About
Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist (下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai), abbreviated as Shimoseka, is Japanese manga and anime series set in a dystopian future where citizens are prohibited from using lewd language by wearing computerized monitoring devices around their necks. The series follows the protagonist Tanukichi Okuma, a high school student who inadvertently becomes involved with the terrorist organization SOX to spread sexually suggestive materials across his city.
History
On July 18th, 2012, the first volume of Shimoneta was released by the publisher Shogakukan. Over the next three years, eight additional volumes were released.
Anime
On July 4th, 2015, an anime adaptation of the manga produced by the Japanese animation studio J.C.Staff was released. Over the next month, a total of five episodes in the series were broadcast.
Online Presence
On February 19th, 2015, the /r/shimoseka[1] subreddit was launched for discussions about the series. On July 4th, Redditor Shadofix posted a thread about the show’s first episode to the /r/anime[3] subreddit, where it gained over 720 votes (99% upvoted) and 320 comments in one month. The following day, the Shimoseka Wiki[9] was launched, which accumulated more than 20 pages in the first month. On July 12th, Redditor Tsundere_Doge submitted a compilation of animated GIFs from the anime to the /r/anime[2] subreddit (shown below).
On the same day, a page for Shimoneta was created on TV Tropes.[5] That month, entries for the show was created on the anime databases MyAnimeList[6] and Anime News Network.[8] On Twitter, screen captures from the show are often posted under the tags #shimoneta[4] and #shimoseka.[7]
Search Interest
External References
[1]Reddit – /r/Shimoseka
[2]Reddit – GIFs Shimoneta
[3]Reddit – Shimoneta Episode 1 Discussion
[4]Twitter – #shimoneta
[7]Twitter – #shimoseka