As Anime/Manga becomes more popular one might ask why isn't there an Awards (an Oscars?) for Anime in the West- Answer: There is- it's the Crunchyroll Awards and It's been mocked as BIASED & TRASH by Otaku's & Weebs since…
As Anime/Manga becomes more popular one might ask why isn't there an Awards (an Oscars?) for Anime in the West- Answer: There is- it's the Crunchyroll Awards and It's been mocked as BIASED & TRASH by Otaku's & Weebs since the 1st year it began. Let me explain.
Anime comes from Japan (duh!) it is made for a Japanese audience (which is why Weebs like it) - it is NOT bound by the constraints of 'Western Political Correctness". There's a genre for everyone. Literally EVERYONE! There's room for every fetish & niche audience - Japan is respectful this way... SADLY, the West particularly those of the Social Justice mind-set have the need to ram their "Ideology" & politics into basically everything. Given that Crunchyroll is located in San Francisco, California it's reasonable to assume those who run that company (Which produces the Awards show) who inject it's "Local Flavor" into it's Awards show. But there is another layer to this...
This was early 2017 - The ALL female "Ghostbusters" reboot had created a stir calling the male fans "Toxic Males", Trump beat Hillary, Comic Books were becoming more "Woke" and by that Spring 'ComicsGate' would be be born on YouTube channels- Why mention this? Because in a Year full of AMAZING Anime's - Crunchyroll made it's own awards show that seem to paint the Anime world as the "wanted to see it"- Not how it actually was.
ENTER GiggUK a non-corporate Ani-YouTuber who basically shared the voice of EVERYONE who was Not a CR Shill. He had a Million Subs on YouTube & for him to make this Video basically DUNKING on CR's Award Show was legendary. He didn't make this video out of spite or malice but more of a WTF??? The 1st ever Anime Awards was a JOKE before it even began. What was supposed to unite the fandoms became a mockery of Political & Social Justice flag waving - it's CR's biggest failure short of "High Guardian Spice" (A subject for another video!).
IN ALL Fairness the Winner & Anime CR swooned over was a decent show & had a very successful run in Japan. There's nothing wrong w/ the show from the Japan side- It has it's audience & Otakus like myself respect that- What CR did was make sure it won basically EVERY Award. One could almost look at the categories & wonder if they were created just to give "This Show" another award. Did Western fans vote for this show, I'm sure many did - but CR couldn't shut-up about this show in 2016 - They were in love with it. One could argue they even invented the Awards show just to praise this Anime.
Basically every year the CR awards get smaller & smaller & people just roll their eyes and AT&T just sold-off CrunchyRoll to Sony (washed their hands of them). The Major Voices in the Anime YouTube community like: GiggUK, An1me Man (Joey), Ani-News, Nux-Taku, Lost Pause, Digi-bro & others over the years have ALL Dunked on the CR awards. The Nominee's, the Winners, the Glitches in the show, now No One even talks about it. It's a SHILL site that has it's "Favs" & it has being dragged & mocked for "Censoring" Anime games & content - If you're a WEEB or Otaku you basically loath CR for it's Cringe tactics.
If you like GiggUK's style & video PLEASE follow his channel on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dF9qfBMXrSlaaFFDvV_Yg
If you want to hear real Anime Fan/ Otaku stories from people who are NOT Shills & Live in Japan just for the love of Anime visit GiggUK's friends on the Trash Taste Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcmxOGYGF51T1XsqQLewGtQ
(*I own nothing- I'm presenting this video for discussion purposes & to warn people just how BAD Crunchyroll Sucks if youre an Anime Otaku*)
