Anime

What's with anime. I just don't see the appeal of it. So can one of you animaniacs please explain to me with logical reasoning what's so great.

Everyone's got their own taste. Apparently you don't like it. So there's no reason to tell you why no? I like it because of the action and story. That's it.

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THANK YOU! you are the first person I've asked who didn't just say. "Because its awesome. Durrr duuur derp."

As opposed to cartoons, Anime and Manga are cultural symbols from Japan. They treat anime and manga there like forms of art. Also, you'll find anime that suits many tastes, from the smallest children to adults and stuff. The same people that don't see a point in anime is the same people that will turn old and say that videogames are for kids.

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That's quite a generalization there. I, for one, will always play games and I'm pretty sure everyone will get old.

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Yeah, that was generalization for sure. Specially the "I'm pretty sure everyone will get old" part...Kidding.Maybe that is a hard generalization, but I know some people that turned like this. They were pretty good people until they "grew up"(between quotes for obvious reasons).

I think people who like anime just prefer it over these flash animated pathetic excuses for cartoons that somehow ekes its way off the internet and onto the TV.Watch the pilot episode of Johnny Test then watch the pilot episode of Dragon Ball. Which would you rather watch?

People are taking anime and abusing the style. It gets old and annoying.

MR4Y · #4As opposed to cartoons, Anime and Manga are cultural symbols from Japan. They treat anime and manga there like forms of art. Also, you'll find anime that suits many tastes, from the smallest children to adults and stuff. The same people that don't see a point in anime is the same people that will turn old and say that videogames are for kids.

Only weeaboos think anime and manga are cultural symbols from Japan. They also think Japan is nothing but a magical land of anime, manga, Pocky, and kawaii-ness. Anime is just a fancy word for cartoon, and manga is just a fancy word for comic. And I'm pretty sure cartoons and comics are very prominent in American culture. And how do you know they treat it like forms of art? If cartoons and comics are not art, then neither are their identical Japanese counterparts. Don't think that the majority of people in Japan watch anime or read manga.Foreigners cannot speak on behalf of a culture they do not understand. That is the bottom line.

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Thank god you saved me alot of time. Yeah anime is just japanese cartoon and manga is just japanese comics not some cultural bs.

Born2killx · #9Only weeaboos think anime and manga are cultural symbols from Japan. They also think Japan is nothing but a magical land of anime, manga, Pocky, and kawaii-ness. Anime is just a fancy word for cartoon, and manga is just a fancy word for comic. And I'm pretty sure cartoons and comics are very prominent in American culture. And how do you know they treat it like forms of art? If cartoons and comics are not art, then neither are their identical Japanese counterparts. Don't think that the majority of people in Japan watch anime or read manga.Foreigners cannot speak on behalf of a culture they do not understand. That is the bottom line.

My friend is a weeaboo, and holy shit it's annoying.
He finds it offensive when somebody says "Believe it", or refers to anime as "animoo", or manga as "mango", and other such stupid stuff. He dresses like an anime character too, and acts like a child, thinking life is all sunshine and butterflies like his animes. He's 18. I'm 17, I like anime, but he likes it way to much. The only time I ever see him reading a book is when he's required to for a class, man, I could go on, but that's not the topic at hand, and this guys question has been answered.

I'm a big anime fan, I enjoy it. Dont know how to explain it. I dont think Japan is all anime and manga, plus i've been there before, and had a great time. I have also made many new friends through cosplay :) Waiting for my Ichimaru Gin costume to come, superbi Squalo after that.

well im just gonna go and say that anime is just more than a cartoon,It has a way of touching your soul in a way other things cant,some people may not feel this way but then again everyone has there own opinions and taste so....yanno.

Born2killx · #9Only weeaboos think anime and manga are cultural symbols from Japan. They also think Japan is nothing but a magical land of anime, manga, Pocky, and kawaii-ness. Anime is just a fancy word for cartoon, and manga is just a fancy word for comic. And I'm pretty sure cartoons and comics are very prominent in American culture. And how do you know they treat it like forms of art? If cartoons and comics are not art, then neither are their identical Japanese counterparts. Don't think that the majority of people in Japan watch anime or read manga.Foreigners cannot speak on behalf of a culture they do not understand. That is the bottom line.

Thank you so much, you saved me quite a bit of time.Also for me, the reason I watch anime is because some have great stories. When I think of anime, I think of another way of telling stories. Some are more like Sit Coms that we have here (Baka to test) while others are more serious and more like the Drama/Action TV shows we have (Evangelion to name one, NO its not deep). IDK, I just think of anime as another type of a TV show, just animated.

Evangelion151 · #13well im just gonna go and say that anime is just more than a cartoon,It has a way of touching your soul in a way other things cant,some people may not feel this way but then again everyone has there own opinions and taste so....yanno.

Anime is no more than a cartoon. Heck, anime means cartoon.And all forms of entertainment can "touch your soul". I watched Toy Story 3 a couple days ago and it nearly moved me to tears. (Naruto did not.) It's the content that matters, not what country it's from.Ergo, you are a racist. Oh, and I don't believe in souls.

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Well technically speaking I was fairly sure Anime meant Animation, though I could be mistaken. And I'm with ya bro on the Naru-Toy thing. Toy Story dude, dat ending.

Technically speaking, animeeshon (アニメーション) means animation. Anime is an abbreviation. ::)