Poll: Problems With Anime?

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Add an "all of the above" option. And "retarded hair/character design in general".

 

[no oneder]

I voted "The people Who are Obsessed with it Turn Me Off" but there should be a "everything" option.

 

[team star pug]

Some anime are good (FlCl, Cowboy Bebop), some are bad (Naruto, DBZ).

I think the main problem with the bad anime is that they do nothing to make the characters likable to me, and then every episode is either angst, filler, or drawn out fight scenes. However, the good anime keeps me interested and some (such as Cowboy Bebop) are amongst my favourite shows.

Still, all of the idiots who worship anime and think Japan is a paradise that does no wrong are annoying.

Essentially, what I'm saying is that anime has its good and bad parts, just like all entertainment.

Dragon ball Z... bad?

Terrible, horrendous, unbearable, generally a crime against mankind; Want more? I have a list.

Could you perhaps give a list of why dbz is bad, perhaps in bullet point form.

Okay, let's see:
-Every moment of that accursed show that I was forced to watch caused me unimaginable physical pain and distress.

And if you want any more reason, it's my damn opinion and questioning it isn't going to make me like the show anymore.

Stop raging dude, i just wanted to find out why you didn't like it...

 

[Sakurazaki1023]

I treat anime much the same as I treat any other TV show or film, whether it's from Japan or not.

Anime is like any other form of media and is subject to Sturgeon's Law, that states 90% of everything is crap...

Glad to see some other anime fans who aren't blinded by devotion and are able to point out the flaws in their hobby.

This pretty handily summarizes the text wall I wrote earlier. Just like any other form of media, there is good anime and there is bad anime. The problems and stereotypes occur when bad (or just mediocre) anime become insipidly popular and color the public's impression of anime as a whole.

Here is an interesting thought experiment. Imagine that you live in Japan and decided to watch a popular American television show to see what the fuss is all about. You decide to watch Family Guy. How would your impressions of American television be affected? What if the show was a documentary on Astrophysics on the History Channel? What if it was a trashy 80s sitcom filled with sexism and implied wife beating?

I will admit that there are plenty of people in the anime community that are incredibly obsessive and blindly devoted to their chosen hobby. These people exist in every hobby, from gaming to gun ownership and there is nothing anyone can do to prevent these people from influencing the public perception of that hobby. Level headed and mature anime fans are just as embarrassed by their actions as you would expect. Gamers are embarrassed by the cursing 12-year-olds on Modern Warefare and Christians are embarrassed by WBC. There will always be fanatical sociopaths in any hobby.

Nice avatar. oh! and good point

If my avatar is good, than the image I cropped it from might make your head explode : )

Spoiler

 

[Mr.Gompers]

Like other people have said, it's rather annoying when they draw a single move in a fight out over several episodes.

 

[DarthFennec]

efinitely check out FMA, i've only seen like 4 episodes so far, but from what friends tell me and from what i've seen, it's pretty darn good. Also, yeah pokemon is probably more for the kids, but it was such a big part of my childhood....

I did see the first like five episodes and I really wanted to get into it, but then I saw the latest episode on TV (at the time, but this was a couple years ago) and they were with these modern military guys and I had no idea what was going on so I got turned off it for a while. Concerning Pokemon, yeah, I can understand that. Good old nostalgia, ay? ^_^

 

[unicron44]

It's hard for me to get drawn into anything radically different than I'm used to. I did however enjoy the Cowboy Beebop movie and Afro Samuari. I just feel the stories aren't concise enough and are usually boring.

 

[Mass B]

I treat anime much the same as I treat any other TV show or film, whether it's from Japan or not.

Anime is like any other form of media and is subject to Sturgeon's Law, that states 90% of everything is crap...

Glad to see some other anime fans who aren't blinded by devotion and are able to point out the flaws in their hobby.

This pretty handily summarizes the text wall I wrote earlier. Just like any other form of media, there is good anime and there is bad anime. The problems and stereotypes occur when bad (or just mediocre) anime become insipidly popular and color the public's impression of anime as a whole.

Here is an interesting thought experiment. Imagine that you live in Japan and decided to watch a popular American television show to see what the fuss is all about. You decide to watch Family Guy. How would your impressions of American television be affected? What if the show was a documentary on Astrophysics on the History Channel? What if it was a trashy 80s sitcom filled with sexism and implied wife beating?

I will admit that there are plenty of people in the anime community that are incredibly obsessive and blindly devoted to their chosen hobby. These people exist in every hobby, from gaming to gun ownership and there is nothing anyone can do to prevent these people from influencing the public perception of that hobby. Level headed and mature anime fans are just as embarrassed by their actions as you would expect. Gamers are embarrassed by the cursing 12-year-olds on Modern Warefare and Christians are embarrassed by WBC. There will always be fanatical sociopaths in any hobby.

Nice avatar. oh! and good point

If my avatar is good, than the image I cropped it from might make your head explode : )

Spoiler

yup, I've seen it before. Personally, i like him as regular Alucard a little better than as Genya

Have you seen this?

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.dailystrength.org/groupfiles/9/1/7/0/10000719/g_1068542096.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/anime-club/media/499086&usg=___qvr6HYNq55kFVvWEFU0TE_fKaM=&h=414&w=600&sz=86&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=xvB4aw_z_ydPTM:&tbnh=169&tbnw=225&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djuste%2Bbelmont%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1142%26bih%3D860%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=597&vpy=135&dur=414&hovh=186&hovw=270&tx=167&ty=145&ei=Qh37TJ3zEofAsAPfren3DQ&oei=Qh37TJ3zEofAsAPfren3DQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0

Favorite Castlevania art ever. it's of Juste Belmont from Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

P.S. how do you put pictures into your posts like that? or videos? sorry i just never learned this

 

[Mass B]

efinitely check out FMA, i've only seen like 4 episodes so far, but from what friends tell me and from what i've seen, it's pretty darn good. Also, yeah pokemon is probably more for the kids, but it was such a big part of my childhood....

I did see the first like five episodes and I really wanted to get into it, but then I saw the latest episode on TV (at the time, but this was a couple years ago) and they were with these modern military guys and I had no idea what was going on so I got turned off it for a while. Concerning Pokemon, yeah, I can understand that. Good old nostalgia, ay? ^_^

FMA's kind of in an alternate WWI/II-esque era i guess.. idk

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

English crapy dubs are what has kept me away from anime for this long, so I have to say that.

 

[BENZOOKA]

I don't know how to pick any especially bad part of anime. Some are just plain bad, in my opinion: Gunslinger Girl (there is no real plot, characters are hollow), all those cutsey school animes are not for me either. Nothing happens in them.

I do like Cowboy Bebop and Death Note. Those are magnificent. Also Ginga: Nagareboshi gin and Ginga densetsu weed which hold a legendary status for me. I would sure like to know some more great series.

 

[Siuki]

Don't worry, the annoying fans will come. Weeaboos seem to be attracted like flies to these threads.

Sorry for asking, but who/what are weaboos? I've heard of 'em, but never actually met one in the wild.

 

[warprincenataku]

20 years ago maybe I would have said voice acting, but now there are many talented voice actors that it hardly matters to me at all. Greg Ayers (sp) comes to mind as one of the better voice actors made famous by Saiyuki and Negima.

Now I believe that most people who say voice acting is the main problem are usually Japanese purist fanboys, although there have been a few crap dubbings I've seen.

 

[Guy32]

The fanbase.

I dont mean to hate on anyone here in particular or anything, but they're just...strange people a lot of the time.

Oh yeah, and Rule 34, another reason to be wary of the fans.

Definitely the fanbase. They're not so bad one on one, but in a group they're just... kinda... I can't think of a word that won't be offensive.

 

[Mass B]

The fanbase.

I dont mean to hate on anyone here in particular or anything, but they're just...strange people a lot of the time.

Oh yeah, and Rule 34, another reason to be wary of the fans.

Definitely the fanbase. They're not so bad one on one, but in a group they're just... kinda... I can't think of a word that won't be offensive.

Overwhelming?

 

[DarthFennec]

FMA's kind of in an alternate WWI/II-esque era i guess.. idk

Definitely not for me. Of course neither is vampires in Bleach, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the other arcs ^_^

 

[antipunt]

The general theme "BY THE SHEER POWER OF MY WILL I CAN OVERCOME THIS!!!"

 

[Andantil]

Two things mainly.
#1 is the majority of the fanbase here in America, the weeaboos, the annoying aspie kids who will try to kill you if you say Bleach/Naruto isn't the best thing in existence.

Second is the direction the industry is headed, 99% of anime is candy coated shit made for the sole purpose of pandering to otakus to get them to spend all their money on DVDs, dolls, posters, and pillows.