Because once upon a time North American TV, Animation and Videogames kinda sucked. Hence we turned to Japan and acquired a taste for it. The End.
Why do so many people obsess over anime?
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At some level I like to think that watching more adult themed (made for mature people over kids, not porn) cartoons stimulates the mind with appropriate level material, while at the same time bringing people back to youth. Anime fills this for some people since it seems that you can only go so far with western style shows such as family guy and ren and stimpy. I agree with you on the branching out with themes concept as CG can only help live action if it is done very well. Nice Minami-ke pic as well. (Been a while since I watched that so correct me if I am wrong)masher said:
Because a load of fan girls believe that watching lots of cartoons while screaming "KAWAII!" makes them Japanese.
And because a load of fan boys believe that watching cartoons about super-fast and unnatural fighting makes them cool.
(Though DBZ was pretty bitchin'.)
And because a load of fan boys believe that watching cartoons about super-fast and unnatural fighting makes them cool.
(Though DBZ was pretty bitchin'.)
I couldn't tell you. I'm only obsessed with Dragon Ball. There's just too many different varieties of anime to get obsessed over the whole phenomenon.
People can become obsessed with everything, though I think Animes just illustrate the typical teenagers mindset very well and are therefore able to draw them in easily.Continuum said:
Is your pic from the Snes game? Final dimension I think its called?canadamus_prime said:
Personally I didn't enjoy Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball GT as it was way too 'silly' I guess and in retrospect, though I still like Dragon Ball Z I'm not sure why, perhaps the idea of people having 'potentials'.
This kinda strikes me as ironic because I have always wondered the opposite: Why do so many people diss anime and anyone who stills likes it even after their teenage years? Seriously this past saturday me and friends went to Little Tokyo here in LA and two of my friends were seriously being assholes and dissing my other friend who wanted to visit all the shops to look over the anime and other japanese stuff.Continuum said:
I hear Code Gauss is on a similar level to Death Note, if you enjoyed Naruto then I suggest watching Basilisk (the only common factor being that they both claim to have ninjas, where as basilisk is more about ninjas then naruto which is about bright orange jumpsuit wearing adhd children. (PS: I watch Naruto))DirtyCommie said:
i can see if you like the Japanese past, i myself love to study on there fudal era, but i hate the people that watch one anime and think they can be Japan's prime minister or somthing.Continuum said:
From what I have observed, the truly obsessive types hold everything Japanese up on a pedestal before all else, Japan as the idol and the path to everything good and pure in the world, and anime is the shining beacon leading them, the chosen ones, to the promised land.
Most people that like anime, however, tend to be more level-headed about it, seeing the material as being simple entertainment. They just happen to like it more than other forms of televised media for whatever reason.
Most people that like anime, however, tend to be more level-headed about it, seeing the material as being simple entertainment. They just happen to like it more than other forms of televised media for whatever reason.
Here's something, anime only became really popular after the era of good cartoons on television ended and the kids who watched them wanted the similar surreal experience but something a little darker.
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I'm just trying to understand why there seems to be so many people with an obsession over anime."
the same reason why there seems to be so many people with an obsession to people with obsession over anime.
or why there seems to be so many people with obsession to a million different things out there.
hell can we even explain why so many people are obsessed with owning various devices and gadgets that they have NO IDEA how to use. (god help us at customer service, it test our faith in humanity many times over).
I'm just trying to understand why there seems to be so many people with an obsession over anime."
the same reason why there seems to be so many people with an obsession to people with obsession over anime.
or why there seems to be so many people with obsession to a million different things out there.
hell can we even explain why so many people are obsessed with owning various devices and gadgets that they have NO IDEA how to use. (god help us at customer service, it test our faith in humanity many times over).
Let me ask you this, is there anything better to obsess over?Continuum said:
Anime is not just animated films made in Japan, it's a whole geeky sub culture. There's something for everyone, and so much that's better than what we have here. And through animation we learn about the Japanese culture, and then in cyclical way, we try to learn more about Japanese culture in order to better understand anime.
Going by this, you have only viewed such a small percentage of anime. When you refer to anime as "one book" that's like saying that Excel Saga, Death Note, Pokemon, Hello Kitty, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Escaflowne, are all targeted for the same audience. Anime has romances, comedies, kid stuff, girly stuff, manly stuff, thoughtful stuff, great big action...Continuum said:
I am just done with Anime and I have been for years. MY sister on the other hand is constantly watching it and obsessing about it.
Because they like it. What's wrong with that? Heck, I'm the same way about a lot of cartoons produced in America.