Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby hasteroth » Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:22 pm

OropherZero wrote:Not sure if I've replied here yet but I've made A LOT of friends through the anime fandom. From convention circles, to AMV circles to cosplay circles to University anime clubs, I find that I'm constantly interacting with someone through anime. By friends I mean people I see in everyday life =P


That's how I made most of my friends. 'Cept it was from an anime club. Well back in my old school. In my new school I made my first friend through a shared interest in japanese culture, though his wasn't as big as mine :sweat:

The others were simply friends of his then I ended up finding out that the others were into anime and video games and now one of them is slowly reaching the level of otaku Not saying who, but he's a semi-active member of this forum.
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby bonjob » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:53 pm

anime will not be a lonely hobby if you don't want it
to be. you know, i have many friends who likes anime.
so, we discuss each other's knowledge and we're happy
that we know a lot of animes. :D
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby hasteroth » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:03 am

bonjob wrote:anime will not be a lonely hobby if you don't want it
to be. you know, i have many friends who likes anime.
so, we discuss each other's knowledge and we're happy
that we know a lot of animes. :D


I think the problem is whether a person is able to make friends with other fans or if there are even other fans in the area (let alone other otaku)
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby broken_memories_182 » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:40 am

yes I would have to say Anime can make you very lonely. I have met only 1 person in my whole life who liked anime . And because of being a fan I dont have but 1 friend in real life..I guess its just one of those things.. :roll:
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby Taokato » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:36 pm

Anime makes you lonely when lose one's grip on reality.

So like otakus.

You can get new friends at conventions though even if I've never been at one. It'll be the first 'To do' when I finish school.
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby hasteroth » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:39 pm

Taokato wrote:Anime makes you lonely when lose one's grip on reality.

So like otakus.

You can get new friends at conventions though even if I've never been at one. It'll be the first 'To do' when I finish school.


I'm an otaku
I haven't lost my grip on reality.
I have friends.
I just really f ing like anime a whole f ing lot. (Almost 200 different shows so far)
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby Taokato » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:49 pm

You're not an otaku because of you already watched 200 anime :roll:
You're just another fan.

Just have a look at wiki's report. Being an otaku isn't something you should being proud of.

I like anime,too. (^.^)
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby hasteroth » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:30 pm

Taokato wrote:You're not an otaku because of you already watched 200 anime :roll:
You're just another fan.

Just have a look at wiki's report. Being an otaku isn't something you should being proud of.

I like anime,too. (^.^)


Wiki wrote:The term is a loanword from the Japanese language. In English, it is usually used to refer to a fan of anime/manga and/or Japanese culture generally, and to a lesser extent Japanese video games.

The current Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso is an Otaku.


so yeah... How does watching 200 anime make me NOT an otaku?
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby mirkosp » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:52 pm

hasteroth wrote:
Taokato wrote:You're not an otaku because of you already watched 200 anime :roll:
You're just another fan.

Just have a look at wiki's report. Being an otaku isn't something you should being proud of.

I like anime,too. (^.^)


Wiki wrote:The term is a loanword from the Japanese language. In English, it is usually used to refer to a fan of anime/manga and/or Japanese culture generally, and to a lesser extent Japanese video games.

The current Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso is an Otaku.


so yeah... How does watching 200 anime make me NOT an otaku?


You should read everything from a test not just the first line:
Wiki, a few lines later wrote:[...]The term otaku in Japanese usage generally suggests a creepy, obsessive loner who rarely leaves the house.[...]

I wouldn't really be proud of being called otaku, not in the extreme meaning that is the actual meaning of the word.

If you just wanna intend a lighter meaning, then use the word fan as tao said. :|
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby mirkosp » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:53 pm

mirkosp wrote:
hasteroth wrote:
Taokato wrote:You're not an otaku because of you already watched 200 anime :roll:
You're just another fan.

Just have a look at wiki's report. Being an otaku isn't something you should being proud of.

I like anime,too. (^.^)


Wiki wrote:The term is a loanword from the Japanese language. In English, it is usually used to refer to a fan of anime/manga and/or Japanese culture generally, and to a lesser extent Japanese video games.

The current Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso is an Otaku.


so yeah... How does watching 200 anime make me NOT an otaku?


You should read everything from a text not just the first line:
Wiki, a few lines later wrote:[...]The term otaku in Japanese usage generally suggests a creepy, obsessive loner who rarely leaves the house.[...]

I wouldn't really be proud of being called otaku, not in the extreme meaning that is the actual meaning of the word.

If you just wanna intend a lighter meaning, then use the word fan as tao said. :|

Geh, typo, didn't notice it upon preview... >_>"
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby Taokato » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:57 pm

That's it mirk :'D
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby The Origonal Head Hunter » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:09 pm

hasteroth wrote:so yeah... How does watching 200 anime make me NOT an otaku?

Quality over quantity.

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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby hasteroth » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:48 pm

The Origonal Head Hunter wrote:
hasteroth wrote:so yeah... How does watching 200 anime make me NOT an otaku?

Quality over quantity.

/thread
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I never said I liked em all :| About 50 of them I've only watched the 1st episode. About 80 are unfinished but I'm wanting finish at some point. I think i've finished about 40 (mostly short 12 episode ones) and the rest are stuff I'm still watching (seen an episode within the past month).
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby hasteroth » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:02 pm

mirkosp wrote:
Wiki, a few lines later wrote:[...]The term otaku in Japanese usage generally suggests a creepy, obsessive loner who rarely leaves the house.[...]



Isn't that more of a hikikimori? Alot of otaku (in fact most) aren't like that. "Geek" has a similar association but (at least where I come from) we are proud to be geeks. There are only a couple of people at my school who make fun of me for being in otaku, I just act like I don't care (I really actually don't care at all), they're idiots by the way and not just because they make fun of me, they truly are idiots.

And btw I don't find otaku demeaning at all.
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Re: Is anime a "lonely" hobby?

Postby Sukunai » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:31 pm

"And btw I don't find otaku demeaning at all."

In the beginning I would agree.

But if I called you a "fucking pedo" or a "fucking pervert" it would bother you (I would hope).

In the beginning I thought 'otaku' was amusing. But in Japan the term does not equate to our use of the term 'geek'.

I don't mind being labelled a 'fan' but nah, I stopped sanctioning 'otaku' when I finally had seen enough of the actual Japanese mainstream's opinion of what they refer to as otaku among them.

If you label yourself 'poorly' you could just end up being more 'lonely' than you had to be.
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