The "How can you not like Anime?!" Thread

AkibaSilver · 08-12-2012, 09:46 AM

Just watched this... I think my brain screwed itself over trying to figure out what was going on, and I (sorta) understand evangelion...

AkibaSilver · 08-12-2012, 09:47 AM

Also, has anyone seen Hetalia. I love that show!

Matrixbeast · 08-12-2012, 10:07 AM

Here's a question. Why should I like anime, considering it's a medium, not a genre?

KRiderZim · 08-12-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Here's a question. Why should I like anime, considering it's a medium, not a genre?

You don't have to like all of it (or even most of it), but it's kind of dumb to decry an entire medium.

Also, why is liking a medium less legitimate than liking a genre?

Sentai · 08-12-2012, 10:17 AM

KE-KERO KEERO!

Matrixbeast · 08-12-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by KRiderZim

You don't have to like all of it (or even most of it), but it's kind of dumb to decry an entire medium.

Also, why is liking a medium less legitimate than liking a genre?

Why is anime the only medium that's treated as an infallible shining star?

KRiderZim · 08-12-2012, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Why is anime the only medium that's treated as an infallible shining star?

Because weeaboos.

But I don't see what that has to do with my question. You can like a medium without liking everything that comes about in it. That's like if someone says "I like music" and you say "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU NOT ALL MUSIC THAT GOOD!"

In fact, someone who's an enthusiast for a certain medium is more likely to be critical of any given thing in that medium. The only people who treat anime as infallible are people who legitimately believe that Japan is just a better country than all the other countries. This is, of course, ludicrous, and they are ludicrous people, but that doesn't mean that all anime fans are like that.

That's like when people come up to us bronies and say "OH, SO YA LIKE FAPPIN' TO HORSES, EH. PERVERT?"

Matrixbeast · 08-12-2012, 12:11 PM

Fair enough.

TokuChris · 08-12-2012, 12:42 PM

I don't like anime overall.

The ones I did enjoy:

- Dragonball Z (yes, some slow parts, but when you step back and look at the show from start to end, the progression of the characters, the relationships that eventually build over time, it was an epic story-telling device)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (first anime I ever watched, yes, it was a mind-fuck storywise, and that's why I loved it ... so much better than 99% of the anime available at the time)
- Ninja Scroll (the first movie, it was pretty epic, maybe because I was like 14)
- High School of the Dead (I love zombies and I thought this show did a great job of building characters, although I could have done without the BOOBS IN YOUR FACE PANTIE SHOTS that the director was very well known for)
- Blue Gender (a lot of people don't even give this one a shot because it was dubbed by FUNIMATION, but the show is actually freakin' amazing with a great story that unfolds as you move along ... and yes, it's one of those "HOLY FUCK TRIPPY ENDING" type of movies where you're mind-fucked)

That's it. I hate all other anime.

KamenRiderOOO · 08-12-2012, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kickback

- High School of the Dead (I love zombies and I thought this show did a great job of building characters, although I could have done without the BOOBS IN YOUR FACE PANTIE SHOTS that the director was very well known for.)

Well, High School of the Dead is an anime based on an ecchi manga, so that's not really the director's fault. It's more of the original author and artist of the manga

08-12-2012, 10:07 AM	#63
Matrixbeast Mighty Morphin Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Za Warudo Posts: 25,465	Here's a question. Why should I like anime, considering it's a medium, not a genre? __________________

08-12-2012, 10:12 AM	#64
KRiderZim lol beetleborgs Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 197	Quote: Originally Posted by Matrixbeast Here's a question. Why should I like anime, considering it's a medium, not a genre? You don't have to like all of it (or even most of it), but it's kind of dumb to decry an entire medium. Also, why is liking a medium less legitimate than liking a genre? __________________ I don't do Tengen Toppa. I don't posses Tengen Toppa. I AM Tengen Toppa. Last edited by KRiderZim; 08-12-2012 at 10:27 AM..

08-12-2012, 11:52 AM	#66
Matrixbeast Mighty Morphin Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Za Warudo Posts: 25,465	Quote: Originally Posted by KRiderZim You don't have to like all of it (or even most of it), but it's kind of dumb to decry an entire medium. Also, why is liking a medium less legitimate than liking a genre? Why is anime the only medium that's treated as an infallible shining star? __________________

08-12-2012, 12:07 PM	#67
KRiderZim lol beetleborgs Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 197	Quote: Originally Posted by Matrixbeast Why is anime the only medium that's treated as an infallible shining star? Because weeaboos. But I don't see what that has to do with my question. You can like a medium without liking everything that comes about in it. That's like if someone says "I like music" and you say "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU NOT ALL MUSIC THAT GOOD!" In fact, someone who's an enthusiast for a certain medium is more likely to be critical of any given thing in that medium. The only people who treat anime as infallible are people who legitimately believe that Japan is just a better country than all the other countries. This is, of course, ludicrous, and they are ludicrous people, but that doesn't mean that all anime fans are like that. That's like when people come up to us bronies and say "OH, SO YA LIKE FAPPIN' TO HORSES, EH. PERVERT?" __________________ I don't do Tengen Toppa. I don't posses Tengen Toppa. I AM Tengen Toppa. Last edited by KRiderZim; 08-12-2012 at 12:14 PM..

08-12-2012, 12:11 PM	#68
Matrixbeast Mighty Morphin Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Za Warudo Posts: 25,465	Fair enough. __________________