I love anime though. I've been watching Code Geass on ANN. "Gather around the good stuff" comes to mind.
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oteiku: asine anime "fans" characterized by loud voices and stupid arguements to justify thier self centered behaivors. They think otaku are the cool kids of Japan (xD) and can't pronounce the word (hence the name). They sit around the floor of Borders and sound exactly like the people in that ad.
Vic's fanbase: I chatted with him in an elevator, pretty awkwardly since I don't watch dubs, but it was a refreshingly calm and intelligent conversation... untill the doors opened. I can still hear the squeals and shouts as Vic
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wow...just wow...
sadly, it's all true ^^;
And I thought that anime could be a way to engage westerners to explore another culture...how wrong I was if they look only at the pop culture without really understanding why the locals like it (I never saw a DDR game while I was in Tokyo, nor Ramune in a vending machine). But I guess learning about another culture in depth (or anything beyond the sanitized version you see at Epcot) is not what American youth wants...consider the popularity of Survivor while The Amazing Race always seems like it's on the verge of cancellation...P.S. I like Epcot, but I still plan on visiting those countries in my life to really learn more.
One thing that really made my trip to Japan special to me is when we took a shinkansen 2 hours north to a Iwate onsen ryokan. We got to see a lot of beautiful rural Japan and unique museums and shrines. Tokyo was awesome but visiting Hanamaki was a true cultural immersion.
Anime is a good tool for cultural bridging but a lot of fans forget its not the only thing that makes Japan what it is.
Kinda makes you wonder how anglophiles in Japan think after watching the latest American film, tv show, music video, etc...
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