*ducks blazing arrows from trigger-happy flamers*
I'm not calling ALL anime fans annoying (hell, I'd be calling myself annoying if I did), but through a general observation I've found two types of anime fans that a lot of people seem to find annoying as all get-out: Newbies and OtakuNazis.
I'm simply asking which of those two do you find more irksome?
IMO, I don't actually hate Newbies. These people who have only seen the anime Cartoon Network airs can be easily rescued simply by showing them more variety. Believe me, I've met tons of these people in Orlando who have only seen DBZ and the Saturday Adult Swim. I showed them my Excel Saga DVDs, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and Rurouni Kenshin, and directed them to Animenation.com. Now they're full-fledged, crack-happy anime fans.
The ones who piss me off are the second group, the OtakuNazis (ONs) who hate anything dubbed and/or popular, and anyone who watches said dubbed and/or popular anime. It's especially bad when they declare a certain anime the greatest show ever made, but the minute it hits American television, it suddenly sucks beyond all belief (dubbed AND subbed). I had a friend last year who was like that about Cowboy Bebop. He worshipped the show until Adult Swim picked it up. Then he declared the whole thing the "worst piece of crap ever produced."
What the ONs don't realize is that not everyone has a miles-large bank account, access to a broadband internet connection, or lives in an area that has good local anime shops (I'm fortunate enough to have the third one). Hence, for some poor souls, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim is their ONLY resource for anime.
Hell, I STILL watch Saturday Adult Swim. The only reason I skip Inuyasha is because Kagome's English voice annoys me, and my local anime club (JACO - Japanese Animation Club of Orlando) shows Inuyasha subbed every other Saturday. Not to mention they're further ahead than AS. But I still catch the others, including Cowboy Bebop reruns.
So which group would you guys classify as more annoying? The Newbies or the Nazis?


