| Around 30% of people who buy and read Shonen Jump manga are over 25. That's shonen manga ignoring other manga magazines like Seinen which likely skew even older. Considering the money needed to often to support this industry I would bet a good portion comes from older fans. There are anime and manga I honestly only started appreciated now in my early 20's that I never did as a teen. Maturity is only related to how you behave your hobbies have no factor in it. Get in and get out whenever you wish. “When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” - CS Lewis |
FoxFire75 said: It certainly beats playing golf with a bunch of flaccid, overweight men who think shouting at sports ball is the ultimate affirmation of manhood.3miL said: I'm waiting for the "I'm 30-40 and I still watch anime" people to post, pretty sure there are, I'm almost 30 btw why stop at 40 tho XP I am 45 and am watching anime, reading manga almost every day - you don't lose interest in a hobby because some years passed every time this thread pops up again I am honestly wondering what in the world gives people that idea ? that once you turn *insert random number* you suddenly feel different about things you like |
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| Absolutely not, there are multiple entire demographics of anime targeted at adults like Seinen (for adult males), Jousei (for adult females), and hentai (pornography). |
KruszerJul 27, 2020 6:11 PM
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| No, why should you care even if it was weird? You shouldn't think so much about what other people think. You'll live a better life. Do what you want, watch what you want. |
| No, anyone can watch anime. It's not weird either. You can like whatever you want. |
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| no, but it's weird to ask for validation here |
IgawaAsagiLover said: I'm 25 and watching hentai is my life! Which one would you recommend to our young 17 year old OP still in the throes of puberty? |
Lucasoguapo said: Honestly my opinion is and I'm probably gonna get bashed for this but my opinion is that if you are 25 and you don't have a stable job and still live in your parents house and your watching anime that's a big problem and you need to get up off your ass and FIND A JOB, then again if you do have a stable job and your providing for others or yourself I see no problem in watching it. To sum it up if your a bum that cant hold a job, living in your parents house then its a problem But if you've made a good living and watching anime does not prohibit your success be my guest. Lol you're born in 2007, what could you know? All of that doesn't have anything to do with the thread tho. |
KryzakamiHrybamiJul 28, 2020 10:47 AM
| Wait, you mean that people under 25 watch anime? Weird. Now seriously, good things don't have an age. I'm sure I'll still appreciate my favorite shows when I'm 80 and gaga. OK, gaga-er. |
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Hannatach said: IgawaAsagiLover said: I'm 25 and watching hentai is my life! Which one would you recommend to our young 17 year old OP still in the throes of puberty? Taimanin Asagi of course! What else? ;) |
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IgawaAsagiLover said: Hannatach said: Which one would you recommend to our young 17 year old OP still in the throes of puberty? Taimanin Asagi of course! What else? ;) I've been wanting to send you this for quite awhile  |
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| Nah, mate. Do whatever you want for as long as it brings you joy. |
| You are kidding me? Dude, you live in an era, were is cool to be a geek and like anime. We have celebrities, athletes and all sort of peoples who are open about it. When I was your age, it was uncool. Peoples treated you like a weirdo, because ''you watch cartoons'' ... Is amazing how far we got in just 10 years. So no, it's not weird. Adults took over a lot of shit meant for children and teens. Video games is an example. So is cartoons. Go to the next Pixar animation release and see what proportion of the peoples in the cinema are adults. Princess... Remember My Little Pony? They made it for 7yo old girls... then we got brownies... If some 40yo dude in a basement, can enjoy Pony porn, and still be a (somewhat) normal adult, you can definitely watch anime at 25yo. |
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| it's not weird at all if you love something then you should continue doing it, i know someone who's been watching anime for like 30+ years now and he's still watching to this day no joke. As long as you love what you do. (; |
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| I'm 30 and I just enjoy what I want to. |
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| I'm 37 and currently I'm watching more anime than I have ever had. I'm totally hooked up with it! :D |
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| I plan on watching anime till the day I drop dead, like a bird shot with an arrow through the head. Dang I can't stop dropping bars like Germany be starting wars. Ok you can move from this cringe now. {T-T} |
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| Pretty sure anime is for the big kids. |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
| I’m 27 and I do what I want, who’s going to tell me otherwise? |
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Serafos said: I'm 37 and currently I'm watching more anime than I have ever had. I'm totally hooked up with it! :D Me too (although I'm 38). Over the last year I've watched more anime, including seasonally airing shows, than I did when I was in my 20's. |
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| No it isn't. Stop asking stupid questions. |
| No way man. Anime (the good ones) give me life. It is Sustenance, the equivalent of the importance of water. Expect to see me live a long life into my 90s Fr tho don’t judge a man based on his tastes, let him live |
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| Anime and video games are my favourite entertainment mediums. As long as there's something for me to enjoy, I'll still be into them for years to come. |
| No why would it be? Anime can cover mature topics not suited for younger audiences. Besides aren't most of animetubers like 25? |
3miL said: I'm waiting for the "I'm 30-40 and I still watch anime" people to post, pretty sure there are, I'm almost 30 btw I'm due to the exceed that. I'm 40 now. In fact I've been binge watching anime of late. Shounen sports, drama ect. I'll still pick up digimon or something too. I think at 17 it's like a long way away but at 40 I'm just thinking I'm still the same person I just have a bit more under the belt. In fact I think my tastes have expanded and gotten better as I've gotten older. To add when I was 17 there was very little choice out there. Especially with limited access of anime in the UK. Now there is so much more and I want to enjoy as much of it as possible. |
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| Everyone was not a kid when they started to watch anime. I was between 16 -> 18 when I found Hellsing on youtube. And been a fan of anime ever since. The only wierd thing is, if you stop giving a shit about youself just because you're watching anime. |
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| You should stop watching when you are 18. You should be ashamed of yourself to even consider being 18+ let alone 25+. |
| Stay Home and Wash Your Hands. Protect Yourself. Protect Your Loved Ones. Protect Your Community and Help Defeat Coronavirus. |
| Hate to break it to you kid, but you simply have no sense of perspective. Your life = grade school. Give it time, you'll see. Come back and read this thread in 10 years and you'll have a good laugh. Also, it would be to your benefit to aim to not be so impressionable. But maybe, like other things, that comes with time too. |
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| 1. 25 isn't that old... it only seems that way because you're only 17 2. no, theres ppl 60+ who watch anime 3. old people make anime, why the hell wouldn't they watch it? |
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| NOPE! NOT AT ALL! Me and many of my friend in the same age (both in real life and online) have been watching anime regularly since student, and even we’re graduated and have working life, we’re still watching anime, playing game, reading novel manga, collecting figures and all. Actually, I have even more time for watching anime than I was studying lol. And there’re many anime I didn’t understand when I was young (especially seinen/psycho anime) and when I rewatched them, I can understand them more. So do whatever that make you happy and as long as it doesn’t disturb other people ^^ |
| no seriously .. get rid that dumb logic that anime is for kid.. |
| Why would it be weird? Aside from some very specific examples (e.g. shows for actual literal babies), there isn't an age limit on what media you can enjoy. I'll hunker down and watch Jaws and Cinderella in the same sitting, because who the fuck has any right to tell me not to? |
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| No, I think that's really cool tbh <: |
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| I started seriously around 20 years old so nop. And why do u to wait so long? |
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
| This made me laugh, it's quite a sweet question actually. It's not weird, since anime is a type of entertainment and art form itself. But, and feel free to disagree, it's a tad weird to wear/or use an excessive amount of anime merchandise past mid 20's. |
| I dont see whats weird about it, if you like something it will stays with you till it gets old. |
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| Younger people always have this kids vs adults dichotomy running through their minds that's instilled by societal pressures pushing you through the assembly line of life. It's a self-serving narrative that after you graduate high school, you go to college, then establish a career, then marry, then have kids, then give back to the community, and the cycle restarts. In reality, adults realize that's a myth. When you're 19, you feel a big change going into adulthood, but after your mid-20s, you don't feel any different. Nothing significant changes. You still do what you've always done. |
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