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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I don’t think I’ve ever been exposed to either. I mean, I know they exist, but I’ve never watched or read either and none of my peer group does (that I know of)

[–] pugsnroses77 3 points 7 months ago

some romance/slice of life ill indulge in when im feeling down, and also one punch man is great bc it totally makes fun of all the intolerable action anime (e.g. my hero academia aka the most annoying thing ive every watched)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have read very little manga, and my fondness for anime is pretty limited. I enjoyed Maison Ikkoku in college. I appreciated most of the Ghibli stuff I've seen, even if I didn't always just fall head over heels in love with it, and I've been enjoying Delicious in Dungeon recently, as I think it's perfectly suited to the sort of derivative yet bonkers formulas in so much anime I've sampled. I reckon I'd probably like One Piece, but I've never just sat down with it. I don't care for Dragon Ball Z or the Magical Girl Team stuff my daughter likes, and I have no interest in the stylized hyper-violence so many shows seem to exist to portray.

I don't know, maybe I'm just too up my own western ass, but the story beats and how emotions are portrayed just never really resonated with me. It's hard to explain. I don't dislike all anime, but relatively little of it works for me. I do, however, like a lot of western animation with clear influences from anime and manga. I guess I can appreciate it in the same way some filmmakers are "directors' directors" and some musical artists are "songwriters' songwriters." I'm glad people find it compelling and inspirational, but I find I need some of those influences to get syncretized and remixed with other stuff before I "get it."

TL;DR: Not really, but it's not you, anime, it's me!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I like manga, but I dislike some anime. The voices they use for some of the characters are super annoying to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No I love it. Frieren is so good (´°ω°`)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As a German I want to slap someone whenever I hear those fucking "names".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What, like 'dik longinus von overzwanked?'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

No, like "Freezing".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I don't know that I dislike it necessarily, but I'm definitely not into it. I used to watch some stuff on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network when I still lived in the US. I don't think I've actively watched anything since I lived in Japan. I think all I've watched has been sitting next to my wife when she as watching something (jujutsu kaisen or something like that, IIRC).

I tried to read manga for Japanese practice, but I generally got bored with anything I could mostly read and put off by anything I actually wanted or needed to as it meant so much dictionary time (for day-to-day stuff, I can mostly read what I need and I speak Japanese at home, so my level in that regard is decent). An example is wanting to get my HAM license in Japan. So much legal stuff is required for study as well as all the various terms for voltage, frequency, etc. in Japanese. I had a bit more success reading a textbook to get my hunter license for trapping, but it was still quite tough (and I didn't finish since, as it turns out, the place I moved to doesn't have as many critters eating my fields as I thought it might).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Nope. Just the over-indulging fans.

I don't identify myself as an Otaku and I'm not going to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I do.. I can't quite put my finger on why though. Non-english anime are unwatchable for me. I do not like to have to read the subtitles, as I sometimes dose-out.

But even English animes are rare for me. The only one I enjoy is one punch man. I have tried many others but they just don't click with me..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I love cartoons. Can't stand comics, manga and anime. And this is someone who watched DBZ growing up and never getting into despite all my friends loving it. I'm an avid reader and shows like gravity falls are some of my favourites!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I haven't really tried a lot. Bits and pieces look interesting but overall it doesn't appeal to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I love western comics, and cannot stand manga. I love cartoons, and avoid anime. There is nothing wrong with them, I just don't like it. The art style looks all the same to me, and anime feels cloned. Pantheon, invincible, Ark, hazbin Hotel, boondocks, tron, primal, infinity train, all look unique and good to me. Something about my brain just sees the same thing in every anime show.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Never read manga, watched some anime. I don't care for the art style, at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If the story and characters.are good, acted well, and animated well, I like it. If on top of that it's anime, makes no difference.

I don't like comic books; there's my take on manga.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't like black & white comics of any variety. I have terrible trying what the hell I'm looking at without color to break up stuff, especially crowded panels.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That's a big part of the appeal of some artists, they can keep the panels clean while not detracting from the action. They're few and far between, but they are out there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I dislike most of it like I dislike most of any other media be it literature, cinema or music. That being said I can't stand western anime like Avatar and whatnot, also Marvel and DC comics, tried a lot of this shit, it's pretty bad.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The only anime I think is good is studio ghibli, ghost in the shell, cowboy bebop, and similar. That’s top notch. Other stuff that like super giggly is uninteresting. Manga reminds me to stop browsing /all and go back to /home.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I dislike it, because I am not 12.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

I see negative votes, but that is about the target audience.

I still love it, and have been enjoying it for many decades.

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