Guilty Pleasures...Embarrass Yourself Here

[Mutie]

I'm studying Film Production at one of the most prestigious independent Art Institutes in the country, but I collect and absolutely adore shitty fantasy B-movies, more often than not about Dragons. Dragon Quest, that's a good one. And Dragon Wars! A bit unorthodox... but there's a nice bit of abhorrent CGI. Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God...? Fucking Masterpiece.

I should also mention that I have seen every single episode of Gilmore Girls.

 

[Jonluw]

But sure, if you aren't open with your friends about being an anime-watcher

Ahahahaha, the implied emphasis on 'anime-watcher' made me smile - this is exactly the reason it's in the guilty pleasures section of my life, to hyphenate the words into a branding, and put it into that sentence; you would think that we were talking about being a necrophiliac.

You mean there's a difference? I've been lied to!

It's true, but I don't really understand why. I suppose part of the problem (if not the whole problem, a la naruto) is to do with the image it has.

And, more relevantly to this, I think a large portion of its social taboo-ness comes from the name itself. 'Anime', 'Ann-Ihm-A'. It sounds sort of...

I don't know. I suppose [sub](coming from a point of view that is not my own, but an interpretation of that of others')[/sub] gay.
There's just something about the French accent on the 'e' that really robs the word of any gravitas it might have once had.

It could just be me, again, of course, but there is a reason that people market things with choice words.

Ah... It matters little, these are just the mad musings of someone who's not quite thinking straight, and really is mentally asleep.

Actually, in my language, the "animé" pronunciation fits very well in with the rest of the language, and sounds good; but for no good reason a lot of my friends insist on putting the emphasis on the 'i'. It sounds horrible.

Edit: Ah-neem-eh (Where the 'a' is pronounced like the 'a' in "car")

 

[PorkChopXpress]

Ouran High School Host Club (anime, not the manga)

 

[[.redacted]]

"Wow there were soo many qoutes I can't tell who put those awesome videos up!"
"Please tell me, oh and murder princes and Air gear theme are both done by the same band called BACK ON, I know this because there on my playlist!"

That would be me, and nice - I thought they sounded similar.

I have to say, though, in terms of being an earworm, this takes the biscuit, despite being found on the forums and not from a video:

Spoiler: Listen at your own peril

I hated it to being with, but started enjoying it eventually, much to the abhorrence of the part of me which pretends to genuinely have dignity left.

[sub]...I suppose you could equate it to some sort of strange ear-rape.[/sub]

Although I wouldn't, for mental image prevention purposes.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

I put on womens' clothing and hang around in bars.

*Note: May or may not be a lumberjack and/or okay.*

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Browsing /e/, /h/, and /s/ on 4chan. Yeah...

 

[Mr Pantomime]

I like Yaoi, not in a sexual way, just a fangirl way. Which makes it all the worse that im a guy.

 

[Radek1994]

I know a lot about warcraft lore and listen to the songs from warcraft on my ipod.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Making sound effects aloud and pretending I'm holding an air-gun during an imaginary insurrection.
Must rescue the hostages

 

[My name is Fiction]

"Wow there were soo many qoutes I can't tell who put those awesome videos up!"
"Please tell me, oh and murder princes and Air gear theme are both done by the same band called BACK ON, I know this because there on my playlist!"

That would be me, and nice - I thought they sounded similar.

I have to say, though, in terms of being an earworm, this takes the biscuit, despite being found on the forums and not from a video:

Spoiler: Listen at your own peril

I hated it to being with, but started enjoying it eventually, much to the abhorrence of the part of me which pretends to genuinely have dignity left.

[sub]...I suppose you could equate it to some sort of strange ear-rape.[/sub]

Although I wouldn't, for mental image prevention purposes.

"This song is growing on me like a strange lethal plague, EAR ZOMBIES!"

 

[Isaac The Grape]

Negima. I don't know why I'm still reading it.

 

[[.redacted]]

But sure, if you aren't open with your friends about being an anime-watcher

Ahahahaha, the implied emphasis on 'anime-watcher' made me smile - this is exactly the reason it's in the guilty pleasures section of my life, to hyphenate the words into a branding, and put it into that sentence; you would think that we were talking about being a necrophiliac.

You mean there's a difference? I've been lied to!

Nobody said there wasn't a difference in the term, just that it's expected that you refer to them with different wording. It wasn't a lie, you just hadn't been told the whole truth =)

It's true, but I don't really understand why. I suppose part of the problem (if not the whole problem, a la naruto) is to do with the image it has.

And, more relevantly to this, I think a large portion of its social taboo-ness comes from the name itself. 'Anime', 'Ann-Ihm-A'. It sounds sort of...

I don't know. I suppose [sub](coming from a point of view that is not my own, but an interpretation of that of others')[/sub] gay.
There's just something about the French accent on the 'e' that really robs the word of any gravitas it might have once had.

It could just be me, again, of course, but there is a reason that people market things with choice words.

Ah... It matters little, these are just the mad musings of someone who's not quite thinking straight, and really is mentally asleep.

Actually, in my language, the "animé" pronunciation fits very well in with the rest of the language, and sounds good; but for no good reason a lot of my friends insist on putting the emphasis on the 'i'. It sounds horrible.

Edit: Ah-neem-eh (Where the 'a' is pronounced like the 'a' in "car")

Again, these are just my musing on the subject, but my now partially sentient brain is telling me it could be a contributor the anime's bad image.

Maybe it needs a new name.

SUGGESTIONS.

Edit: this is going far too off topic. It's new thread time. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.252766-Anime-needs-a-new-name]

 

[sageoftruth]

Judging people. It seems to be an automatic function for me. Now I find myself constantly reminding myself NOT to judge people. I had to remind myself at least 20 times today. I get quite a mental workout on the highway.

 

[The Wykydtron]

Watching this constantly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0wEYtmmuFQ

And all the usual Anime stuff thats already been mentioned although I did watch both seasons of Higurashi and the OVA in a week...Closely followed by Umineko which took about half a week to finish. Even gave up the touch of a woman to finish it (and proud of it)

 

[[.redacted]]

"This song is growing on me like a strange lethal plague, EAR ZOMBIES!"

I've just had news in from the lab and...

Well...

I'm sorry, you've been doomed to a life infected with chronic nanodesu disorder, there's nothing we can do for you other than advise you take daily dosages of In Flames and Sabaton.

 

[My name is Fiction]

"This song is growing on me like a strange lethal plague, EAR ZOMBIES!"

I've just had news in from the lab and...

Well...

I'm sorry, you've been doomed to a life infected with chronic nanodesu disorder, there's nothing we can do for you other than advise you take daily dosages of In Flames and Sabaton.

"In Flames and Sabaton, sounds expensive..." :/

 

[Koroviev]

I think Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (the basis for Blade Runner) is better than Blade Runner. A lot better.

 

[sageoftruth]

Ouran High School Host Club (anime, not the manga)

Ah, I loved that. My ex-potential girlfriend recommended it to me. Then I went around, going, "See? It's not all about the fanservice! A heterosexual male like myself can't enjoy fanservice from this, see?" Then people started taking jabs at my sexuality. Very funny manga though.

 

[[.redacted]]

"This song is growing on me like a strange lethal plague, EAR ZOMBIES!"

I've just had news in from the lab and...

Well...

I'm sorry, you've been doomed to a life infected with chronic nanodesu disorder, there's nothing we can do for you other than advise you take daily dosages of In Flames and Sabaton.

"In Flames and Sabaton, sounds expensive..." :/

Only for those around you, and only if you tend to ignore the lower volume settings.

 

[kasperbbs]

I watched all the twilight movies ,didn't like them ,but i kept watching ,in my defense i was really really bored.