The authors of the article start from the idea that anime is a special product of the mass media space, which can have a strong and often destructive effect on the psyche of adolescents, becoming a potential or real factor in suicidal behavior in adolescents. In such cases, anime is subject to legal qualification, for the purpose of which various expert studies are carried out – more often psychological, less often linguistic. However, according to the authors of the article, linguistic-cultural examination is called upon to become the optimal tool for an objective study of anime. Within the framework of such a comprehensive study, it is possible not only to establish what exactly is said about the subject of speech, about the attitude towards it, about the purposes of communicating information to the addressee and why something is actually said, but also to explore anime plots from the point of view of social significance, as well as ideological and ideological aspects. Purpose: reveal the possibilities of linguistic-cultural examination for an objective study of anime products. Methods: empirical methods of description, interpretation; theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic. Results: 1) an idea of linguistic-cultural examination and its methods is proposed for scientific discussion; 2) the need for linguistic-cultural examination in identifying the destructive mechanisms of influence of anime products is emphasized and illustrated.