Comments on: Why do you hate anime so much? Why?

By: RFG

RFG — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:26:02 +0000

I want to get my say in so here goes:

First the ‘anime is a waste of time’ is getting pretty old. I understand that some fans tend to get a little obsessed (I should know) but I don’t think you should just label them or anime because of that. I started watching animes like digimon and drakonballz when I was like, WOW, really young. Then I got into Yu-Gi-Oh around the middle of my 5th grade and, it being a really long series, got me through the next two years. So one day I decided to pause a tape and started to draw one of the characters. Ever since then I wanted to become a graphic designer. And that was the best possible thing that could have happened because up until then I wanted to become a vet. A VET! Think about all those poor animals that could have died because I got bored of looking into their stomachs! So anime is an interest just like any other and shouldn’t be rated down because of the FANS.

As for being hugely defensive about anime, you’re kidding right? If you like soccer and someone tells you, out of nowhere, that it sucks of course you’re going to go and pick a fight with them! Because it’s an insult like any other! And most of their reasons are just so stupid you wonder later why you even bothered. If you know someone likes anime why tell them you hate it? As if they care or want to know.

And as ‘being for kids’ that’s such a low blow! People who say that obviously never really saw an actual anime. Many animes are more mature than the some so-called horror movies and dramatic sitcoms out there. And they often have a better plot too! The only reason that they get so tuned down from their original broadcasting is because of ass-like american productions like 4kids dub them into little kiddie shows.

Over here on this side of the world nobody really has a problem with anime or manga. This is probably because it doesn’t push you down the social ladder. Anime is just seen as ‘your thing’. Like a brand or type of music or whatever!

Point is nothing wrong with it, never was, and public anime haters are the ones who should really get a life.

By: Nekochan

Nekochan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:53:54 +0000

First off,great american animation? I`m sorry american animation isn`t that great,its mostly based off japanese based animation anyways.Anime isn`t supposed to be high in graphic,thats what makes it great!The Japanese are more concerned with kick ass graphics on games and electronics.I see nothing wrong with cosplay or crossplay.I also agree with the Romanian girl,hentai isn`t any worse than regular porn.As for Narutards,I agree,they`re damn idiots.There are so many Narutards out there that it has actually turned me away from watching the anime or reading the manga.I really dislike popular anime until it goes out of style. I like animes that are similar but it depends on if they`re different enough to enjoy.I don`t think its just for kids,there is so much innuendo and suggestive themes that it can appeal to anyone.I seriously think that people need to get over themselves and keep an open mind to other cultures.Although I agree that it is mostly aimed towards teens,what the hell isn`t aimed at teens these days?
Anime is just like any other form of entertainment,you can hate it all you want,as long as at least one person still enjoys it,its still going to be ther when you wake up.

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By: khaztine

khaztine — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:15:58 +0000

first of all, every individual is unique and has his/her own preferences when it comes to entertainment. i believe that in order to gain respect for your tastes, you’ve got to give respect in return or better yet, accept the damn fact that you can’t expect people to always like what YOU like. the world doesn’t revolve around you, you know! bitching about it in forums like that only shows what kind of personality a person has. the first thing people would notice is how completely IMMATURE and CONCIETED that individual is. ah yes, its a form of freedom of expression ain’t it? but there is still such a thing called DECENCY. what is decency? look it up in the dictionary if you’re too ignorant of the word. i’ll leave you with these words: “RESPECT IS NOT EASY TO EARN SO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FIRST TWELVE WORDS THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WOULD LAST A LONG FIRST IMPRESSION”.

By: yakuri

yakuri — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:58:48 +0000

This makes me remember those high school days. I wasn’t adverse in showing my anime sketches to anyone who asked, but this eventually gave fodder to the class’ snobs to harass me, asking why I liked cartoons since cartoons is for kids. I would answer that animation is just a medium to tell a story and not a complete genre for an specific audience; slapping it as ‘for kids’ was nonsensical.

That’s the best ‘excuse’ I gave, and for me it makes complete sense. But you can’t argue with this people. They don’t give a rat’s ass, they just want to bully you and feel smug knowing they are more ‘mature’ (you know, liking what the popular majority likes). I find it hopeless, so afterwards I would just say “it’s none of your business”. Yeah, pariah of the class it is.

By: KnowledgeCrave

KnowledgeCrave — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:26:43 +0000

I’m more of a manga fan than anime fan…however, I agree with the ‘big eye’ symptom that kills things even in mangas, but anime is entertaining, sometimes, especially ones by Bones. I don’t count myself as a full anime hater(more like a quater) but I have to say some anime fans can be annoying.

By: robo.chan

robo.chan — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:58:27 +0000

Anime IS considered kids’ stuff in Japan though. Even though there is a lot of violence and nudity it is still children who watch it.

By: df1943

df1943 — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:53:07 +0000

It’s bad graphics compared to GREAT AMERICAN ANIMATION - dont make me laugh my ass off

By: Leviathan

Leviathan — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:19:12 +0000

I hope some one will read this coment, since I wanna talk about a related issue, that has been bothering me for some time.

Rather than these who only know anime through the naruturds and yaoi fangirls, I think the mine threat on anime fans are these who see themself as “true fans”, yet claim that “99% of all anime is crap”, opten accusing every show out there to be “generic” or “unoriginal”. It has been bothering me, why those who see themself as the “elite” or “most knowledgeable fans” are also the most judgmental and refer to anime as a contemptible thing.
And this approach only expands!

The reason it bother me so much is because I feel affected by these people. seeing this “99% of all anime is crap” posted over and over again affects you. I’m afraid that this phrase will affect me, and I will no longer be able to enjoy shows I enjoyed so far because I’ll constantly criticize them just as these people, and me enjoyment of anime will thanks to the expanding approach of seeing this shows as crap and the growing ridicule to them and anyone who enjoy them.

tl;dr sick of the ridicule criticism.

By: Impz

Impz — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:36:32 +0000

@Liberius: Amusingly, I don’t see any justification to consider Anime trash since anime is just like all other forms of artwork. For every fantastic show, there are always 10 others that are just plain average. It’s not only in anime, but in movies, in soap, in drama and everything that has an art form. That is not legitimate since it affects everything.

I think that many countries are pretty much nationalistic in their media landscape to be honest. Despite globalization, there is an increased nationalism in terms of national channels.

By: Liberius

Liberius — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:06:58 +0000

First, let’s be frank: Anime was started up in order to create CHEAP shows. Just compare the frame rate (about 5/6 fps is pretty good for anime, 24 fps is roughly the norm for Disney) and the fact that they basically copied Disney’s animation style and made it as cost effective as possible. So basically, early anime looked like some retarded Disney bootlegs. THis is why so much anime is based around comics. It’s just cheaper to basically copy comics frame by frame and add voice-overs, and some anime reflect this.
The entire reason ANime was created was effectively to appeal to Japanese people with ‘exotic’ people (as they have no real foreign/exotic actors because they’re the most homogenous nation in the world/racist pigs). It was essentially to appeal to fanboys in the first place.
People are somewhat justified in considering Anime trash. This isn’t to say that their entertainment is any better (*cough soaps *cough). There are only so many twists and plot devices you can invent before you start copying everyone else. In effect, once you’ve seen a few, you’ve seen them all (except once a blue moon when it’s GOOD).
I’ll be honest. I like anime. It can be a great medium for storytelling and there are some fantastic shows, but your head out of your ass before you start defending it.

By: ShadowCat

ShadowCat — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:52:49 +0000

OMG , some people are so limited.
I am Romanian , in my country there was a long period when electicity was cut down every day between 2 and 8 hours and there was only 1 tv post that aired for 3-4 hours.But that was 18 years ago.Nowdays you have 300 channels and a tv in every room.
I grew up watching Disney ,then one day they started airing animes -animes were cheaper than other foreign animation(Sandy Bell was my first one :)) ).Ever since that day I couldn’t stop watching anime.
Like 5 years ago they stoped airing it,God bless the interenet and the German TV.
So , in time I learned that anime is made for a wide age scale: 9-12, 12-16, 16-18, and over 18.
I don’t like The Simpsons or Futurama but I enjoyed watching Nerima Daikon Brothers.
I’m sick of Hollywood big budget movies that keep comeing out leatly.They can’t make a decent Horror aither.
Those who want to know what really anime is(or should I say this is ‘real anime’) should watch:The Last Unicorn, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle,Princess Mononoke,Ghost in the Shell,the last 3 Macross creations, Hellsing, Cowboy Beebop, Samurai Champloo, Blood + ,Lovely Complex (ah those teenage years),Honey and Clover,
Grave of the Fireflies ,Rurouni Kenshin ,Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade ,Perfect Blue ,
Boogiepop Phantom ,Rumic’s World: Mermaid’s Forest ,Fruits Basket ,Neon Genesis Evangelion ,ETC.
There are many good animes out there, and I’m sorry to say but I prefer at any time Naruto and Bleach to those hidios soaps american and brazilian or spanish.Anime are far better than movies these days (lol, lately movies are made after animes) or stupid tv shows (foreign and romanian).
The only interesting ones (series ,shows etc) were: LOST and CSI ;
Channnels:Discovery , N.Geographic and Animal Planet (XD).
Great American animation? I can’t comment that , I haven’t seen anything great lately…(yeah, Shrek was fun …).
Obnoxious fans? There aren’t any here in my country.Even Otaku is civilized (of course nothing else is…). I have to admit that some fans look kind of creepy , crazy and scarry on the internet, but hey! there are a billion times more crazy soccer and football fans :P.
Big eyes? Yes , there are a ”few” semples ,but most of them are well drawn or cute, but not all are like that I saw plenty realistic graphycs.
Hentai? So wath ? Don’t you watch porn (89% of the world does!)? I kind of like Hentai, don’t throw any tomatoes, it’s better than usual porn , it even has a plot and character development.I didn’t play any games , their are not my type.
There is one thing I hate from those told above by IMPZ:when people try to act, talk and write in japanese.That’s bullsh*t!Do it only if you are really the best.Fanfiction insrted with japanese words is an endless nightmare, cheep comedy and boring horror.
Ok , and at least :Yaoi fangirls.Dear God , now there’s a specie that frigtens me , even trough I’m one of them sometimes.Yaoi is ok as long as it’s not forced on you and it’s not all over the place.I hate it when all you can see and hear is yaoi or yuri.People , girl X boy is the best, nature and existence cofirmed it.Nothing compares to true love between a man and a woman.Amin
That’s all , I hope XD.
PS:my fingertips hurt…

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:55:44 +0000

“I didn’t come into any true anime viewing until my university at 21….I do not cosplay, cosplay events do not interest me, i don’t play much ero-games, i don’t have much merchandise, i don’t worship Japan, i could care less about meido cafes and I do not think japanese culture is superior. There’s many do not right there.”

*Checks to see if someone has made an unauthorized clone made of me*

OK, so I was 22 instead of 21 when I started watching, but still…

By: Setsuna-san

Setsuna-san — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:13:58 +0000

So much hate. For what?? Cant they understand that this is also a form of ENTERTAINMENT!!!
STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICE FTW!! NOT!!!!

By: Impz

Impz — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:08:00 +0000

Ermm, to RV and Risedawn, he is obviously being sarcastic about the haters and making a parody out of it. Chill. ^^

Sarcasm is lost when I have to point it out. Sigh, you two are a bit slow huh