Mamster-P said: i can't tell you HOW MANY TIMES i've gotten these phrases "i can't believe you're this big fun black guy and you're profile is full of all this anime" "you don't look like someone who watches anime" <--- another person who'd met me offline through another website "you don't look like someone who's into anime" <--- someone who i know online who i sent a pic too "if i' didn't know you, and i saw you, i never would've guessed you'd be into anime" "you sound black" <--- someone hearing my voice for the first time on skype "HOLY SHIT, YOU'RE BLACK!" <--- again, someone hearing my voice on skype i guess when you're 6'4 and black with a deep ass voice you're only expected to like movies, sports r&b and hip hop, and not "my waifu anime" :( even when i let people know i like anime, i usually have to prove it too them, cause its like, no one ever immediately believes me cause i look so ghetto to some ppl xD but theres TONS of anime fans here, and many big cons, so im good overall XD I'm black too but at my school anime and manga is pretty popular There was this one guy reading bleach in the computer lab at our college lol |
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| I can't blame him to be honest, I have a similar perception of anime watchers too. I tried to open up my narrow-mindedness by attending an anime society event during my freshers. The room was literally full of (in the nicest way possible) typical anime fans - over weight nerds and asians (not too sure of their exact nationality, so I'll leave it there). Despite attempting to strike conversation with anyone, I noticed that I was probably the most normal guy there. It's a shame, because I'd love to meet anime people who have more to talk about than just... well.. anime, lol. Also, I have to say, your relationship with him is adorable! ;) |
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| there was once when I got someone commented like 'youre an anime fan? but you don't look like one' and I asked back what are they suppose to look like and he couldn't answer, just ignore them op, they don't know what they're talking about |
“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.” -Bansky  |
| @ terminador_2397 But here the thing, my profiles are always covered in moe and ecchi, not manly shit that us black guys are usually associated with If I had shounen like bleach n dbz on my profile ppl wouldn't be so surprised |
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| your not a real anime fan if you dont go to school dressed as Naruto. |
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| "you're a cop?! but you're a bunny?" and she saved predators in zootopia "you're a volleyball player? aren't volleyball players supposed to be tall?" and then hinata flies "you're the hokage? but you look like an idiot?!" a cute idiot tho "you're 50? but you look like you're in your twenties!" stereotypes my friends... stereotypes that's why they're surprised |
Gin-chan said: Anime - it's not something that can be thought of in a hall for conferences. It is made out of strange juices current from the brain of animators.  |
| I do not have an experience quite on that scale but I have gotten strange looks for watching cartoons/anime at the library before. It's just the stigma attached to the hobby. |
| I've gotten the exact same reaction from some people. I had somebody straight up tell me that they thought I looked way too high-maintenanced, and when I admitted that I was an anime fan, it came off as a huge shock to them. I think when people say this, they usually have this misconception that all anime fans are fat, ugly, wear glasses and have poor hygiene. That's just a stereotype and it doesn't define ALL anime fans (except for the glasses part. I do wear them because of my poor eyesight, though I also wear contact lenses, which can also hide that fact.) I'll admit that I care excessively about my physical appearance. I shower and groom myself almost everyday and I love makeup, fashion, and heels. I like putting an effort into my appearance because it makes me feel confident. I don't really go around advertising my love for anime and only talk about it when it comes up in conversation. I don't want to be lumped in with the crazy fans, so I generally keep it to myself. |
| Your classroom friend kind of has a point. A lot of anime fans I've known are very.... how to put it kindly.... uhh, flamboyant. |
Dominick_Destine said: A lot of anime fans I've known are very.... how to put it kindly.... uhh, flamboyant. I've never encountered somebody who's obviously an anime fan outside a convention. Even on a regular anime people gathering people don't have obvious markings, except for a few that come with anime badges. I have met a few that watched anime in public randomly, and found common interest in anime during a conversation a few times. Are they really so flamboyant in your country? |
| wow that must've been so awkward, so disappointing that people think anime fans must look weird and cant be normal -_^ |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| Can't blame it but this is also why this society sucks :D |
| iam a anime fan, but pretty sure iam normal in real life iam go to colleague do my homework properly, go out with my friends, being socialize with non-anime fan although they know iam love anime, and they never scold me, sometimes we talked and sharing about anime, but sometimes some of my friend thoughts anime=Porn i accept their opinions and just listened to it, whether anime or not, i gave some thought about particular topics their brought. |
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| well, I'm not sure how one normally dresses to distinguish they like anime... But I don't wear anime characters or titles on my t-shirts or say or do any witty remark that indicates a specific manga/anime if that's an appropriate answer or not..? I do occasionally like to spark up a question on that topic if I feel like making a conversation starter though. :) |
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| You guys sure make some interesting points. I'm not sure who to side with. LOLOL |
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| I don't know why you care so much about other people think, honestly. |
| I get this a lot when people see my phone charms. I don't get the point of plastering anime all over my shit. At the most, I either have a charm or two on my phone or one on my backpack and the only remotely "anime" shirt I have is Blazblue which I rarely wear. But yeah according to other anime fans I meet irl, if you like anime you gotta let the world know? That's not the kind of life I lead :/ Anime shirts don't go well with half of my eyeshadow palettes either so psh. |
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| ppl tend to think Im a wierdo anyway, so if they find out im into anime, they just shrug. unless they are married and have kids... then they secretly tell me they watch the kids anime with thier kids, but not bcoz their kids are watching it and they have no other choice, they like it too bu t pass the blame on their kids |
| nice blog |
| Well, anime fans in west are now growing community. At the moment beeing interested in asian comics might be conidered strange because of how much japanese tend to hold their goods for theirself, thats why many people have no idea what it is or what they know is based on pictures or short clips people send in the internet. Many times one of those pictures is from echhi or hentai and after seeing this people tend to believe that every other comic is the same. You can't demand from every single one to be open minded. Japanese people have dramaticly different culture from what we are seeing in west. It's in human nature to reject what is unknown, and those who could resist it probably discovered completly new media ^.^ |
| I'm a pretty weird person as it is, and everyone around me knows it. In 7th grade, I basically labeled myself as an anime fan when I started fangirling over Digimon basically every day. So all the people around me always knew. it also helps that I'm constantly labeling myself as a nerd--I mean, I read all the time and watch anime a lot too, so it's hard not to think of myself as that. Geek+Nerd+Dork=Me=Genork |
| "The moment you think of giving up, think of the reason you held on so long." - Natsu Dragneel "Now I see more and understand less." - Taichi Yagami |
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