| Yeah. Some people watch anime to escape from reality- to forget about their problems. |
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| I do..... Shakugan no Shana and Toradora! especially. Those make me forget all my pain and make me feel like I'm in their world. |
TeNoriTaiga- said: I do..... Shakugan no Shana and Toradora! especially. Those make me forget all my pain and make me feel like I'm in their world. lol, everywhere I see your post, I keep seeing Toradora :P |
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| everyone has some form of escapism from reality whether it be anime, video games, sports, sex, drugs, etc. |
| To a certain extent at least. Watching anime is doing something I enjoy and that makes me forget about my problems sometimes. When the anime is good, I get immersed in the characters and storyline and I forget about things like schoolwork :P |
| Yeah, maybe. But I think everyone needs something to escape reality sometimes |
| Sometimes, depends on how awful my day was. |
 Where there is no imagination there is no horror. || Arthur Conan Doyle || Happy Halloween! |
| All the things you mention (facebook, video games, anime, vacations) are things that exist, and are more of an indulgement in reality than an escape from it. |
| I don't have many problems at all so I just watch anime because it's a hobby of mine. |
| Looking at posts on the Internet wouldn't bother me so much if people didn't also mix up he and she. |
| Anime can also be a great mood changer. Hyperactive and need sleep? Watch a calm slice-of-life. Feeling down lately? Watch characters punch each other or crack jokes nonstop. Just plain bored? Watch something with lots of SHOCK and RAGE. There's just something magical about losing yourself in a good anime and having it change your state of mind, if even for a moment. Of course, overdoing anything is usually bad, and anime's no exception. Though, that's a whole other story. |
| I watch anime because I love the art work, and I do think that there is a certain amount of escapism in it. I also watch it to relax--it's enjoyable, entertaining and I look forward to sitting down and watching one. I think it's similar to alcohol. Some people enjoy a beer after work and it helps them relax. Some people drink until they can't remember what they did the night before. |
| It seems to me that ducking out from society for a while to play games or watch anime is not escaping reality at all, but simply escaping society. There are plenty of reasons worthy of escaping society, but reality is ever present. I don't think it is everybodies responsibility to solve all the problems in the world. Much of what the general public, crowds, courts, and the like do, they do without any control from you. You can form an opinion on whether or not you agree or disagree with the majority, but very few people are involved in actual problem solving. Ultimately even if you disagree there is often little more that you can do but shrug your shoulders and say "well, you can't stop stupid" The vast majority of my FB friends, are people I know personally, and just having a FB account has gotten me out of the house a lot more frequently. There is less of the hiding behind the computer screen, and more of using a computer screen to bring your friends closer. |
| everything is part of the world. what you do with your life is your choice. anime is as real as you make it to yourself. but if you dont have a social life, i dont think thats good. |
| Anime has always been a very social experience for me since I was little. It's always been a way to fit in. In other worlds, it's always pushed me out into the real world rather than letting me escape from it. |
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| not really. its just enjoyable to watch. |
| Sometimes. When I'm angry I bring up a good comedy to bring me back into a decent mood. |
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| I don't have anything to escape from. I just sit in my room all day. |
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Veronin said: I don't have anything to escape from. I just sit in my room all day. saaaaame.. but i spend like 80% of all nights watching anime so yeah.. i might be escaping sleep >.< |
The Internet is a very bad place, you should never go there. |
| I watch anime and read manga to fuel my imagination while i would like to sink into that imagination world but i got to always keep my head in reality. |
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| Well, watching anime or reading manga is just a hobby of mine. If doing this when I want to forget about my problems or if I am stressed is a definition or a part of escaping from reality, then you can tell that I am sometimes escaping from reality. But still, I always make sure to look to the real world.^_^ |
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| i dont escape reality using anything, i face reality okay and i see them as a hobby |
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| Well yeah, but that also includes other things such as music and video games for me. Why is anime in a different category as television, though? It's basically the same thing, just a regional difference. |
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| Yes. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| I Love Being Able To escape From Reality..... IN FMAB And Clannad/AF I did alot of escaping Those may seem like Dramatic anime But I enjoyed so much I felt as if I was there.. SO yea I Laughed, I cried But that just what makes it amazing to watch!!!!! |
| I guess it's more of a hobby. For me it's the same as sports,games,music, or any other hobby i have. |
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| No, just a hobby But listening to music is probably the closest thing for me to escape from reality |
| I think escapism is the prevalent reason to watch anime. If you don't want to escape reality for a time then why watch it? To see something new and broaden your horizons? You'd only need to see a few and be done with it. |
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Al_Gore said: everyone has some form of escapism from reality whether it be anime, video games, sports, sex, drugs, etc. Exactly. I don't think you have to live in your parents' basement and never come out in order to be someone who uses anime to escape. There are tons of things people use to temporarily escape reality. We all do it with one thing or another. Some people read books in a quite place, some people play golf and so on and so forth. I use several things to escape reality. Anime happens to be one of those things although not as much anymore. |
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smashwagon said: It seems to me that ducking out from society for a while to play games or watch anime is not escaping reality at all, but simply escaping society. There are plenty of reasons worthy of escaping society, but reality is ever present. I don't think it is everybodies responsibility to solve all the problems in the world. Much of what the general public, crowds, courts, and the like do, they do without any control from you. You can form an opinion on whether or not you agree or disagree with the majority, but very few people are involved in actual problem solving. Ultimately even if you disagree there is often little more that you can do but shrug your shoulders and say "well, you can't stop stupid" The vast majority of my FB friends, are people I know personally, and just having a FB account has gotten me out of the house a lot more frequently. There is less of the hiding behind the computer screen, and more of using a computer screen to bring your friends closer. You don't have to deny reality in order to escape it. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escapism |
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| n10sity, I was mainly refering to the fact that, for instance if I spent all day imagining I was a 17 foot tall blue hamster with bionic legs, that would be escapism pure and simple, but if I were to chronicle the adventures on paper, to model him, to draw him, to give him a name and dimension then that ephemeral hamster would have become something tangible, something that exists in this world, dragged kicking and screaming from some horrible psychoses into reality perhaps, but certainly a definable thing. At that point if people were to enjoy my stories or art, they would not go off on some random tangent about it, but most likely enjoy it as simply an artistic creation. It is a third person perspective generally at the closest, like looking through a window at something, and in fact tv and computer moniters are much like windows (even Bill Gates thought so) Sorry for digressing so much, I just don't feel like simply enjoying a few brews, or watching some shows, or reading a book is escapism, rather I feel it is what humans excel at, it is living itself... and if it does fire up your imagination and allow you to bring forth your own inventions into this world, then you get to make the leap from indulger of reality to creator of reality. I also feel that refering to creative works as "escapist" trivializes it, and while it might not be as important a creation as suspension bridges or artifical hearts, I do think there is a lot of value in them. |
| I guess in a way I do. I live in a cramped room with my bro and I need a way to relieve the stress of being cooped up (without stepping outside of course), so I watch anime. Not that I watch anime strictly for escapism though. |
| I definitely do. But I also read, play video games, play/study chess, and cook to escape reality too. I also love doing all these things, so that isn't always the reason. I truly love everything from the stories to the artwork |
| I don't use anime to escape reality- I am very aware reality still exist as i am starting to fall asleep in my room from 15 hours of anime. |
| I, the Mud Puppy Goddess' apostle suggest you turn to the great goddess for guidance. May her kindness rain down upon all that put their faith in her. Blub~ |
| Maybe, to an extent. I only watch one or two episodes a day, so I assume it's more for the entertainment than anything else. If it were all escapism, I'd be watching a lot more than I do. |
| I don't think so. I'm always watching anime right in the comfort of my bedroom. |
| I guess I use anime to escape from reality, like if I've had a really bad day and just want to forget about it I'll start watching and before I know it I'm laughing along with the characters, but I use drawing and writing as more of an escape than anything. Then again, I draw manga style so I guess it's still technically anime-related >_< |
| The world we live in is amazing, why would you ever want to escape it? |
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| No, anime is a hobby is mine, nothing more nothing less. I enjoy the different unique story telling methods as well as the many different archtypes in anime that don't exist in western media. I do tend to get absorbed in it, but it's not escapism, rather appreciation. |
| is a hobbie, i dont spend all my time watching anime, some people play video games, others practice an sport, i watch anime for fun, for have a relaxed time. :V |
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kaleidostar1187 said: [...]So I wanted to ask in this discussion do believe that there are people who love anime that take it too far, and escape the world? I'd recommend some form of spacecraft for those who want to escape the world. Anime lacks the power to generate the necessary escape velocity. I tend to use humor to escape reality. Has decent propulsion, too. |
| Hmm I do use anime to escape from reality, but not all the time.. xD I also watch it for amusement |
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