Should anime be in schools

[GundamStrider]

I think we all have been in some sort of class that has you watch a movie like "Braveheart" or to "kill a Mocking Bird," and then makes you take a test because it has an in-depth meaning. But what anime's if any, should the school system allow that students could benifit from.

[mistersachmo]

it will never happen

1. wat's there to learn? drawing? >.>
2. pure entertainment
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[unr_kid]

Eh, anime in a broad sense (not the TV series) is already in a good number of schools' Japanese classes. A lot of them use Miyazaki-san's films.

In general, though, the only classes that might use anime are the Japanese classes, and for the most part, anime doesn't use a level of grammar that's appropriate for foreign language students below the AP level in high school.


I know that, on "free days," my school's JPN 7-8AP class occasionally watches anime, but it's used as a placement test of sorts, with the teacher forcing the AP students to take notes on what's going on.

In general, I don't think anime is used in schools... at least, not very much.

[cooldude798]

i dont think they will allow anime stuff like that in school, i think schools wont pick anime because anime doesnt bore you to death. school is good at boring people to death

[saesings2]

heck yea, freedom of choice and plus its like japan's culture so were learning on how japaneese people have huge robots and stuff

[Ashdate]

[spankit]

hahahaa dont you wish!

i dont see any reason why'd we watch it other
than japanese class as mention above.

but then again we've only watched totoro
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[Kyadytim]

I say it should be. I can't think of any good examples right now, but a lot of anime has really good themes on par with "The Classics" and they'd be far more fun to learn about.

[manxx]

yes yes of course i wiash it were happen but in real life it cannot happen so i better see tv

[pensaver]

I don't really think most animes are for educational based purposes, mainly for entertainment. If schools had anime, they should make it in a club form or interest group.

[Ani_MaSTeR]

anime doesnt offer any curricular value aside from entertainment.
maybe for art classes, but its up to the student to want to choose to do an anime art style, not the board of study or the teacher.

as u said, they show those films because they can be analysed. but, also because they are fairly well known films. the assessors and teacher would be able to relate the answers to the topic, because they could find a copy of the movie to review themselves.

how many teachers know about anime anyway? let alone actually have the time to watch a full anime series?

as for the initial question, i think the only anime that is worth reviewing would be evangelion, honey and clover and jin roh. < i think these are the only ones that are worth watching for class film-analysis.
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[DaAznBaller]

anime club?

[velocius]

some animes like grave of the fireflies(wich i didn't like) have a great meaning and could be shown in ethics or perhaps history

[Phantom14]

I wish. But that ain't really going to happen. Mostly becuse there is still alot of sentamit about animation is genreal. "Cartoons, are for kids" is still very much in the minds of most adults.
And if any anime is to be shown, it can't just be any anime movie or series, some thing along the lines of "The Grave of Fireflies" type of anime were in depth questions can be asked and the such.

[Lazyone]

dude i watch anime in my class all the time its part of our field of work we do 3D&2D animation course im also lucky cause my school days are only 2 1/2 hrs long hehe.
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