Stereotypes in Japanese Anime and Disney Movies Ryan Emery

Tangled Rapunzel is a teenager who goes against her “mother” by disobeying her orders to stay in the castle Rapunzel cannot handle herself outside the castle and she has to pay a “prince charming” to protect her in the real world Rapunzel is also not very smart which follows along with the typical “blonde, pretty girl, dumb” stereotype

My Neighbor Totoro In this film, many times the two girls get themselves into trouble that they can not handle without the help of their dad. The dad is able to handle everything while the girls seem to be handling nothing at all The girls in this movie seem to know nothing about the outdoors while the father knows everything

Brave In this film, Merida, the main character, a teenager, goes against her mother and even turns her into a bear to get her own selfish way This shows how Disney is portraying teenagers as “rebels.” As in they are going against whatever their parents say

Spirited Away In this film there are not many stereotypes They show a strong girl who fights for her parents and helps the small town deal with their problems The only complaint I have is that the town turns the girls parents into pigs inferring that parents are bad and she is better off without them

Kiki’s Delivery Service In this film a witch in training goes out into the real world and finds out own hard it is in the real world There are not many stereotypes in this film because its hows how a hard working girl can make it in the real world with no prier experience Also, it shows how hard work pays off

WHY? This matters because Disney and Japanese Anime are building stereotypes for certain cultures that are not wanted by the cultures and Disney and Japanese Anime should respect that.

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