Animation was always bad. Just like art was always bad, and music was always bad, and food trends were always bad.
Only the good stuff (or the TRULY awful, good in its own way) gets remembered. There's a natural filtration system. No one is going to reminisce on "Cadillacs And Dinosaurs" or "The Smoggies", because they really weren't all that amazing.
In that manner, comparing the present to the past in inherently unfair, because comparing to the past has the power of actually being in your memory, of actually having an impact, compared to what you're picking from the present.
one thing I wonder is why specifically every gay character has to be a woman. If you look up "lgbtq cartoon characters", I'm certain at least half of them will be lesbian or bisexual women.
...50% of them will be women? Well, hate to break it to you, but there's only two sexes. In an equal random distribution, it should be 50-50.
Does anime fare better?
Art has generally significantly declined in the same manner as the west: Only the good stuff is remembered. As for gay characters, anime has had them for the longest time. Haruhi Suzumiya regularly sexually assaulted the women in her club for her own pleasure, and she's hardly the only female character to get a-fondling when the boobs present themselves. And for males, Cardcaptor Sakura had the two guardian guys, magical girl series in general tend to have "non-threatening" males, which for young female audiences, means ones with no sexual behaviors towards them, so you see gay men a lot in Mahou Shoujo.
G/T tends to be background characters, while L/B could be either/or. Most L tends to be fanservice excuses and actually just B, though. IE the Haruhi example above, she loves stripping and assaulting the poor maid, but it's obvious she still has a standard romantic pairing with Kyon.
What you said isn't true. Some things have really gotten worse. If you compare the best to the best (so, doing an apples to apples comparison) you'll find certain decades absolutely crushed it. The 1970s, and 1990s had fantastic movies. Movies these days are recycled, and unoriginal. So fucking bland.
And do you know why? The TV and movie industry is filled with friends, and family. It's run by rich children who didn't have to fight their way to the top. The shit being produced today is being made by individuals lacking in talent. It is not a meritocracy, and hasn't been for a very long time.
Hollywood does not have any open doors. You have to know people, and that creates garbage. It's not survival of the best. It's survival of who is your daddy, or mommy.
This applies to other parts of the entertainment industry, too. What society is being fed is created by spoiled brats.
Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug.
Animation was always bad. Just like art was always bad, and music was always bad, and food trends were always bad.
Only the good stuff (or the TRULY awful, good in its own way) gets remembered. There's a natural filtration system. No one is going to reminisce on "Cadillacs And Dinosaurs" or "The Smoggies", because they really weren't all that amazing.
In that manner, comparing the present to the past in inherently unfair, because comparing to the past has the power of actually being in your memory, of actually having an impact, compared to what you're picking from the present.
...50% of them will be women? Well, hate to break it to you, but there's only two sexes. In an equal random distribution, it should be 50-50.
Art has generally significantly declined in the same manner as the west: Only the good stuff is remembered. As for gay characters, anime has had them for the longest time. Haruhi Suzumiya regularly sexually assaulted the women in her club for her own pleasure, and she's hardly the only female character to get a-fondling when the boobs present themselves. And for males, Cardcaptor Sakura had the two guardian guys, magical girl series in general tend to have "non-threatening" males, which for young female audiences, means ones with no sexual behaviors towards them, so you see gay men a lot in Mahou Shoujo.
G/T tends to be background characters, while L/B could be either/or. Most L tends to be fanservice excuses and actually just B, though. IE the Haruhi example above, she loves stripping and assaulting the poor maid, but it's obvious she still has a standard romantic pairing with Kyon.
What you said isn't true. Some things have really gotten worse. If you compare the best to the best (so, doing an apples to apples comparison) you'll find certain decades absolutely crushed it. The 1970s, and 1990s had fantastic movies. Movies these days are recycled, and unoriginal. So fucking bland.
And do you know why? The TV and movie industry is filled with friends, and family. It's run by rich children who didn't have to fight their way to the top. The shit being produced today is being made by individuals lacking in talent. It is not a meritocracy, and hasn't been for a very long time.
Hollywood does not have any open doors. You have to know people, and that creates garbage. It's not survival of the best. It's survival of who is your daddy, or mommy.
This applies to other parts of the entertainment industry, too. What society is being fed is created by spoiled brats.