checking a bit, Baby Etchecopar He is a radio and television host in Argentina that has generated controversy in the past. He recently made the leap to infamy again, after in a program for Radio Rivadavia he mentioned a controversial opinion about the anime industry and its presence in Argentina.
The exchange between the “panel of experts” was full of inconsistencies. Like affirming that the violence in Argentina is due to the violence shown in the current anime, or that Naruto Uzumaki is a character from Dragon Ball. They also claimed that Itachi Uchiha is a “subliminal message” towards the “Chinese brand” of Hitachi, which is actually Japanese.
Let’s review some of the statements:
- «Those little drawings are not human beings, they are strange things (…) Last time I saw one that my grandson sees, and I couldn’t believe it. It was all blood, killing people, how crazy! (…) But still, notice that Chinese culture has this thing about samurai cutting off heads, blood dripping (…) Who is Naruto? (…) He is a character from Dragon Ball».
- «My son named the puppy he adopted “Itachi”. I told him that Itachi is the brand of a television and he tells me: “he is a character.” (…) It must be a subliminal message to the Chinese brand, because Itachi is the same as, for example, Kawasaki, which has shipyards that make the largest boats in the world, and one believes that they make motorcycles. The Chinese have huge corporations.».
Being an entertainment medium that is just becoming known in Latin America (yes, anime has not been massively consumed in these parts for many years), the media want to be at the forefront of trends, so they encourage to cover topics such as anime. Unfortunately, not everyone does the proper research, leading to unique trades like this one. And no country in Latin America is the exception, we are sure that in any other country there have been cases where the press misinforms society in general about the anime industry.
Anyway, what did the netizens think about it? Let’s review the comments:
- «Stop everything, does that mean you’re still watching Naruto? I thought they cut for the fourth season or something on Cartoon Network».
- «It could easily be another edition of “Let’s Talk Without Knowing”».
- «There is a great correlation: watching a lot of anime makes you a Virgo, being a Virgo makes you violent for not putting it on. Ergo, the violence is for being a virgo».
- «On top of not being able to differentiate the Japanese from the Chinese, they mix different animes and think that they are trying to sell televisions to kids. The best is the Kawasaki».
- «And me trying to get an Anya Forger keychain. How violent must I be?».
- «Talking without knowing is free. This buries a whole cultural genre of Japan, not China, and on top of that it disqualifies Naruto, a series with a thousand moral values that should be taught. We better watch Argentine television that exudes love, right?».
- «They don’t even understand each other, what the fuck are they talking about? Everything is completely random, this seems armed with an AI».
- «It can’t be, what delays these people has no explanation».
- «He talks about “Chinese culture” and mentions the samurai, who are Japanese. The other one that mentions Naruto and the gila on duty they have there says it’s from Dragon Ball».
- «Every second of the video is sublime. It’s like a Capussoto sketch».
- «There was not a single correct statement in the entire video, I find it impressive».
- «I thought this was in the past, thank you boomers for existing».
