I didn’t spend any time at all in the comments, but the news articles I’ve read link the sudden uptick in bigotry to a show called Twilight Out Of Focus which features a gay couple in the lead roles. Homophobes were so mad that a show with gay characters exists that they were overwhelming every comment section on every show with slurs and ignorance.
I mean, if bigots took over all the comments to fill them with hate speech on a Lemmy instance, it might makes sense to shut that down, too.
Because they’ve been watching it from the beginning.
Imagine if suddenly China discovered the Simpsons, and also the Simpsons had been telling a cohesive narrative from the beginning until now where the characters grow and change. Then China translated every Simpsons episode to Mandarin and Cantonese, and then they made a live-action Simpsons show with real actors, and they started by covering early stories from Monorail to Who Shot Mr. Burns.
The Simpsons has been on TV for 10 years longer, and hads made over 750 episodes since its debut in 1989. One Piece debuted in 1999, based on a manga that came out in 1997, and has produced over 1,080 episodes.
So if the Simpsons suddenly became popular in China, that might skew the search results on Baidu, but it’s not going to dramatically alter perceptions of the show in the USA.
The Kenshin animated series skips most of the hyperviolent stuff and starts after the war. You could start with that show, and watch the OVA later when they are more mature.
Agreed on OG Dragonball. My son showed interest in DBZ, and I thought it might be good to go back and rewatch the series to get caught up. I started my own rewatch and was shocked at how sexualized it all was, especially given the ages of the characters. And it’s not even like side-plot fan service you can skip. Bulma, a minor, is flashing people left and right to get what she wants, including obtaining Dragonballs.
Eh, I can go either way on this. If the writing is great, and the story lives up to the legend, I’m interested. If it’s going to be a half-assed cash grab, then the world is better without it.
Prequels can be good, if there’s a good story to tell:
Rogue One
Prey
Better Call Saul
XMen First Class The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly