| I was curious to listen to everyone's opinions on defining someone as a fan of anime. Every year or so, there's always that "one" anime that gets popular, so popular that people that don't really watch anime know of it. I'm talking about anime like Tokyo Ghoul, One Punch Man, and My Hero Academia. Let's say someone were to watch one of these, or maybe strictly just watches these popular shows that occur every now and again. Can you refer to that person as an anime fan? Or is an anime fan someone that watches anime on a regular basis? |
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| If they like anime (yes, any anime) they can call themselves a fan of anime. Not that it matters at all. At the end of the day they'll call themselves whatever they want to. |
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| people who prefer anime as main source of entertainment medium... |
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xRhai said: As long as you've seen a lot, watches daily and can have a discussion with topics related to anime then that's it. your not an anime fan just because you've seen the popular shows like dragon ball, naruto etc. This kinda reflects my own personal viewpoint on the matter. |
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| Well fan is defined as having a strong interest or admiration of a topic. That type of person can say they like anime, sure, but being a fan is different. |
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| As long as they like anime(even if they like just the popular ones) then they can be called a fan. As long as they think that anime is a source of entertainment |
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| someone who enjoys watching anime. it doesnt matter how much or what they've watched. if they've only seen naruto and they call themselves an anime fan, thats cool with me. |
| don't like to point a finger and say who's a fan and who's not, but it's basically people who're interested in anime as a whole; like doing research on people who works on the industry and watching influential titles - even if it's out of one's confort zone - just to known more about japanese animation............ that stuff there're fans who'll just keep watching seasonals and thigns that look new but that's more of the 'anime as entertainment' guy. @jarring what the elitist thing has to do with this topic? lol |
| If it interests you enough to keep on watching and being invested in it, and you enjoy it not as a casual experience of a few shows for a very short time. |
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| You are one so long as you claim to be. Easy as that. |
| A person who only watches popular, mainstream anime are casual fans and the ones who watch it on a regular basis and less popular ones are weeaboos. |
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iscum said: don't like to point a finger and say who's a fan and who's not, but it's basically people who're interested in anime as a whole; like doing research on people who works on the industry and watching influential titles - even if it's out of one's confort zone - just to known more about japanese animation............ that stuff there're fans who'll just keep watching seasonals and thigns that look new but that's more of the 'anime as entertainment' guy. I think that describes me more or less. |
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| somebody is a fan of anime if they like anime and actively watch it |
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| If he wants and it's not just for fun. For me, a fan is a person who like something and know about it. |
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| Those who takes it seriously and is enthusiastic about it. I dont consider myself a fan since I just watch them for entertainment. |
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iscum said: @jarring what the elitist thing has to do with this topic? lol It's his boogeyman, I never saw him post something that wasn't "elitism"-related, no matter the subject at hand. I guess he wakes up at night, dreaming of mean elitists. |
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| I think someone who simply watches anime isn't an anime fan, quite simply that -- "someone who watches anime." I think it depends on how much anime you are watching and have watched, how much you know in regards to making anime, be it the studios, directors, composers, authors, etc, and perhaps how opinionated you are about it. It depends on a lot of others things as well probably, I can't think of anything else at the moment. Then it depends on what you define that, fan, enthusiast, hardcore, weaboo, otaku, pleb, newbie and casual amongst other titles. So, decide what you want to be called. I decide to call myself an enthusiast. |
| If you like to watch anime then you instantly love it. That's what it makes a fan. Doesn't matter if you watch many animes as long as you put your heart into it. |
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jarring said: lady_freyja said: An anime watcher…? Say, I define myself as a "manga reader". Being fan of a whole medium sounds rather… hard to be, I'd say. At the best, I could be a "shōjo fan", because that's where I invest a lot of my time and energy. EDIT: or "enthusiast" is good too. There isn't that "extreme" connotation like in fan/fanatic in that word, as far as I know. lol apples and oranges. you can keep your extremist definition if you want, but that won't blind me to the millions that you chose to ignore here. Trust me, I've met my fair share of people that according to your definition wouldn't be considered fans act like absolute lunatics towards a particular product. Oh yeah, i've seen so much of these cringe profiles whom call themselves "weeaboo" and "crazy for anime" when they've completed a short hand of titles and barely watch anything out of their confort light novel adaptation zone. I'm sorry if i think that calling yourself a "fan" is rather disrepectful to someone who really use their free time to learn about the industry and such. That goes for me to. There're a bunch of things that were important to japanese animation and i don't feel like trying any soon, like Gundam or Dragon Ball. |
| Someone who takes, or can see themselves taking enjoyment from experiencing a certain thing, I believe. I've listened to one track from an artist before and was like "well I'm a fan". Sometimes you can just tell. When we dip into "true fans" and knowledge base; that's when you start needing to use more nuanced terms that don't really matter. |
| If they watch anime, and take any effort into understanding the workings behind the creation of anime, I consider them a 'fan' of anime. |
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| If you put hours into watching and discussing anime, if you consider that hobby important enough then I guess you're fun. How else can you describe yourself? |
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| In someway, I'm thinking of "what defines a man that makes a man a man" but I think we're gonna end up in Hell after that... I think you know this OP, since Google exist for something you don't know; heck it can even help you search how many ways human can die, it can even help you search what defines someone as being a fan of anime. |
| If you are watching anime almost every day and you've been doing it for a couple of years you are an anime fan. |
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| Why do people make dumb questions?? |
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| You're considered a fan of something when you support and love it... So you can be a fan of anime even though you've only seen like 10 anime... Because you are a fan of those specific 10... You are still a fan of anime in general... |
Kuma said: people who prefer anime as main source of entertainment medium... "And don't take it too seriously" I just wanted to complete your sentence with this. |
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| People are an anime fan when they consider themselves a fan of anime. I don't really feel like putting a 'fan' label on someone while they might not even enjoy it to that extent. |
| An anime fan is a person who calls themselves an anime fan. Simple as that. |
| If someone says they like the medium thereafter call themselves an anime fan, I'm down with that. Also if you are a harem lover, I'll be your friend. |
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