Now, I'd really like to watch more anime, if only so I can understand who the hell all of your avatars are without having to PM awkward questions. However. I have two main excuses for not watching most 'recommended' anime shows out there. Firstly, my attention span is that of a CoD-a-holic: the only shows that can really hold my interest are the action-based ones.
And the second reason?
Most anime shows that do mostly action, use magical girls for it. And where there's one, they're bound to cover the whole show, pulling off all the special effects and world-saving while everyone else (i.e. anyone who has hit puberty or has a Y chromosome) cheers invisibly from the sidelines.
Let me just go on record here by saying that I have never been turned on by anime characters. That alone means that I'm simply not interested in stuff like the Japanese Sailor Moon. Of course, I'm not interested in the English version either, because I really prefer to see a mix of characters getting to do stuff. I also don't go for random men beating the crap out of one another for hours on end while screaming at the tops of their voices, so sayonara Hokuto no Ken and Dragon Ball Whatever.
But as bad as I think Kenshiro and Goku are, I'd take them over Sakura or Nanoha any day.
Now, some of you may by thinking at this point, 'Leet, you abuser of the First Amendment! What about shows that don't have any forms of magic at all, like Infinite Stratos?' Well, using that as an example, it still has a special attribute that only applies to one gender. The facts that it sticks around after puberty and that there are exceptions to the rule don't change my opinion: from what I've seen, Ichika is utterly terrible as a pilot, and Charles doesn't count because
Some of you who know me better might be about to ask me about Touhou. I like Touhou, and I like its characters, but that's because I got into it as a game, and then I started to focus more on the characters. Heck, I've had no less than three of them as my avatar at different points in time. With anime, though, I have a bias against them, and there's no other ways available to break said bias, like there was with Touhou.
At this point, the only shows I know of that have action without gender favouritism are Bleach, Naruto (both of them have too much filler) and One Piece. (Sonic X as well, but that just sucked.) So that's why I don't watch anime: I don't like too many girls or too many boys, but I'd rather go down the end I'm on.
And if you want to give me examples that shoot down my opinion on magical girls entirely, go right ahead. Just don't be surprised when I tell you why I'm biased against each of your suggestions.
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Edit: At the request of somebody else, if you have your own reasons for not liking certain types of anime, go ahead and post those too.
And the second reason?
Most anime shows that do mostly action, use magical girls for it. And where there's one, they're bound to cover the whole show, pulling off all the special effects and world-saving while everyone else (i.e. anyone who has hit puberty or has a Y chromosome) cheers invisibly from the sidelines.
Let me just go on record here by saying that I have never been turned on by anime characters. That alone means that I'm simply not interested in stuff like the Japanese Sailor Moon. Of course, I'm not interested in the English version either, because I really prefer to see a mix of characters getting to do stuff. I also don't go for random men beating the crap out of one another for hours on end while screaming at the tops of their voices, so sayonara Hokuto no Ken and Dragon Ball Whatever.
But as bad as I think Kenshiro and Goku are, I'd take them over Sakura or Nanoha any day.
Now, some of you may by thinking at this point, 'Leet, you abuser of the First Amendment! What about shows that don't have any forms of magic at all, like Infinite Stratos?' Well, using that as an example, it still has a special attribute that only applies to one gender. The facts that it sticks around after puberty and that there are exceptions to the rule don't change my opinion: from what I've seen, Ichika is utterly terrible as a pilot, and Charles doesn't count because
he's actually a girl, who claimed to be a boy so her father's company would gain more press and so she could spy on Ichika. All this was at his request, though.
Some of you who know me better might be about to ask me about Touhou. I like Touhou, and I like its characters, but that's because I got into it as a game, and then I started to focus more on the characters. Heck, I've had no less than three of them as my avatar at different points in time. With anime, though, I have a bias against them, and there's no other ways available to break said bias, like there was with Touhou.
At this point, the only shows I know of that have action without gender favouritism are Bleach, Naruto (both of them have too much filler) and One Piece. (Sonic X as well, but that just sucked.) So that's why I don't watch anime: I don't like too many girls or too many boys, but I'd rather go down the end I'm on.
And if you want to give me examples that shoot down my opinion on magical girls entirely, go right ahead. Just don't be surprised when I tell you why I'm biased against each of your suggestions.
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Edit: At the request of somebody else, if you have your own reasons for not liking certain types of anime, go ahead and post those too.
I have watched all of those series to form an opinion of them, and I'm just not a fan. Nothing against people that like them, but I've found most people who do like those shows treat me as some sort of anime hating jerkward simply for not liking that particular series.