Creepy Perverted Anime

DC.com is perfect and shouldnt be changed ^0^
its the best anime community i've been on, and wouldnt change it for the world ^0^

People mostly consider my BL anime like Junjou Romantica perverted/creepy, but nothing else. Then again, no other anime do I watch in school where people can see.

The folks around here (including friends and family members and neighbors) don't think anime is creepy or perverted at all. I flaunt anime shirts all the time and they think its pretty cute or just another shirt with a cartoon character on it. My family doesn't care about my over exposed figures and the Kanu Dakimakura hanging on the wall either. I think people are referring to Hentai or something when they lable anime as perverted.

What an odd comment. But then, my definition of "creepy and perverted" is a politician, so what do I know?

Depends on the things he or she are first exposed to. Someone whose first experience watching anime is Bible Black is most likely not going to have kind things to say about anime fans.

Pretty much were I work we're already a collection of nutjobs :D with different likes/hobbies so long as no tries to force one's passion's/hobbies on other we get along fine :D

Well, since I focus on only my "perverted and creepy" anime stuff, then those who don't like it simply up and leave.

I keep the content prettu focused so visitors know pretty quickly if it's for them or not.

Some anime can be perverted and creepy, but it is usually anime where that is what they are going for. Other than that, my wife and I are pretty much okay with most anime out there.

In where i live in america, Anime is a no go. Everybody think it's hentai. Wall scrolls of anime girls and people will think it's hentai, figures=hentai, Dragon ball Z=Hentai, well at least for them... I only have a tiny group of friends who actually listen to my ramblings on anime, because they enjoy it too. haha. At least half of my school is asian too, so it brings curiosity to me why most of them think anime is the devil... o well. They don't know what they are missing out on.

You guys think you have it bad....just try being a white, male, adult fan of hello! project, you should see the reactions of people when they find out about my photobooks and collection of photo cards....
Being labeled a asiaphile, pedophile,etc....ah the joys of being a wota.

Most of my friends dont find it creepy or perverted they just find it differnt but don't mind it. They found the mangas I brought to school kinda of cool.

Well, there are ignorant people. And because they're not willing to learn, they stay ignorant. I would also say it depends where you are from. I'm in the bible belt of the south. I find most ignorant about anime, or hypocritical (based on a limited viewing of shows). And there are women who are jealous of 2d girls, so there is no hope there. But anime isn't for everyone and I understand that fact. I enjoy it so I'm not concerned about their opinion.

For a while I would try to keep my love for Japanese Culture & Anime separate from friends and everything else in life. I've pretty much given up on that now and feel a lot less stress and can feel much more comfortable around my true friends who accept me for who I am.

Good that you're not gonna change your view about your passion danny! Well a lot of people tend to think my blythe dolls creepy/scary ^^; But I still love them :P

The people at my College thinks is some kind of phase I will get over. lol. Seriously I am taking art classes in the first place because of manga, and anime. People need to learn that we all have different hobbies in this world. Also if all anime is creepy and peverted than I can only watch loli anime. If that happens I will die, because to be honest here loli anime production quality sucks.

Wow.. I can't even express how sad that is.

I'm been watching since 1977, of course things changed a lot since then, so I don't blame them for thinking like that, there are a ton of hentai around now, and lots them are pretty much ecchi oriented, so no wonder. Begin adult, of course I do prefer the REAL thing.

Most of the people I generally encounter think anime, manga, figure collecting, and cosplaying is childish. But hey, I'd much rather be childish than be getting drugged out, arrested, or hating my life.

Since most of my friend share the same hobby as I do, they don't find it creepy at all...

Whenever I watched anime in the dorms, my roommate and his friends would ask me why I was watching cartoon porn. I'll admit that some of the shows I was watching at the time were a little ecchi but nothing was hentai.

I have a few friends who thought it was all pervy and things like that, but in a little less than a year I've made a few of them join the dark side ^^;;

I will never let go of my passions. Some kids call me childish, but I'll still be with animu and manga for as long as I keep my sanity. Most people don't realise that I like anime until I show them my pencil, though ^^;

Also, isn't this site MADE for the purpose of Danny's fetish?! (sorry for saying fetish)

Well... Boing Boing, is a more different website where it attracts people from all walks of life. So there would be people that have a stereotype view towards anime and manga.. ...People I know around me have a similar view... but, when they actually sit down and see the story, and concept..... some understand the whole gist of it.. Danny, keep the work the same... that's why DC is so awesome in my eyes.. .. Luckily, with my personality, my friends and colleagues are understanding towards my fondness of anime and manga....

That's a low blow.

The purpose of a blog is to blog about various events in your life. Why do so many people forget that DC.com is a blog?

Some people prefer to use their blog to concentrate on just one hobby while others like to blend in various things in one.

On the contrary i decided to open my blog for Anime reasons and anything related to Japanese culture. As you can see i now have my haters who bash me for having Anime figures. Still i'm unsure how my blog was discovered by such idiots.

I'm sure fellow Wangan Midnight fans like the idea i'm a fan but dislike my taste for Anime. The nasty e-mail i received and post found on a forum from said hater proves it.

As of this month I have to access DC in the office thru some proxy hiding thingy, just to comment or look at pictures. It's my guess that recently DC got into the url filter thingy my co installed due to it's content. sucks for me, but still i hope something can be done? =x

I think there are alot of perverted stuff that surround anime, but I wouldn't say all of it is "creepy" exactly. Anyways, my friends and family often give me a dose of anime negativity.

Yeah. My friends all saw me watching anime one time and asked if I was a pedo. T_T
It was Evangelion. XD lolwut?!

yea, generalization => stereotyping => racism
so, I would have to say, screw the person who said that

No offense Danny, but considering the number of posts about Eroge and Anime like Strike Witches, Kodomo no Jikan (I felt like pedophile after one episode), and Ikki Tousen, the comment doesn't surprise me. I love the figure news and Photo walks, but a lot of the other stuff is a bit much for me sometimes.

Most of my family doesn't care much, except the more ero stuff. (I have several wallpapers that are of questionable appearance, and they cycle every few months or so.) But enough people I've encountered have gotten on my case about stuff.

I think that Pervert and Creepy are ugly words, but I do think that most anime has some eye candy here and there as part of the appealing that can drive people to think this way, if it isn't sexy then it's loli or sort of, but I don't see anything wrong with that, in fact I'm guilty of watching some series just for that 'eye candy' but I'm perfectly fine with it, what is annoying is just the expression used, but I do think that the 'eye candy' IS a important feature for anime.

whatever u do danny...don't listen to them!!!! ur passion toward figure and anime are awesome!

Eh, I always find those sorts of comments pretty entertaining. I mean, even I find some parts of the fandom go a bit far beyond my comfort zone. But you accept that as just part of what the Otaku world is and leave it at that. I mean, I like cars but that doesn't mean I have to like ricers.

So yeah, I can see how "normal" people would form the "creepy perveted anime" opinion if they ran headlong into a site like DC.com without the seasoning that the rest of us have had. Like hey, I used to think the same thing ^^;

Looks like they quickly judge with the whole "creepy perveted anime" stuff. tsk tsk.

BTW, that's some hard work your'e doing Danny! I'm impressed!

I say screw them danny you are succesful and happy with what you do, there will always be people for and againtst things doesnt mean you should chnage to make them happy as im sure you wouldn't change a bit just from a few comments :P

it seems to be the norm and a cool thing to say that anime is creepy and perverted and is cartoon porn..

and i have some friends who watches Bleach and Naruto and thinks this way lol..

Although Brazil has a considerably large so-called otaku community (so-called because much of them are not otaku at all, but that's not the point now), a very good amount of people still think that mangas and animes are perverted stuff. And, to tell you the truth, I bet these people cannot even explain why they think in this way. I tried asking a few times and all I received were poor answers.

Even some channels don't hide that they dislike anime. To have an idea, I can remember that series as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon were censored several times. And last year there was a riddiculous news about a young couple that had escaped home. Summarizing the whole thing: the news made it appear that they have fled because (1) they watched animes and (2) were part of an otaku forum. And when some otakus protested to this nonsense (mostly online), the news called them "defenders of the couple".

Anyway, since otaku is a growing minority around here it is not as bad as it looks.

lol anime/manga/otaku stuffs are only creepy if there's too much obsession about it, just like everything else. ^_^; A person who watches anime and collects anime goodies is just normal, it's just a matter of preferences, but now it's creepy if someone just surrounds himself with everything anime only and just drool over dakimura pillows and lolicon 24h/day lol~

Well, people sometimes might have negative views about otakus, coz in fact there are some otaku stuffs that might give off negative impressions, but then again, this is just like everything else. So why so serious? People who just judges others based on what they don't even know well can just be ignored anyways. XD

Anyways, personally, I guess that DC seems pretty normal (echii stuffs seems minimal), and actually a nice place to wander around, with many interesting things about Japan and otaku stuffs~ X3

So Danny, ganbare~!! XD

DC is great as it is.
I really love your posts, it's one of the best sites to know general things from japan from an human point of view. Plus, i love your dollies :P

Yes, keep this place unique by putting more creepy and perverted stuffs which I think they are not whatsoever ^^;

good thing im not surrounded by them xD

DC needs to get more perverted, not less!

=.= I find it annoying when people thin anime is full of creppy perverted stuff. They have no knowledge of the fact that it has different genres!

In fact, at the back of my bus on the floor it says "Hentai FTW"- I should probably even take a picture and post it here for an upcoming news article I've been meaning to write. I see more and more manga readers when visiting my peer tutoring classes and roaming the halls.

I have never used Facebook or Twitter. Saw some news today about Facebook changing its TOS to claim usage and ownership of all items on its service now. Wonder if that affects you all?

Here basically don't even bother taking about Anime, only things that exist are what is on the local stations Saturday mornings and it doesn't matter if you are young or old don't even bother mentioning it. Some media stores carry Anime magazines. Just added Anime to the firefox dictionary too. . . .

There's probably people like that around here, but I don't really pay attention to them

yeah right...if someone calls this site "creepy and perverted" they should be socked on the head for being an internet noob. there are far darker, creepier and perverted places on the web.

xD Some of my friends think that. It can get annoying at times when they tease me about it, but I don't talk about anime-related topics with those who have no clue about anime, so no big deal. ^^

I call that a hobby not perverted stuff -___-;;;;;

Yeah...words fail me to describe the absurdity of that quote... ^^;

i wouldnt say people i know think anime is perverted or creepy, they mostly just think its a waste of time and childish.. then again most probably havent seen the hentai side to anime. i dont see what their issue is, its not like you are promoting anything unhealthy and everything somewhat adult in nature is catagorised. so if they have an issue, then its their own personal problem and they need to get with the times instead of sprouting silly things

That picture of danny in the stormtropper suit just shouts molester.....LOL

Danny, those are not freaky or/& perverted stuff.
Those are GOLD ITEMS!!!!

All my classmates thinks that anime is perverted, here if you have a haruhi suzumiya figure and your a boy they said that is weird and that is for girls... I hate that but at least all my friends thinks its normal.They only think anime is hentai..... but i think anime is the best actually when i was kid my fav programs were Card Captor Sakura,Dragon Ball, Pokemon, Digimon,Tokyo Mew Mew,etc. i really doesnt like american cartoons.....

Anime... perverted and creepy? No way. Maybe the perverted part I would agree a LITTLE TINY bit(I don't consider it perverted but can understand why people who would think it is)... but creepy? No :3!

People in my country already automatic brainwashed by thinking if "Anime is waste of time and childish".

I mean, what's make regular TV show different from Anime anyway? Just because no actor, just because not a real human show, so what? If they said waste of time and childish, isn't just same like regular TV show?

I'm trying to explain that to people around me, but sadly, most of them still can't accept the logic.

^_^ i think that everyone has their own opinions, though a person not interested in Anime or anything related, would not enjoy this site very much, Creepy perverted anime stuff lol.

i'm a perverted and creepy person myself so... ('~')

My mom would always make me watch my animes in the basement instead of the main family room because the only times it caught her attention was when she got annoyed at the drawn out screaming spirit bomb DBZ charge up scenes. or others of the like.

Where I live anime and manga is either for little kids only or is perverted but I love it so what they think doesn't matter. My friends don't care they just think its different and they'll listen to me ramble on about anime. ^^

Odd comment indeed. Well, DC is all about Japan, and Japanese subcultures...so anime is obviously apart of it. If you don't like it, don't browse through that area of DC. =o=''

I think DC.com is fine as it is. However, I have definitely encountered a backlash against anime. I write about gaming a lot on my blogs, and occasionally about anime. I get negative feedback about anime there too, especially from the Counterstrike and FPS shooter crowd (not all people who like FPS dislike anime, but I'm only writing from my experience).

I used to not like figures as much and once thought wouldn't DC.com be great without all those figure reviews. Now, I totally look forward to them. I think it just takes time.

I like perverted stuff, keep the stuff here! Japan are creepy and perverted in its own way and I like it. Remind me of the culture shock when a westerner visit his first public bath house.

"Why do I need to share bath naked with other naked Japanese guy?"

depend what kind of anime you're speaking >_<

Yea they're around, it's a cultural misunderstanding really. There's a big difference between "oh she's cute" and "I wanna have sex with her! Woo!" People need to grow up.

What an uneducated comment. Creepy is pretty subjective, so I'll let it slide, but the commenter thinks all anime is perverted then I'm curious what'll happen when the bubble they're living in bursts... :P

It gets to me when people automatically classify animes as childish when they have NO idea what animes truly are. There are lots of different kinds of animes(serious, romantic, funny, etc...) but people fail to see that, I guess. It does not lose in any way to what these people watch (tv series, shows, etc...), in fact I think that most of the stories, music, setting, etc in anime are better because there are more possibilities of stories(lots of diversity: science fiction, martial arts, slice of life, mobile suits, etc...), the music chosen in animes are wonderful(most of them), setting is nicely done too. For me, the character/seiyuu combined form an unique character and finally, 2D>3D(that's what I think ^^).

Viva la perversion..... thats to say that nude bodies can no longer be considered art but excessive errotica

i seriously dont see a problem with this site at all lol

Americans generalize anime as hentai except for certain shows that they had exposure with as a kid (Dragonball Z and Gundam Wing). However, you get the slightest criticism when you have something like an anime wallpaper with a female character on it. My friend went looney when he saw most of the main female cast of Code Geass as my YouTube channel wallpaper since he thought it was anime porn (hentai to be precise); as soon as he complained about it I changed it to a Gundam 00 wallpaper and he quieted down ever since.

Ignorants. I like this site...well is one of my preferred sites...Maybe the best..And yeah...there are a lot people, who might think you are crazy...pervert or whatever...

The culprit is the "1%" who voted "Am a person who thinks anime is perverted and creeeeepy"

Readers of DC.com should accept everything on this wonderful site/community. Take time to really fully understand the purpose & core of DC.com, otherwise just kindly leave.

Don,t worry comrades, You Are [NOT] Alone, we are all perverted & creepy as long as we remain as DC.com loyal readers ^_^

hehehehhee~~~~~~~~~~~~~

dc.com DON'T

dc.com DON'T

dc.com DON'T have to change!

people's mind have to change!

Most anime is pervy and creepy. There, I said it. Doesn't mean I don't love a whole lot of it though but some things are really pushing the "maybe this shouldn't be animated," envelope. Panty shots every other frame, boobs bigger than heads, nonstop groping, etc. It is beginning to feel like I am watching softcore p0rn instead of focusing on the storyline.

We are all a little pervertive.

Definitely don't change a thing about the site. I love my "creepy" anime stuff!

my mom always say this to me when I watch anime:

Why you watch this perverted anime?

Then I go o_O huh?? Its just an anime not hentai (she don't know what hentai means XD)

I have 0 otaku friends and pretty much everyone I know think an aspect of anime is perveted or creepy.

2%'s a pretty big chunk of the readership o_O

I personally have never met anyone that thinks the same as the above quote. Or at least no one has ever said anything about it.

Everyone has different views on different subjects, but it in no way means that a person should change the way they do things just because one person doesn't like it.

I find that people tend to think those types of things as a result of ignorance and closed mindedness. I'm willing to bet that anyone that has these kinds of opinions has never actually taken the time to truly experience the subject they are questioning themselves.

I told someone that I watch anime and read mango and she told me it was "immature" I really could care less though, didn't like her anyways

perverted? well pretty much since all the panties flashing and all, creepy? well maybe if you mean turning the anime eyes into real eyes. But I wouldn't care less what those people think, if they don't like the perverted and creepy stuff, they shouldn't have to look at those content and just stick with "a week in tokyo"

More of an acquired taste then anything else.

I'd enjoy the entire internet a lot more if it weren't so chock-full of sanctimonious people who try to justify their own sexual guilt by accusing anything they don't happen to like of being "creepy" or "perverted". But, I'm also intelligent enough to know I'm just another person whose selfish demands don't count for anything (nor should they).

For a second there, I thought Danny was going to delete all the Panchira shots, ^_^;; I like the way the site is, and I'm very glad that Danny made this site. Learned so many new things from Japan through this site as well, thanks Danny ^_^ .

I had a friend in middle school who insisted Sailor Moon was Japanese porn. I hadn't been exposed to much anime at the time, but I knew even then that Sailor Moon's ecchi level was waaaay too low relatively speaking to come anywhere near being thought of as porn. I wonder what she'd think of a much more fanservicy anime. Or an eroge. XD

Well, from what I see of the comments and polls most of us definitely don't think anime is creepy. Big surprise... ^^; Obviously, that stuff is here to stay for DC, and none of the more active and vocal members have a problem with it (or are the cause of it...).

But seriously, guys - it's inevitable that some people will in fact find it perverted and creepy. I introduce anime to my little brother to watch, and I'm always surprised by how many shows I have to pass over because neither of us want him to watch ecchi stuff.

I think I'll just appreciate the fact that the people who DO have a problem with it aren't bash-happy. I know there has to be some flaming that most of us never find out about, but all in all the people who don't like anime come to this site, get what they want (Tokyo photos in this instance) and don't bother trolling orflaming the rest of us.

That's a lot more than I can say for almost any other site out there.

I think there will always be those who think it's perverted and creepy. I have a few relatives who just think it's stupid and kiddy. Oh well, it doesn't really matter to me, they have their own things and I have mine.

Please don't change your site Danny.

I know lots of folks who think that anime is creepy.

They argue that some animes are lolicon material (in nicer sounding words). For example, Elfen Lied, Mahoromatic, Spice and Wolf, Index, Nanoha, Negima, list goes on. All those shows show underaged girls either naked or in sexy compromising positions. I personally don't have a problem with those animes at all but some stuff I've seen in Japan goes beyond what I am comfortable viewing (Comiket had loads of it). BUT, people can draw what ever they like, people can put whatever they want on there webpages (as long as its legal), and I don't have to view it if I'm not comfortable. Very much against censorship and some of the shocking things I have not yet run into in Japan, I enjoy seeing that here. Though, I am very happy to see NSFW warnings about.

Just recently found out that a dude in my class likes moe too, don't know to what extent but he did have a lot of moe images in his laptop. But it seems a few of the guys I play games with has a little of an idea that I am into anime girls since I choose female characters all the time and have a little fun with the game camera with them. Besides that, many other people I know think that moe is weird and must mean that i'm crazy enough to like it. In America it's hard to tell people that you are into moe most of the time in my opinion.
The reason I come to this site is for the moe stuff and some insight about the otaku culture in japan and it seems its very much well more accepted in japan than in america, heck I dont even see any anime promotional posters around my area and everytime I walk into the anime dvd section if theres a person around they give me a weird look.
This is the sole reason for why visual novels will never make a big hit in america.

Heh I sometime worry about my blog being too ecchi, but heck I limit myself because I don't need to go that route to get readers. I do enjoy the eye candy of anime and I don't really care what people say, I just be more discreet around people who I think can't handle it, but if they find out that I like these so-called "creepy perverted anime" then I don't really care. Can't hide who I really am. I have to be myself right?

Doubt you have to change anything at all because your readers wouldn't still be here commenting if they didn't like your site, DC.

Anyway, it depends on the people I meet. My fellow ethnic Chinese or relatives think cartoons are childish no matter how dramatic they are and if you still watch them, you haven't grown up yet. Most don't know about the adult material or only watch the dubbed shows where all the fan service have been edited out, though.

My Western friends on the other hand, think "Manga" when I explain to them Anime is Japanese animation and they think lots of gore. Either that or the first thing that comes to mind is Pokemon and Dragonball =P

I'm studying Japanese at university, so the people around me are well aware of what anime is and isn't, regardless of whether they like it or not. When I was in my first year there were others on the course who looked down on the anime fans because they assumed we weren't serious about the course. Now I'm in my second year, I've proven my dedication and it's not a problem any more.

Move your perverted creepy anime and ergo elsewhere? NO WAY! I love this website because it contains EVERYTHING I'm interested in, in the one spot. I don't want to have to go to different sites for Japan, Anime, Figures, Gadgets, Japan Ephemera and naughty photos of near nekkidness.

For the mainstream stuff, I have yet to encounter anyone who gets creeped out by anime. But once you get into the more japanese specific stuff, then people either become curious or just weird out.

IMO DC is at the limit of what I can take. Dont mind the light ecchi, and ero here and there. As long as we dont get into weird fetishes ie. tenticles.... else i'll get creeped out as well.

Most of the people around me think it's weird and creepy. Most of them associate it with hentai.
I'm not too bothered about their opinions, I never am on regarding other things anyway.
This website is about your passion and hobbies. Everything you type is with joy so splitting anything off onto another site is silly. I love the site as it is now, I'm glad I found this place.

I think only folks who know about eroge and doujin think anime is creepy and perverted

I surround myself with people who have the same interests as I so I don't really have to worry about anyone thinking that anime is creepy or perverted (well except for the stuff that is creepy and perverted).

best thing to say to those people is just laugh at them and pretend to be creepy =)

Ah, the usual "anime = hentai" connection. It's often the same here in Germany. Ask an "ordinary" German about anime and with 90% chance he will answer something like
- "Anime? Ah, you mean these pervert comics from Japan, right?" or
- "Animes are these Chinese cartoons for kids like Pokémon, aren't they?" or
- "Anime? Never heard."

(Obviously the third answer is the best in that case^^; )

Danny, i think be able to post on Boing Boing is an awesome opprtunity, meet new people and make more followers is good. Unfortunatly not all will be otaku as most of us are. Comments like that are back-syde effect of merging with a so vast community like Boing Boing readers.
My advice is to not loose the determination on what you are doing...even under an hevy-rain of evil comments. Separate the site could increase traffic indeed but something will be missing, like the magic, the lovely feeling to be in a place where to find all we like most. For me Dannychoo.com "IS" the portal to Japan, it has all i want and it's perfect.

You are changing the world Danny, don't let the world change you.

Bye

This site simply wouldnt be the same if you dropped all the anime stuff so I'd be well inclined to just ignore these moaners.

oh for Pete's sake!!

::rolls eyes::

broaden your horizons mate. Not everyone is stuck in the same tiny box as you (thankfully!)

DC is perfect as is.

yup yup

Oh yes...completely perverted and creepy... terribly so... not wholesome at all :shakes head:
I love my creepy perverted surroundings. Posters and figures and books and dvds and so much more. Complete perv I am....
*had similar reaction to the eroge vs violent games article*

Sweet jebus these misinformed egits..... I wish they wouldn't just blab their mouth off without having a reasonable knowledge about what they're blabbing about...

There are those people around me, exspecialy the academy i visited till i started my new job.
It was like "woahh porn!!" when i started to watch my anime in the lunch breaks, without them even having seen any of my screen...
So in communication class we had the opportunity hold a presenation about a topic we know well or whatever...
Obviously i picked "Japan & Anime" and had a 20 minute presenation with the result that 80% of the audience got interested in it and watched an anime with me in the following up lunch break on the beamer.
They lost a lot of their prejudices towards anime and i'm sorta happy about that, some even joined up and start to watch anime slowly by themself now. ;)

I hate it when people go "ohhh porn" at ANY given anime... it's sad because in my eyes anime is "art", but usualy i don't argue about it - just a waste of nerves. It's my hobby at all and i can't force others to like it - but hey, i can help them to understand it better and specialy - show that it is not all porn OR creepy stuff. ;)

None i can think of...but maybe is because of stereotype...since my friend has encountered one...

Mhh, I never minded the mix here of anime/figures and all things Japan. In fact it makes the site more interesting to me as it reflects what I'm looking for to read and see, if I had to go to seperate sites it would be less convenient.

And sure there are things here I'm not a big fan of, e.g. still unsure about the Dollfies, but I try to be interested and open minded so why would any of that bother me?
If there's really some article or so I don't want to see, well I simply don't read it, lol. ^^

Its hard being labelled straight away when someone sees you like the Japanese culture and anime.

Some just think, oh you like that "oriental stuff" and automatically think you don't like anything else. Some will pass comment without knowing what anime is. Some will just think you're watching hentai, etc.

Basically, a grown male watching cartoons of moe/ecchi characters doesn't go well with some people. They just think I'm immature, or just plain weird.

Tough to know what to say to these people short of explaining everything.

My mom thinks i'm an otaku just because i love anime / manga / figurine / (eroge)
and she thinks otaku is bad because you automagically converted into some anti-social man.

Its alright to be creepy and perverted in a way where you get people jealous of lols! ^^; *admires at the photo*

Ah.. This..

Recently I commented on a form 1 girl..
Said she was beautiful.
Me friend says its because she looks like anime girls. What?

if the anime/manga/figurine is clean from ero and such...my folk won't say anything

Danny the site is perfect just the way it is, the guy can bookmark the japan portal and he won't see any of the other stuff right?

90% of my friends think that all anime is hentai and vice versa, it doesn't matter how hard I try to explain them the difference, because they just don't get it, lol~

But otherwise I try to keep my passions in myself, because people who don't know me that good, could think I'm a weird if I like something like that. People in Latvia have a different view of life and there aren't that much who are ready to accept the things they are not used to.

I seem to remember a wise man once quoted Bill Cosby "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody"

high tolerance does wonders :)

I usually dont mind the ecchi stuff around since some posts are great too ^^; though commenting on it as creepy is rather...too assuming. Not all anime is creepy while some are but its too much of a generalization for that :(

OVer here, half the country could probably answer "I am such a person"...that is why I love to come over to DC.com in the first place.
I'd even go so far as to say that you *cannot* have Japan without the 'creepy' anime stuffs ^^

Live and let live, people...

hahah, so funny how people think of anime as creepy perverted stuff.

oh well, the world is full of ignorance

anime is not a genre, its a medium

Wow..... Think there really are some who consider animes' creepy.....

I think it's just different hobby for every individual and shouldn't been look at with weird looks.....

haiz.

I already met some of that people, but they usually watching hentai on some hentai portals , so it's not like that they say: "i don't watch anime cause it's perverted!!!"
btw: i felt asleep during watching Zero no Tsukaima ... and then my mother woke me up and said : " You watching this perverted Pokemons again?" ^^
Maybe it's the way how non-involved-in-anime-watching-people are looking on otaku's... they don't understand and because of this they create such a stereotype...

I was told that ALL anime is creepy and perverted, but I don't think so. (though those little airplane girls = yes)
I think giving into people who would want you to separate would ruin the flow of the site me thinks

I usually don't bother trying to explain anime to people who don't watch it. I'll just usually end up saying I'm watching a show. If they know what anime is but only watch shows like Naruto an Bleach then I'll say anime. But it's too much of a hassle otherwise.

This is why i keep my anime addiction some what if a secret, luckly i started Japanese class and met lots of people who are Japanophile.

Danny Choo is fantastic because it has every, Anime and Japanese culture.

People are entitle to their opinion, and us too.

Yes, lots of people around me who finds it perverted or creepy...
But they mostly don't say it to me, since I'm old enough to know my stuff.

I also realize that the prejudice against animes are mostly due to lack of information... it's not that the people who find anime related stuff perverted or creepy because they know it, it's mostly because they assume it is without even having contact with it.

But I couldn't care less. I have no sympathy for people who judge things they don't really know...

HAHAHAHAHAHAA... I had to laugh so hard at that comment.

I have friends that like anime and watch anime, though our tastes in anime differs. i have figures and posters up that i thank Danny for showing me that its okay to own those things and i love my walls now. i have a picture of Yuki Nagato on my phone background that i like and what of it, im not trying to prove anything to anybody and dont give a damn of what ppl think. plain and simple, life is too short to care about what others opinions are of you.

And here I thought I could add another anime to my watch list ;P

People fear what they don't understand. And stupid or ignorant people dismiss things with such hurtful comments as the one above because they're, well, stupid or ignorant. But with broadening your user base comes that inevitable "mainstream" demographic that doesn't handle niche interests well. I've always thought the site was pretty perfect as is, with the exception of a few more recent things like magibon, which probably won't change, that put me off a little bit. And I know this isn't the site's fault, but for a while anime and manga themselves hit a rough patch and I was really tired of being inundated with nothing but moe and sex sex sex. It seems to have gotten out of its funk for the most part, but it was just too much for a while. I don't mind fanservice, but when the bulk of anime becomes like Kanokon I need to take a break for a lil bit.

It's all perverted and creepy, and I likes it.

You are being misunderstood Danny :D

What's the difference between perverted anime stuff and commericials on tv with a suggestive message? Personally, I have a dirty sense of humor and I like the perverted stuff in anime. I have always watched an anime, so, I am used to it. The main reason why people, around where I live, think badly of anime is because they immediately associate it with Hentai.

Well, there are still some of my friends who still think that (almost) all anime is hentai... but I always correct them, I can't help it ^^;
But my parents like it too (my mum even got a Haruhi nendoroid herself ^^). And some of my closest friends are japan/anime/jpop/jrock-lovers too. But some just know that I like Japan, and they accept that.
Some don't even ask any more why I go to Japan, now that I'm going for the fourth time this year, it's like they're already used to it ^^; (and the annual trip to Japan won't change for a few years anyway ;p)

Eeeh, my mother is the reason I started watching anime regularly (she had a bunch of Miyazaki-sensei films on when I was a kid) so I guess she doesn't think it's gross...but I can't say the same for the figures I like/some of the anime I like. She thinks most the figures I want are creepy/perverted OTL.

Teachers/colleagues seem to find it weird. :| Dunno about creepy~

Most of my friends like anime/manga/figures, though, so they don't mind me. :)

Many of my friends think like that. If they only knew that there is more to anime than just that.

I think the people around me don't fare any better... except those with similar interests. However, i do like to point out that we need not be scared of them, in fact they too might have something that we find creepy and perverted. It's up to the individual.

Anyways, be proud of what you like. I AM OTAKU! Banzai~! Banzai~! Banzai~!

I do agree that some of my friend also think that anime is preverted or just plain creepy. But, it's totally different from my point of view. They don't have the slightest clue about anime. They wanna comment base on their limited knowledge. Well, they are all kind of people out there and have different point of view.

Just yesterday I tell my friend to bring the printed anime wallpaper i wanted to school so I don't need to go to his house to get them. After I received the wallpaper [ It's A4 size ] I check all 40+ of them then suddenly some friends gather and I can see some weird face expression. I know what their start to think about.

I have friends who think all anime is is perverted and creepy, and then I have friends who like anime but are freaked out by just mentioning the words: Hentai, Yuri, Yaoi,"Eyes", Dolphin, and much more to that effect. I find them to be out of the norm since they consider themselves otaku but they can have their opinions and I will have mine. But, I suppose, long story short is the fact that DC.com should stay the same for as long as it is running. Never let it change please! =^-^=

I bet even people that think anime is creepy have watched pokemon or digimon or sailor moon when they were little!

I have heard two bad things about anime. The first one is that they are violent and the aim is violence (Pokemon is an example of this). The other one is that the drawings are made of deform people with totally oversized eyes.

I kind of agree with the violence thing but that's not stopping me from watching non-violent stuff. I still wonder about the eyes thing though. I presume that quite a number of people here prefers anime girls to have big eyes (pun intented).

I haven't heard anybody talking about hentai, but I presume that it's because people don't know about it or they do and want to hide that they do. Personally I try to avoid it as I actually think tentacles and stuff like that is kind of creepy.

I sure there are people that think that anime is creepy and perverted around here, but there always seems to be someone that doesn't like something.............. I can think of things and interests right around here that make the worst of anime tame, so what.

At my job have wallscrolls all over my office, various J-posters, figures, etc. People never said anything about it so I guess Ive never had to deal with people telling me Im a perv for liking anime, if thats what they "think" thats something else entirely. Hell, people would come to my office daily just to see what perverted wallpaper I have up. I learned long ago not to care what other people think about me. I like what I like and I will watch whatever I want to watch, ecchi or otherwise. Im married, I have a decent sized figure collection, I have a huge jpop/jrock/kpop/krock collection, and of course, I have a massive anime collection. Do I care what other people say? Nope.

I don't mind people calling anime creepy or perverted (hey, it's true sometimes), but I do get annoyed when I hear people say Japan is like anime. How can people mix cartoons and reality together? Are they that ignorant of other cultures?

don't have any problems with anime. The people around here don't have any problems with it either. Of course the only ones I know of complaining such things either haven't spent too much time watching animes or judges from the few pics they've seen of animes. 2d (anime) and 3d(real life) are basically the same in a sense that both have perverted or creepy materials and there will always be people who like/hate them.

"Phew", you had me worried for a sec, danny. This site is just fine as it is.

Most people around here are so closed-minded and as far from an otaku as you can possibly get, so you can imagine the types of reactions they would have to subjects like anime and manga. I've even met people who think anime is nothing but perverted images such in the instance when I was looking at some innocent anime pictures on Konachan. This guy sitting next to me said I was looking at porn and I'm like, "yes, that's what it is"(sarcastically). I would try to explain but it would be pointless.

My friends are fine with it though, if only because they are perverts too. XD Nah, they like anime also, so they are much more tolerant about the Japanese subculture than most would be, so Im glad.

I agree, Danny ^^ I think if I like it and it doesn't do harm to anyone really, I couldn't care less if people find it weird or judge me because of it... makes it easier for me to know who is really my friend ^^

Blasphemy! Anime is NOT creepy! DX

Isn't there a filter option? If they don't like what they see, leave.

it's not creepy and perverted, it's ART!

not all of anime is but, let's not kid ourselves,there are some anime that can be. That's what I like about anime it has so many genres that you can find just about anything to fit your intrest.

I think anyone who finds anime creepy and perverted should probably look into the american pornography industry, specifically the companies dealing with "animal interactions" or girls with cups. Then come back and tell me that anime is more creepy and perverted than all of that.

Anime have tons of genres and sub-genres made for a specific group or types of people in mind. And not all would fit into a person's preference. Some may be perverted and creepy for others but not to me or some one else.

Besides DC.com doesn't cater to anime alone, it tackles a gamut of Otaku-related topics, as well as bits of information about Japanese culture since Danny lives there. The anime things shouldn't be such a big deal for non-enthusiasts to enjoy this site right?

Some of its creepy, but most of its alright. I guess it deppends on your prefrence of anime is, I love anime and ive only seen a few creepy images. (yoko's been hit in the face with a frying pan... Man that was a disterbing figure. )

(Im a nUb but what does the symbol on Danny's left arm mean?)

DC is the best site for Japan and Otaku related stuff ^_^
There are lots of people here who think that anime is creepy and perverted -__-"'
I'd love to take a smack a 'em buutt i try not to =3

"Photo of me in my office surrounded by creepy and perverted anime stuff (which I lurve to bits) ^o^/"

I LOVE this phrase.

Go Danny Go!! ^o^/

Where I work most everyone either watches anime, is in a rock band, or both. Tech support. We all build our own computers. My dad was the only person I knew closely who just didn't like anime, but he found the visual style annoying, particularly the saucer eyes. He did not consider it creepy or disturbing. Just unaesthetic.

Well, this kind of thoughts is one of the thousands reason why people here are not really enthusiastic with anime and related.
Sometimes I'm thinking quite much about this, not yet taken a survey, but by hypothesis, I think they're just too much thinking on their 'reality', which could lead into many things. Most of them just said "Get real" or if we're on a Gundam or Super Robot topic, they'd say "Those are not real, I wanted to see the real robot". Sometimes I countered them with the crane or digger machine, and said "Those are the real controllable robots" and laughed to them. They just got more confused when I said that it's obvious that those are real 'mechs'~

I have many hobbies. I have enough that most people dislike at least 4-5, or just think the money I spend/spent on them is crazy.

TCGs, miniatures, anime, RPGs, reading... Though people are usually ok with reading, and the disbelief coming just about the amounts..

I'm not sure I understand the issue. Have you been dry humping people in the streets of Tokyo and I just haven't seen the pictures? Did you post pictures of you snogging a dakimakura? I think "creepy, perverted" is relative. My guess is that this is a repressed individual.

Haters should just go away. There isn't anything on DC that is "creepy".

meh I'm a lone ranger when it comes to my hobby/passion for anime/manga. If they don't get you, they don't get you. I'm doing what I pleased and enjoys it very much. How many people can say that they are content with their life? I can ^^

You're exactly what I would hope to be in the future. XD

That pic is just amazing. There's only one perverse thing about it: No higher resolution!

Even my non-otaku friend who is a girl, enjoys reading ur articles and refers to my figures as my daughters ^^; she's probably slowly adapting to the otaku culture... no need to worry Danny!

LOL. DC.com is a blog not a random information site or whatever you call those XD
I salute you for not being fazed with these kinds of comments!

Love your site as it is. This person just has to look in other site if he can't accept your hobby.

I'm not huge on anime and manga, although I follow a couple of series when I have the time, it was the Week in Tokyo series and general Japan photo articles that got me hooked, but I certainly can't say any of the other content detracts from the site. If it's not your sort of thing, you don't have to read those articles.

On the other discussion that's been going on - From my own experiences, the main stigma attached to anime/manga by the people I know is it's 'too childish'. However, that's just generally from association with DBZ/Pokemon etc, and there's really not many people I've known who have really felt that strongly about it. Even my parents, who used to say 'what's this rubbish you're watching now?' every time they'd catch me or my brother watching Dragonball or whatever anime was popular at the time, have pretty much come to accept that it's not just for kids.

Your site is great as it is, and no way 'creepy'; a bit ecchi at times in terms of the figures, but hey, my room is almost as "bad" xD I don't care what other people think, I will live my life the way I like it as long as I'm not harming anyone else.

Just one persons comment, don't let it bother you too much.

different people have different views XD

I find blythe creepy @.@ my fellow female friends find them ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE xD whenever they talk about blythe tho i dun shun from it, but instead i tell them some little things about blythe i might have picked up from some sites i've visited about designer toys and such. You don't have to shun away from things u dislike, but accept that people see things differently as much as you.

They find figuirines pointless tho because i can't dress them up xP differing opinions, but they did share some sites with me on figs and such, and thats how i discovered foo-bar-baz xD

It's a beautiful relationship T_T