Hmm, hard to say. Anime can have a pretty toxic fanbase sometimes. I know a ton of people who are casual fans of anime, and their pretty cool. They tend to gravitate toward Cowboy Bebop, Ghibli, or sometimes Eva. I like them pretty good. You also tend to have the film snobs and the more cultured anime fans, who watch Satoshi Kon and Oshii films. I like them best. But a sizable chunk of anime fans? Naruto obsessed, hentai watching, fetishistic fans. Some of these people really weird me out, I've met them in person.
The worst I can think of is, by far, comics. They're like anime fans, but much worse. Comics just seem like a really negative, ugly place. Half of the writers hate each other, many of them hate their fans, and all of them seem to hat their employers. The employees get taken advantage of, and either turn bitter like Allen Moore, or escape, like Neil Gaiman. Everything is expected to be a corporate owned franchise, and there are very few "artistic" comics. The fans are getting older, and more fetishistic with time, and care more about being pandered to then actually encouraging good art. The entire industry has a weird subconscious self image problem. Not to mention the rabid sexism, racism, and homophobia that exists. To put it simply, nobody in the industry seems happy. And just look at how their biggest stars present themselves:
They look like a bunch of psychopaths. I like the occasional comic book, but man, the community is way too toxic for me to stay around.
The worst I can think of is, by far, comics. They're like anime fans, but much worse. Comics just seem like a really negative, ugly place. Half of the writers hate each other, many of them hate their fans, and all of them seem to hat their employers. The employees get taken advantage of, and either turn bitter like Allen Moore, or escape, like Neil Gaiman. Everything is expected to be a corporate owned franchise, and there are very few "artistic" comics. The fans are getting older, and more fetishistic with time, and care more about being pandered to then actually encouraging good art. The entire industry has a weird subconscious self image problem. Not to mention the rabid sexism, racism, and homophobia that exists. To put it simply, nobody in the industry seems happy. And just look at how their biggest stars present themselves:
They look like a bunch of psychopaths. I like the occasional comic book, but man, the community is way too toxic for me to stay around.