ITT: ross gets mad about animes

[teh lag]

Not available on regular North American TV

e: I know there's Youtube, but hey, it's a tiny screen and blowing it up to fill the whole monitor makes it look even worse

That's still not a flaw with anime itself, just how you watch it...

[Aerowyn]

I will make it quite clear--I really don't like anime.

Well, let me rephrase that--I hate AMERICANIZED anime. Naruto, Inuyasha, Death Note, it's all so stupid and the fan base is a bunch of dribbling MORONS who do stupid shit like THIS in their spare time. The only anime that was aired in the US that I love to pieces was Escaflowne, which aired on Fox Kids on saturday mornings. They cancelled it mid-season.

The last anime that I watched and enjoyed was Rozen Maiden, which has not really been "mainstream" here in america. It's not like they play it on Adult Swim or anything.

I also watched the first and only episode of the Touhou anime.... and that was enjoyable.

I know that my sig is chibi, and okay, so I drew it, I am guilty of it. I do not like the shows, but I think the art style is commendable. It hints at realism while being completely and totally ridiculously abstracted.

IDK.

[DEElekgolo]

Is toonami at fault for getting anime Americanized? Or is it adult swim?

[Rob Oplawar]

Hear hear, Ross. Not that you need it at all, but +rep.

[rossmum]

Ug, subs before dubs, man.

e: On a related note, I'm sorry I have to do this ross, but I can't take it anymore and I'll probably go insane if I don't...

let me tell you how much i care,

Lag, I don't think the fact Legends is going to be an anime is what ruins it; I think what's already been done to the story is. The method of the delivery doesn't matter.

Honestly if there was an anime out there which had a story I could actually take interest in, I'd probably watch it... but even if that was the case, I'd still have no idea what's so good about it that saying "I don't like it" brings down a rain of shit. There's defensive, which would be going for someone who actually, seriously insults it, and then there's overdefensive. I shouldn't have to put up with people arguing about it just because it doesn't appeal to me, and although I could probably understand a few people failing to pick up on the times when I'm just being a dick for shits and giggles, it seems even people who know me fairly well are acting like I insulted a dead relative or something.

[Pooky]

I've only ever liked a few anime shows in my time, and even then not very much. Overall I'm pretty neutral towards it, but I can't fucking stand the fan club. The self-titled 'otaku' nerds just make me want to grab a chainsaw and go to town, they grate on my nerves so badly.

So I guess, I hate the trend of anime but not the anime itself :S

e: note that doesn't mean I hate all anime fans. I only hate the ones who wear cat ears, try and fail to speak japanese, and generally make idiots of themselves.

[Aerowyn]

let me tell you how much i care,

Lag, I don't think the fact Legends is going to be an anime is what ruins it; I think what's already been done to the story is. The method of the delivery doesn't matter.

Honestly if there was an anime out there which had a story I could actually take interest in, I'd probably watch it... but even if that was the case, I'd still have no idea what's so good about it that saying "I don't like it" brings down a rain of shit. There's defensive, which would be going for someone who actually, seriously insults it, and then there's overdefensive. I shouldn't have to put up with people arguing about it just because it doesn't appeal to me, and although I could probably understand a few people failing to pick up on the times when I'm just being a dick for shits and giggles, it seems even people who know me fairly well are acting like I insulted a dead relative or something.

I don't think he's gonna see your post, Ross.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I like anime, I'm not obsessed, but I like it, I honestly prefer ones like higurashi and umineko, they have a feeling of paranoia to them which I really like. I like to see the ways that they will adapt and change and become paranoid depending on the situation. In higurashi, it eventually turns out in the end to a "Perfect Ending" without anyone killing eachother and everyone ending up happy. It really is interesting.

I also think alot of people like anime because they find it adorable, and possibly because since it is generally not based in america, they find it quite exotic and intruiging.

[El Lobo]

I don't like or watch anime, but thats probably only because I'm normal...

[kid908]

ANIME GOOD.

That said, I've very exclusive about the anime I watch, same goes with everything. If it interest me, I'll prob watch, read, etc. I like anime because it's a pass-time event and that's pretty much it.

Anime usually give you an in-depth experience of Japanese culture as how I consider "Billy and Mandy" or "Ed, EDD, 'N' Eddy" a summary of an average day in America. It's world culture for the lazy.

I also don't shove everything into people's faces. If they're interested in it, they prob. already know about it and I don't have to just keep shoving it into their faces, but I also have a tendency of bottling things up.

Everyone have an interest they're usually obsessed about, but like normal people, they keep it to themselves. I consider all those people, you just described in your first post, to have a personality defect.