What do your friends and family think about your hobby Anime

Sentient Satire · Post by **Sentient Satire** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:56 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:I guess for her the bigger picture is better with a half dozen fatherless kids, than a halfdozen penniless anime-fan friends...

Sister/brother/sister-in-law all see it as my quirk...

My friends at home don't watch anime and don't have much of an opinion on it...

What a sad tapestry you weave. [reassuring hand on shoulder] Some of my associates here (GA) can only appreciate anime at face value if they happen to like one aspect or two about a particular episode here and there. My friends from Tacoma, WA and CT are really the ones of the otaku variety.

Arigatomyna wrote:..., so I prefer the internet associates - I can disconnect and cut them off easier than I can hang up a phone. >.>

X100 on those days you need the convenience factor (i.e. Double-shifts + insomnia and only enough tolerance for 5 minutes of discourse)

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:58 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:I've never been much for having a horde of friends vying for my attention all at the same time, so I prefer the internet associates - I can disconnect and cut them off easier than I can hang up a phone. >.>

But talking on the phone is so much more fun. ;p

Sentient Satire · Post by **Sentient Satire** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:31 pm

flint_the_dwarf wrote:But talking on the phone is so much more fun. ;p

Yeah, I agree... but:

Arigatomyna wrote:I'm antisocial that way.

Well, she had pre-acknowledged it, I suppose it can't be helped.

I forgot to mention, I'd be mortified at the prospect of revealing anime to my ultra-conservative aunt and grandmother. All of a sudden talking about occupational affairs with them doesn't seem so bad [grimace].

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:01 am

My parents are glad that I have found a hobbie apart from eating

Seriously though I've made a few friends because of anime and I'll never regret getting into it. Plus I think it's a good thing i've started reading again, I just cant put down the gto/kenshin/hellsing/berserk mangas.

yumi+chan · Post by **yumi+chan** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:39 am

Well, my sister loves Anime, too. My father sometimes watches Anime with us, but only funny Anime. My mother can't understand why I love Anime...

One of my friends likes Manga and Anime.
Another friend of mine likes Ayashi no Ceres, because I've watched it with her and she loved it.
But my other friends don't like Anime that much.

Sentient Satire · Post by **Sentient Satire** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:53 am

CerebralAssamite, let's not forget that if not for your finding of Anime, then Anime Music Videos by proxy, and then we in turn suffer a shortage of much needed Australian-sent wit.

I think my uncle would be coersable into anime (although not outright fandom) and I have no 1st degree relatives of my generation, so that settles that.

Zero1 · Post by **Zero1** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:29 am

My mum tells me to grow up

Kreuzritter · Post by **Kreuzritter** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:08 am

my friends finding anime such as cool as i
and my parents ^^ hmmm i dont think they are interested in it

Shounen · Post by **Shounen** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:25 pm

Well I have some friends who are in anime as much as me. I've gotten my little brother and parents into anime too.

But some of my firends have a stereotype of anime stuck in their head that prevents them from even trying to watch an anime. They think all anime is a bunch of japanese cartoons with huge eyes dressed up like power rangers that fight and destroy things.

I'll keep working on them...

SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:19 pm

Hakura wrote:My mom thinks it neat lol but every time I show her what I make she tells me to make money off of it lol

my mom tells me to stop using a stupid alias so that in case someone important sees my work they can see my real name. job opportunity or something