Disney's first film with LGBTQ+ lead bombs at box office – and fans have thoughts (gay fans accuse Disney of purposely trying to sabotage the movie through lack or marketing to justify lack of gay representation in future movies)

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[–]Alienhunter糞大名[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Interesting. Wasn't aware of that. I'm surprised the shonen stuff is doing well but I guess the kids that grew up with DBZ and the like on TV are all adults now.

Makes sense the shonen is doing well since it's usually right in line with the Superhero movies that keep getting made over and over again.

I heard that one of the Shinkai movies did well in the states, I think it was Kiminonawa? Kind of surprised it did but I guess that was before the trans stuff hit the culture wars.

Saw the newest Shinkai movie recently and must say I enjoyed it but I don't think it can do well in the west. Too Japanese for mass market appeal I think, don't think the average westerner will understand 3/11 by just the numbers.

[–]LyingSpirit472 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah. Shinkai would be similar to the Ghibli directors in "they're respected enough as directors they'll succeed no matter what."

To me, the big test to see if this rise will succeed would be if the "Quintuplets" movie can take hold; we're seeing the shonen series do well due to its action/superhero stuff and how kids grew up with DBZ and the like, but we have yet to see if an anime romance can take in theaters. If even THAT does well enough, the floodgates will open and we'll see the weebest of the weeb shit get regular release.