Why don't people like anime?

[PureChaos]

i like it, looking for a new one to watch actually but don't want to do yet another recommendation thread. got one in mind anyway, Kuroshitsuji (AKA Black Butler). anyone seen it? someone mentiioned it a while ago and said they really liked it.

I saw that. not sure what to make of it entirely. sometimes its borderline yaoi, sometimes its got some gags, sometimes its got some action scenes, sometimes its got that evil psychopathic thing going on

got a little bit of everything, should be good. what's yaoi?

 

[DarkPanda XIII]

Depends on the situation. For the most part, they get turned off by some of the heavy anime-ish scenarios that...is just annoying for alot. They don't get into it because they miss out on some of the cooler animes, or just can't really get into the artwork. It's..just not their thing, really.

Trolls just troll because Hater's got to hate, so ignore trolls that want to make fun of anime

 

[Wintermoot]

well some of it is a bit too sugary sweet to the point my eyes want to puke cotton candy (just look at lucky star) I,m not hating Lucky star but its a bit too sugary sweet for me to enjoy

 

[Wintermoot]

I like some anime, I just dislike many of the hardcore fans and the stigma attached.
I've lived in Japan, I speak Japanese, my wifes Japanese (the third point being the reason for the first two).
I just get...I guess the best word is embarrassed by North Americans using words like "kawaii", "desu", "konnichiwa" and just butchering the pronunciation.

Case in point: I know this guy who called himself a Japanese name (his real name was like Mike or something). He was one of those guys who would hunt down all the Japanese checks and try to impress them with his "Japanese" which consisted of phrases he had learned watching anime. He ended up going to Japan on a workingholiday visa and came back to Canada like 6 months (or possibly less) later. He learned that the culture in Japan does not revolve around anime and chances are if you know a bunch of random obscure anime titles and try to pick up girls like that....you will get the same response there as if you did that here.

So thats my rant. Not hating on anime fans, just the ones who don't take the time to really understand the language or culture.

I think they,re called Weeabo,s (please dont bat me) I hate them to

 

[Hateren47]

Anime is, to me, Japanese escapism. I don't get it, I'm not Japanese. I like some of the classical themes and recognise stories like Journey to the West but it's still not really my thing. It's just too weird for me + I'm getting too old for cartoons. I did like it as a kid though but I only saw stuff like DB/DBZ(Cool. Superheroes), Fist of the North Star(Whoa bloody), Akira(Which I will never understand) and Uproar/Havoc in heaven (MONKEY!!). As I got a little older anime just stopped being cool.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Havoc in Heaven doesn't counts as anime though because it's Chinese.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

I dont like the way of depiction at all. Which makes it hard to give it even a chance, as soon as i see oversized eyes, way too big swords, screaming girls in front of a flashing backround wit a face like this ^U^ i get disgusted and turn it of.
Thats it, plain and easy.
Plus most lil anime fans telling me that the crap on tv everyday, way past the 300 episodes is anything near watchable. When i worked in a comic book store about 10 years ago, i quite enjoyed to read the First Dragon Ball comics, still dont like the style, but they were quite funny. The series was butchered to nothing, everything remotly offensive was cut out in the worst way,which leaves behind a bad dubbing and a few pieces of eastern imagery that no one here understands or probably even recognises and the rediculous fighting scenes are pumped up to infinity, so that a regular episodes consists out of 3 spoken sentences (animated with 1-5 pictures) and 20 minutes of boring world explosion.
I could enjoy Deathnote to a degree, because of the story, at least up to the point L died, the new "antagonists" were just as bad as i expect from anime.


I really like a lot "cartoons for children" and animated movies. But most stuff i get presented from anime is way less believable than everything disney or pixar ever made.
If you go way over the top, deep into space of ridicule and sillyness, then dont try to tell me you mean it serious at the same time. Thats the whole problem.
If you got 12 year old megaheroes with extreme uberpowers, dont let them try to be toughguys, it just doesnt work. And god dammit start a little bit lower, if you have to give them more power every few episodes, then it wont interest me at all if one blow now explodes 3 planets and not 2 any more. You are just trying way too hard to impress.
Thats all aimed at the most lil fanboys popular series, I know there are a lot more and quite some mature ones. But The Bad stuff killed any interest in me to give them a chance despite the art style i dont like.

 

[Aurgelmir]

I used to like anime, just grew tired of it.

Well I mainly read manga, and man were there some good manga out there. But then Tokyo Pop started saturating the marked with so much crap, and I found it hard to find mangas I liked.
And well honestly the type of mangas I used to like I sort of grew out of.

All of that teenage angst was cool when I was a teenager, and had angst. But now I am 27 and honestly is rather angst free.

And the anime department followed down the drain with the manga.

I still can watch some if I find something I like, but I don't gobble up everything anymore.



Best part about anime vs western live action TV:

Anime has a beginning and an end, and is often meant to last 1-2 seasons. Where as western TV lasts for as long as the cow can be milked.

PS: Naruto and crap like that does not apply to good anime.

 

[BlastedTheWorm]

Is it the terrible, formulaic plots?

Is it the appalling dialogue?

Is it the horrific voice acting?

Is it the unlikeable, overdesigned characters?

Is the the fact that the fanbase consider it above other cartoons?

Is it the stiff, cheap animation?

Is it the fact that, as a westerner, any cultural references fall completely flat?

Is it the obscene amounts of filler?

The shameless amounts of fanservice?

 

[eatenbyagrue]

Not so much the medium, but the crowd. The really weird crowd. The fat pale ones who speak broken Japanese and cosplay even outside of conventions.

 

[minarri]

I used to love anime, but my love has grown into disgust. For one, the voices tend to rub me the wrong way--the female voices and children's voices in particular make it feel as though someone's pushing a hot poker into my head. Secondly, I don't want to be associated with the stereotypical "anime fan" culture because it grosses me out.

 

[Reshkar]

I thought anime were for kids, until I watched Fullmetal Alchemist & Elfen Lied... that pretty much made me a fan of anime.

EDIT: I'll never be judgemental again( a very hard promise tho :S )

 

[PiFace314]

A lot(if not most) animes take themselves really effing seriously even though they are the animated equivalent of a brain fart on the short bus.

.... Yeah, that mental image has scarred me for life. Anyways, some anime have lovely stories, and they can be genuinely touching, just like movies. It's just that most adults focus on the "animation" part, which makes them inclined to think that it's just for kids. Or, conversely, they think it's all porn, which tends to turn a lot of people away. I just feel that if people just got over their prejudice a lot more people would watch anime. But I highly doubt that this will ever happen.

 

[Draithx]

I can't believe people are seriously dismissing an entire medium based on a single/few bad anime shows that get shown on western television. That's like reading/watching Twilight and saying all books and movies are bad.

 

[s0p0g]

Because they have different tastes than you. I know it's way out there but think about it for a while and it might make sense.

and yet another /thread !

 

[SinisterGehe]

I hate anime series but I like many anime movies...
Why I hate anime as series? It is lame, boring, fan service by making girls with massive boobs and making them flash them in every corner (I am male btw, I hate oversexualition of anything...). Stories are dull, characters are mostly dull. Those damm Intro songs that take 1/5th of the episode, stupid midway cuts and after that repeating last scene... And the art quality is... (Because they need to do them fast, yes I know!)

I find many movies to be good tho, like I stated above.

 

[PiFace314]

I hate anime series but I like many anime movies...
Why I hate anime as series? It is lame, boring, fan service by making girls with massive boobs and making them flash them in every corner (I am male btw, I hate oversexualition of anything...). Stories are dull, characters are mostly dull. Those damm Intro songs that take 1/5th of the episode, stupid midway cuts and after that repeating last scene... And the art quality is... (Because they need to do them fast, yes I know!)

I find many movies to be good tho, like I stated above.

*sighs* See, this is why I don't like stereotypes. Yes, a lot of SERIES are like that. No, it does not mean this applies to ALL OF THEM. I've watched some perfectly amazing anime with extremely good stories, quality animation, and no fan service.

RomeoxJuliet
Paranoia Agent
Bacanno
Wolf's Rain

And there are so many more out there, if you'd only give them a chance.

 

[KatieKyosuke]

Why do (a lot of) people not like buttsex?

just because it's not their thing.
to each their own.

... I'm sorry, whut?
That seems so irrelevant to the actual question on this thread.

 

[rokkolpo]

Why do (a lot of) people not like buttsex?

just because it's not their thing.
to each their own.

... I'm sorry, whut?
That seems so irrelevant to the actual question on this thread.

I was making a point.
The point being that everyone has their interests in different things and I went ahead and chose buttsex for no apparent reason.

 

[De-Moti]

Probably because of opinions or some crazy shit.

Spoiler: My reasons for disliking anime are:

Uh...

*tumbleweed rolls through*

There aren't any. I love it.

You sly little ninja...

 

[Gigano]

Like all other mediums, the majority of products are poor, and it takes effort to find the good stuff. Far more so if you don't automatically get to see the entire palette on TV, cinemas, and the local blockbuster.

It makes sense that the casual surface observer with no real interest or curiosity would only see the kids shows and hear hysterical reports on tentacle rape orgies, and quickly dismiss it all as either unpleasantly weird or for kids. That some "anime connoisseurs" - who obviously aren't connoisseurs, since a key parameter of that is knowing quality from shit - proclaim everything in it as the second coming of Jesus doesn't really help either.

So lack of exposition and interest, and thus a lack of knowledge on how varied products within the medium are. And/or simply a dislike for the art styles.