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So much hate in this thread...

There's many different types of people. There's pretty much both fans and haters of any genre of anime. There's people who relate shows like Avatar and Teen Titans to anime and those that have an irrational hatred for that train of thought. There's people who argue constantly about subs vs. dubs, people who prefer one over the other, people who are absolute dicks to people who prefer a version that isn't the one they watched, and people who are less biased on the subject. Armiga21's posts in this thread in particular remind me that there are anime fans who, regardless of where they're from, like to bitch about the most trivial of things.

So instead of generalizing and insulting different types of anime fans, I'll simply say that Western fanbases are alright. They have their similarities and differences to Japanese fanbases, and all other fanbases. And really what more needs to be said?

come back and defend mondern dubbing as good when they can handle and Dub Osaka people right do t have to show you a map of Japan to show that Osaka is not that far south to worrent such a deep south accent when dubbed

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No way dude, Bleach has been number 1 for years now. It's going to break records.

Only intelligent post in this topic.

I have the feeling a single digit post account is the one trolling with the "all you fans suck" attitude. It doesn't really help that your post was only spurred in an attempt to take the focus away from the topic at hand.

Yeah, you're right. All of those 2-4 anime that have characters with southern accents represent the sinfulness and depravity of anime being dubbed in English.

I got nothing to say about The Western Audience since im Russian. However i did see a video on YouTube that an American made that basically said this.

Internet + Data Storage =Buying Anime/Manga Irrelevant

Trolling 101. If someone already realizes that you're a troll, it's best not to try to "troll" them any further.

The Osaka/Southern dub thing has fuck all to do with geography, just saying.

I think westerners should go back to their mickey mouse and Donald duck and stop watching my Love anime. Immoral Gaijin devils.

Okay,may I ask why do you say such a thing.

And that says nothing about your first post in this topic nor the posts where you had to simply remind us how all fans suck.

oh plz do impart you wisdom on this subject

Goodness everyone...

To start with everything that has a fanbase, regardless of what it, has people that are open minded and people that are close minded.

Westerns, especially Americans, have a very poor opinion placed on them that stems from beyond anime, so when asked a question like this things begin to unravel quite a bit.

Speaking as a member of the Western Fanbase, I know that there are those who are quite interesting. Liking something is not restricted to where you live or where you were born. People will always be passionate about something. They might be passionate about what you call trivial or stupid, however that is the way it works.

Enjoying the fanbase is not a requirement for liking anime.

But the Japanese fanbase is even more close minded than the western one.

why are we bashing western fans

Western fans are the topic and there will be positive and negatives views about Western fans. The so called bashing you see is just people voicing their negative opinions.

If you want to bash Japanese fans then please do make your own topic on the matter instead of trying to derail this one.

This wasn't even a bashing thread to begin with.Some posters had negative things to say about the fanbase.

I am merely saying that is the nature of a fanbase in general. It matters not who is more close minded.

I didn't think I was basing western fans, however most topics like this end of that way. It is sad however it is the truth.

were not

I love your delicious ironic tone.

The American Southern accent and the Kansai dialect are both sneered at by the up country sophisticates, well I've always considered it to be the biggest reason. Also they seem to share some of the same stereotypes such as being less intelligent and too loud.

The accent is also dubbed with other accents, I seem to remember a Boston accent being used for Naru Osaka in Sailor Moon.