Have you ever had a crush on an anime character?

[Jonluw]

She's not really from an anime, but I did have a thing for Will Vandom.

Spoiler: Edit: A picture

FargoDog did put up a similiar thread that got around 4-500 replies a while back, so it isn't really all that uncommon.

Edit: Woops, make that 300.

Hell, I even found other people who liked characters from W.I.T.C.H. I did not expect that.

 

[Rakkana]

Let's see. Hinata. CC. Misa(I know she's annoying but I kinda have a thing for emo girls.)

Actually I could go on but the list is too long... And yet I feel no shame!

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

There's a difference between having a crush on a fictional character and wanting a girl LIKE a fictional character, so no

This, basically.

I mean... Yea. I'm not sure what else to say now. :S

 

[Russian_Assassin]

No. Never. I find it quite unhealthy... Straight-jacket-wearing unhealthy...

 

[alrekr]

Seras Victoria or Rip Van Winkle both from Hellsing... sigh

 

[Jonluw]

The answer is no.

At the height of my anime fandom (which ended some 5 years ago) I could ogle the visual design, I could enjoy the dialogue and appreciate the portrayal of a personality, but I never, ever forgot that these characters do not exist, have never existed and will never exist. They are the product of collaborative design and present some sort of ideal. The worst thing a peson can do to themselves is obsess over something they cannot have or expect reality to live up to those expectations.
I know some people who try to make the excuse that they have a crush on the voice actress... until they find out the voice actress is ugly, or a massive ***** in real life.

Seriously, I have friends who cannot have relationships because real life people aren't like their favourite anime characters. Get out while you still can.

But having crushes on celebrities is okay?

 

[Frenger]

Not really no, not a crush. Finding a character attractive is a whole different matter, however.

Let's see.

Spoiler: Mai waifu

The Major

Infact, got a 20.000yen figurine of her on my shelf. Don't ask me why, I thought it was a good idea at the time.

 

[Kermi]

The answer is no.

At the height of my anime fandom (which ended some 5 years ago) I could ogle the visual design, I could enjoy the dialogue and appreciate the portrayal of a personality, but I never, ever forgot that these characters do not exist, have never existed and will never exist. They are the product of collaborative design and present some sort of ideal. The worst thing a peson can do to themselves is obsess over something they cannot have or expect reality to live up to those expectations.
I know some people who try to make the excuse that they have a crush on the voice actress... until they find out the voice actress is ugly, or a massive ***** in real life.

Seriously, I have friends who cannot have relationships because real life people aren't like their favourite anime characters. Get out while you still can.

But having crushes on celebrities is okay?

Did I say it was?

Even if having a crush on a celebrity is ok (and while that's still debateable it's not really any worse than having a crush on a teacher) at least that persons exists. Granted in reality they're probably not the person you think they are and in the case of actors nothing like the character you associate with them. But they exist.

 

[TeeBs]

Orihime... and its freakin embarassing.

She does have two amazing personalities if you know what im saying

Her tits

 

[Jonluw]

The answer is no.

At the height of my anime fandom (which ended some 5 years ago) I could ogle the visual design, I could enjoy the dialogue and appreciate the portrayal of a personality, but I never, ever forgot that these characters do not exist, have never existed and will never exist. They are the product of collaborative design and present some sort of ideal. The worst thing a peson can do to themselves is obsess over something they cannot have or expect reality to live up to those expectations.
I know some people who try to make the excuse that they have a crush on the voice actress... until they find out the voice actress is ugly, or a massive ***** in real life.

Seriously, I have friends who cannot have relationships because real life people aren't like their favourite anime characters. Get out while you still can.

But having crushes on celebrities is okay?

Did I say it was?

Even if having a crush on a celebrity is ok (and while that's still debateable it's not really any worse than having a crush on a teacher) at least that persons exists. Granted in reality they're probably not the person you think they are and in the case of actors nothing like the character you associate with them. But they exist.

No, you did not say that having a crush on a celebrity is okay. I assumed you thought so, since most people would not have any objections to someone having a crush on a celebrity. Do you really think it is not okay to have a crush on a celebrity?

Getting into a relationship with a celebrity is practically just as plausible as getting into a relationship with an anime character; particularly when considering that the average person crushing on a celebrity is a teenager, so the celebrity would be quite a bit older.
In addition, the person will most likely never have seen the celebrity in real life. The entire fundament for the crush are pictures and video of the celebrity, and his/her perceived personality. Just like with an anime character. And before you argue that the anime character is drawn: There really isn't that much of a difference. The character is drawn with the specific intention of being appealing to humans, just like the pictures taken of the celebrity. There's nothing wrong or unnatural about feeling attracted to, or turned on by, a drawn representation of a human being.

You argue that "at least the person exists". In practice, no they don't. They do exist, technically, yes; but they do not even have a tangental relation to the crushing person's life. For all intents and purposes the celebrity does not exist in the life of the person with the crush. He/she might as well be a bunch of pictures of a random person, with a artificially generated personality tacked on.

 

[Socius]

bout' 5 years ago when I first found Naruto in the wast corners of the intertube, before I have ever heard the words Rassengang or "no jutsu", anime and manga was far from mainstream here then, I had a shortlived crush on Hinata.

 

[technoted]

I prefer people, the fleshy kind that I can actually touch.

 

[Tourette]

Erm, am I the only person who read this threads title and thought how messed up this sounds and then saw that people do have crushes on fictional animated characters.
Seriously, you people need to seek help.

 

[Trivun]

When I watch an anime I do tend to have a slight crush on characters who I would probably pursue in real life (if they were real, obviously), but hat's about it. Like, Lucy in Elfen Lied. And when I watched Hellsing I had a bit of a crush on Seras Victoria. And now on Misa-Misa while watching Death Note. I guess I'd better be thankful I've never seen Bible Black (yet)...

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Erm, am I the only person who read this threads title and thought how messed up this sounds and then saw that people do have crushes on fictional animated characters.
Seriously, you people need to seek help.

Why? As long as you keep it in perspective and don't do anything stupid or irrational (or both) like say getting married to a Japanese love pillow with that character's image on it, I fail to see the problem.

OT: Just a few, Lina from Slayers, Videl from DBZ, and Kagome from InuYasha. I still adore all 3 of 'em, but I'd say I'm over the 'crush' thing.

 

[Marik2]

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[HEADING=1] I HAVE TOO MANY CRUSHES [/HEADING]

But heres 2 new addtions: Meet Panty and Stocking

Your welcome, by the way ^.^

Yeah thanks for introducing me to an interesting anime

 

[Kermi]

The answer is no.

At the height of my anime fandom (which ended some 5 years ago) I could ogle the visual design, I could enjoy the dialogue and appreciate the portrayal of a personality, but I never, ever forgot that these characters do not exist, have never existed and will never exist. They are the product of collaborative design and present some sort of ideal. The worst thing a peson can do to themselves is obsess over something they cannot have or expect reality to live up to those expectations.
I know some people who try to make the excuse that they have a crush on the voice actress... until they find out the voice actress is ugly, or a massive ***** in real life.

Seriously, I have friends who cannot have relationships because real life people aren't like their favourite anime characters. Get out while you still can.

But having crushes on celebrities is okay?

Did I say it was?

Even if having a crush on a celebrity is ok (and while that's still debateable it's not really any worse than having a crush on a teacher) at least that persons exists. Granted in reality they're probably not the person you think they are and in the case of actors nothing like the character you associate with them. But they exist.

No, you did not say that having a crush on a celebrity is okay. I assumed you thought so, since most people would not have any objections to someone having a crush on a celebrity. Do you really think it is not okay to have a crush on a celebrity?

Getting into a relationship with a celebrity is practically just as plausible as getting into a relationship with an anime character; particularly when considering that the average person crushing on a celebrity is a teenager, so the celebrity would be quite a bit older.
In addition, the person will most likely never have seen the celebrity in real life. The entire fundament for the crush are pictures and video of the celebrity, and his/her perceived personality. Just like with an anime character. And before you argue that the anime character is drawn: There really isn't that much of a difference. The character is drawn with the specific intention of being appealing to humans, just like the pictures taken of the celebrity. There's nothing wrong or unnatural about feeling attracted to, or turned on by, a drawn representation of a human being.

You argue that "at least the person exists". In practice, no they don't. They do exist, technically, yes; but they do not even have a tangental relation to the crushing person's life. For all intents and purposes the celebrity does not exist in the life of the person with the crush. He/she might as well be a bunch of pictures of a random person, with a artificially generated personality tacked on.

This is nothing but a strawman argument. You've attempted to trap me into saying crushing on a celebrity is ok then attempted to justify crushing on an anime character by stating - correctly - that for the everyman a shot at a relationship is practically equal.
Except firstly, I'm still not entirely in agreement that it is ok. Admire, respect, perhaps. But crush on... as you say, they're not obtainable. You argue that the celebrity you idealise is probably not the same in real life because they have a carefully crafted public persona. Well thanks for the newsflash, I only already said that as part of my argument against crushing on celebrities.
Secondly, while the odds that someone like you or me will get to bang the celebrity of our dreams might be only slightly better than 1:6,000,000,000 against, but that's still a 0.00000000016(repeating)% chance higher than the busty anime flavour of the month is going to step out of your TV screen tonight and help finish you off.

Here, for fun I'll tack on a little scale I just dreamed up. I call it the Parallel Underlying Nexus of Crazy. When you're trying to decide how normal you are, just ask yourself, do I feel lucky, PUNC?

Admiring a regular person: Normal
Admiring a celebrity: Normal
Admiring a fictional character: Normal
Crushing on a regular person person: Normal/hormonal
Crushing on a celebirty: A little strange/hormonal
Crushing on a fictional character: Very strange/antisocial
Stalking a regular person: Crazy
Stalking a celebirty: Double crazy
Stalking a fictional character: what

 

[GodofDisaster]

Well there is only one anime girl that I have a crush on, I've been mentioning her in an thread that involved this question.

Spoiler: Hotness and awesomeness combined.

I sort have a thing for red haired girls, both real and fictional.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

Shion from Higurashi and Seras from Hellsing.

Why, I never knew.

 

[xam883]

none realy but the closest one would be rangiku from bleach those huge boobies could make me do anything she said except you know die.