Why do people think anime is weird?

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#1 Hatiko
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I mean its just a show but it's made in Japan!

What do you think?

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#2 NWA_31
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Because it is ?...
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#3 branketra
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Anime is one show?

It's because of the, for the most part, bad english dubs, I say.

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#4 deactivated-5b4bf92fc902e
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I find some anime weird and some anime good.
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#5 steppinrazor88
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because people are closed minded
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#6 yoshi-lnex
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I think it's great
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#7 blooddemon666
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because i used to like anime, until i saw some f***ed up hentai. *shudders*
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#8 zomgrad
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I guess some people are just subconsciously xenophobic. :?
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#9 SimpJee
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We grew up on cartoons, grew out of them because we heard "cartoons are for children" never hearing about anime until that thought is firmly in your head.  At that point, they hear about anime, but it's like cartoons for adults, therefore they think it's weird.

I grew out of that mind set.  And found alternate means of getting anime, subbed.

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#10 hip-hop-cola
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i dont get it either. not only is alot of it porn. but even the ones done profesionaly are boring. iv watched em...
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#11 Silchas
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I think it's greatyoshi-lnex
Hear Hear
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#12 Tim_Q
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Like seriously, I get flamed to hell and back because I chose to cosplay.  It's like, normal cartoons are perfectly fine, but once they become japanese and you throw in a storyline, oh noes!  It's EVIL.  People are closeminded, and that's that.  They just need to grow up.
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#13 Kook18
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i don't think anime is weird, but i don't enjoy it. i used to like anime, i still do; the good stuff from the 80s & 90s where it had detail. but this new anime style where everything is just one tone really doesn't please my eyes the way the old anime shows did. & the story/plot/setting in a lot of the newer anime shows feels very generic or recycled to me.
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#14 Hatiko
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I don't watch one. I think its called Narutod. But people siad it had blood and dyeing.

I watch BLEACH which is all about trying to kill things so that people dont get killed.

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#15 KiIIyou
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That's why some of it can be really entertaining.
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yes, but i think everything is weird.
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#17 MTBare
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Serious cartoons are for kids. Anime is kind of like the reminder of how bad japan got pwnt during WWII.
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#18 delol
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because it is :funny ;genial but weird
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#19 Erasorn
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Because it is! Just take a look at these examples that spring to mind;

  • People searching for the seven(right?) balls of the dragon because upon collection of it's balls, the dragon will grant you a wish.
  •  A group of girls transforming into some monster fighting team.
  •  A guy who just miraculously have to live with a group of attractive women for no good reason at all(all who falls in love with the guy as well).
  •  Invisible people who fight invisible monsters to defend the visible people
  •  Gigantic roboty things fighting angels, or just fighting other robots.. Oh they are also fast as lightning(big=more speed).
  •  People trapping monsters and animals in balls.
  •   A big black ball that ressurects people to fight against aliens(what's up with all the balls people?).
  • A team of inmature kids who play ping pong.

Etc. the list goes on for eternity! 

Of all the anime I have seen, I havn't seen one yet that doesn't deserve to be called "weird".

 

 

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#20 Xythos09
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Because they're cartoons, they're Japanese, and people think they're for kids.
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#21 Mercury88
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I don't know......it's just not my thing.
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We grew up on cartoons, grew out of them because we heard "cartoons are for children" never hearing about anime until that thought is firmly in your head.  At that point, they hear about anime, but it's like cartoons for adults, therefore they think it's weird.

I grew out of that mind set.  And found alternate means of getting anime, subbed.

SimpJee
Well, it's cartoons for people of varying ages; the jury is out on the adult-ness
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#23 ernie1989
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Who knows.
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#24 blooddemon666
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its the stigma of the anime geek that goes with the name anime. apparently there is something repulsive about those people.
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#25 FrozeN__54
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I find some anime weird and some anime good.AnimeKiller
Ya, same here...
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#26 Hinata237
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Because people are ignorant and egotistical so they say it sucks, when in reality it doesn't.
Just watch Blood+, I doubt ANYONE calls that anime bad. Truly a beautiful series:D

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Because they're full of flashing lights, strange music, and busty women with large weapons.

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#28 AgostonF
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I guess some people are just subconsciously xenophobic. :?zomgrad
Yeah, that'd be most likely. Alot of people just think only the crappy mainstream stuff going around right now matters..
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Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
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Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
mastersword007

Blood+ is the best anime of all time, but my friends say it sucks just because it's anime.... I hate egoitistical ****s that think Anime sucks even without even watching the series.

And hentais not that bad:D

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Hentai, that is why.
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[QUOTE="mastersword007"]Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
Hinata237

Blood+ is the best anime of all time, but my friends say it sucks just because it's anime.... I hate egoitistical ****s that think Anime sucks even without even watching the series.

And hentais not that bad:D

blood+ isn't THAT great. it's well drawn, and the story is ok, but there are better.
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[QUOTE="mastersword007"]Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
Hinata237

Blood+ is the best anime of all time, but my friends say it sucks just because it's anime.... I hate egoitistical ****s that think Anime sucks even without even watching the series.

And hentais not that bad:D

And you were doing so reasonably well...
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[QUOTE="Hinata237"]

[QUOTE="mastersword007"]Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
Mr_sprinkles

Blood+ is the best anime of all time, but my friends say it sucks just because it's anime.... I hate egoitistical ****s that think Anime sucks even without even watching the series.

And hentais not that bad:D

blood+ isn't THAT great. it's well drawn, and the story is ok, but there are better.


I've seen the WHOLE series, and it has amazing action, story, and well.. I'll just leave it at that.
I saw my eps on Youtube, the cheaters way:D
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[QUOTE="mastersword007"]Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
Hinata237

Blood+ is the best anime of all time, but my friends say it sucks just because it's anime.... I hate egoitistical ****s that think Anime sucks even without even watching the series.

And hentais not that bad:D



Blood+ is NOTHING compared to FMA!! And yeah, people do somethimes judge stuff like that. I hate it too.

YES IT IS! I have watched it only once.
Most horrible choice I've ever made. If you would look at my face after seeing that, you'd see a 'wtf' expression. The woman was acting like she was....aah nevermind. But the guy had the biggest sexy time explosion of the world XD! I mean wtf!
I will never watch it again. But, this is just my opinion. I'm not going to say anything to anyone who likes hentai. I don't care. Watch it if you want.
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#36 AL13NK1LL3R
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i used to watch anime but the reason why i quit cause my mind sayin its becomin to weird and old and other things too plus alot of people makin fun of anime lovers..so that one reason why i quit and now i'm a skater

 

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#37 mastersword007
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Hentai, that is why.daniel52587


Comparing hentai to anime is like comparing porn to a serie (for example 24).

Both are two different things.
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[QUOTE="Hinata237"]

[QUOTE="mastersword007"]Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
mastersword007

Blood+ is the best anime of all time, but my friends say it sucks just because it's anime.... I hate egoitistical ****s that think Anime sucks even without even watching the series.

And hentais not that bad:D



Blood+ is NOTHING compared to FMA!! And yeah, people do somethimes judge stuff like that. I hate it too.

YES IT IS! I have watched it only once.
Most horrible choice I've ever made. If you would look at my face after seeing that, you'd see a 'wtf' expression. The woman was acting like she was....aah nevermind. But the guy had the biggest sexy time explosion of the world XD! I mean wtf!
I will never watch it again. But, this is just my opinion. I'm not going to say anything to anyone who likes hentai. I don't care. Watch it if you want.


FMA is good, but Blood+ owns it. Have you seen the Blood+ episodes past about episode 13?
[spoiler] And the fight against Diva and Saya is the greatest of all time. [/spoiler]

Yeah, I'll leave it to you to watch all 50 episodes of Blood+:D

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Why watch anime when you can play a video game...:D
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I don't know. Either way I find the obsession certain people have with 'anime' and 'mangas' baffling and incomprehensible. I used to read/watch them and I don't think they're anything special. Face it: they're just cartoons.
The only reason they're such a phenomenon in Europe and the US is because their origin (Japan) makes their readers look worldly and distinguished*.

[*pretentious.]

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..ya, people think anime is for kids. However, one day my dad was watching an episode of Inuyasha. After 5 minutes of watching it he was surprised at how "mature" it was.
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I don't know. Either way I find the obsession certain people have with 'anime' and 'mangas' baffling and incomprehensible. I used to read/watch them and I don't think they're anything special. Face it: they're just cartoons.
The only reason they're such a phenomenon in Europe and the US is because their origin (Japan) makes their readers look worldly and distinguished*.

[*pretentious.]

nick3333
that could be it...thats probably the reason i dont give a crap about anime and would rather play video games...
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..ya, people think anime is for kids. However, one day my dad was watching an episode of Inuyasha. After 5 minutes of watching it he was surprised at how "mature" it was. majadamus


You should try watching Elfen Lied >_>

If he still thinks anime is for kids, kill him.
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[QUOTE="mastersword007"][QUOTE="Hinata237"]

[QUOTE="mastersword007"]Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
Hinata237

Blood+ is the best anime of all time, but my friends say it sucks just because it's anime.... I hate egoitistical ****s that think Anime sucks even without even watching the series.

And hentais not that bad:D



Blood+ is NOTHING compared to FMA!! And yeah, people do somethimes judge stuff like that. I hate it too.

YES IT IS! I have watched it only once.
Most horrible choice I've ever made. If you would look at my face after seeing that, you'd see a 'wtf' expression. The woman was acting like she was....aah nevermind. But the guy had the biggest sexy time explosion of the world XD! I mean wtf!
I will never watch it again. But, this is just my opinion. I'm not going to say anything to anyone who likes hentai. I don't care. Watch it if you want.


FMA is good, but Blood+ owns it. Have you seen the Blood+ episodes past about episode 13?
[spoiler] And the fight against Diva and Saya is the greatest of all time. [/spoiler]

Yeah, I'll leave it to you to watch all 50 episodes of Blood+:D



Well...actually....FMA, DN, Bleach own all. Naruto sucks and the best fight ever was Ahh I can't decide. So many awesome fights in bleach.
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[QUOTE="majadamus"]..ya, people think anime is for kids. However, one day my dad was watching an episode of Inuyasha. After 5 minutes of watching it he was surprised at how "mature" it was. mastersword007


You should try watching Elfen Lied >_>

If he still thinks anime is for kids, kill him.

Elfen Lied isn't that mature. It just has dismemberment and some nudity. Back in my day it was normal for kids shows to have that.
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[QUOTE="Hinata237"][QUOTE="mastersword007"][QUOTE="Hinata237"]

[QUOTE="mastersword007"]Some anime's are good. Some of them aren't. I can't understand why anyone would find it weird. I mean....it's a serie (like prison break), but the only difference is that it's animated. It's usually funny too. Things can be done in anime that can't be done in real life.

But it's hentai I find weird (or hate). *shudders*
mastersword007

Blood+ is the best anime of all time, but my friends say it sucks just because it's anime.... I hate egoitistical ****s that think Anime sucks even without even watching the series.

And hentais not that bad:D



Blood+ is NOTHING compared to FMA!! And yeah, people do somethimes judge stuff like that. I hate it too.

YES IT IS! I have watched it only once.
Most horrible choice I've ever made. If you would look at my face after seeing that, you'd see a 'wtf' expression. The woman was acting like she was....aah nevermind. But the guy had the biggest sexy time explosion of the world XD! I mean wtf!
I will never watch it again. But, this is just my opinion. I'm not going to say anything to anyone who likes hentai. I don't care. Watch it if you want.


FMA is good, but Blood+ owns it. Have you seen the Blood+ episodes past about episode 13?
[spoiler] And the fight against Diva and Saya is the greatest of all time. [/spoiler]

Yeah, I'll leave it to you to watch all 50 episodes of Blood+:D



Well...actually....FMA, DN, Bleach own all. Naruto sucks and the best fight ever was Ahh I can't decide. So many awesome fights in bleach.

Ichigo vs Grimmjow? a-hem.... anime are like just any show... some are cool , some suck
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i just find it awkward that people over the age of 13 can justify dropping big money on lame cartoons yet alone the time wasted
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[QUOTE="nick3333"]


I don't know. Either way I find the obsession certain people have with 'anime' and 'mangas' baffling and incomprehensible. I used to read/watch them and I don't think they're anything special. Face it: they're just cartoons.
The only reason they're such a phenomenon in Europe and the US is because their origin (Japan) makes their readers look worldly and distinguished*.

[*pretentious.]

schoeffmaster

that could be it...thats probably the reason i dont give a crap about anime and would rather play video games...

 

I agree with it somewhat. I hate it when Japanophiles go nutz on me for preferring to watch anime dubbed instead of subbed because I don't like Japanese voice actors. Bad enough I can't understand it, but it makes it worse the voices are so squeaky. I like anime more because I think the storylines and artists are better than ours. Manga on the other hand..I rather read a comic book or another graphic novel from the states. 

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because people are closed mindedsteppinrazor88
No, because people have their own opinion
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#50 Lance_C
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I have never heard someone say: anime is weird. Everyone praises at least one anime show.