Regarding Questions 1 and 2

             Now I'd like to look into questions. As for resources, I'll basically use Google Scholar because it's very trustworthy and easy to use.

1.     What elements do people attach great importance to anime characters?

      (appearance, personality etc.)

 

In my opinion, most anime viewers image their favorite characters' personalities by looking at their appearances. Therefore, both appearances and personalities are important. Regarding this point, viewers come to like some characters for mainly two reasons. The first one is that a personality and his/her appearance perfectly match with the viewers images. On the other hand, the second one is that there is a gap between the viewers' images regarding the personality and the appearance. From my own experiences, I think the latter one makes many viewers fall in love with their favorite characters. In Japanese, it is called "Gap Moe". I presume that they are excited to realize hidden aspects within their favorite ones. On the other hand, there are some critical opinions regarding female characters. For example, one thesis claims that various roles of female characters lack "systematic research". I think that's not always true because as I mentioned earier, we know that many anime programs are broadcasted, considering each generations' psychological background and needs. Therefore, I think there are no borders to look into recent circumstances of anime.

 

2.     Do they have prejudices towards anime? (childish, many lowbrow programs etc.)

In my opinion, there are still prejudices. As I mentioned earlier, for example, many people think anime programs are only for children, so anime is childish. However, recent anime aren't so simple. Everyone knows that there are deep social issues within anime movies created by Studio Jhibli. So why they still think anime as relatively lowbrow programs? Aren't there some issues we (teens and adults) can discuss? I'm going to think and research for these questions from know. In addition, one research result of a thesis even says none- anime fans accept anime fans as a neighbor, but tend not to become friends with anime fans. In this way, it seems not only anime but also anime fans themselves are having a hard time. I realized this point while I'm writing this blog post and since I haven't heard such problem before, I would like to search more about this later on.

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