Right-wing political commentator and author Matt Walsh recently answered a question about his thoughts on anime in a livestream, saying that he believed anime to be ‘satanic’ and that adults shouldn’t be watching it.

He however, added that he has no justification as to why it’s Satanic, and to him it just “seems that way”. He also termed anime to be bizarre and creepy.

Walsh began trending as his take on anime spread online. As the criticism against him for his opinion increased, he put out tweets, which seemed to suggest that he was being sarcastic about the ‘satanic’ part.

I’m catching some heat because I said that anime is satanic. I just want to clarify that yes it will literally lead to demonic possession in upwards of 87 percent of cases, studies show.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 17, 2022

74 percent of all serial killers have an anime habit. Hitler was also into anime, reports suggest.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 17, 2022

Or maybe not…

I am never kidding https://t.co/1XnH4jeQCy

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 17, 2022

In yet another tweet, whose seriousness was hard to discern, Walsh termed all cartoons, and not just anime, as satanic.

I want to apologize for singling out anime. I actually think all cartoons are satanic.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 17, 2022

The Daily Wire columnist also took a jibe at the news reporting media, who tried to make a news out of a 30 second clip of his, instead of focusing on something else.

It’s a depressing statement about the news media but I still enjoy it

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 17, 2022

Which discourse was more timely and urgent: translucent mermaids or satanic anime?

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 17, 2022

He also thanked his colleagues at the Daily Wire for having his back, because otherwise it would be “tantamount to workplace violence”.

Silence on this issue would be tantamount to workplace violence

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 18, 2022

There were also people who disagreed with Walsh was trying to pull. And they got equally dubious responses.

Thank you for the tip but I’m not sure I should take comedy advice from a comedian nobody has ever heard of https://t.co/Bv4jOqYbvg

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 17, 2022

This isn’t the first time anime and politics have intersected in the United States. In a memorable incident, Eric Trump posted a tweet implying that Americans are being manipulated by Google to associate mobs with Mob Psycho anime. His tweet made the anime trend even more in the states.

In a more recent event, Republican representative Paul Gosar posted a political parody of Attack on Titan’s first opening sequence on his Twitter. His political rivals appear in the video as Titans, who are then killed in the opening sequence.

Source: Twitter