Why don't people like anime?
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It can be hard to keep someone's interest if they don't care about the characters or don't read quickly enought to follow subtitles, but it's just oppinion really, doesn't matter how big a robot you pull out
Not sure why I've turned off it, I did watch quite a bit when I was in my late teens.
I guess I've given up on a lot of TV shows really, so Anime in all it's forms isn't really an exception. A lot of the content matter these days doesn't appeal to me anymore either, so for me it's just a change of taste.
I guess I've given up on a lot of TV shows really, so Anime in all it's forms isn't really an exception. A lot of the content matter these days doesn't appeal to me anymore either, so for me it's just a change of taste.
Well I like anime, well certain varieties of anime anyway. However for those that don't I imagine it's either that old and very very very incorrect perception that animation is just for kids, and personal preference. Although really I don't really understand how someone can dislike all anime because there's such a wide variety of styles and genres. It's pretty much like saying you don't like movies. Anyone who says they don't like anime obviously hasn't sampled enough of it to find something they like and is too close-minded to give it a chance.
Personal preference. Who would have guessed?
Why don't people like pepper on their dinner? Or, hell, why do they like pepper on their dinner?
Why don't people like pepper on their dinner? Or, hell, why do they like pepper on their dinner?
Reasons I don't like Anime:
1. Large number of androgynous characters.
2. Large number of anime feature poor production values, which is marketed as "trademark anime". i.e. same backdrop in mutiple scenes, same corny strobe effect in preparation for action.
3. Same characters making constant appearances. i.e. Pedo-schoolgirl/innocent, long-haired villian, spike haired hero, all three characters are in a large amount of anime, and all three characters are always identical with exception of costume.
4. The "good" anime series almost always have the same storylines. "magic demon/vampire/monster" or "robots".
5. Fans of anime.
6. Alternatives to anime are always better. American cartoons- personally, Venture Bros. and Harvey Birdman. Other foreign animations are better too, i.e. Triplets of Bellville.
Virtually everything about anime is shoddy and similar. Claims of it being its own "style" are faulty. If a restuarant had a menu with only three or four items, and the food was always half-rotten, nobody would say it was a "style" of restuarant, with a "unique" selection. It would be considered a shithole.
Anime isn't considered a shithole, and it has a fan base,largely because of two primary reasons.
1. People who love Japanese cultural items, regardless of how stupid it may be.
2. People who love "magic demon/vampire/monster" and "robot" stories, regardless of characters, style or lack thereof, and quality. As long as the storyline is in those two catagories, they are almost guaranteed to love it.
I am open to the possibility that a good anime does exist. But as it stands, I have yet to hear about it, or see it.
1. Large number of androgynous characters.
2. Large number of anime feature poor production values, which is marketed as "trademark anime". i.e. same backdrop in mutiple scenes, same corny strobe effect in preparation for action.
3. Same characters making constant appearances. i.e. Pedo-schoolgirl/innocent, long-haired villian, spike haired hero, all three characters are in a large amount of anime, and all three characters are always identical with exception of costume.
4. The "good" anime series almost always have the same storylines. "magic demon/vampire/monster" or "robots".
5. Fans of anime.
6. Alternatives to anime are always better. American cartoons- personally, Venture Bros. and Harvey Birdman. Other foreign animations are better too, i.e. Triplets of Bellville.
Virtually everything about anime is shoddy and similar. Claims of it being its own "style" are faulty. If a restuarant had a menu with only three or four items, and the food was always half-rotten, nobody would say it was a "style" of restuarant, with a "unique" selection. It would be considered a shithole.
Anime isn't considered a shithole, and it has a fan base,largely because of two primary reasons.
1. People who love Japanese cultural items, regardless of how stupid it may be.
2. People who love "magic demon/vampire/monster" and "robot" stories, regardless of characters, style or lack thereof, and quality. As long as the storyline is in those two catagories, they are almost guaranteed to love it.
I am open to the possibility that a good anime does exist. But as it stands, I have yet to hear about it, or see it.
Similarity in art styles can make it dificult for outsiders to differentiate between animes and they end up blending together, and make stereotypes easier as one bad anime becomes easier associated with better ones simple by their being an anime.
Perhaps it's also the stigmatism attached to it due to its percieved nerdy fan base, in the west I mean.
Perhaps it's also the stigmatism attached to it due to its percieved nerdy fan base, in the west I mean.
virtual high five for you sir...wait...if you say you like elfen lied to i think i will have a nerdgasm.Sleekgiant said:
I didn't like anime but then I tried it and now I'm addicted...so I guess some of them just don't watch it but still bash it.
My main issue is repetition. Western animation is diverse whereas anime, regardless of tone is very similar if not outright the same in drawing style.
The voices, art style, tone of story (in general), music, and the fact it is animated.
I may be able to get over a few of those for a great story, but the voices are deadly. The high-pitched Japanese voice actors kill my ears, and the English ones either suck or try to imitate the Japanese ones.
I may be able to get over a few of those for a great story, but the voices are deadly. The high-pitched Japanese voice actors kill my ears, and the English ones either suck or try to imitate the Japanese ones.
To start off, I love it... But some people don't like it probably because its too different from western animation...
The art style can throw off people... like the hair colors, which ties into the whole manga being in black and white deal... or the exaggerated expressions, fully forgetting that western animation has been using exaggerated expressions since the beginning of animation...
Also, all those stereotypes that exist... people think its all porn... or everything involves collecting... or all the females having such large breasts that they have their own orbit, (which theres just as much or more anime featuring females with normal to flat breast sizes)... Plus theres the whole teen angst thing that alot of people hate...
The art style can throw off people... like the hair colors, which ties into the whole manga being in black and white deal... or the exaggerated expressions, fully forgetting that western animation has been using exaggerated expressions since the beginning of animation...
Also, all those stereotypes that exist... people think its all porn... or everything involves collecting... or all the females having such large breasts that they have their own orbit, (which theres just as much or more anime featuring females with normal to flat breast sizes)... Plus theres the whole teen angst thing that alot of people hate...
Probably been done, but...
Anyway, I can see the artistic styles turning people off. I love it. I love the art more than I love the actual genre, myself. There's a lot of anime where I don't like the story, but love the style.
I can see that. I mean, I tend not to hate any medium carte blanche. Anime's just a container. I have trouble hating the overarching packaging. I'm watching Bleach right now through Netflix, just finished Fullmetal Alchemist, love Tekkaman Blade, enjoyed Claymore, and have a few more udner my belt, but I'm hardly a anime fan per se.
Or they're just responding to stereotypes about spky haired kids and underaged girls.
Why don't people like science fiction? Why don't people like drama? Why don't people like opera? Why don't people like onions?IronStorm9 said:
Anyway, I can see the artistic styles turning people off. I love it. I love the art more than I love the actual genre, myself. There's a lot of anime where I don't like the story, but love the style.
I can see that. I mean, I tend not to hate any medium carte blanche. Anime's just a container. I have trouble hating the overarching packaging. I'm watching Bleach right now through Netflix, just finished Fullmetal Alchemist, love Tekkaman Blade, enjoyed Claymore, and have a few more udner my belt, but I'm hardly a anime fan per se.
Or they're just responding to stereotypes about spky haired kids and underaged girls.