The Problem with Anime in North America (Virgin Thought)

     Greeting Readers, do I have a surprise for you! Did you know that the worst country to watch Anime in is anywhere besides Japan? And I do not mean that it sucks in terms of quality or language, because that's not why it sucks, its because of popularity of Anime series. Many of you have probably scratched your heads wondering why one of your favorite anime never produced a second volume, its because of the rating system for anime. In Japan they decide which anime will continue to be produced and which anime will be cancelled, they what happens to an anime based on the public's rating of the show. This is normal and makes total sense, but here's the catch, the only ratings that they care about are the rating in Japan.

     If 100,000 people watch the anime in Japan and 5 million in North America, then they will cancel the Anime because the show doesn't have enough watchers in Japan. If 3 million people watch the anime in Japan and only 100,00 people watch it in North America, the anime continues to be produced. Seems pretty logical right? Not for the people in North America, they get to sit on their hands wishing that they could influence the companies decisions on whether or not to cancel an anime. This is the problem with watching Anime in North America, they have no influence over what shows become popular because they don't live in Japan. The system does make sense thou, why would you continue to make a show that is not popular in your country so the people in other countries can enjoy it. Your profits would take a huge hit, due to translations, distribution, international advertising; it would cost a lot of money. Which is why it sucks watching anime if you are from North America, your support has literally no affect on the ratings of the anime, and you just have to hope that its also popular in Japan.

     I know this is a short post, but I don't have a lot of time on my hands and I wanted to do something different than a post on Attack on Titan. Also this is not a Theory, it is a Virgin Thought, which I hope you enjoyed. Anyways I hope you will read next week's post, until than!

Separating Fact From Fiction In Movies (Virgin Thought)

     After Watching the movie Lucy in theaters I realized a recurring pattern in the movie industry, we all know that the science in movies are false, but actually the idea that the science in the movie originated from is true. In the recently made movie "Lucy" they explained that the universe cannot be measured in a human measurement because the universe can only be measured by time, and not by any other form of human measurement. This small scientific idea in the movie is actual the theory of Universal Time, that the universe has a clock. The counter theory expresses the idea that time does not exist in the universe and is only an illusion, that "time" is actually the movements of mater and cannot be measured by time. This is the small amount of non-fictional science that the movie expresses minus that the drug in the movie is actually some sort of super methamphetamine (Speed) that is hilariously addictive. This is only one example of actual science in movies, the movie "Inception" also expresses a surprising amount of actual scientific knowledge. In the movie Inception mankind has created machines that allow people to infiltrate other peoples dreams to extract information, the machines themselves are not real but the base scientific fact/idea is the dream state. The dream state in the movie is 100% true and is called lucid dreaming, when you are dreaming and you realize that you are dreaming (which is very rare), you gain the ability to manipulate and control your dream instead of your subconscious.

     All science in movies no matter the genre are based/originated from actual scientific facts or theories, even artificial gravity and hover cars. The hard part is trying to figure out what is true and what is false in the movie, usually most of science in sci-fi movies are false but sometimes you can notice where the ideas in the movie originated from. For example hover cars, these have been used in many movies over the years and are possible to make without burning the ground, this sci-fi idea may have come from magnets and how magnets work. You just have to notice the science in the movie and find the connection to today's knowledge, its easier to do in some movies than in others. I hope you enjoyed this weeks post, the second official Virgin Thought and I hope you will read some of my other posts which you can find on the blog or the "list of posts" page!