Watching Anime With Your Parents

joe_g7 said:
Dat UBW spoiler tho...
EDIT: oh, it's fixed.

Nope, they don't share my 'passion' for anime unfortunately, my mom doesn't know any english which makes it harder for me to show her a show, while my dad just considers anime, cartoon for kids.

kukukachu said:
What language do they speak? I know not many anime have too many language options, but I know Studio Ghibli does. That's unfortunate.

joe_g7 said:
They know Russian pretty well, also Greek.

kukukachu said:
Have you checked to see if anime is sold in Russian or subbed at least? I know the Germans get it somtimes and so do the french, but I'm not sure about Russian or Greek.

BurningSpirit said:
Unfortunately, no. They don't appreciate stuff like that. They never take anime seriously. They have their interests and I have mine, and I'd like to at lest keep it that way.

raspberys said:
I wish my parents liked me even liking anime. My mom once walked in on me watching Chobits when I was younger and that was an adventure. She also blames anime for my lack of religious belief because Shaman King is one of my favorite mangas. She hates conventions and thinks anime is a waste of time AND WHILE IT IS, I love it.
Dad doesn't care. If it makes me happy, he doesn't mind. I envy people whose parents like/watch anime with them. It's a big part of my life they'll never really get.

joe_g7 said:
I know a few people who watch it in Russian, I just haven't had time to ask them, nor my mom has to watch since she works quite a bit.

kukukachu said:
Well you should find time to ask them to borrow their disc and get some family time with your Mom. I'm sure that it would really benefit both of you. Her learning of this new way of watching beautiful stories (and perhaps new found respect for the medium) and you having bonding time with your Mom.

joe_g7 said:
She already likes watching Disney and Pixar cartoon movies already, so I'm pretty positive about this.

raspberys said:
I wish my parents liked me even liking anime. My mom once walked in on me watching Chobits when I was younger and that was an adventure. She also blames anime for my lack of religious belief because Shaman King is one of my favorite mangas. She hates conventions and thinks anime is a waste of time AND WHILE IT IS, I love it.
Dad doesn't care. If it makes me happy, he doesn't mind. I envy people whose parents like/watch anime with them. It's a big part of my life they'll never really get.

Pantherkiller3 said:
Considering that my parents have never expressed an interest in what shows i watch (except some western tv series that i torrent for them) i dont actively try to lure them to the anime side:). They are also considering anime equivalent to carttons, thus suitable for kids younger thatn 12 and mock me for watching anime.

On another note the only things that i watch with my parents are hollywood movies etc and GoT, so im not the most suitable to speak:P

kukukachu said:
Have you ever tried showing them an anime? I mean everyone LOVES Hayao Miyazaki once they actually watch a movie from him.

Johnnyd3rp said:
I tried to bring my mother with me to see some Ghibli's movies at the cinema but i failed.

She consider good animation only the ones that are made by Disney :<

LordAura said:
I watch everything from Prison School to Fate/Zero with my mom. My dad only watches a couple at random times like Girls Und Panzer and the Eva movies. They both are pretty chill with the hobby though.

BurningSpirit said:


I have to spend far too long convincing them to watch and spent way too long explaining to them sometimes. Then they give the "Yeah, that was good/OK..." Almost no discussion value comes out of it.

kukukachu said:
That's why you should show them a meaningful anime and prove them wrong ;)

DramaticBucket said:
Hmm. My mom's seen quite a few anime with me. Around 15 or 20, I'd guess.
My dad on the other hand, doesn't really get it. He saw a few episodes of haikyuu since we were watching it in the living room, liked the matches but didn't really get the point of the flashbacks. Still seems like he could get to liking anime if I showed him the right ones.
Watching anime with parents is nice though. I don't get judged for buying manga or figurines since they know it's a good thing.

NoobAsian said:
I swear, as I was scrolling through the forum pages today, I saw a page like this. For that reason, I'll give the same response. I didn't know that wanking in front of your parents became commonplace now...

arrazolavguille said:
I watch anime with my parents, in fact my father was who involved me in animation in general, with movies like Wizards, Fantastic Planet, Secret of Nihm, The Last Unicorn, etc, etc.... my dad's favorite anime is Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Ghost in the Shell, we watch anime together from time to time and he sees anime on her own like Gundam franchises, with my mom i watch animes like Sakura Card Captors, Moomins, Aria the Animation and actually they watch anime with my nephews like Kemono no Souja Erin, Tamayura and Mujin Wakusei Survive For my parents, animation is an art form, like a book or a live-action movie, tells a story through images that's everything and also as an entertainment. They can watch a Pixar movie and then a Mamoru Hosoda film, or an episode of My Little Pony and then Sketchbook: Full Color's with my nephews, animation it's animation no matter the country of origin.

Darek said:
My parents have no interest and probably don't even know what anime is and I have no interest in enlightening them nor watching any with them.


That's a VERY FUNNY joke right there...

kazuro said:
I just remember watching a few episodes of Yu Yu Hakusho with my mom thats all ... Another than that nothing ...

Though my friend had his own family watch Death Note with him on TV lol (Including his Mom and Dad) ...

But its fine this way because anime is clearly not suited to my parents..

Consumed said:
My dad loves anime. Used to watch DBZ together after school and he still checks out whatever's on Netflix. Currently looking forward to Attaxk on Titan S2

My mom...not so much. She manages to somehow mispronounce anime "an-e-my" and thinks I watch Chinese cartoons. Thinking about one day showing her something she could like. Maybe along the lines of Usagi Drop

Otaku-Gunso said:
My parents are both conservative christians, my mom more so then my dad considering he barely makes it to church regularly. For that reason I generally don't share my anime with them.

Rekkatana said:
I'm to embarrassed of my hobby to watch anime with my parents. My dad would watch anime like Pokemon with me when I was a kid, though.

The only time I've watched anime with him is when we watch an anime he likes and when he was around my age, such as Gunsmith Cats and Robotech.

Lambdasan said:
My father is a Manly Man with a Manly Beard who watches Manly Westerns, so when i show him animes he says gtfo with those chinese cartoons

My mom , on the other hand, loves watching some series, for example she is currently enjoying the Rose of Versailles

MrAwesome2017 said:
Last time was like when i was a kid and my parents took me to the cinema to see My Neighbour Totoro.

Deknijff said:
Well I tried to get my mom to watch Death Note with me since she likes crime dramas
and granted she got pretty far but gave up the second L died
such a shame

Kamidox said:
Ehh, no, not really. I'm pretty sure I could find some anime that my mom would like (she would probably like Death Note, the first half at least. Or just any good mystery anime). I promised I would show her Spirited Away but I keep forgetting.

I doubt my father knows what anime is.

kukukachu said:
Pretty much when I gave up on it lol. If you really want your Mom to get sucked into a crime anime, watch Monster together. Monster is so good that Guillermo del Toro talked about making a live action adaption for HBO. Sadly it didn't happen, but even talking about it shows that it was worth while and trust me, it is oh so much better than Death Note. You and she will love it.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/19/Monster

kukukachu said:

Have you shown your Dad Trigun? Show him that one and see what he says :D

Zelev said:
Lolwut, parents actually do this? Seems kind of weird to me.

kukukachu said:
I do have to be careful what I show him though as he was traumatized when I showed him a clip of Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works where He says that image still haunts him today, so I will keep him away from shows like Perfect Blue, Fate series, Sword of the Stranger and so on.

Phendrus said:

Well, if it makes him feel any better...
More on-topic: I've been trying to get my dad to watch anime with me. In doing so, I've run into two problems: 1) Finding an anime free of most of the typical anime tropes (I enjoy them, but I think he'd find them annoying.) 2) Maintaining his attention.

I've found a grand total of two anime that I think he might enjoy: Steins;Gate and Death Note. I tried showing him Steins;Gate with... unfavorable results (he fell asleep in the middle of the second episode.) On the other hand, I really don't want to rewatch Death Note, as I flippin' despise Light Yagami.

My mom, on the other hand, absolutely hates the visual style of anime (weirdly enough, she loves Disney and Pixar.) Attempting to get her to watch anime would be an exercise in futility.