CATDOLL: Japanese netizens hotly discuss: What is an animation with “content”?

There are a lot of animations released in Japan every year. People often like to watch animations for fun. After all, many people watch animations to relax. But some people pay great attention to the "connotation" of animations when choosing animations, and believe that animations with "connotation" are the guarantee of quality. So what does "connotation" mean? Is it a profound plot or something that makes people depressed? Recently, some Japanese netizens have started a discussion on this, and everyone's answers are also varied.

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I always hear people asking to see the inner meaning of animation, but I really don’t understand what the inner meaning is? Do you know?

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Cuteness means connotation!

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It should be said that if we study a work carefully, we can find a lot of things to explore from it. Thus, we can get a sense of inner satisfaction. In other words, if this work is not an animation, but is only presented in the form of text, but it can still make people feel interesting, then it can be considered to have connotation.

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I don't quite agree with the definition of so-called connotation. But now many people criticize that "animation is supported by cute girls". So if a daily life work is still good without cute girls, or a harem light novel is still attractive without cute girls, I think it has connotation.

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I think it has a clear theme, which makes people feel moved. All the plots must serve the theme, so that people feel that this is a complete story after watching it.

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A lot of information, very impressive.

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On the contrary, I feel that works with real substance do not have any explanatory lines, and the theme of the work can be expressed simply through the characters’ daily conversations and expressions.

It seems that everyone has a different definition of "meaningful" animation. It is true that some animations have very deep content and can cause a lot of discussion, such as "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" and "EVA". But generally speaking, as long as the animation can attract the audience, many viewers will not delve into the deep "meaning". So what do you think is "meaningful"? Let's talk about it~