Anime, Novelty, and Openness
S3E6: [SPOILERS FOR END OF WANO ARC IN ONE PIECE]
Josué comes out swinging with an open discussion about the trait of openness and novelty-seeking, and how anime largely dominates the market for truly unique concepts and interesting new spins on genre or well-known tropes. They shift into a discussion about positive and negative bias and potential harm from negative media or anime bias in a clinical setting. Rae speaks about best practices with gathering potential clinical data from favorite media, hobbies, and interests using the Geek Therapy model. Both hosts share personal stories and experiences living with ADHD and how ADHD impacts what they find interesting, their struggles with engaging with certain hobbies, and how ADHD heavily influences their love of anime. Rae shares about how she reclaimed her love of reading and touches on ADHD coping strategies. Josué shares two anime that made him feel extremely seen and how this media representation encapsulates the internal experience of ADHD, contrasting it with negative clinical bias discussed previously.
Themes/Topics Discussed:
Josué comes out swinging with an open discussion about the trait of openness and novelty-seeking, and how anime largely dominates the market for truly unique concepts and interesting new spins on genre or well-known tropes. They shift into a discussion about positive and negative bias and potential harm from negative media or anime bias in a clinical setting. Rae speaks about best practices with gathering potential clinical data from favorite media, hobbies, and interests using the Geek Therapy model. Both hosts share personal stories and experiences living with ADHD and how ADHD impacts what they find interesting, their struggles with engaging with certain hobbies, and how ADHD heavily influences their love of anime. Rae shares about how she reclaimed her love of reading and touches on ADHD coping strategies. Josué shares two anime that made him feel extremely seen and how this media representation encapsulates the internal experience of ADHD, contrasting it with negative clinical bias discussed previously.
Themes/Topics Discussed:
- ADHD
- Burnout
- Change
- Finding Oneself/Identity Development
- Mental Health Services
- Problem Solving
- Resilience
- Positive and negative biases
- Best practices in clinical settings
- Openness and novelty
- Personality
Relatable Experiences:
- Clarity/Understanding
- Coming of age/Getting older
- Disability
- Fear/Anxiety
- Trauma
- Late-diagnosed ADHD
Anime/Characters Mentioned:
- One Piece
- My Hero Academia
- Gundam (referenced)
- Undead Unluck
- Marriage Toxin
- Spy x Family
- Death Note
- Isekai (genre)
- The Master of Killing Time
- Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions
Non-Anime Media Mentioned:
- Looney Tunes
- Behind Your Touch (K-Drama)
- Chicken Nugget (K-Drama)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Invincible (comic and animated show)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (film)
- The Mask (film)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (film)
- South Park
- Rick & Morty
- Transformers (referenced)
- Lisa Frank (referenced)
- Rainbow Bright (referenced)
- Kill Bill (films)
- Chronicles of Narnia
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Wizard of Oz
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Conversation Starters:
What anime-specific tropes are you most drawn to? What does that say about your personality, if anything?
