more full of gods and spirits than your typical anime family fare. It's a big part of the Japanese culture and I think you could go as far as to interpret that remark as a little bit on the racist side, in light of that fact.

[blackjackrocket.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's racist. Culturalist perhaps, but that would depend on what they meant by it.

[nekusagi.livejournal.com]

Maybe not racist, yeah, but I guess ethnocentric.

I just can't comprehend why a site that focuses on reviewing JAPANESE media would call out a movie for polytheism.

[blackjackrocket.livejournal.com]

Well, the full phrase wasn't just about polytheism, but "weird polythiestic undercurrent", so perhaps they just found the polytheism in the specific movie to be weird. They need to elaborate on what they meant by it. Perhaps someone should ask, or I'll see if they reply to the thread.