5 scandalous anime fans are still arguing about today

The colorful world of anime has something for every taste! In the past few decades there have also been a few series that have caused heated discussions due to excessive violence, abuse or incest. In this article we will introduce you to five anime that have a particularly bad reputation.

Note: The following series sometimes deal with and show serious violence, sexual crimes or the murder of children. Anyone who has been a victim of violence or sexual abuse in the past or feels triggered by these issues should refrain from reading this article.

These 5 anime are notorious

Anime is not just anime. The Japanese medium is extremely multifaceted and surpasses pretty much all viewing habits, which have established themselves through most Western films and series. But that is also what makes anime so special!

The medium is in many ways over the top, fast paced, and pushing boundaries. But that also led to one or the other anime started a real scandal. In this article, we therefore present five anime that have been discussed as particularly blatant, inhuman or morally reprehensible.

Start with:

Redo of Healer (2021)

Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi, known in the West as Redo of Healer, is about a magical healer who takes revenge on his tormentors. He’s not scared either torture and sexual abuse return.

Hardly any other anime has caused as much controversial discussion in recent years as Redo of Healer. The explicit rapes some of which also use a glowing iron rod, have split the community into two camps.

who despise some the violence, the strong misogyny and the vigilantismwhile others praise the ruthless performance and defend the protagonist’s motivation by explaining trauma.

Either way. The anime had great difficulty in gaining a foothold in Germany. The FSK initially refused release and several studios rejected a German dubbing of the anime.

In the end, Redo of Healer was also released in Germany. With a FSK release from 18 years.

Interspecies Reviewers (2020)

Ishuzoku Reviewers or Interspecies Reviewers is a particularly scandalous anime. The series is all about a group that visits various brothels and then evaluates them. be there completely absurd sexual practices and fetishes were shownwhich also take place across the borders of a species – hence the name of the anime.

Despite a few explicit ecchi scenes, the series itself is rather harmless, since the whole tonality is funny and sold with a wink. Nevertheless, the anime became popular shortly after its release banned in several countrieswhich caused an international outcry among fans.

They then mobilized and put the anime on MyAnimeList (IMDb for anime) Voted number 1 in the world rankings. That put Interspecies Reviewers above such masterpieces as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Attack on Titan for a while.

That in turn did not please the fans of the anime just mentioned and it came to the usual verbal battles on Twitter, Reddit and Co.

Yosuga no Sora (2010)

Also known as among anime fans the incest anime. In Yosuga no Sora, the viewer follows the story of two twins, Sora and Haruka, who fall in love and also have sex with each other.

The issue of incest and the depiction of sex between relatives then as now, caused very different opinions and reactions. But anyone who loudly admits to being a fan of the anime on social media is usually greeted with a “WTF”.

That is why the title is also considered by many followers a classic guilty pleasurethat you just look at and talk less about.

School Days (2007)

Talking about School Days without spoilers is almost impossible. The anime might be about a typical high school romance at first glance, but at the latest with the end this impression is completely destroyed. It is also the last episode that should have stayed in the memory of pretty much every viewer.

If you don’t have a problem with spoilers and want to know why the anime is so scandalous, you are welcome to watch the video by YouTuber Kurono. This has with more than 2.1 million views directly contributed to the reputation of School Days in Germany:

Elfen Lied (2004)

There were brutal anime back in the 80s and 90s, but Elfen Lied, released in 2004, still appealed to many fans the first contact with a tough FSK-18 anime.

Elfen Lied is about cruel experiments on childrenwho have special abilities. This fact alone should have been reason enough for the FSK to release the anime only for adults. Or it was the massacre of a group of preschool children – a scene that inevitably sticks in your memory.

In order to understand the Elfen Lied scandal, you also have to consider the time. YouTube was still in its infancy and suddenly popped up an extremely gory anime on the platform. At that time, many young anime fans only knew Pokémon and Dragon Ball. And so Elfen Lied quickly became THE topic of conversation in the schoolyard.