[Locked] Anime Fans = ''Losers'' of society?

Stop making so much sense, Tegumi.

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It's the 'oh, you watch cartoons' factor. Which, I find odd considering most of America in the early 20's age group, love shows like Family Guy and Futurama. It's probably also the fact that when most Americans hear the word 'anime', they think of some zitty idiot in cosplay, doing a terrible Japanese accent.

But seriously, who the fuck cares what a couple of assholes think? If you can hold down a job or at least be a productive member of society, you're not a loser. I'm sorry you've met some douchebags, but I promise that it's not a total consensus. Besides.. this is a hentai site, you're among brethren.

in hs there was an anime club in which all the geeks/artists would gather and read/talk about the newest novel. it got so successful that the library would purchase and display the newest GNs for all to see. yea some of the kids got ridiculed if they thought it wise to cosplay to school....but thats kind of just asking for it.

in college (kinda depending on where you go) you WILL find like minded people. jeez i went to a private 4-6 year freshman and sophomore for Game Dev.....you can imagine how many otaku were at that school.

I agree with you're general point, but you lost me here



How is labeling people who are more sexual than you any better than judging people for being virgins? Seriously, people in general should stop caring what other people do in the bedroom. If this is just a misinterpretation on my part sorry about that, but to me it seemed like you were insulting people who don't follow the same sexual behavior as you do

I can't help it. It just irks me when people ignore more plausible reasons for an "easy way out" reason that blames everything on others -- pretty much what most people in this thread have done.

It's sad ,
When the world is searching for losers and they find them.
Go to church and pound your bibles and call yourself a winner.
My love was first , ANIME < as a child >
My interests became , Hentai < when I found out I could express myself better >

American cartoons have no TOPICS , no PLOTLINES , just silly humor from the 1960's.
Go jump on a telephone-phone , you anti-H , losers.

What kind of shitty as thread is this?

It really doesn't matter what the society thinks of our interests on anime/manga/hentai.

We are who we are and that's that.

We have a community based on our interests and that alone makes me the happiest guy in the world right now.

If you agree then fap's up.

"I am a huge movie fan." How does this sound to you? We all watch movies, don't we? But that guy, he must be someone who has all the DVDs, collects figurines, and watched his favourite movies 20+ times. As an average person, I am not that much into movies, so I will probably avoid him, since we will barely have something to talk about.

1. Communication:
I have always admitted to like Anime, and never received a negative reaction. I don't watch Anime for the sake of Anime, I just recognize it as the superior form of motion picture entertainment. Beeing obsessed with seemingly insignificant things like Anime, movies, cars, philately, or w.e., will always earn you a negative reaction. And if you bring it up as the first thing in a conversation, it proves you are not interested in talking about anything else apart from this - which obviously will never work if the interest is not mutual.

2. Stereotype(?):


To counter the explicit stereotype argument; Anime as such has a rather high popularity with intellectual people. You will barely find a graphic designer or digital artist who hasn't heard of Akira. And what open minded person would, looking back on his childhood, not admit that series like Pokemon and Dragonball gave us a lot of pleasure?

3. Personality:
The WWE-wrestler who was a fan of Anime, wasn't he first and foremost a wrestler? Didn't he spend a lot of time and effort with improving his physique and acting skills? This is what people respect him for. As you can see, ultimately everything depends on your personality. So lets please not bitch about how Anime victimizes anybody, because it doesn't.

[color=#2e1a6b]I've never met someone who is familiar with anime say that anime is for losers. The people I come across have no idea what I'm talking about when I ask "well, what do you think of Death Note, Code Geass, or TTGL?". They obviously have no idea what Anime is, so they aren't insulting anime for any legitimate reason

Anime isn't common in America, which makes it somewhat abnormal. Some people are just blind idiots who think that anything abnormal sucks, so they insult that which is abnormal to make themselves feel better for being normal. The only way to deal with these assholes is to show them how ignorant they are.

I just tell them "you don't know what you're talking about". If they agree, then I have plenty of reason to tell them to stfu, but if they insist that they know about anime, I ask them about Deathnote, Code Geass, and TTGL. Like I said, I've never met one who knows those shows.

Just ignore them. This is just society, their are people that think whatever they don't like, its shit.
I know everyone has their own interest, but I hate the people that hate the others interests. Just ridiculous.

I generally shrug it off when people are surprised that i like manga and anime. in any case, if I'm told that watching anime or reading manga is silly, I ask what they read or watch and then ask them if it's alright to mock what they enjoy.

I am always asked about this every time they see me watching anime.

they always say, "Why are you still watching that? you are a grown man. are you not sick of watching cartoons like that?"

well, for me, they Degrade Anime's to cartoons. which is generally aimed for kids. unlike anime that can be viewed by more mature audiences.
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well, if they ever flame/discriminate/hate me for it i don't care. it's just better than most of today's drama being aired today. Plot wise, better than some shows that focuses on "MY LIFE IS RUINED BECAUSE OF YOU!" or "I LOVE YOU, (GIRL DIES OF CAR ACCIDENT)" or "TWO GUYS FIGHTING FOR A GIRL(Whom which is Indecisive)".

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I was actually one of those guys. My mother grew up southern and babtist, and one day in the car, she asks me if i read or watch that...."japenese stuff". I actually didn't know any outside of pokemon and yu gi oh. I replied no and she said "good, i know that japanese stuff is weird, so don't." well i was a good little boy and i went on a crusade to say anime is stupid. for years I did this, up until highschool, where the liberay actually had shelves filled with it. First, i just grabbed stuff i knew, inuyasha, pokemon, other stuff i've watched, but i never fentured out. Well after i did, I freakin fell in love. I relize now that anime, manga, that stuff just replaced comic books. Comic book super heroes where made to inspire, and help kids dream and imagine things. Anime is the same thing.

i am a rather large boy and have been for sometime. Once i grew up and started watching beginner anime's like naruto and others, i did the one thing a youtube anime addicted teen does, i look up anything related to it. well i saw a video that had naruto couples in it and it played Everytime We Touch by Cascada. At first, i watched the video to just see if there were any suggestive pictures. well then i saw hinata and naruto, my favorite couple, and then i thought to myself. naruto and get with hinata,(in the video and hopefully in the show), and he is a made up character. I am funny,I think i'm kinda good looking, i give my 100% in all i do, even in things im not physically able to do, i do it to my greatest effort, why cant i get a girl. i wanted a hinata. I wanted a companion, a person who liked me for me.

Within like 3 minutes, i went from a horny teenager to a depressed one, and i am never depressed. That same night, i relized that i will never get one with my size, and that same night i got my brother in-laws weights and worked out, and i have been working out ever since, and that was a few years ago.

Anime does more than those stupid people will even know. They have to do like i do, give it a try. There is a anime that everyone enjoys, they just need to find it, and i feel it is our job to do so, no matter the scretiny that we will defintly go through.

I'm not sure how this is a counter to the stereotypes that exist? I believe OP's (and indeed most posters thereafter) point was that there is a negative generalization of anime fans. My point is that you should not blame another party for a stereotype that members of your representative party perpetuate.

You made a valid point and put it well, I wasn't refering to that. Your post just alludes that the public opinion about Anime is explicitly negative. Regardless of whether or not this was your intention, I felt it was something that needed to be addressed, since as you correctly stated, many people here are "perpetuating this stereotype".

Nah, I was talking about stereotypes. Stereotypes by nature are generalizations, and not all public perception of anime is negative.

Ummm there is anime that focuses on these types of plots too. Heck with a few exceptions harem anime's run a similar plot to the last one you mentioned, just with the genders reversed

Overall people just have their opinions and what they are exposed to and what they see in their life influences what they like. Like for those people who say anime is for losers is because they were never introduced to it at a young age and follow what media and other peoples opinion talks about it.

Let's put it this way: If they don't like anime, then they shouldn't bother hating it. It's not like it's being forced into their society, but NO! They find that it's eating away their proud nation, and they must halt the anime and manga movement!

Well, in my experience, nobody has ever said that to me.
If someone said that, then I wouldn't give a damn about it.
It's not like what they are doing is any better.
I have a job, my education is fine, I have a life, Anime is just my hobby.
Who the fuck are they to judge me?

That's just my way of looking at it btw.

Actually there's nothing in particular could describe anime fans as a "loser", for what reason? they're just being shallow-minded..