Well, if there's something that's popular then there will ALWAYS be someone against it. It just the way the world runs. =[
/signed !!! :(
Exactly! I think its pointless arguing with these people or moping about why they are idiots. Anything abnormal and popular will always be hated. I prefer not to annoy myself with such videos, I do really hate such people.
I dont hate these people, I just am indifferent to their existence. I guess its true that the opposite of love is not hate, its indifference. I think its sad that they are so closed minded, and honestly, I dont care if they dont like what I watch/read/eat/think/do... Maybe thats why Im happy and they will be miserable?
hmm~ is that the reason that i hate Apple's product so much that i dont know why? Hate me then~ I prefer S0ny :p anyway, I enjoy my life being a healthy style otaku~
Totally agree with you! We just can't get everyone to like anime, different cultures and others are too much of a barrier. But bashing anime fans can't really be justified. Bashing itself is wrong, it discourages constructive discussion and prevents understanding of one another, in my opinion.
Plus, there are more of us than there are of them, we are comfortable with ourselves, and their dislike of anime doesnt affect me whatsoever. I bet they all loved G.I.Joe's and went to watch transformers when it came out though huh? Hypocracy.
Just never feed the troll... Discussion is useless with them, and confronting them only comfort them in their twisted logic.
*comforts Just don't give them any attention and they will fade away and get blown away with the Spring breeze.
Not exactly true. You need to expand that to approximately everything. Every single thing has its haters. The very people who are hating anime likes things that has people who hate that. Everything you like will have someone hating it. That goes for everyone.
Simple physics: Equal and Opposite Force
Ignorance is as cool as a cup of Jell-O.
I've met a few who thinks anime is boring and for kids, but thank god that they aren't immature. Got alot of friends that dislike anime, but still my friends. People that thinks it's stupid, gay or whatever is just plain jealous of the superiority of anime.
I haven't really met an anime-hater before but I have heard people saying things like " Anime and figures sucks bla bla bla..." I've neither met someone who hates anime to the extreme though... I wouldn't want to meet them anyway... But hey, there's gotta be haters right? They make the world go round... NOT
As for the Haruhi picture, looks cool! :) I never wanted figures for real, but since i started to read your site and saw how much fun you can have with them and a camera i start to ponder... ^^; Maybe in two months when my wallet allows me fun-things again (after my 32gb ipod touch, new laptop, new camera and soon japan-day in düsseldorf i am broken for some time bahhh~~) As for the Anime-hater topic... well i have meet people who said it is "stupid child stuff" cause it's drawn and they compare it to Disney and so on. Some of those folks i even could get into anime after a nice discussion without being mean or such, i did show them an example of a good anime (nice animation, good story and music etc. we all know there are enough ^^v) and they did show interest in it and eventually went on with their own path into this world of fun. ;) I didn't meet (lucky me) the hardcore anime-hater yet and i maybe don't want to either, least none of the kind you gave as example. There are a lot of groups out there which are being hated for whatever reason, car clubs... bike clubs... music bands... you will find always people who think it's stupid or whatever. My solution for this kind of hardcore-haters is ignore, if they can't put up a good discussion and just rant pointlessly... no thanks. Also... i might pitty them a bit, i am very sure that most of them don't know what they are missing out on... i mean just the stories of some animes are so good, put aside that it's an anime and from japan and whatsoever... the core - the story - is a thing which is unrelated to the medium it's being told with. Just the stories of some animes did enrich my life by a lot, like 5cm/s or "Hoshi no Koe" just to name two examples which i do like a lot - not only for their quality but mainly for the story which is so touching... simply put it's really good art and i respect the creative people behind it a lot. All together, i personaly have many reasons why i like anime and will most likely go on with it no matter what untill i see the light at the end of the tunnel - also no matter what other people say. :)
100% agreed.Makoto Shinkai rules.
some people just need an enemy.. gotta blame something for your problems other than yourself... i've been watching cartoons all my life.. from ducktales to ghost in the shell and enjoy most of them.. american cartoons are going down hill all by themselves.. without anime's help.. you will always have haters no mater what you do.. so just deal with it and ignore them.. words never hurt anybody.. and it takes you yourself to make them work... :D end stupid rant!
Some samples of American animation are good (my favorite being adaptations of comics -X-Men, JLU...- and those made by Warner Studios -Tiny Toons, Animaniacs- but even insanely random stuff like My Fairly Oddparents, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls or Atomic Betty... Yeah, really random), but they have to be well-done in terms of aesthetics and all... No, in fact the most annoying type of cartoons I stumble upon are those which focus not on being either useful or a sarcastic view of society, but a collection of "pee pee-poo poo" jokes and mockery and stereotypes overuse. But hey, it's just me. I gave up on TV anyway.
D_Blade, I agree. I get tired of that kind of anime, or too much fanservice (one word?). It gets wearing, and turns otherwise excellent animes into crap (even the ridiculous faces in Rouroni Kenshin sp?, or Trigun) But, some people like this stuff, so thats good that there is something they like to watch! Now we can all enjoy our brand of anime. Also, HI! How are you mon frere?
Hey, long time no see. Well, about fanservice addicts, whatever floats their boat (anime can be good with a sprinkle of fanserv', but it can quickly become tasteless when there is too much of low angling action)... ...Whereas for flamers, they should not focus on this precise genre of anime. Did you notice that haters, when criticizing a particular thing, always tend to focus on the most extreme genres rather than the average ones (for videogames = GTA and for anime = School Days, etc.)?
yes, just the fact that they focus on such extremes shows their general lack of knowledge about the genre. Usually hatred is spawned in ignorance and a lack of knowledge.
Looks like Danny already closed the door... *turns off bad-language mode* Well, human beings are very strong-minded regarding the opinions that they make sometimes. I suppose that we should just tolerate it like the feeling-friendly people we are X-) But I'd recommend animes like Code Geass to them. then they'd see the reason as to why it's being aired during midnight. GITS and Karas would be good choices too... People, let's convince them with open hearts :3 *does onigiri buddha pose*
Code Geass is to air on Adult Swim on the 26th at 1:30am. Let's see on how people will react on that
You know I think those video's are some off the worse argument against anime. Tbh I could argue against anime better myself. But I guess if you like throwing tomatoes at dunces then this is your thing.
My guess is that they're just fishing for views and comments for their videos.
These people are just idiotic misanthropes, attention whores, who want page views. I personally think that it's absolutely childish and bereft of intelligence to attack something someone likes to the point where you actually start making forums around it, posting around it, making videos around it? They're going to call someone pathetic for liking something, but then they're going to comment on how much they don't like what the person likes? That's ludicrous! I like Youtube, but every little pretentious pseudo-intellectual thug with a video camera thinks they're a director or a pundit now. Oh yeah, and that girl that called us "anime obsessed creatures" should take a look in the mirror, pretentious little bitch.
I'm a type of person who wants to understand what others like or hate. If people hate anime and alike, that's is fine and I understand as long as they don't force their belief onto me such as I should hate anime because of what they believe is right. I might have mountains of art books and doujinshis at home, but I try to do other stuffs like go to movies, karaoke and other normal hobbies as well. People should not just judge of who I am just because I like anime and such. But you will run into some extreme haters that will not be reasonable and that can't be helped -_-
same as me.. even though I'm a anime fans, and I know among my friends there's some think that I'm stupid for being so attracted to anime... when hanging out with my friends, I'll just change myself, have what they so-called "NORMAL" life. after that I could just return to myself during at home..
Haven't really encountered such people around me before, I'm more likely to influence others to watch anime though. ^^;; BTW love the wallpaper tool! using the kureha shot as my wallpaper right now. nice shot!
Reminds me... I always wanted to do some research on why some folks dislike anime. Putting it back up on my to-do list.
Ah I've run into this a whole lot. People just seem to be influenced by society to think that anime is immature or that it's only for kids. People also don't seem to have good judgment of what "good" animation is as opposed to bad animation. They seem to think that if it's animated it should have short jokes and sketches and not a deep, interesting plot. It's just one of the world's, and especially america's, typical stereotypes. People seem to hear about it and get brainwashed by their peers and such to think that this stereotype is what's "right". I could go on and on about this but I won't for now, I will just say this; I have run into the "anime hater" type of people very often and they generally seem to be the closed minded type of people, I let them have their opinion and I respect that but I don't have to accept it myself and I never will.
Oh...how sad for them, guess is the "balance" of the universe them. Where is Yin there is Yang!
The ironic thing with most of the anti-anime petitions is that most of the people who sign the online petition are people who like anime and just want to leave angry comments, so these things are never really as popular as they seem. It's also funny that people go out of their way to complain about something that doesn't really effect them, especially when they say people who like anime have no lives, yet they find the time to do things like that.
I haven't met one myself, and if I do, I will try to be calm and ignore what they say.
to all those anime haters. that's their fault not mine, so leave me alone. kthx.
i dont wanna be rant my disagree on those any group of ppl, as it would just be as bad instead lets just all understand and respect the fact that we all humans are different in many ways including our taste, thus lets all learn to respect each other's opinion and preference.. in fact its the uniqueness of our preference and opinion that makes us interesting..just imagine everyone in this world are like preprogrammed bots with same opinion and taste...
I've met some anime and people who watch anime haters. Can't live peoples' lives for them. If that gives them a sense of self-worth, so be it. I've got better things to do than stand around and listen. And it doesn't even have to involve anime...we are capable of liking more than 1 thing.
I've met say..only one or two of these people in my lifetime, and it's pretty pointless arguing with them. It's an irreversible facet of this world that something popular always has its detractors, so, leave them to wallow in their hate, it sustains us. XD
I agree. For everything positive, there will be something negative. I haven't personally come across any anime haters in my local area and/or travels, but they're out there. Although you can see from the URL for the petition the title of "animesucksass", it illustrates the level of maturity people like that. They thrive on the conflicts they create with others, I refuse to give people that satisfaction. I especially liked the comment about western animation series getting cancelled because of anime. What a laugh... Usually, these people hide behind keyboards, but now with youtube, a small vocal minority gets quite visible.
The thing I dont understand is that if someone hates something, why spend time telling others to hate it too? If I hate something, I dont waste time for it, right?
hater = rarely underestimate, yes question, do any american series (heroes,terminator:SCC, etc) don't have opening song and ending song? because i do sometime OP song are useless and pointless, so to ED song exception on lucky star of course, the best ED in every show i watch(3d,2d, anime, every show in the world)
OP and ED themes are a lost art in American series. It used to be different. Just ask anybody over the age of 30 what their favourite theme was and they'll be able to sing it ...but the show they're talking about will be from early 90's at least. The last "memorable theme song" to me is from a sitcom called Cheers and that was in the 80's! I think producers today just think people don't have the patience for theme songs anymore and just want to get to the show.
Hmm, you made me think of something. Do the series "Friends" have an OP? Cuz I remember their theme to be kind of catchy ^^ Ahhh, and also the x-philes... pretty old series I know =P
in finland some folks made a picture of patch that says "good old beating gets the anime out of child" or something... the pic has ^_^ smilie with a black eye. i don't see what satisfaction ppl get when they do this kind of pics etc to flame other ppl...
they just can't appreciate something they can't work on. i guess that's what they are. i hope.
So they're all Mickey Mouse fans?
Roasted Sands video was priceless!! He makes so many ignorant comments, and obviously hasn't watched anything more than Naruto and Akira. He couldn't seem to decide if anime was from japan or china. I'm fine with others not enjoying what gives me pleasure, but i thought anime had spread to a point where it was starting to be viewed as a legitimate artistic medium. Hayao Miyazaki's work has received many awards, including an Academy Award for Spirited Away. So if any of you ever encounter an anime hater, then recommend him/her to watch Spirited Away, Howls Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, etc. If they still think anime is childish, perverted, and lacking talent then they must be insane!!!!!!
LOL RoastedSand... So Anime is from Japan and made by Chinese or what? I just don't get it! *head explodes* Seriously speaking, all those ranters seems to be what... people who has anything better to do. I respect one's desire, interest and all as one man's meat is another man's poison. However, to simply rant like that just makes them look rather dumb. Proper constructive criticism please. Get your facts straight before ranting in the internet. Those people can continue watching Powerpuff girls and Tom and Jerry.
Heh-- the problem is that idiots like them don't know the difference between Japan and China! It sounds crazy to us, of course, but it's true! My fiancee is from Japan, and she regularly gets questions like-- "So are you from Hong Kong?" and "What does that say?" (while pointing to a sign displayed in a Chinatown souvenir shop. Sighhhhhh. If there's anything I hate, it's stupid people. Also-- I found this piece of Danny's post to be particularly funny: "Anime is the reason why every good cartoon from here in america and all the world have gone down in ratings" LOL! If it was truly "good" wouldn't it's ratings go UP?? Maybe it's just me....
RoastedSand seem that he can't think right because he got his missing dick lodged up in his brain.....Ok I need to calm down.....
In that case he really should wear this (do not really click if you're currently eating and have a wild imagination): http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/1073/Dick+Head.html
Lol dickhead....thank you for calming my anger by 1%...
Better than nothing.
rofl... Anyway I guess all Asian look alike!
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damn! why these ppl says such rude thing? we did no harm to them, we're just watching anime! and they are flamming us? wth?
at least anime is better than those stupid brainless horror movie that gonna cut off ur head or body! they just spoils human's brain and kill the cells.
dont like anime fans being hyper? ignoer them! why the heck would u just go and talk with them and waste ur time?
LEAVE US ALONEEEE. oTL
*stand on roof top* *tears* no anime.. no life T_T
well, at least to me, anime is my everything =P
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damn! why these ppl says such rude thing? we did no harm to them, we're just watching anime! and they are flaming us? wth?
at least anime is better than those stupid brainless horror movie that gonna cut off ur head or body! they just spoils human's brain and kill the cells.
dont like anime fans being hyper? ignore them! why the heck would u just go and talk with them and waste ur time?
LEAVE US ALONEEEE. orz
*stand on roof top* *tears* no anime.. no life T_T
well, at least to me, anime is my everything =P
opps, sry, got a double post. its my fault its my fault, sry sry sry sry *hides behind the cupboard*
I am personally amused at the youtube videos myself. I mean, as much as I can understand some bits of what they are ranting at (I thought Akira was rather boring because of the aged graphics), it smacks of hitting the extreme group of people. It apparently shows a lack of knowledge about anime in general, but that is why they are haters, no? They usually do not know anything. ^^
Oops, forced to make a double post. Danny, have you nominated for the <a href="http://animeblogawards.com">ABA</A> yet? It's two days away from the closing of the nominations. Then it's down to voting. ^^
*Yawn* I don't give a Koopa Paratroopa of what they think. I even laugh about it. Poor souls, caring too much for others that they can't even look at themselves and their adolescent-like attitude. *End of story*
i didn't click on any of the youtube videos. don't wanna waste my time.it's pointless to dismiss other people's hobbies. i hate it when people tell me how i should live my life.
Ditto, but I'd even say all they do is to rant... rant about their little lives and show how much they are bored with it... to the point of complaining about trivial details to get attention instead of ignoring people that are happy with their poison and living life fully... *shrugs*
So true. I also think the most others can do is to offer advise but not command on how to live this life.
Yep, met a few... been one myself for that matter. I used to loath anime with an ungodly passion untill about my last year of highschool when I spent some time sitting next to an Otaku in physics (yes, I was a geek, just didn't like anime). Long story short: he pushed Hellsing on me and well... look where that led. Interestinly I can actually vaugly relate to the first girl as people who seem to belive that anime/manga/Japan start and end with Naruto get on my nerves as well. People wanting to scream their love to the heavens, sure, fine... but not my style. Actually the bit that irked me the most about those three vids was that Brad waxed without washing. That's like gluing the dirt to your car, moron =P
i'm glad it wasn't just me. After watching them i couldn't shake my concern that Brad's car is all messed up now. i need some closure on this issue. Has anyone contacted Brad?
Most of these hate-comments are mostly talking about one genre of anime. People are always so single-sided. I think there's so much more diversity in anime than in american cartoons. American cartoons are almost always directed to children while anime is not. (correct me if I'm wrong...) Anime has got horror stories, serious drama, any sport you can imagine, etc. Okay, there is a lot of violence, but also a lot of comedy. And don't tell me that american movies or South Park don't have violence, kids watch that anyway. (I love South Park btw) So why hate anime cause it has violence?? And big-eyed girls should stay in Japan? Remember Micky Mouse and Betty Boob? That's what inspired the japanese in the first place. And school girls in (mini-)skirts? Well, that happens to be the actual school outfit in Japan ;p That's my rant, and I don't hate american cartoons, I just prefer japanese anime.
Hmmm, normally I really cant be arsed about those persons. However one of my classmates/friends was one and even worse, he lived in the same town as me so we had to take the same train together each day... Now that sucked glad its over ^^.
12 years olds really look old nowadays. O_o I don't mind them disliking my hobby but actually hating something like this is just childish.
Bah, I simply say: To hell with them. I anime and manga don`t like them, is they problem! But, well, we must respect they oppinion, besides is pathetic, jajaja...
Oh well, nothing special here, just like Windows/Mac haters, whenever ask why you hate it they just don't know why.
well, i'm a microsoft hater, due to their so called 'microsoft timer' timed machine called XBOX 360 yep 3 ring of death, it got me, and i don't have official microsoft booth here ToT (buy it from my local store) i hate microsoft, but can't get rid this piece of microsoft T_T (my windows XP)
Anyone who is passionate about something is the same way. I find it stupid to hate on someone just because they're enjoy their hobby. But of course the people who pretend to be Japanese really scare me haha but I don't find it annoying.
