Animation director Saitou Keiichiro comments on overseas fans

Mando727 said:
Way to pull a bunch of baseless assumptions out of an extremely vague quote.

Captain-577 said:
Why did I assume he's specifically talking about Frieren? Because he's specifically talking about "Overseas fans" which means western fans in this context. The trends and biases he mentions specifically exist in the west and differ significantly from his own country. And there's only one anime that's specifically worshipped in the west alone. Other trendy anime like One Piece, Demon Slayer or JJK are trending across the globe and biases about these aren't limited to "overseas fans". And don't give me "Frieren is mainstream in Japan", no one is hailing it as the "Anime to end all Anime". Considering his comments are entirely based on what he saw at western animecons, something that specifically differed from his country, it's not much of a stretch to assume what he's talking about. He may not be talking about only Frieren but it's the major one, after all "Frieren is the greatest masterpiece" has been the biggest western trend in past few years.


Not much to say when anything besides "Frieren is the greatest masterpiece" is "ragebait" to fanboys.

DragyG said:
When you quote someone about something. Quote everything they said about it if you don't want to look stupid or manipulative

DragyG said:
Hence why I personally think your challenge to mods doesn't make sense

jekfrumstotferm said:
given he was at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards

Captain-577 said:


I bet he hasn't even heard of "Crunchyroll Anime Awards"

Tendo_GM said:
you do know that Crunchyroll is owned by Sony? Right? That one giant Japanese company?

Captain-577 said:

You are free to present your theory what he might be talking about. He is already walking the edge of his contract by talking against fans, directly saying anything would nuke his career.

Captain-577 said:

I won't refute that, I only translated the part I was concerned with. But I am not being "manipulative" because I did translate the main part faithfully.

そうなってしまう前に、アニメの多様な魅力を世界に発信していくことが大切だと感じています。さまざまなアプローチで世界に注目してもらえるような作品を作っていきたいという気持ちがあります。

He just further talks about promoting more variety to counter trends and improving communication overseas, which goes back to his earlier statement "I feel overseas fans are disconnected with creators". I won't take your accusation that "I changed the meaning". I faithfully translated what he said and presented my theory about it. Say what you will about my theory, but my translation is accurate and I cited my source for people like yourself who would want to confirm it.


So you want to lock this thread citing that I presented something out of context even when I actually provided the link to the source itself.

jekfrumstotferm said:

Nothing you’ve said points specifically towards Frieren. He could be talking about Solo Leveling just as easily. Honestly, it’s more likely, given he was at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards when that show won. You’d be hard pressed to find a bigger indicator of “Western biases and trends”, regardless of how you feel about the awards themselves. Or, in your case, regardless of your own biases towards the shows we’re discussing.

Captain-577 said:

And do you Crunchyroll doesn't operate in Japan at all? Do even know what the entire point of Crunchyroll is?

Captain-577 said:

And do you Crunchyroll doesn't operate in Japan at all? Do even know what the entire point of Crunchyroll is?

Sushi099 said:

DragyG literally said he was at the crunchyroll awards when solo leveling won. There’s no reason he wouldn’t know what crunchyroll is

Ajaxxexx said:
I wanted someone else to translate the post. I think you might be being too biased in your interpretation

Ajaxxexx said:
trying to prove your own point or thesis instead of actually thinking about what the Director is saying