Anime discrimination - gets you feeling annoyed

[sparky]

When I was about 11 I saw Akira on a bootlegged video someone got from someone who got from someone else. I was astonished I had never seen a "cartoon" that had blood, violence, ....anything cool in it before.

I still can't understand why the west dose not realize the market out there and start creating some non-disney "Cartoons"

I watched Akira after readign this post to bring back some good 'ol memories

[Acidreptile]

Originally Posted by sparky

When I was about 11 I saw Akira on a bootlegged video someone got from someone who got from someone else. I was astonished I had never seen a "cartoon" that had blood, violence, ....anything cool in it before.

I still can't understand why the west dose not realize the market out there and start creating some non-disney "Cartoons"

I watched Akira after readign this post to bring back some good 'ol memories

But there is non-disney west cartoons!

[Ichirin]

Well i think it's common for other parts of the world are being discriminated actually. Same goes for Europe, American people always see European poeple living on the country side and no big cities. They all think we're just farmers.

[Acidreptile]

Originally Posted by Ichirin

Well i think it's common for other parts of the world are being discriminated actually. Same goes for Europe, American people always see European poeple living on the country side and no big cities. They all think we're just farmers.

Wait you must be wrong!You said "They all THINK we're just farmers"

Who told you that americans think????

[TheFatalBeliever]

Hate to interrupt the person in the previous post, but I did want to say something, haha, as you can see. XD

First off, though, in reply to the person above who I'm too lazy to quote, lol, I wanna say that if you're basing it all off of the 'uncool' factor, stop it. I don't believe in 'cool' anymore. I'm 15 (damn young) and don't believe in being cool in the first place. They're just doing what they want to do because they enjoy it.

Now, back to what I REALLY wanted to say. At my high school, there's almost COMPLETE discrimination against otaku. It's like people consider it some type of disgusting race now. 9/10 people here would say that they would never TALK to an otaku and that they wouldn't even be able to carry on a conversation without somehow getting into a debate about how japanese skirts have evolved in the past four years (direct quote taken from someone i asked -_-). There's an Anime Club at my school, and along with it came the idea for a fucking 'Anti-Anime' club, which was all over the myspace forums for the school.

I've been ranting about this kind of thing for as long as I can remember since I've been into anime for so many years. Same basic argument that kind of revolves around this 'Why can't people be open to ideas from other countries instead of believing America's the best and anything from outside it HAS to suck." Lots of people say that anime's ridiculous, but seriously. Just think of this.

Me: I watch anime. Filled with blood and gore and several other things that you wouldn't consider to be childish, ya know? Rated NC-17 fcking cartoons.

People who say American cartoons are a lot better: American cartoons= most aimed towards CHILDREN. In many arguments people at my school may say Spongebob's better than Samurai X. -_- That's just the saddest thing I've ever heard.

All it is is a bunch of close-minded idiots who, most of the time, are too stubborn and immature to give something new a chance.

Yet again, sorry for the rant. T_T'''' But, God I love ranting about this in particular. XD

[Bea]

Everyone at my school thinks that anime is just stupid cartoons.
I like to draw in manga/anime style quite often but whenever they see it they ask me why I'm drawing pokemon characters. :/
Shows how much they know but -shrug-.
I can't really say it bothers me, THEY'RE the one's missing out on some amazing programmes.

[TheFatalBeliever]

Originally Posted by Bea

Everyone at my school thinks that anime is just stupid cartoons.
I like to draw in manga/anime style quite often but whenever they see it they ask me why I'm drawing pokemon characters. :/
Shows how much they know but -shrug-.
I can't really say it bothers me, THEY'RE the one's missing out on some amazing programmes.

Speaking about Pokemon, have you ever had someone at your school think that ALL anime looks like either it or Digimon? o_o hahaha, that's how it is over here. XD According to them, Beavis and Butthead is ten years ahead of anime in quality of animation, rofl.

[Bea]

Originally Posted by TheFatalBeliever

Speaking about Pokemon, have you ever had someone at your school think that ALL anime looks like either it or Digimon? o_o hahaha, that's how it is over here. XD According to them, Beavis and Butthead is ten years ahead of anime in quality of animation, rofl.

Yeah!!
They all think it's all the same, are they blind or what?
Lmao D: Oh dear...

[TheFatalBeliever]

Most likely the latter, haha. xD

[Ichirin]

Originally Posted by ensoninoue1

Fuck you, That is the reason why America is the most powerful country. What has Brazil ever accomplished for the world, Nothing!!!. Back to the subject, I am a person who does not like anime out side of cowboy bebop, samurai champloo, and DBZ. I can tell you the reason I hate it, not becuase it is a cartoon, but becuase most anime people are geeks and lossers. Most are goths who need to take baths. They are annoying. And By the way, If you are in your twenties in Japan and watch anime, it is not cool and are also looked upon as a loser. I don' make the rules, but Anime=Uncool if you are older.

I'll try to answer that in a language you might understand:

Yo, esse, ya ain't sayin' stuff like that against my homeboys. That makes me go wack, you know wa' sayin' ? I don't think you wanna have my 25 against ya head.