Quote:Originally posted by kakomu
It's like watching chappelle's show in school. It may provide varying levels of entertainment, but it has no substance whatsoever in it. Sorry to burst everyone's bubbles, but anime has NO substance to it. It is empty...shallow, etc. Somewhat entertaining tho.
Well, the only anime I show are Ghibli/Myazaki films, and I take the time to discuss the themes and lessons presented in each film, so I think there is plenty of 'substance' in this case.
Now, with the manga, yah, that is more just for fun, but, I mean lots of kids books don't have much substance anyway. It isn't like I am just having an anime party in my room all the time, I do teach math, science, reading, history, art, etc...
What you might be surprised to hear is that many language and reading specialists say that if it gets kids to read, you should use it. I have asked different specialists in my district what they think about me having manga in my room and they think it is a great idea. I often have kids who are from Mexico or another country and they are just not good english speakers and they never even want to pick up a book, but they will pick up the manga and read it like crazy, and that is a step in the right direction
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