This was an e-mail I wrote to the editors in response to Brian Alexander's article as posted on the bootleg news reporter.
I am writing concerning a story published on September 11th entitled "Anime erotic subculture goes mainstream:
More Americans drawn to the 'moral-free zone' of cute, sexual comics ". I have been a fan of anime since 2001, and am currently the Vice President and PR Director for my university's anime club.I would like to say that I find Mr. Alexander's story riddled with gross inaccuracies and over-generalization. Yes, there is a sub-culture in anime that promotes moral-free sexual exploitations. But what culture
does not have this? Anime embodies more than this, and includes every genre from action, to comedy, to horror. Just like American television or film. Just because I am a film fan does not mean that I am a sexual addict because the film industry also includes the Adult Film Industry.
I also found Mr. Alexander's quotes to be taken out of context to better suit his idea for the story. I am also a journalism major and understand the moral ethics of journalism that this kind of action violates.
Those of us that have been trying to promote anime as an art form are deeply hurt by this article. It is stories like this that we as a community are trying to fight against to uplift the deep prejudice we often experience as fans of something that's not mainstream.
The next time Mr. Alexander writes a story bashing other people's interests, we ask him to please make sure he gets his facts straight.
