Media Research Failure/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

** Speaking of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and pedophilia, there's the case of Lloyd de Mause and "psychohistory". In his attempt to prove that all human history has been cases of child abuse, he used the phallic humor in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' ("That poor dragon...", Goku's tendency to "check" to make sure people are male or female, etc.) and the underage male nudity to somehow prove that [[Windmill Crusader|all Japanese mothers masturbate their sons]]. Okay, that's all fine, but because of Goku's [[Noble Savage]] origins, he referred to Goku as Tarzan throughout!

* ''[[TV Guide]]'' years ago that reported on the popularity of the anime at the time. While not negative in tone, the writer openly admits his bafflement, titling the article "Fusion Confusion" and claiming "It's harder to understand than computer schematics." He also credits Goku with protecting us from "the ferocious Saiyan", a statement that's not too ''wrong'', per se. He then adds that he only understands as much from reading some fan sites. He lists Goku's sons as "Gohan and Gotan", and closes by saying that he watches the show for its "fantastic" animation. Well, there's far worse media coverage examples in this list, but this one is amusing as well as heartwarming in a "He's trying his best" sort of way. It also demonstrates the principle of the Generational Gap, where "grown-ups" just can't get "kid's stuff", something we see time and again in this list.

* An article from a Scandinavian country advertised ''[[Code Geass]]'' as a comedy series about a delightful youth named Rerouch who became the King of Britannia through use of his mystical Geass, which allowed him to gain control over any individual whose [[Death Note|name he had written down in a black note book]]. Unfortunately Rerouch is countered by a revolutionary named Jeremiah Suzaku who fights against Rerouch by using a mecha named [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|EVA]]. At some point, you have to wonder if they actually deliberately made this crap up because no sane human being could possibly get this much wrong if they had seen even 30 seconds of the show.

** To make matters worse, it spelled the series' name as "''Code Geese: Rerouch of the Reberrion''". The "rebellion" part isn't even [[Gratuitous English]] in the Japanese original (the title uses the actual Japanese word for "rebellion"), leaving the misspelling just plain baffling.