Anime is taking over! Good or bad?

[spike bomb 11]

Over the past couple years here in the u.s, anime has grown at a unbelivable rate and is still doing so. Is this good or bad?!

[:..Darkamist..:]

huh? if you ask me its freakin slow in the process >.> whats being released here have been aired years ago in asia...err...at least parts of asia...

[Malificus]

Over the past couple years here in the u.s, anime has grown at a unbelivable rate and is still doing so. Is this good or bad?!

look, it's nice and all, but I'm waiting for the day when I can walk around reading manga without people asking "why are you reading that backwards?" or telling me I'm too old to watch cartoons!
My parent's have thankfully given up on thier old fav, the latter.

Any way, it's not too drastic since anime first appeared long before you were born. some of the most talked about anime came out like 10-14 years ago. The current fan boost is from kids who watch CN and seem to have the need to talk to me about DBZ and Pokemon.








None the less, anime is getting bigger in the U.S. (along with ALOT ofother countries...)

[DTJB]

"why are you reading that backwards?"

Sigh. Yeah. Only the way I hear it is, "is this printed backwards", from the old ladies at our local book store. Thank God for the knowledgeable and educated employees at Borders.

[Malificus]

"why are you reading that backwards?"

Sigh. Yeah. Only the way I hear it is, "is this printed backwards", from the old ladies at our local book store. Thank God for the knowledgeable and educated employees at Borders.

For me its the "novel-readers" (no offense) people at Barnes and Noble they still scowl every time they have to scan my manga. I am thankful for Suncoast.

[Moonlight Soldier]

Funny story, perhaps an indication of growth of manga actually.

Sitting in my "Survey of 20th Century Literature" lecture here at University, discussing post-modernist works and whatnot, my prof goes off on a bit of a tangent discussion high and low culture.

"How many of you read graphic novels?"

3 of us raise hands (myself included) /out of class of 60.

"A few years ago, these would have been considered low culture comic books, however, they are ascending into high culture as some present diverse social stigmas. They are no longer just comic books."

I hoped she would have asked for an example, sadly she didn't.

But Rock on \m/>.<\m/

[bobbarker31]

I still think it is going to be a long while before the stigma ends. We'll see it end, just that it is going to be a long time.

I was talking to a woman about romantic comedy movies/television series the other day when I brought up one of my favorite "His and Her Circumstances". I just described the premise and some of the things I liked about it. She really sounded interested until I dropped the bomb: the series was animated. It was like I revealed a dirty secret that I was not supposed to mention in polite company.

Anime continues to become more popular in America, but the largest number of converts are still children and teens. The question becomes "will they stay fans as they grow older?" I grew up with a number of anime series being my favorites: Starblazers, Speed Racer, Robotech, Voltron, but I drifted away until college. In college I dabbled in and out of it with Wings of Honimeisse, Macross Plus, and other Manga anime titles.

Then I dropped out of anime for a few years until at the age of 26, when my younger brother shoved the first Cowboy Bebop DVD in my hand. It had just been released in America. It had been a while since I had watched something anime last, but I gave it a try. AND I WAS FLOORED!! I can say now that it is not the best anime I have ever seen, but it showed me the state of the craft had taken great leaps with the music, storylines, acting, and animation. I was plugged back in for good then.

[Warheart]

Over the past couple years here in the u.s, anime has grown at a unbelivable rate and is still doing so. Is this good or bad?!

Here in germany it´s the same, and I hate it. Every little brat is watching DBZ or whatever thinking he / she is the coolest underground kiddie ever born. And someone who´s a bit more into it get´s insulted as "just another mainstream wannabe" or "DBZ fan", it´s fustrating. I really liked the days back when I was one of the only guys who new what the word anime meant.

[Bulghod]

Over the past couple years here in the u.s, anime has grown at a unbelivable rate and is still doing so. Is this good or bad?!

It's not really bad. the bad thing is when people implement stuff in anime and lose more originality (Avatar: the Last Airbender, American Dragon, Most Amerimanga). but that's my opinion.

[someperson]

I can't really say whether it's good or bad that anime is getting a little more attention. I just hope it won't become too popular of a trend. If it does,we're going to have to put up with a lot of wannabes and teeny boppers on the forums.


I wore "leather" wrist bands before the big punk fad became the big thing. Once Avril Lavign (however you spell her name ) became popular, the self proclaimed punks kept implying that I was an Avril wannabe.