Fellow nikkas into Anime: Riddle Me This.

[Reginald Noble]

Why the fukk do the majority of American anime fans have the following characteristics:

• Obese (50+ pounds overweight carried in the gut area) OR skinny as fukk and anemic
• Ugly (Unhealthy skin from lack of sleep and nutrition, dull looking)
• Either STEM Major OR low paying dead end job (never seems to be any middle ground here)
• Completely Geeked out (No mainstream interests)
• Sometimes Suicidal, Autistic, Mentally disturbed and more (Just check ***** threads for context and how many serial killers/mass shooters have posted on there)

I was looking for a battle I wanted to re-watch:


(Think Shodai Hokage in Naruto vs Freeza/Cell from DBZ)
In the beginning the Old Man says "Welcome to Your Grave Motha Focka"

And at first found this majin buu disciple looking ass CAC providing commentary on the fight instead (fukk You YouTube and your deceptive screenshots):



Look I'm not saying he is a bad person. But he is what comes to mind to people when they think of people who watch Anime. The reality is that many different people watch Anime worldwide from all different walks of life. I'm not saying expect to have other things in common with people who share a favorite interest of yours. But these guys should not be watching Anime because it is not only fueling a stereotype it is fueling the fantasy world they live in where they escape from reality. And the reality is the dude needs to lift some iron ASAP and more importantly adjust his diet.

Anime is not my only interest. But for a lot of Anime fans it dominates their life and defines who they are. They wear it, buy the outfits, plush dolls and all this other shyt. When I went to Japan and stayed in Akihabara I didn't even go inside one anime store. I like watching it but that's it. I don't live the "lifestyle". I live my own lifestyle. I was more interested in the shrines and hot springs.

My question is ultimately why are there no "Normal" Anime fans? People that have other interests and are not reclusive in nature? Or do they exist but hide their interest in Anime because of the exact point I am making in this post? Oh and don't get me started on finding a halfway decent Woman (physically AND mentally) into Anime. Long story short: You won't. The ones who are into "bishounen" manga are even more delusional than the fat dudes thinking some Japanese bytch in a sailor outfit will ride their baby dikk.

 

[ridingonawhim]

i like this thread.

 

[aXiom]

I watch anime and none of the above listed generalizations apply to me.. and I'm sure they also don't apply to a lot of people in the TRR anime thread.

 

[Reginald Noble]

What I also want to clarify is that these characteristics are perceived as common among Anime fans because the dudes fitting the stereotype are the most vocal on YouTube, online forums and the most VISIBLE in Japanese cultural fairs at least in the Northeast/Atlantic region.

It creates the perception that those who are into Anime or Japanese culture are "Rejects" from American society. This perception also exists in Japan where more of the general populous watches Anime but those who are "Fans" are often categorized or assumed to be social rejects to Japanese society in general.

 

[It is a mystery]

Of course there are regular anime fans.They just won't be as visually obvious as the people draped in anime accessories who are ultra deep into it. Try asking everyday people you know who don't fit the mold of "stereotypical anime fan" if they watch them and some may say yes.There will always be levels of fandom. If those guys/girls weren't obsessing over anime as an escape it would just be something else.

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

Man, what's normal?

I'll break it down simply. A sports fan wears his favorite teams jersey sometimes. Some fans don't, but will still talk sports with you. This is in regard to anime fans. I watch anime at times, but do I go around telling people? No -the same the in case of a sports fan wearing a jersey, sometimes - but in cases I'll get onto the subject and there are people of all sorts who like anime, but it isn't the dominating force in their personality so they don't outwardly broadcast it.

And it's ok, I've met some nice stem students whilst I was in calculus that liked anime and they were really cool people.

You need to stop being so surface based and ignore aesthetics.

 

[DreadBrown]

Its because anime is weird as fukk my g

It attracts weirdos just look at japanese society.

 

[Reginald Noble]

If those guys/girls weren't obsessing over anime as an escape it would just be something else.

These are the anime fans that I don't like. They have an addictive personality and it makes it look like anyone who is into Anime has a mental problem. I mean we are not talking crack cocaine here where it's safe to assume anyone on it is HOOKED and disturbed.

 

[It is a mystery]

These are the anime fans that I don't like. They have an addictive personality and it makes it look like anyone who is into Anime has a mental problem. I mean we are not talking crack cocaine here where it's safe to assume anyone on it is HOOKED and disturbed.

The people that are hooked to the point of being disturbed would be a very small subset of anime fans. Anime has a wide audience. There are plenty of people who watch it, maybe discuss it and KIM but those people aren't going to be the ones going hard at a con or making videos about it as they aren't dedicated to the point of doing that

 

[Kenny West]

Person you're describing is a nerd. There are nerds like that for a lot of things you're into including posting on internet forums

. You probably play 2k, madden or some other videogame but wouldn't take yourself as a self proclaimed gamer. You've probably watched wrestling before but don't be into it like the neckbeards. You use a computer but are not into it like a tech geek. I think the biggest diffrence between the type of person in the OP and a regular person that consumes the media is the self identification with it. I've been reading One Piece since I've been in elementary school but I don't call myself an otaku or go to conventions and shyt. Personal theory but I think a lot of people who self identify with a media consumption hobby like that do so cause of a lack of fulfillment in other areas in life. Same thing with sports superfans. The people you wouldn't expect to be on it don't wear it on their sleeve,

Anyway to debunk your thread without using myself as an example, I used to fukk this chick earlier this year that was a 6 cute petite lil hatian. Somewhat suburban vibe and probably fukks with white dudes. She was into anime heavy, burned through most of Netflix's collection of it. Her favorite movie is My Neighbor Totoro and I smashed as she was queing it up on her tablet after putting her on Jojo's bizarre adventure.

My cousins live in the hood and all fukk with Toonami's present day anime lineup. I was surprised they fukked with shyt like Soul Eater and Attack On Titan before the dub. Hell, pretty much anyone my age (born in the early 90s) grew up watching Dragonball Z or saw Akira, shyt isn't stigmatized like that. The supernerds just have a platform on the web.

 

[Ain't That Something]

I watch and love anime and none of the shyt in the O.P. applies to me.

Weird people are gone be weird people and they have them in every form of entertainments brehs. From Sports fanatic to people that live the life of rappers duck tales every genre of entertainment has OTAKU's or people obsess with the genre breh that's common sense.
Just do you and enjoy what you enjoy without the need to overgeneralize.

 

[Ziggiy]

One of my best friends who I went to high school with was a HUGE anime/video game fan around the time when I was just beginning to explore outside of the Dragonball Z realm. He put me on to alot of anime and to this day I'm a huge anime fan. He fits the "overweight-can't get a girl" stereotype almost to a T. But at the end of the day he's a great person and a great friend.

What I think happens is that, like all forms of entertainment, some people use it as an extreme form of escapism. Think about the themes prevalent in a lot of mainstream anime. The meek hero,whom everybody doubts or dislikes in the beginning. Overcomes all odds and proves himself the "chosen one" by unlocking some special power that only he can harness while a harem of beautiful women with overly exaggerated bodily features fawn over him for 26-50 episodes.


A lot of young boys, whether we want to admit it or night, can relate in some way to the fantasy of being " special" or having some quality that allows us to perform some fantastic feat. Those young men who are unpopular, overweight, or awkward might cling to this fantasy because watching 26 episodes on a television screen is easier than getting up, working out, eating healthy, and developing the proper social skills to woo a woman.



There are actually a LOT of what you could consider "normal" anime fans, including me and my brothers and sisters. Anime has something for everyone.

 

[Ain't That Something]

One of my best friends who I went to high school with was a HUGE anime/video game fan around the time when I was just beginning to explore outside of the Dragonball Z realm. He put me on to ally of anime and to this day I'm a huge anime fan. He fits the "overweight-can't get a girl" stereotype almost to a T. But at the end of the day he's a great person and a great friend.

What I think happens is that, like all forms of entertainment, some people use it as an extreme form of escapism. Think about the themes prevalent in a lot of mainstream anime. The meek hero,whom everybody doubts or dislikes in the beginning. Overcomes all odds and proves himself the "chosen one" by unlocking some special power that only he can harness while a harem of beautiful women with overly exaggerated bodily features fawn over him for 26-50 episodes.


A lot of young boys, whether we want to admit it or night, can relate in some way to the fantasy of being " special" or having some quality that allows us to perform some fantastic feat. Those young men who are unpopular, overweight, or awkward might cling to this fantasy because watching 26 episodes on a television screen is easier than getting up, working out, eating healthy, and developing the proper social skills to woo a woman.

In that way I think anime especially harem anime is setting up a lot of these nikkas for failure. I mean these animes where the meek nice nikka get a harem girls is setting up nikkas for failure in the real world if they think that's how they gone get chic is being nice

I mean a lot of them are fun but nothing to draw from

 

[Reginald Noble]

In that way I think anime especially harem anime is setting up a lot of these nikkas for failure. I mean these animes where the meek nice nikka get a harem girls is setting up nikkas for failure in the real world if they think that's how they gone get chic is being nice

I mean a lot of them are fun but nothing to draw from

It is very dangerous in my opinion. Look what it did to Japanese guys with the tendency to already become herbivore and reclusive. It just made them even more likely to be a recluse because after watching so many of those your brain becomes reconfigured literally.

10% of young Japanese Men today aged 18-24 have some form of mental problem brought on by improper socialization. Here we have autism and aspergers over there they have hikkikomori disease which even has it's own anime series on the topic...

 

[Ziggiy]

In that way I think anime especially harem anime is setting up a lot of these nikkas for failure. I mean these animes where the meek nice nikka get a harem girls is setting up nikkas for failure in the real world if they think that's how they gone get chic is being nice

I mean a lot of them are fun but nothing to draw from

Nah breh that's like blaming rap music or violent movies for the problems in society. fukk all of that.


At the end of the day you have the PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to navigate between reality and fantasy. The harem anime cliche is fun and all, but ain't NOBODY in society besides the entertainer, mogul, athlete living that type of life. If you are going to allow a cartoon to warp your view of the world to the point where it damages your psyche then that is all on you.


Like I said I love anime, but at NO point in my young teen years did I think that I was a special individual born to pilot a robot, save the Galaxy, and come home to 7 women who'd spend all day fighting over who was going to hold my hand lol