to ban DD from watching Anime?

[SmellsLikeTeenBedroom]

My 11yo DD has just told me her group of friends (Y7) are into Anime. She has watched a couple of things they suggested and said she likes it.

This rings alarm bells for me. I've read bad things about anime: misoginistic, hyper-sexualised, pornograpgic, unhealthy body image, confusing messages about gender, furries.

However, I dont know nearly enough about this. I'm sure there must be good and bad anime (Pokemon etc) but is there a way of distinguishing (without watching every bloody video with her)? I'm inclined to just keep dd away from all of it, but maybe that's an overreaction.

I am not afraid to ban my dd from something all her friends are allowed, but feel like I need to be able to explain why, and at the moment I can't.

(Just to pre-empt any "just tell her its because I said so"/"you'rethe parent" responses: yes, obviously I know that, but if I'm creating a division between dd and the rest of her friendship group at a time when transition to secondary school and making friends has already been so disrupted, I need to know it's worth it)

It’s just Japanese animation. Why have you decided it’s all misogynistic and sexualised exactly? So ignorant.

My DC love anime. We watched the whole studio ghibli collection when they were 5, 6 and 7 and we’ve watched it a few times since. They’re into my hero academia atm and they like little witch academia too. It isn’t sexualised or misogynistic.

It’s all age rated like anything else so avoid the 15s and 18s, the rest will be fine.

There are some lovely PG/U rated anime films. I think some people don't realise how broad a genre it really is. Just treat it on a film by film basis as you would anything else and stick to the certifications you'd be comfortable with. Or read the Wiki pages of any specific film she mentions.

If your DD said she wanted to watch musicals you'd probably be fine with Oliver but not the South Park movie. Similar thing here.

Go by the age ratings. They all have them just like any film. Loads on Netflix and if your CD watches on a child profile it should be OK.

Dd has ASD and is anime obsessed. She is 16.

She watches:

Attack on Titan
A new one called Jujitsu something Kaisan?
Death Note
One about an attorney? Ace Attorney??

I got her a crunchy roll subscription for her birthday.

I try and watch some with her but she gets annoyed with the amount of questions I have.

Studio Ghibli is anime and it's beautiful. Not any of the things you mentioned.