How do you feel about anime?

[gamefreakbsp]

I love anime. Watch it all the time.

 

[The Lunatic]

Don't really care for it, generally, dislike obsessive fans.

Hate those annoying animes, featuring overly young and annoying characters.

 

[Sakurazaki1023]

I've only just started watching anime, I'm halfway through Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni at the moment. And it's completely awesome.

I have Serial Experiments Lain lined up next... that should be VERY different.

If those series are the kind of thing that you like, I can heavily recommend Ergo Proxy or Texhnolyze. Texhnolyze even has the same director as Serial Experiments Lain.

I tend to prefer the more adult oriented series, but I have no problem with a lighthearted, romance, or shonen series now and then.

Some personal favorites are:

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Rahxephon
Ergo Proxy
Texhnolyze
Hellsing: Ultimate
Gunslinger Girl
Black Lagoon
Full Metal Panic
Blood +
RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~
Darker Than Black
Trinity Blood
Witch Hunter Robin

 

[elbowlick]

I'd call myself a fan, even if I haven't really watched anything in a few months since I have been trying to balance school, vidya games, and a barely existing social life.
There is a lot I can like about but it's balanced with shit that I cannot tolerate. Examples are harems, shounen that goes on for over 52 episodes, and some of the humor (even if I spoke the language and could get your shitty-ass puns it wouldn't make them any funnier. Puns are only funny if they are extremely bad).
I view it as a medium like anything else so why not enjoy it? (Unless it's a play or an opera or something.) It's like tv: not all of it is crap.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

DOnt like the style at all.

Spoiler

Would not hate it as much if all the sterotypes about animefans wouldnt be true.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Severe dislike. There are about 3 or 4 films that I can stomach but that's mainly because I would call them animated cyberpunk/sci fi but they just happen to be drawn in a manga/anime style.

 

[Okysho]

I love anime, I hate like 70% of our fandom... I think that's why people hate us so much...

I can't STAND the big 3 anime series (Bleach, Naruto, One Piece) Like SERIOUSLY!!! KILL IT ALREADY IT'S DAMN NEAR 300 EPISODES!!!!

Also, did I meantion I can't stand most of our fandom? I mean... I go to cons and stuff, and squealy fangirls I've even somewhat gotten used to, but the butchering of the Japanese language and watching 2-3 series and says that you LOVE ANIME just because you're ashamed to have been born in North America and need a Japanese fix....

for one thing most of them will migrate to Japanese Drama (which actually isn't that different from anime, complete with over the top reactions and all, which I actually get a kick out of [it makes it funny!]) or just grow out of it like they'll (hopefully) grow out of their Twilight phases...

I can't speak for the guys though... a lot of them are.... either fairly normal, or... just as fucked up as those hardcore WoW players...

Every pop-culture has it's bad sides right?

-sigh- I'm embarrassed for us...

 

[Owlslayer]

I'm a member in this group: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Anime-Fans

I've been on this site for a year now and I've never seen that group ...damn, my loss. You guys should advertise it more. Anyways, i joined up, since well, i like anime. At least some of it. I have my preferences.

 

[Sakurazaki1023]

I love anime!

I seem to be slowly running out of new anime series to watch...

I'm running into the exact same problem. I grew up watching anime, but the only recent series that have piqued my interest are Canaan and Blassreiter. I think most of this is because of the moe boom that Japan is just now dragging itself out of.

I'm waiting for some more mature and thought provoking stuff to come out of Japan and all I'm seeing is K-ON! clones...

 

[jackknife402]

I believe anime is breeding a new generation of pedophiles...personally.


Then again, I also watch it fromt ime to time.

 

[Eggsnham]

I think along the lines of "You've seen one, you've seen em' all."

I used to watch it A LOT, but then I turned thirteen.

I only meant that to be mildly insulting

 

[DarkRyter]

It's alright. As with any genre, there is good and bad and it's all a matter of personal taste. I like that it tends to explore emotions, themes, and aesthetics that are somewhat absent from other genres.

Anime is a medium, not a genre. They tell stories as wide and varied as books, movies, tv, video games, comics, etc.

 

[Del-Toro]

I have a fair bit on DvD, and I certainly had a love affair with it for a while. That said, the affair is over, and while the series I loved will always hold a place in my heart and on my shelf, I'm not expanding into it any more.

 

[Danik93]

I'm a fan, although I don't watch it as much as I'd like.

Currently, I'm enamored by an anime called Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt. It. Is. Hilarious.

Isn't that Nabeshin?

OT: There is only one anime i can tolerate and that is Excel Saga. the reaon behind it is because i saw 26 episodes in a row with some friends when we where REALLY tired an laughed at everything! those fond memories has made me not hate that one anime show! might watch episode 26 just for the reason it's so absurd! The rest should be burned!

 

[Mistermixmaster]

I'm in this group: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/We-use-Anime-avatars
How do you think I feel about anime?

Ditto. I've even been to a convention for anime-cosplayers XD

 

[IBlackKiteI]

Studio Ghibli and Cowboy Bebop are about as far down the rabbit hole as I'm willing to go. No offense to anybody present, but the fanbase has repelled me from getting into it.

Yeah, some people take it WAAAAAY too far. Its kind of disturbing really.

Pretty it up anyway you like, I find MOST anime to be crappy excuses for pornography.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I like some, but not to the extent of most.

I dunno, I guess it is because I have a hard time getting a lot of the references that most people who watch them use around here, but I just feel that the overall fanbase is way too obsessive.

I'm not picking on anyone here. I just feel a little alienated when threads pop up, and it seems like every other post is talking about an anime show I've never heard of, or posting a link to any number of theme songs with high pitched singing that makes me want to blow my eardrums.

U just don't get it. And I don't really want to try.

 

[V8 Ninja]

It's probably my most watched "Type" of show. Japanese animation FTW.

Oh, and you, good sir;

Dislike them, mostly because of OVER THE TOP ANIME REACTIONS!

Spoiler

I highly recommend you to at least try Death Note [http://www.hulu.com/death-note]. I think you'll like it.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I consider it a fun little hobby.