| I'm pretty sure it's completely safe to tell others that you watch some anime. Is this supposed to be illegal practice or something? |
| I've told my mom and she thinks I'm just obsessed with drawing anime in general.~ |
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| no. Since there is a 30 characters limit I would also like to talk about how I can't honestly understand y'all since I grown with anime and my mother/father/brother/uncle/aunt/dog always knew I watched chineese cartoons. |
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| No, not at all. Watching anime is only embarassing if you think of it as something to be ashamed of, which I never did, because it isn't. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Nope, both my father and mother know I like anime, I'm not embarrassed about it. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas |
| To be honest I don't know why you should be telling this to family in the first place, it's not like you just start a conversation and say "mom, dad, I watch anime", I mean what's the purpose? I don't know why some people treat it like some sort of coming out, lol. As for other people, I'd probably tell them if they asked me about my hobbies, otherwise I don't feel the need to randomly bring up this topic. |
fuyukiMay 9, 2019 8:47 AM
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| From my experience living in the UK, no one cares about your hobbies enough to ridicule you for them, especially if you're out of school. Most young people have some sort of exposure to anime from constantly being on the internet, so it's not as weird as it used to be to the younger population. The older generation still sees anime as equivalent to cartoons, so they are harder to convince that anime is anything other than childish or perverted. No-one should be ashamed of liking anime, or anything for that matter. If you like anime, find some pride in that. |
| Well it's embarassing because I always watch Ecchi anime and I don't want them to know that lol. |
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| No. I have cousins who watch it too. My parents, friends and colleagues from work also know. Not embarrassed, not even a bit. Can't wait to use the t-shirt of One Piece that I bought. |
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| Nope. I'm from the UK too but I've never been embarrassed to tell anyone and no one's ever made fun of me for it. My family know, and whenever they see something related to anime in the media they always let me know because they know I'm interested in it. I also have a cousin who's into an anime and I often talk about it with him. My friends at uni know and despite not really being interested in it themselves there's been times when they've brought up the topic of it so we can discuss it. Obviously there's people who will ridicule you for whatever you like, but with anime its definitely something seen more on the internet as a meme than actually done in real life, at least in my experience. As long as you don't share the fact you watch any questionable anime to people I'm sure it'll be fine. EDIT: Actually, I do remember a time when a friend of mine made fun of anime (knowing I liked anime) saying it was for paedophiles. This was 4 years ago and as you can imagine we're not friends any more. That was one person and it was such an insignificant memory that it took me until after I posted this to remember it, and despite that happening I've still never once been embarrassed to tell anyone I like anime since then. |
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| My cousins watch it, but my parents, uncles and aunts don't really know the difference between cartoons and anime and think its all for kids. I remember one time when my grandpa was hospitalized (in indonesia), my family was watching tv when my grandpa changed the channel to one where a magical girl anime was on. Nobody said something about it and let the channel stay until we left. So I don't think you should be embarassed about telling people that you like anime, it is part of who you are. |
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| Not at all. Watching anime isn't a big deal, it's just another hobby. I bought a collection of Miyazaki (Ghibli) movies for my little brother's birthday. My parents have watched a lot of them with him and enjoyed them. Most people won't care if you watch anime and most of those that do won't be bothered after a brief explanation to rid them of any misconceptions. |
| Nah, most of my friends know that I watch anime. Also, I don't tell my parents or family members these sorts of things. |
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| It's more weird to me if you don't tell your family about it or at least why something like this would bother someone?! |
| Not embarrassed. I am more embarrassed by the fact that my parents think they are for children only. I haven't bothered changing their minds about it, will probably do it if they genuinely express interest in why I prefer watching anime, despite me growing older day by day. |
| People already know I watch anime. They've known for a long while. I have an anime avatar and constantly talk about anime on my Twitter where my sister and some real life friends can read me regularly. I comment anime movies I watch (along with every other movie) in Facebook where my whole family and friends can read me. They know I review stuff, they have read reviews I've written, they could have a clear idea of my taste with just a few minutes of search. That doesn't mean I'm super open about it though. It's something I don't feel confident talking about in person because I feel my hobby belongs to me personally and I'm not that good at explaining what makes this or that show good for me. It also happens with movies, but depending on which it is easier to talk about them because they resonate more easily with people around me. Because most of the people I know don't watch anime, and if they do, it's not the kind of anime I dig anyway so we can hardly keep a long conversation about them. |
| No... No I’m not..................... |
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| No, because I honestly don't give a fuck what anyone else thinks about my hobbies or habits. I do what I enjoy and I don't ram my interests down other peoples throats. That seems to work out in pretty much every situation. As for my friends and family, well, I'm pretty sure we care about each other enough to be non-judgmental to each other over pretty much anything as long as it isn't morally repugnant, but then, everyone close to me is pretty much a stand up guy/gal so that's not even an issue. |
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| not embarrassed at all. come on it your family. why you need to lie to them? in fact I want all my relatives to know that I love anime. |
| Anime will always have that stigma because of the echi people have seen examples of what anime can be like lol making it embarrassing to admit you watch anime, but I have never been shy to let people know I am a fan of great animes like death note, attack on titan, or so many other mature anime! Just goes to show that anime can be liked by anyone who has any remote interest in animation, its just a question of if they are willing to accept the animation style or Japanese language. |
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| Anime will always have that stigma because of the echi people have seen examples of what anime can be like lol making it embarrassing to admit you watch anime, but I have never been shy to let people know I am a fan of great animes like death note, attack on titan, or so many other mature anime! Just goes to show that anime can be liked by anyone who has any remote interest in animation, its just a question of if they are willing to accept the animation style or Japanese language. |
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| I don't because my family watches it too. |
| Yes kind of. I think there's a huge misconception about what anime is really about that discourages most people to tell the others that they're watching anime. Most of my friends know that I watch anime but within my family it's not a subject I really want to discuss. |
| My family already knows I watch anime. One time I was at an anime convention with free admission and I think my mom actually watched some D.N.Angel. Or maybe DNA^2, not sure which. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| nope, because for one my family doesnt give shit about what my hobbies or obsessions are. they cant relate to it anyway. |
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| no. my family and my friends know im watching anime a lot XD |
| I don't think it's something to feel embarrassed about...and in general, people don't care..Of course, depends on what kind of Anime you're whatching as well....if you tell someone that you like to watch animated series during a conversation and that someone is asking for some titles.....and you say: Ero-manga sensei, highscholl dxd, Rail Wars or other echii/ harem shows that you enjoyed for some reason or another....it's obvious that they will question this way of spending your free time. |
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| My family and friends know, my brothers thinks its fine and cool, they've seen a few like one piece and the seven deadly sins? Recently my mom started to think I switched from watching anime to playing games and still think both are childish. My friends enjoy watching anime as well. The only embarrassing thing about anime is the ecchi and simple retarded moments, also having stuff like body pillows and a room filled with anime figurines would be pretty embarrassing. |
| depends on their family. i can't simply say yes or no. |
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| My family knows i watch anime & they watch it too. |
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| I'm not embarrassed or ashamed but I can't stand my parents taking about it. |
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| No, because I wasn't born into judgmental or close-minded family luckily. My mom has watched anime with me for years and while my dad doesn't watch a whole lot he doesn't mind it either. The rest of my family either dabbles or doesn't care. I genuinely feel sorry for people who have to hide any hobbies from their friends and family. It just sounds like a shitty situation. |
LordAuraMay 10, 2019 5:24 AM
| why would it be a big deal even,u watch what u want |
| My friends watch anime, my parents watch anime (hell my parents introduced me to anime when they sat me in front of the telly when I was four and switched on shows like "Heidi") so why should I be embarrassed? I have reached a point in my life where I am very comfortable with myself and genuinely couldn't care a fig if someone doesn't like my lifestyle choices. |
| No. However, I almost feel embarrassed for other people when they admit to watching awful trash such as Game of Thrones or the Avengers films. |
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| Most people I know in real life know I watch it, but just through passivity as opposed to telling them about it or anything. I have a figure collection and a manga shelf in my bedroom and a snowglobe and mousepad on my computer desk in the living room. I don't shove it down people's throat, I just kind of exist alongside it, I guess. So yeah, no, I definitely wouldn't say that I'm embarrassed, but I will say I don't tell people I'm a huge ecchi fan and I don't keep these things on my living room computer desk like I do my more general merch. I *do* feel I'd be open about if asked in most circumstances, given that my main concern isn't how people will perceive me, as much as I am worried it will make them uncomfortable if I'm too open about these things directly with them, albeit the situation hasn't popped up yet so I'm not sure. I've read the Yuragi-sou manga while I was waiting for someone in a public place, and I look at the ecchi manga selection at the nearest bookstore openly (whenever they're not shrinkwrapped at least) albeit most people I've seen in that bookstore either are with friends and talking about Akame ga Kill or Attack on Titan or something really mainstream, someone who's there by themselves and also looking at manga such as Akame ga Kill and Attack on Titan, or the occasional fujo at the BL section of the manga shelves since I really do feel like that's a pretty prominent fixture in my country's anime/manga fandom. Haven't run into another ecchi fan at the bookstore, though. Kinda want to one day, just to see what happens and what the atmosphere would be like to actually see another ecchi fan in real life. |
ManabanMay 10, 2019 6:08 AM
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| No. Drunk party pictures, now that's what I call embarrassing. |
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