| I am really confused because I see more and more people watching anime now, I mean like grown ass thugs are watching the shit out of this stuff and at my school and all my other IRL friends school the popular jock people are starting to talk about it and watch it now. Is eastern media starting to be accepted by the west now? |
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| no its still weeb what popular people at your school? asian nerds? messy white guys? |
UchihaSep 22, 2014 1:01 AM
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| I'm a grown ass thug and I watch K-on! |
| By watching anime do you mean watching Afro-Samurai? |
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BarryManilow said: By watching anime do you mean watching Afro-Samurai? No, I'm talking about entry level stuff |
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| I don't know about more accepted, but it's more recognized at least, for better or worse. |
ScazoN said: no its still weeb what popular people at your school? asian nerds? Full on jock, complete with a obsession with lacrosse and football, all they wear is Nike gear, Streamline brand socks, Elite Nike socks, they wear shorts all the time regardless of the weather, etc. |
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| I don't really think so. A better word than accepted would be acknowledged. More people are starting to realize Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, etc. are classified as Anime, and not American cartoons. It still takes an immense amount of peer pressure (for my friends at least) to get my non-Otaku friends to watch an anime. Though I will not deny SnK has spawned the birth of many new Otakus recently. |
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NudeBear said: I hope not. |
| I feel it's much more accepted between teenagers nowadays than it was 10 years ago. But still... |
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| My roommate died because I told him Pokemon was an Anime. He had a brain aneurysm from the shock and it was fatal. |
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| I think a lot more people are noticing Anime thanks to series like Attack on Titan, Naruto, Sword Art Online etc but it's still uncharted waters for a lot of people. |
Perisher said: I'm a grown ass thug and I watch K-on! thug lyfe |
| I don't see how it's more "accepted" than it is in the past. Non-watchers are just as indifferent to anime then as they are now. |
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| I dont think so. Im 21 now and I still get called a fag for buying anime and manga. |
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| My girlfriend left me because she find out that I m watching anime sometimes. and after seeing Yosuga no sora in my list rated so high she called me and said that I am sick sisterfucker and that I disgust her and that she hates me and don't want to see me ever again. :( ...should I cry now something like "anime destroyed my life" or what? |
AJWilliams said: I dont think so. Im 21 now and I still get called a fag for buying anime and manga. That should be illegal as it is Anime/Manga discrimination. Send those fools to the pit of the volcano |
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| It's becoming more popular. Not entirely accepted. |
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AJWilliams said: Same hereI dont think so. Im 21 now and I still get called a fag for buying anime and manga. |
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| i wouldnt call it accepted, but a loooot of the generation thats coming of age rn grew up watching anime, so its a bit more accepted than it used to be. like, everyone that was a weird middle schooler in 2005 watched death note, thats just something that happened, and a lot of those people went on to become relatively normal adults, or at least only slight nerds. but no i dont think the masses are gonna ever be down for anything beyond maybe some ghibli stuff. |
| Yes. Everyone wants to sleep with their imoutos. |
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| I think it is, at least around where I live. Anime/manga fans were easy targets to pick on at school, but now that's hardly a problem. |
| I want to say that anime is getting more fans and it seems like they're quickly trying to make it a part of their lives. It's cool. More people than I've ever imagined are getting into anime, or at least claim that they're into it. Many have even decided that they already want to go to cons. The thing is that they're usually into the reeeally mainstream anime like Naruto or Attack on Titan. If they stick with anime, they'll delve deeper though. I'm honestly really surprised at how much attention AoT has garnered from people that have "never watched an anime series in their entire life". I'm even more surprised that they're seeking more anime after finishing AoT. I'm super surprised to hear them ask me for recommendations: stuff that's dubbed, preferably on Netflix. I'm not a big fan of the selection on Netflix, but I'm really happy to know that the new folk aren't afraid of dubs. The new folk are so new that most anime-related references will fly over their heads; I have a feeling that they're going to stay that new for a long time. It's okay, I was in that phase for years, mostly because I didn't know my way around the internet in elementary school (and had dial up). Soon enough, they'll be making accounts on here and I can recruit them into my bad-taste-in-anime club. 8^) |
| I saw a well known senior, who's on the football team, watch Naruto in class, have a anime babe who's sucking on a Popsicle with tits the size of melons as a desktop, and discussed the latest chapter on Naruto with our Stats teacher. No one said a thing. I moved schools from an inner city school to a well off mostly white suburb. Here they accept so much more than people do in the inner city school. I've heard popular soccer players talking about going to Pokemon card tourneys in Indy on weekends without anyone raising an eyebrow. At my previous school the ones who watched anime usually were your typical semi-socially 'special' kids who thought it was edgy or whatever. Not saying there's a few weird anime tards here. They've got a freaking anime and manga club here. I checked it out. Was surprised by how normal some of the members were. So I guess it's where you live and how ignorant people are. |
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DoubleC said: I saw a well known senior, who's on the football team, watch Naruto in class, have a anime babe who's sucking on a Popsicle with tits the size of melons as a desktop, and discussed the latest chapter on Naruto with our Stats teacher. No one said a thing. I moved schools from an inner city school to a well off mostly white suburb. Here they accept so much more than people do in the inner city school. I've heard popular soccer players talking about going to Pokemon card tourneys in Indy on weekends without anyone raising an eyebrow. At my previous school the ones who watched anime usually were your typical semi-socially 'special' kids who thought it was edgy or whatever. Not saying there's a few weird anime tards here. They've got a freaking anime and manga club here. I checked it out. Was surprised by how normal some of the members were. So I guess it's where you live and how ignorant people are. Where the hell do you live? Sounds like paradise compared to the shithole I'm at. |
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| Yep. Almost everyone I know watches anime |
Anti_Meta said: DoubleC said: I saw a well known senior, who's on the football team, watch Naruto in class, have a anime babe who's sucking on a Popsicle with tits the size of melons as a desktop, and discussed the latest chapter on Naruto with our Stats teacher. No one said a thing. I moved schools from an inner city school to a well off mostly white suburb. Here they accept so much more than people do in the inner city school. I've heard popular soccer players talking about going to Pokemon card tourneys in Indy on weekends without anyone raising an eyebrow. At my previous school the ones who watched anime usually were your typical semi-socially 'special' kids who thought it was edgy or whatever. Not saying there's a few weird anime tards here. They've got a freaking anime and manga club here. I checked it out. Was surprised by how normal some of the members were. So I guess it's where you live and how ignorant people are. Where the hell do you live? Sounds like paradise compared to the shithole I'm at. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionsville,_Indiana You needa be white, upper middle class, and did I mention white? Really nice town to live in. There are some really rich folk up here. Just an example of how rich these people are, kids drive Mustangs and Mercedes-Benz's to school. I feel so poor ;_; |
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DoubleC said: Anti_Meta said: Where the hell do you live? Sounds like paradise compared to the shithole I'm at. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionsville,_Indiana You needa be white, upper middle class, and did I mention white? Really nice town to live in. There are some really rich folk up here. Just an example of how rich these people are, kids drive Mustangs and Mercedes-Benz's to school. I feel so poor ;_; I take back what I say, it looks like horse shit. |
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| Attack on Titan was pretty well received among the non anime watchers I talk too. |
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| no |
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| there are more people out of the closet haha, with conventions and all they can be more themselves, but we still have people who only are themselves in conventions and then act like they're "normal" ¬¬. |
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| Maybe true for you, but here, in my place, nah... still considered as weird shit or kid cartoons. People compare anime to Tom n Jerry. They think manga are just like noddy or Dora picture books; I've given up. Surely they think 'Ecchi' is the name of some random anime kid lol. |
Shocked said: I don't know about more accepted, but it's more recognized at least, for better or worse. |
FragOutFire said: Why am I a Berserk fan? All I ever experience is pain. We are in the eclipse and Miura has sacrificed us |
| Anime isn't entirely accepted but people are becoming aware of the difference between anime and cartoons. The ignorant views about Anime being cartoons has simmered down quite some bit. |
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