| I've never really understood the concept of this. I have a cousin (who's only seen 4-5 shows himself) whom apparently tried to introduce FMAB to his friend and they haven't talked since. This was nearly two years ago iirc. Unless they'd be contributing to the industry in some aspect I don't really see the pros to showing people cartoons. |
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| ive never specifically went out of my way to get someone into anime but i have recommended anime to people that were curious as to what it is or if they are new |
| Just because you know how to use a torrent does not give you the god given right to pirate. My actual list: https://kitsu.io/users/mattbenz99/library check out my youtube channel for my review: https://www.youtube.com/user/mattbenz99 |
| I have but so many people see it as childish and don't understand what anime really is, so you cant even attempt to! but one or two people have watched some anime i recommended to them |
| I introduced my 3 year old sister to Adventure Time. Does that count? |
Dubs>subs. Breaking Bad>Anime Comic books>manga 99% of Anime is Garbage |
| ^ Ouch |
| "I feel you! I feel you deeply! Your feeling I can feel deeply!" -The Jojo DUWANG scan, The greatest scanlation in human history. |
| I'd never do something so heartless. |
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| YUP. My best friend. |
| everyone in my friend list i introduced anime to. each one was different.. i either showed death note, FMAB or ouran high school host club and then they started asking for more |
MrAwesome2014 said: No, i don't like to ''force'' someone to one of my hobbies. Unless they ask ofc. Its not like forcing. Maby just ask him if he wanted to watch something with you. Normally its fun for both. |
| I tried once, failed miserably. |
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| Tried to introduce my dog to anime, didn't work he found it to be lame. |
| Tried too introduce anime to 3 people First:showed him one piece, somehow turned him into someone who absolutely loves echii harems(how that makes sense ill never know) Second:showed him soul eater, he actually became a devoted fan towards that anime and still watches anime himself today. third: showed him multiple anime found it to be all shit, insulting stuff (and this is what i showed him)like one piece,elfen lied, and fmab, and then he and the first fell in love with hotd saying its better then others :P. 3/23/2014 Edit: Second now has an account on MAL and is attempting to use regularly. Third, me and the second are attempting to get him to like it again so we both recommended soul eater,monster and bleach(well the first 50 episodes of bleach anyway :P) and he states he'll watch it.Doubt it though. |
Lightshade49Mar 23, 2014 3:38 PM
| Argue? Nah Too lazy For That... Are You Ready!~Gulcasa |
| Recently. One of my friends caught his eyes on a sickly laughing Sonozaki on my droid, so I introduced him to Higurashi (and he yet has to see it). Other than that, I used to recommend against watching anime. |
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| Indeed I have. Just one friend to whom I've introduced a select few of my favourites and they were very much enjoyed! (Said friend is usually very receptive to my fandom influences anyway) |
| Anime List ↳ click profile for recommendations ✨☆✨ |
| Well, I haven't introduced anybody as far as I can remember, but I got a friend of mine more into it. He had watched stuff like Dragon Ball Z and Studio Ghibli films before however. |
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| Haven't introduced someone yet who had no prior knowledge of anime beforehand, but I did help another friend find some more anime next to all the mainstream series he was watching. He was amazed when I showed him other anime than Bleach, One Piece, Naruto and Soul Eater lol. |
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| Now that I think about it in middle school I did talk about Death Note with a girl. But she didn't watch it then. I saw her twitter the other day. She had an Elfen Lied avatar. I'm sorry. |
| Never. People thinks first to Naruto and laughs. L.O.L. |
| I've introduced two friends to it, both by getting them to watch Death Note. |
| "Find the twinkle in your smile, chase it on til' morning." |
cabacc2 said: Death Note is actually more popular in America than Naruto from the people I've talked to.bepo said: Never. People thinks first to Naruto and laughs. L.O.L. Show them Death Note --> Problem solved. |
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| I DID try introducing some anime such as Sword Art Online to people I know. Then they would go "that's about high school children!" and then they would use the P-word. So at the moment, I am a closet otaku. I don't even talk to people about anime in real life unless I see something obvious that identify them as fellow otaku. The strange thing is... some of those people who attacked me had no problem watching shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which was set in a high school... What I want to tell them is: HEY! It's not my fault those stories were set in high school! If SAO were about adults playing the game, like in Log Horizon, I would still watch it you know! |
cabacc2 said: or show them Hellsing Ultimate No offense (and I really, truly mean it) to Hellsing Ultimate fans, since by what I can tell it's a fun romp, but that's probably one of the last series I'd show to someone if I was trying to convince them to take anime seriously considering it's about godmode Alucard fighting Nazi vampires and bulletproof priests with machetes. |
| "I feel you! I feel you deeply! Your feeling I can feel deeply!" -The Jojo DUWANG scan, The greatest scanlation in human history. |
| This one time at band camp... Honestly, the only person that I've introduced to anime and that liked it was my younger sister. This was mostly through Miyazaki films and some other famous movies. She's not super into it, but has watched some famous romance and SOL series along with the better movies. My other friends, definitely not. The closest was that I introduced them all to Archer right when it first came out. We were hung over and I forced them to marathon all of season 1. They were instantly hooked. |
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| My cousin showed me anime. I showed anime to a friend. Not much other than that. |
| My brother and my cousins |
| "When you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreaming Signore Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli that's amore" |
| I've not necessarily introduced anime to them, most people that don't watch anime still watched DBZ and Pokemon back in the day. However, I did get many of my friends interested by showing them Death Note and Steins;Gate. Black Lagoon and Hellsing are easy options for getting people interested as well. |
| Personally I use either Bebop or Samurai Champloo to introduce friends to anime. Bebop has not failed me even once at impressing someone. |
| "I feel you! I feel you deeply! Your feeling I can feel deeply!" -The Jojo DUWANG scan, The greatest scanlation in human history. |
| No never tried, but partly because in my original language there aren't so many animes translated, and friends who know well english are absent. |
taximan230 said: I tried... And what happened? |
| My sister, though she can be very picky. My best friend, many times but she says that its fake people so she doesnt understand how anime moments can actually make you cry (K-drama fan =.=). So she just doesn't like it... |
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| No, they are close-minded to the topic -_____- |
| I tried to introduce (AnoHana) but they stopped me halfway, I cant even finish my sentence... "Hey guys you wanna watch --" .. "NAH thats corny!" |
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| Only a few. |
| I got my girlfriend into anime a while ago, she's crazy now |
| A buddy of mine who DESPISES anime says his girlfriend would make him watch shit like Bible Black & La blue girl. |
Dubs>subs. Breaking Bad>Anime Comic books>manga 99% of Anime is Garbage |
NatsuWM said: I got my girlfriend into anime a while ago, she's crazy now Did you make her watch Mirai Nikki? |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
| School Days, i'd say. |
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| i try to intoduce my brother in the animes because i think that he is stupid to miss this amazing show ! . But it's hard because he think the animes are for kids .... But i not lose hope . I really think that people who do not watch animes are missing something in their lives My friend irl Zozoba introduced me in animes 2 years ago and i am grateful to him . |
kiotsugaMar 20, 2014 2:20 AM
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| When I "try" to introduce an anime to someone they just say that I am weird that watch "cartoons". LOL |
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| Only when asked, I would recommend them something of their interests. |
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skyzblue said: I'd imagine he brainwashed his "girlfriend" with a nonstop back to back 24 hour marathon of all of Fairy Tail.NatsuWM said: I got my girlfriend into anime a while ago, she's crazy now Did you make her watch Mirai Nikki? It's the only show he's watched after all. |
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