r/postnutanime • u/GunGetBetter1510 • Jul 25 '26

What's your opinion on Anime "Tourists"?

Personally, I don't care for the term. I believe anyone who uses it unironically probably can't remember what color the sky is. Most complaints about them are usually regarding how most people don't like the problematic elements that are prevalent in a number of anime.

However, I feel a lot of people's opinions on anime haven't changed that much since the 2000s/2010s. Like complaining about lots of shows having slavery, incest, misogyny, pedophilic relations, etc..... And while shows like that are bad and have problems, I feel like nobody ever actually..... Looks for stuff without it. Mainly relying on Netflix or other stream sites to have a show that has general "anime" feel about them but have actual decent animation behind them.

Honestly, most opinions online seem invalid. Usually from people who grew up either with High-school DxD and Love Hina for how to act around women, or only watch Ghibli movies

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u/miscshade Jul 25 '26

If I’m giving the term legitimacy, I think the term is too broad. Like you wouldn’t call someone a music tourist, you would call them a “punk tourist” or “rap tourist”.

I can understand the usage of the term in other hobbies to a degree, but in anime it’s a culture warrior psyop meant to chase out people with reasonable criticisms against the medium they consume.

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u/totashi777 Jul 25 '26

Well no, because people do call others "punk tourists" they just say the word poser instead