| To start off with, the guy I'm trying to "fix." I tried forcing him to watch an anime (yes, ofc it was Code Geass), but he was like "it's waay too dramatic, and some of the plot twists are ridiculous." This is unfortunately true, and he only thought that it was "alright." How do I fix him? Note that he knows absolutely nothing about Japanese culture etc, so a lot of cultural things in anime would simply go over his head. He likes garbage TV shows like House of Cards, Dr. Who, and Game of Thrones. He's not dumb, so I doubt mainstream crap or mindless violence would help. So far, Psycho Pass and Monster seem like good ideas. Prob Ghost in the Shell and Akira Might suffer through Death Note with him, criticizing it all the while. |
MortalMelancholyNov 30, 2015 11:08 PM
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| Give him Monster or Psycho Pass or Steins;Gate. Hell, even One Punch Man might cure him. |
| You don't force it onto him if he doesn't want it. |
| I don't like to talk to people about anime. Funny thing, that. So no, I don't encourage friends to watch it. |
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| Try to give him show that is more mainstream, like Attack on Titan or One Punch Man for example. |
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mayukachan said: Give him Monster or Psycho Pass or Steins;Gate. Hell, even One Punch Man might cure him. I think Monster might bore him just as much as it bores me. Psycho Pass might work. He'd probably facepalm himself to oblivion at all the scientific bs and conspiracy stuff from Steins;Gate. Digital_Fuzion said: You don't force it onto him if he doesn't want it. You're wrong. And mainstream is braindeath. |
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MortalMelancholy said: But he's into Dr. Who? I thought that was a sci-fi/time travel series.mayukachan said: Give him Monster or Psycho Pass or Steins;Gate. Hell, even One Punch Man might cure him. I think Monster might bore him just as much as it bores me. Psycho Pass might work. He'd probably facepalm himself to oblivion at all the scientific bs and conspiracy stuff from Steins;Gate. Monster is the perfect show to show someone who's into American crime shows. |
mayukachan said: MortalMelancholy said: But he's into Dr. Who? I thought that was a sci-fi/time travel series.I think Monster might bore him just as much as it bores me. Psycho Pass might work. He'd probably facepalm himself to oblivion at all the scientific bs and conspiracy stuff from Steins;Gate. Monster is the perfect show to show someone who's into American crime shows. I'll probably give Monster a shot, but in my eyes, it's seriously lacking in mentally stimulating content. Steins;Gate tries to explain "science" with BS; I mean, they're using a microwave to send text messages and other ridiculously stupid stuff. Dr. Who is an alien with a "space ship." |
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| Kaiji and Black Lagoon are good start for someone who otherwise dont like anime trust me. Kaiji cuz it doesnt contain much of anything supernatural releated, cuz kaiji himself is releatable(except crying gag i guess) and who doesnt love some fucking survival and mind analyze gamble more or less. Black lagoon because fantastic dub (subjective) and makes fun of holywood action flicks aloot is not hard to follow, has good art and who can dislike Revy?? If he ends up disliking both of them and drops them early . ... burn his ass. |
ExowaveNov 29, 2015 4:10 AM
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MortalMelancholy said: I'll probably give Monster a shot, but in my eyes, it's seriously lacking in mentally stimulating content. You dropped it at episode 15. You can't really say much. |
MortalMelancholy said: Explains why you recommended Code Geass, I guess.He's not dumb, so I doubt mainstream crap or mindless violence would help. Just recommend the usual gateway shows, lad. |
| Shit happens OP. Not everyone will love what you love. Gotta accept that. Anime isnt for everyone and gotta be cool with it. Took me a bit to find my crowd and its great, and also have that crowd who knows of my obsession and want nothing to do with it. No bigs on either end. |
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EminemVEVO said: MortalMelancholy said: Explains why you recommended Code Geass, I guess.He's not dumb, so I doubt mainstream crap or mindless violence would help. Just recommend the usual gateway shows, lad. Problem is, I watch anime for the atmosphere, characters and emotions. I can't think of any anime that require thought to follow, or where the characters are impressively clever (even Code Geass). Yasukoto said: Shit happens OP. Not everyone will love what you love. Gotta accept that. Anime isnt for everyone and gotta be cool with it. Took me a bit to find my crowd and its great, and also have that crowd who knows of my obsession and want nothing to do with it. No bigs on either end. People can be bent to my will. And those in the darkness must pull others down too. omfgplzstop said: just do death note. it always works. I don't like Death Note, because it's not remotely as clever as anyone (especially itself) makes it out to be. It's limited by the mediocrity of its author (mangaka). |
MortalMelancholyNov 29, 2015 4:18 AM
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| Bruh it is not the point what you like,, if you want to make friend watch and enjoy something, you must think what his affinity would be and count factors for and against something you already pointed out what elements would dislike for sure then all rest you need to do is find positive elements . It is not same recommending something to someone who is already into it and someone who is neutral or heard negative stuff about it to begin with. |
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Exowave said: Bruh it is not the point what you like,, if you want to make friend watch and enjoy something you must think what his affinity would be and count factors for and against something you already pointed out what elements would dislike for sure then all rest you need to do is find positive elements . That's why I listed those three shows. I think he'd have affinity with shows that have strategy or mystery, but I don't know any that are good and can be taken seriously. |
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MortalMelancholy said: Perhaps, Zankyou no Terror, Shinsekai Yori, or One Outs (if he's a sports fan)That's why I listed those three shows. I think he'd have affinity with shows that have strategy or mystery, but I don't know any that are good and can be taken seriously. |
| Slap him in the face with NGE and call it a success. edit: Berserk, FLCL and GTO 1/10? 1/10? Ergo Proxy 2/10? You might want to give him shows that you hate if you want him to have good animu taste. |
DeathkoNov 29, 2015 4:28 AM
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MortalMelancholy said: mayukachan said: But he's into Dr. Who? I thought that was a sci-fi/time travel series. Monster is the perfect show to show someone who's into American crime shows. I'll probably give Monster a shot, but in my eyes, it's seriously lacking in mentally stimulating content. Steins;Gate tries to explain "science" with BS; I mean, they're using a microwave to send text messages and other ridiculously stupid stuff. Dr. Who is an alien with a "space ship." But both are about time travelling and its consecuences, honestly I friend recommended to me steins;gate becausee I liked DW and yeah, I liked Steins;Gate so.. |
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| Don't suppose anyone knows a comedy anime suitable for Americans? (As in it doesn't have ecchi crap or too many Japanese cultural references, and isn't too dirty) |
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| Problem with steins gate would be that it has too much of *japan feel* to it for average person that is not into any anime to swallow imo. Thats why i mentioned Black Lagoon and Kaiji those may as well pass at that segment wih low amount of stuff that point to japan. |
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MortalMelancholy said: Exowave said: Bruh it is not the point what you like,, if you want to make friend watch and enjoy something you must think what his affinity would be and count factors for and against something you already pointed out what elements would dislike for sure then all rest you need to do is find positive elements . That's why I listed those three shows. I think he'd have affinity with shows that have strategy or mystery, but I don't know any that are good and can be taken seriously. Death Note is solid. |
Clebardman said: Slap him in the face with NGE and call it a success. edit: Berserk, FLCL and GTO 1/10? 1/12? Ergo Proxy 2/10? You might want to give him shows that you hate if you want him to have good animu taste. Maybe, but I can't use slow paced animes, since he doesn't like anime in the first place (I do have to force him to watch it, and I don't have thaat much free time). badwolf45f said: But both are about time travelling and its consecuences, honestly I friend recommended to me steins;gate becausee I liked DW and yeah, I liked Steins;Gate so.. Microwave. Banana. Trap. Tuturuu. Text messages. Hooking phone up to head. Really dumb conspiracy theories about CERN. |
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| Kekkai Sensen, Space Dandy, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Gungrave. |
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MortalMelancholy said: Microwave. Banana. Trap. Tuturuu. Text messages. Hooking phone up to head. Really dumb conspiracy theories about CERN. Police Box. banana  . bad alien costumes. a sonic scewdriver. stupid plot twist lol trust me Doctor Who is not any different. |
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Digital_Fuzion said: this pretty muchYou don't force it onto him if he doesn't want it. you're literally raping him with anime |
| Damn you quoted the "1/12" thing. I was tired -___-. I don't understand the obsession of the current anime community with "slow-paced" stuff. No, NGE isn't slow-paced, and a good pacing has nothing to do with being slow or fast :(. Anyway, don't give him 8+ hours long series if he's not into anime. Just recommend him some movies. Ghost in the Shell and Akira are no brainers, they're sci-fi classics with incredible animation. |
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| Show him Attack on Titan, I had friends who for years thought they would never get into anime, and then I recommended AOT to a friend who I knew would like it and he loved it and then others tried it too |
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| Easy. Just follow this steps: 1-Show him the video "Toothbrush Innuendo" in Youtube 2-Let him to digest the video 3-Rejoice! Your friend would watch anything after watching that masterpiece |
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MortalMelancholy said: It looks to me that you're just projecting.Clebardman said: Slap him in the face with NGE and call it a success. edit: Berserk, FLCL and GTO 1/10? 1/12? Ergo Proxy 2/10? You might want to give him shows that you hate if you want him to have good animu taste. Maybe, but I can't use slow paced animes, since he doesn't like anime in the first place |
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| 1 get to know what type of genres he likes 2 get the best anime in that genre, nothing nasty, something pleasant and if he likes it he may consider watching more. |
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badwolf45f said: MortalMelancholy said: Microwave. Banana. Trap. Tuturuu. Text messages. Hooking phone up to head. Really dumb conspiracy theories about CERN. Police Box. banana . bad alien costumes. a sonic scewdriver. stupid plot twist lol trust me Doctor Who is not any different.MICROWAVE. It'd make more sense if a flying saucer crashed into his house and he found alien time technology. Maddo sientisuto isn't even a university student, is he? He's just some akiba otaku. Dr. Who is at least an alien. Kyuss said: Digital_Fuzion said: this pretty muchYou don't force it onto him if he doesn't want it. you're literally raping him with anime What do you call it... He likes it, he just hasn't realized it yet. Aanyways, I think I've got a decent amount; thank you all. |
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MortalMelancholy said: MICROWAVE. It'd make more sense if a flying saucer crashed into his house and he found alien time technology. Maddo sientisuto isn't even a university student, is he? He's just some akiba otaku. Dr. Who is at least an alien. Arguing about the credibility of two soft sci-fi shows will bring you nowhere. Especially if you consider a comedy WTF show like Dr.Who like the Graal of realism in sci-fi. |
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Clebardman said: MortalMelancholy said: MICROWAVE. It'd make more sense if a flying saucer crashed into his house and he found alien time technology. Maddo sientisuto isn't even a university student, is he? He's just some akiba otaku. Dr. Who is at least an alien. Arguing about the credibility of two soft sci-fi shows will bring you nowhere. Especially if you consider a comedy WTF show like Dr.Who like the Graal of realism in sci-fi. I don't watch it (Dr. Who). I just don't expect him to take a microwave seriously, at all. Yes, I think the microwave and cell phone ruin the show. Lordwen said: It looks to me that you're just projecting. I have to force him to watch every minute of anime; AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME 4 SLOW PACED ANIME |
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MortalMelancholy said: Clebardman said: Arguing about the credibility of two soft sci-fi shows will bring you nowhere. Especially if you consider a comedy WTF show like Dr.Who like the Graal of realism in sci-fi. I don't watch it (Dr. Who). I just don't expect him to take a microwave seriously, at all. Yes, I think the microwave and cell phone ruin the show. I've seen both that's why i think your friend wouldnt have a problem with S;G so yeah, a higschooler fabrics a time machine with a microwave so what? as far as i know DW has more stupid things than steins;gate, in fact i could say S;G is even more serious than DW |
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strider_91 said: Well S;G is already a good choice, but as you have argued that he might not like it, maybe FMA:B? It has fresh ideas which might generate interest. I have a friend who was addicted to anime after watching FMA:B Wow, I missed an obvious one. |
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MortalMelancholy said: . He likes garbage TV shows like House of Cards, And I thought we were brothers since we both loved Lelouch .You traitor............. OT :Anime is for weaboos (yes ,we are all weaboos) Normal people generally avoid this kind of stuff because they can't relate with it .I think that after you pass a certain age you can't start on anime anymore . |
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Evildragon16 said: MortalMelancholy said: . He likes garbage TV shows like House of Cards, And I thought we were brothers since we both loved Lelouch .You traitor............. OT :Anime is for weaboos (yes ,we are all weaboos) Normal people generally avoid this kind of stuff because they can't relate with it .I think that after you pass a certain age you can't start on anime anymore . It was interesting until it went into their love lives, and everyone started... *throws up* |
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| Maybe try a movie instead? |
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MortalMelancholy said: Evildragon16 said: And I thought we were brothers since we both loved Lelouch .You traitor............. OT :Anime is for weaboos (yes ,we are all weaboos) Normal people generally avoid this kind of stuff because they can't relate with it .I think that after you pass a certain age you can't start on anime anymore . It was interesting until it went into their love lives, and everyone started... *throws up* I haven't even finished season one . |
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| show him OPM..if it didn't work, then your freind's taste must be beyond -9000 |
| Forcing him to get into anime is BAD. Let his own taste decide just recommend him to watch anime that he will possibly likes and take account the anime you are recommending are the really good ones. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is a good anime with less japanese culture and more western culture he can relate from. |
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