You look down on someone who enjoys something you've admittedly never even properly looked into?

I see.

anime is for homos

I think you're a raging cancer on 4chan.

4chan was founded on otaku culture. All people who have zero interest in it should leave.

I fucking love animu.

I came here for the /h/ and the /e/

A lot of it is bad. Very bad. But there's some good shit too. Like Naruto.

Several years ago, I watched a whole bunch of anime series.

I don't really anymore.

dbz was ballin. but that's about it.

in fact, i refuse to call anime, anime, and manga, manga. they're fucking cartoons and comic books.

if you like em...thats cool and all....but fuckin, dont act like theyre fuckin masterpieces. cartoons and comic books yo.

I used to be really into it, but not so much now. However, some of my favorite movies/TV series are still anime. Generally, if I hear someone is into anime, I try and steer clear, because alot of them just want to talk about NARUTOS all the time.

I used to hate it, but I've come to realize that it's a drawing style, and not a genre, so it's dumb to assume it's all shitty like dragon ball Z.

I only came for the raids at first.

I don't hate anime, but i don't have any interest in it either.

I've seen a couple of anime series (FLCL, Death Note) and I kind of like Japanese culture. That's it, really.

I used to be way more into it, but the majority of anime/manga fans piss me off. Most of it seems very cookie-cutter now, anyway, which is a pity because there are a few good shows out there that are worth the time to sit down and watch it.

Naruto is not one of them.

Get the fuck out of here, normalfag. 4chan was better off without you.

Enjoyment of anime hinges on whether you find anime girls attractive or not.

If you don't find anime girls attractive, it would be a lot harder to watch anime.

For me, just watching a scene of dialogue is orgasmic because of the hotness of the girls.

I don't have any interest in anime whatsoever. Japan seems like a pretty cool guy, but I don't obsess over the entertainment business of a country that I'm never going to visit.

All in all I've visited this site over the years for the lulz and because it grew to have more boards to cater for different tastes.

I tried to watch some of it. It's so fucking mind numbing. Japanese people try so hard to be deep and it just fails. All the emotion is so poorly done. The animation itself can be interesting sometimes, but usually it's just boring.

The best thing about anime is when the white man spoofs it with better dialogue.

>>6507657
Pinfuly obvious troll.
Try Cowboy Bebop.

I'm into the otaku culture for a long time. I actually came to 4chan just for the pictures on /c/. But then I visited the other boards such as /v/, /cgl/, and /a/.

Even though /b/ makes most of the news of 4chan, the entire website is based on 2chan and a sizeable proportion of the 4chan website consist of image boards of Japanese culture or of otaku culture in America.

It's a form of medium and like any medium it's pretty much impossible to say you hate all of it or all of it is horrible. Although I disagree with many Japanese values such as their forced collectivism, their xenophobia/racism, their denial of their involvement in WWII and their sexist views about gender roles in society, I still enjoy some of the animation they produced. For example Death Note or Fullmetal Alchemist.

I occasionally watch anime, but I'm not a weeaboo, and have no connection to it other than some stuff on my computer and MUSHROOOM HUNTAAAANNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG

love the faggots who think they belong here since they like anime or other weaboo shit. These are the same people who make 10 threads a day about being friendzoned and hate all women.

therefore, you kids need to grow up and stop watching cartoons.

Try Perfect Blue

I'm quite a seasoned animu watcher, but I steer clear of fans irl. Most of them are fucking nuts, especially the female ones.

Used to be insanely into the Anime a few years ago, these days I barely watch it. I'm teaching myself Japanese, but only in the same regard that I'm teaching myself French and Latin, not because OMGANIMU etcetc.

I enjoyed Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z as a kid, and there was recently a action-comedy anime I caught an ep of that I enjoyed, but I can't remember the name. Maybe Desert Punk or Desert Boy or something?

But other than that, yeah, I see anime as highly overrated.

i've never watched an anime, nor do i know anyone who watches them.

I split my time between /r9k/ and /a/ if that answers your question. There are plenty of decent anime out there, but you'll never heard about them in a place like /a/.

Anime I'd recommend for adult, non-anime fans:
Golgo 13 - Japan's answer to James Bond
Bartender - No need for an explanation
Baccano - 30s mafia gang wars on a train
Black Lagoon - Modern-day pirates in Indonesia

I have never even seen anything anime related, nor played any JRPG's more than 5 minutes straight.

I also look down on people who enjoy them.
Good to see I'm not the only one.

I have only watched 2 anime series. For some reason I spend most of my time here and on /a/.

My friend had me watch DBZ and Pokemon a few years ago. I thought it was the most childish bullshit I had ever seen. A couple years later, I tried Inuyasha and thought it was fucking horrible. Then I see tons of clips of anime that looks like Lucky Star and I've seen enough of it to know that it is not meant for adult men that aren't pedophiles.

I see it as any other genre of art; there is a top echelon that can impress people or draw them in to the genre. If you can enjoy anything worse than that, then you may have interest in it. So there may be a series or two of anime that is watchable, but as a whole, anime is fucking stupid and I have no respect for people who watch it.

>>6507821
shit, I'm an anime fan and those are some of my favorite ones lol. Guess I'm not really fitting of your typical otaku... I don't egven have a waifu.

I'm not really even clear what anime even means. I think it means japanese cartoons. If that's the casre the only one I've ever watched is Cowboy Bepop and that was ok I guess.

Words I don't know:
Weaboo
Naruto

That is all

There is anime out there that is not for children or paedophiles. It's just hard to find. When you find it, it's often pretty epic.

>>6507926
there are some anime series that are enjoyable (as you mentioned), so why do you look down of those who watch it? Yes anime, being mass produced HUGELY (like 100 titles each month) is going to be shit, but what about an anime fan who watches 'good' anime (not inuyasha/pokemon, etc.)?

>>6507636
I don't have any interest in them.

Watched DBZ and Tenchi Muyo when I was younger, but I just thought of 'em as cartoons, nothing more. Still think they're great but I couldn't give a fuck about anything else.

I watched Bleach up until episode I don't have time for this shit. I'd rather watch sitcoms but have nothing against anime.

I look down on people who enjoy bullshit "deep" shows like lost and that crap 4400. I've watched a few whole series of anime in my teens and played some visual novels. I'd say I enjoy and consume western and japanese entertainment equally much. Visual novels are my favorite since they're a lot like books but with choices, consequences and sometimes voiced dialogue (which I don't understand but it helps to convey the emotions and state of mind of the characters).

>>6507968
when i watched dbz, i hadnt even heard of 'anime' it was just another fuckin cartoon like any normal kid ;\

I'm fine with all the people who don't watch anime (I think that's become a majority of 4chan) but I don't understand why people look down on people who do watch it. I hate deviant art yaoi gobbling LOL KAWAII DESU LUCK YSTARRRRRR WAIFU fans too, but... uh.... 40%, I guess, aren't like that. 40% is a lot (not the majority, but still significant)

Watching anime for years made me gain a lot of respect for the japanese. Most people who dont like anime simply haven't given it a chance. There are many genres of it just like movies, you gotta find whats right for you.

There are some mind-blowing/melting philosphical and psychological anime and manga out there that require a certain level of intelligence to appreciate and understand. A good start is Neon Genesis Evangelion.

>>6507940
Weeaboo:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=weeaboo
http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF071-Weeaboo.gif

Naruto is some anime, never it watched in my life.

yeah I stopped watching cartoons when I was 12 you guys need to grow up.

inb4 someone says anime isnt cartoons or its art or some shit. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA enjoy being a virgin

I don't watch anime anymore, but I do read manga still. I've been delving into Gekiga, reading works like Lone Wolf and Cub. It's pretty good stuff.

>>6507992
>implying Lost isn't deep
>pic related

>>6507999
because you're watching a cartoon and taking it seriously?

A lot of anime is just bad. But there's some enjoyable shows out there.

I think Death Note, Cowboy Bebop, Hajime no Ippo and 5 Centimeters Per Second are good tests to see if anime is for you. If all sucked ass in your opinon, then anime is probably not for you.

>>6508010

Helpful. TY

Wapanese

>>6507636
>Akira
Manga was better.

>>6508009
>A good start is Neon Genesis Evangelion.
HELL NO. Eva is, at it's core, an anime about anime about anime. (Anime characters most specifically.) Don't watch it unless you've seen a ton of other anime.

ITT: a bunch of fucking normalfags who think that watching anime means you are a weeaboo and obsess over japan and love every anime show and have no standards about it, and also have no interests outside of it

your pretentiousness and presumptuousness is worse that the most annoying otaku faggot from /jp/

I watch anime because it's free and I suck at video games

I'm neutral on japanese culture

I'm positive on japanese porn

Same situation as you, OP, don't feel bad about the neckbeard weeaboos insulting you.

The only anime I've seen more than 1 episode of is FLCL. I can't stand watching them, nor reading Manga. And most of the American fanbase for them is retarded.

I'll eat the food and sleep with the women, though.

If you don't have a waifu, get the fuck off of 4chan.

>>6508022
vdfvs

>>6508051

Hajime no Ippo has given me so much inspiration. It changed my life. I actually got off my ass and started working out at home and visited /fit/ started eating healthy, eventually started going to the gym. So yeah, if anime got me out of being a loser, then who was anime?

>>6507821
>Anime I'd recommend for adult, non-anime fans:

Where the fuck is Monster on that list. If it were live action, Monster could have been on fucking HBO. Easily on par with The Wire, though certainly different from it in many respects.

anime is still awesome as shit! just that all the ones that are popular in the states are shit and are backed up by a shitty fan base

>>6508117
GOD THAT MAKES ME ANGRY

So why are you guys posting here? There are millions of other forums that have nothing to do with Japanese culture or anime. Go there.

>>6507675

I honestly grew out of it in my late teens.

>>6507966
To be honest, it was just a lazy generalization. There are two types of anime loving personalities that I've run into that I hate.

- The super chibi ^_^ folk that go O_o?? when you mention an obscenity or a joke that goes over their head.

- The backlash against the mainstream fat and/or neckbearded aspies that, again, don't know what a joke is and have "I HATE AMERICA" embedded in their brain. The last guy I talked to like this was also a LARPer that did nothing but complain about his job and life and people, always in a cynical tone.

practically everyone who watches anime is just like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGD-mFTY6mw&feature=related

Thats why we hate you faggots

>>6508049
watching a cartoon, but not taking it seriously. just another form of entertainment.

guess i don't belong to that 'group' that classifies a member as obsessed over anime, but hey, everything has fans i guess

mootblox
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

That is all.

3a8ajn
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (old war politics and society)
Ghost in the Shell Stand alone complex (modern and future war and politics)
Gurren lagann (fuck yea awesome)
Clannad after story (modern tears)
Cowboy beebop (stylish bounty hunters in space)
Infinity ryvius (psychology and tribal psychology)
Spice and wolf (speech and economics)
08th ms team (war psychology and happenings)
now and then, here and now (perpetuity of evil)

Watch em, some of the best media to ever come into existence yet.

Dont like anime? to each his own, we all have different tastes.

Hate anime and anime fans? then you yourself are a pathetic waste of life who is a bigger loser then the people you hate so much. Eveny single person thats thinks they are on a higher level then someone for not liking anime is usally a failure at life just pretrending to hate something to make their life seem less shitty; and some anime 'haters' deep down actually like anime and are just to insecure to admit it.

So you OP are basically just a big pile of human scum, but i dont need to wish any bad things apon you cause chances are your life already sucks to begin with.

>>6508072
Fuck you, I'm >>6507867 and I have been in 4chan since what it feels an eternity and I'm still a 23 year old kissless virgin. I just don't like the japanese and I never will.

I'm sure many know that anime is not perceived to be cool and are just aping that reaction.

Some I know genuinely dislike it for whatever reasons.

Me? I like it. And I'm a normal-fag. I don't talk about anime in public unless someone mentions it and then I'll casually comment. And then it's always interesting because you wouldn't guess they like anime.

Anyways, while most anime watchers are greasy, unkempt, neckbeards and generally hideous weeaboo women, there are normal-fags that enjoy anime.

Weeaboos who say they "like anime" are the same as fags who say "they don't like anime." Both rely on some bizarre-ass notion that anime has some sort of common defining trait other than being animated and coming from Japan. While there are common recurring kinds of anime (fighting shounen, harem) there's all sorts of other shit that can't be characterized under a blanket generalization at all. Even more so with manga which is significantly more prolific in production.

It's like saying "I don't like movies" because for you movies = chick flicks and shitty action flicks.

I came from sa to troll long ago. But I actually stuck around for some of the boards. I dont come here as often anymore now that /n/ has been raped. But I do poke around. I actually enjoy setting up shop in games with bros more then I do with the goons, surprisingly many bros I meet that actually stick with the games we try (especially mmo's) are more fun and actually behave in a manner more consistant with how I like to behave in online games. (Mature to the outside world, guild oriented rather then being selfish)
Dont get me wrong, goons can be fun too, but they engage in circlejerk behavior constantly whereas the bros really do just want to play a game usually.
PLus sometimes /b/ comes along for the ride which always adds an interesting dynamic.

And I still enjoy lulzkilling doubleagent bullshit on /b/ raids. God the paranoia is fun to exploit.

I dont actually think much of Japan except for the hilarious aspects of its society, and I am too old to have even ever uttered the word "Anime" in real life. They are all "cartoons" to me, and I find jap cartoons to be joyless uninspired exercises in cultural masturbation.

It's ok to call anime cartoons, but cartoons can be cool, too

They're all just mediums of entertainment. It can be just as good or just as bad or just as DEEP or just as stupid or just as boring or just as entertaining as any other comic, tv show, book or movie. Yeah, most of it is shit, but most of everything is shit.

Its fans are pretty bad, but whatever. It doesn't stop me from enjoying my cartoons.

>>6508137
If there wasn't a place on 4chan for people with zero interest in anime to thrive, they naturally wouldn't visit.

There is as much good anime as there is good American TV, as there is good British TV etc. etc. The problem is separating the wheat from the chaff.

Pointing to Pokemon and Lucky Star and saying "That is typical anime" is equivalent to pointing to the Barney Show and Hannah Montana and saying "That is typical American TV".
Popularity /= quality.

>>6508153

Stand Alone Complex should be required watching for 4chan.

>>6508246

Nah, Welcome to the NHK should be mandatory for 4chan

>>6508230

comparing anime to American tv BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

yeah you are exactly right. except american tv is actually good. We have cartoon network thats probably right up your alley.

>>6508258
You might wanna reconsider, Channer.

>>6508258

SAC is a better story, frankly.

No particular interest or disgust or anything towards animu, but I do think japanese girls are hot, atleast in porn.

I have zero interest in Anime. While I'd like to visit Japan, that is where my interest ends.

I've watched anime, it's fucking gay.

>>6508276
>>6508274

Purely for the subject matter. You know, guys that never go outside or do ... anything.

hate anime, weeaboos and all that shit. used to watch pokemon when i was like..8?

>>6507636

I walk the line between weeaboo and normal. I get into an anime once every couple years or so, but I don't obsess over them like some people I've encountered. I read manga once every several years, though I have yet to finish reading one. I have a thing for Japanese cityscapes and scenery, but then again, I have a thing for non-Japanese cityscapes and scenery as well.

Above all else, however, I've been an avid listener of Japanese music since 13 (now 19). Thing is, my tastes in Japanese music go beyond the music of Anime and Video Game soundtracks, and I've explored various other genres of Japanese popular music. Then again, I also listen to significant amounts Arabic pop, assorted Spanish and Latin-American Music, and American music of course, among other music.

Oh, by the way OP, check out Cromartie High School. The entire series uploaded to YouTube, at least as of a year ago, and it's pretty damn good.

http://www.youtube.com/manlytree

With all that said, I didn't come to 4chan to discuss anime or Japanese culture, and I don't discuss anime or Japanese culture on 4chan. Nor do I really discuss anime or Japanese culture anywhere for that matter.

I've been posting here for 2 years,and I fucking hate anime or anything coming from Japan.

1: Watch Legend of Galactic heroes
2: Realize anime *can* be fucking amazing, but almost never is
3: Stop watching anime because you've seen all that really matters of it.

I used to like it a lot but hardly have time for it now. I sometimes watch with a friend but never anything on my own these days. I read a lot of manga too, similar situation now though, only keep up with a few series.

>>6508261
>dismiss arguments rather than refute them
>sound like a jackass
>satisfaction in ignorance

>>6508261
Here you go. An anime better than 95% of American television. A rarity indeed, but there are series out there that are excellent.

Eh, well, I studied Japanese cuz people said it was hard, it's not, but I try to keep up with it in case it would ever be something useful for a job. So I watch anime once in a while to hear the language spoken, but that's it.

I'm an adult therefore I don't watch cartoons or anime.

Sorry kiddos.

>>6508171
What the fuck is Clannad doing on that list?
Oh well, I'll overlook it since the rest of the titles are awesome.

>>6508298
>>6508298

>likes anime
>likes manga
>likes japanese cities
>likes japanese music

>tries to pass himself off as not being a total weaboo

ooooooooook whatever you say buddy

Stop right there impostor.

>>6508279
Can't say I agree with you. Japanese female voices are cute, but they're all flat-chested with bushes like wolverines.

I watched Densha Otoko. Other than that, I don't watch any anime or read any manga or anything.

Does that count?

>>6508230
Those are bad examples.

If I had to give better ones, I would say CSI and Two and a Half Men. They are typical, and they are absolute shit. If you watch them, you're dumb. If you watch Pokemon, you're a dumb pedophile. Scientific fact.

great characters or greatest characters?

tachikomablox

I have watched a couple anime series but I never bring it up in any conversation and I don't mind people that are all nerdy about it. I mean it isn't so bad as to be an abomination in my opinion. It is fun to watch sometimes. I love watching anime where they show people who aren't Japanese in them. The stereotypes of foreigners that anime has is hilarious.

The people I can't stand are the ones that have never actually experienced the things they claim to despise.

Basically, lemmings.

It's this groupthink mentality among young people that is so disturbing. "Oh so and so thinks this band is bad -- I respect so and so I'm going to say they suck"

Sigh. Learn to think for yourself.

>>6508401
especially loved this part.

>>6507657
>But there's some good shit too. Like Naruto.
>Like Naruto.

wut

>>6508401
Only in the original Japanese language track

Didn't like the dubbing choices for GitS:SAC at all

fuck you, gateway

szm403m4mns

>>6508298
What kind of Japanese music do you like? Just curious, I'm familiar with a lot of it but like to hear new things.

Anime's pretty diverse, I find it hard that someone wouldn't like ANY of it, it's a bit like saying you don't like films, but whatever each to their own, I'm not a massive anime fan myself.

As for Japan? No, I don't care. It'd be a cool place to go one day I guess but that's about it.

a3j85nzh

Im glad many of you faggots don't like anime, the last thing we need is a bunch of braindead retards like you guys on /a/.

>>6508460
Not him, but two of my favorite bands happen to be Japanese so I thought I'd throw the names out:

Koenjihyakkei
Ruins

>>6508481
>posting lucky star.

>>6508481
That is possibly the most resentful yet least insulting remark in this whole thread.

"That's okay! We didn't want you in our pouty, virgin, misanthropic club anyway! BRB while I write a sixty page essay on why Sasuke's hair isn't orange."

>>6508460
What the fuck man. /r9k/ is mine.
gb2/mu/

>>6508492
Yeah Tatsuya Yoshida is amazing. The second track on Angherr Shisspa is one of my favorite songs ever. I don't really listen to much Ruins, just some songs that have a good melody.

>>6508520
I probably listen to a minority of Ruins songs too, but that's only 'cause there are so goddamn many on an album usually. I love the textural quality of them though.

Rattims Friezz is pretty fucking amazing though. I really like the guttural vocals on Gepek.

>>6508503
The reason why I love posting lucky star is because it makes normalfags hate anime, they just look at Kagami and think "wtf this is so gay, anime sucks".
If I posted something badass it'd make them wanna give anime a try.

>>6508507
I really don't want your kind there, you're the cancer that killed /b/ and that created this abomination named /r9k/.

The does the fact that it's impossible for me to only listen to these songs once after playing through them make me a weeaboo? Or just a fag?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7MHZpSNJQc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT47mdE7qY4 (This one makes me a mega faggot .... COOTAY!)

God damn, you guys fucked me over with those K-Pop threads.

i worked for a company that would take furniture and belongings shipped from japan and move it into their new houses in america (nippon express). this is where i learned to dislike japanese people. in my state you are required by law to wear shoes while moving someone into their house. god forbid if you should wear shoes into a japanese persons house, even if you are carrying a 500 lb dresser. also, they are very racist and don't trust americans.

as for anime, i enjoyed afro samurai

>>6508563
I would post on /a/ more if I had time to keep up with new series still. Stuff I like isn't talked about as often anymore, also it seems like every fucking thread gets spammed these days.

Anime is for Phonies!

>>6508563
I go there almost every day, soooo...

I actually fucking hate anime.

anime weeabo fagot lol nerd

>>6508605
>>6508583
It's ok, I just wanna keep as many normalfags scum away as possible.

>>6508357

The way I present myself in the real world, I'd be the last person anyone would expect to be a weeaboo. And of the people I know, very few are even aware of it.

>>6508460

Nowadays I'm exploring the popular music of the 1970s and 1980s (particularly EPO, Taeko Onuki, Akiko Yano, Sugar Babe, Yumi Matsutoya, Matsuda Seiko, related acts, etc.)

If you're into Jazz or Hip Hop, though, I'd recommend the music of Hydeout Productions and its associated acts, since it forms the bulk of my collection and thus the majority of the "Japanese" music I listen to. It involves a lot of Japanese-American collaboration though, so it technically may not be considered "Completely" Japanese.

I also at times listen to Utada Hikaru, and Shiina Ringo (and Tokyo Jihen), and Fantastic Plastic Machine.

I watched a few anime? Anime's? when I was a kid, like DBZ, Pokemon, etc.

It was just like any other cartoon I watched, I enjoyed it as a child. Now I find watching anything un-realistic (to be more clear, unrealistic as in how the characters are portrayed/act, or how someone would actually react to certain events. I understand people are different, but damn most have a set course of reaction to something when it happens) more of a burden, and displeasing to my tastes, I still dabble in it on occasion.

>>6508652
I would think by definition normalfags wouldn't post on the anime board. Although I have seen Mirrored posting there before which I thought was funny.

how can this not intrigue you.

I used to be really into it when I first actually got into it, but I realized that a lot of it was samey, despite who created it. Like, there are some good, unconventional ones, but there's really not much else that's good out there.

I gave up when I realized it's really hard to find a good one. Plus, America ruins it. Especially the American fanbase.

As society lost its ability to act, social life and culture trod the road to decadence..

>>6508726

I dunno man. These people mystify me.

Psychedelic/surreal anime for those interested. No "kawaii" shit (with the exception of Bakemonogatari):

Paprika (HOLY SHIT JUST GO DOWNLOAD AND WATCH THIS NOW, IT IS TRULY A MASTERPIECE)
Serial Experiments Lain
Texhnolyze
Ghost Hound
Kaiba
Bakemonogatari (every other SHAFT show is equally drug influenced but this one is the most)
Gankutsuou
Mushishi (more "art" than psychedelic, this show is still a masterpiece I felt the need to mention)
Cat Soup

Anime about a shut-in like yourself (also has some psychedelic elements, very depressing though so don't watch if you're depressed already):
Welcome to the NHK

>>6508667
Cool, I haven't heard many of those! I have heard a few EPO and Sugar Babe tracks, I'm into disco/boogie and Italo-influenced music, basically late 70s-80s dance in general, and DJ occasionally. Of course I'm totally into YMO and anything related as well.

But yeah I will look into those. I like 80s JPop sounds a whole lot but don't know many specific artists. Do you collect records or mostly find this stuff on blogs and things?

0 interest in anime/manga/japan.

100% interest in vidya gaem.

>>6508797
>Paprika

This is what /a/ should have a picture of next to the words ITT: Overrated Shit.

It's the perfect example of shit people think is the greatest thing ever because it came from Japan and is weird.

I'ver learned that there are two currents of thought in human society.

Since some of you are talking about Japanese music, please go here to learn about some bands that don't sound like anime openings:

http://japshare.wordpress.com/

Specifically a blog for underground/indie/experimental Japanese artists. I would suggest starting on the last page and working up the current stuff. Full links too:

I only watch yaoi, or sometimes but rarely the kawaii shit

I am a guy btw

>>6508652
I know you're just lonely, maybe i'll join you over there and spread some of this joy I'm just bundling with.

>>6508851

There are two ways people can view Paprika:

1. Man this film is WEIRD I'm just gonna pay attention to all the weirdness because its TOO WEIRD.
2. I am going to watch this film for its plot and characters and how they are presented. The weirdness is a secondary element and shouldn't be focused on.

Obviously, you are type #1: If there is weirdness in something, that is all you see and you cannot appreciate the true beauty of the film.

>>6508919
Paprika is his most shallow work to me. Beautiful to watch though.

I'll make it easy for you guys. Click thing on bottom right for next ep.

http://www.zomganime.com/legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-ep-1/

Incubus - Drive

I'm sure /r9k/ can relate to this.

>>6508851

I've never liked Paprika that much.

I love the shit out of Tokyo Godfathers though. I thought Millenium Actress was pretty cool too.

>>6508827

I discovered the virtually all of the (Japanese) '70s and '80s artists I listen as a result of digging around YouTube for a lengthy period of time.

It's a disappointment that the music is otherwise extremely obscure and difficult to come across. I don't collect the albums, though I'd really like to attain a few at some point in the future, since I can't seem to find anywhere to download them.

>>6508874
That's a good blog. Might I recommend a few bands of my own? I'm not on my normal comp, but a few bands like Anzen Chittai, Blues Creation, Flower Traveling Band, and folks like Nakagawa Katsuhiko are good listens.

Also, whoever did this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtlf_3pFndI

Even in my teens, anime seemed a bit too tedious and cliched.

I'll always have a soft spot for samurai champloo and its soundtrack, though.

good people, remarkable people are killed meaninglessly.

>>6508911
hey you stop that ..
This is not the right time

>>6509097
then you'd like cowboy beebop, soundtrack included.

horo thread

So take care of your body a little, k?

>>6508919
There are two ways people justify their love for Paprika

1. MAN this thing is WEIRD and from JAPAN so it's totally AWESOME.
2. Herp depr guys it's a pretty deep film and if you don't like it you can't appreciate the innovations in animation and surreal accomplishments.

I thought I was going to watch an actual good movie and not some poorly interwoven wankfest with forgetable characters and a terrible antagonist (lol he's possibly homosexual!).

Perfect Blue was much better.

two travelers discussing economics and feudal conspiracies.

>>6509085
Haven't heard of Anzen Chittai, I know just about every single early Japanese psych band in existence so of course I know the next two, and OF COURSE I HAVE HEARD OF THE GODDESS AKA SHOKO NAKAGAWA.

In case you didn't know, some very very dedicated fan/stalker out there is slowly translating her blog to English, check it out:

http://playlog.jp/shokotan_usa/blog/

>>6509294

interspersed with scenes of delicious wolf god nakedness

great show or greatest show?

>greenholo

>>6509073
Cool, I find a lot of stuff on YouTube too. I knew about YMO for a while, but I didn't realize their videos were so fucking awesome though. I'm lucky to work at a station where I find lots of things on world music comps and such too.

What got you interested in that style of music? Just curious, I hardly ever run into people who enjoy 80s pop in more than an ironic way, outside of certain clubs/bars at least.

>>6509085
Satori is the best 70s rock record period. No filler, no unnecessary wank, out-Sabbath's Sabbath, out-Crimson's King Crimson, out-boogies all those shit British blooze groups. And it all feels raw, natural, and unforced. Just fucking great. I was never super-impressed by Blues Creation, but they were definitely good at what they did.

I've tried to watch anime on several occasions, but never made it more than half an hour in. it all just seems so awful :/ not to mention I can't stand the japanese culture of effeminizing men and idealizing women, they have such an absurd society.

>>6509311
Katsuhiko was her dad. He was referred to as the Japanese David Bowie.

>>6509317
I prefer Flower Travelling Band to Blues Creation, but they're the only 70's bands I remembered. There used to be this blog online with TONS of psychedelic albums on it, and am sad that it's not around anymore.

>>6509339
No effeminate men or idealized women up in this mother.

(ghost in the shell stand alone complex)

>>6509073
Also have you ever heard Pink Lady? They were more disco-influenced but have a few good cuts. Their records are relatively easy to find too.

You can probably find some of those bands' records on GEMM, if you did ever want to own one specifically. Lots of Europeans sell 70s/80s pop and boogie on there.

>>6509316
*greenhoro

i heard this anime coming u guys know when

>>6509316
>>6509433
>its green Korlbo faggots

Since many of you in this thread are new to anime, I thought this would be an opportune time to let you know that Bure > Rumba.

>>6509500
>korobolo*

i dont care about anime now eat shit

this is anime

japanese people are hideous, i hate the food, and anime is way too obnoxious and annoying to watch.

>>6509564
>i hate the food
You sir have no taste.

>>6509553

where dis from?

saucebloxxxx

>>6509592
Paz and Boma from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

>>6509383
Also, a video of Katsuhiko singing alongside Asakura Miki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OErHkE2H5jo

manga is alright too

>>6509574
no, he does have taste. just not for jap food.

>>6509619

Do you know where the image itself is from? (not what show)

>>6509649

Well would you /r9k/?

>>6509528

Good to see a kindred spirit. Fuck the Rumba.

>>6509721
Got it from http://www.google.com/search?q=InstaSet+1.0+Ghost+in+the+Shell.zip&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=
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>>6509838

thanks!

rtydjubretyh54uyh

>>6509317
>>6509420

I first discovered J-Pop back in '03 though Koyanagi Yuki's "Cross Colours," and sought to find more music like it.

Though I eventually accumulated a modest-sized collection of songs, I collected tons of MIDI files back in High School, and I had an especially large Japanese Music MIDI collection that exposed me to a lot of different styles from different periods. Amidst the music of more contemporary artists I was already familiar with, some MIDIs had a certain style to them that really seemed to click with me; I'd later (aka recently) discover that a lot of J-Pop songs from the '70s and '80s had a similar style. So, I began to explore that era of J-Pop in greater depth. Discovered EPO a few months back, became totally obsessed with her music.

I haven't heard much Pink Lady, though they're alright from what I have heard.

>>6509574

This is good asian food. You can eat your raw fish.

Posted, for truth.

(Kaminabloxftw)

The most japanese thing I enjoy is pokemon.

>>6508667
Shiina Ringo is god teir. My ex didn't like her, so I'd like to infer that her taste in music is complete shit. And it is.

jp culture is amusing but i lack interest in it.

even worst is korean culture i abhor it

By all means, watch your anime but for the love of god do not turn out like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CirgVj8Baw

>>6512641
...Wtf am I watching?

i used to watch a bit of anime when i was young (i had a japanese mate) now days all i can stomach is miyazaki. the japanese are cunts. dont fucking trust them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes#Cannibalism

>absolutely zero interest in anime
That would be me. I don't watch anime or read manga or any of that shit.

>and Japan in general
Well, I do think Japanese women can be pretty hot. I also find Japanese history interesting, and enjoy some video games from Japan.

>>6512641
I cannot tell you the joy I would experience in killing that...thing.

I hate them OP.

I hate them all. I look down on all weeaboos as 3 class citizens. They're the scum of the earth. They make me sick to my stomach.

I do not like Anime or Anime accessories. Anyone who compares anime to American TV is wrong, you can compare it to American Cartoons, but not the entire American TV genre as a whole. That's silly and stupid. But why should I try to reason with people like you.. Disgusting, vile, atrocious "people". I have a hard time believing you are human.

I wish you'd all just shut the fuck up and watch House.

I use to be a weeaboo. Then I moved to Japan. Being here has made me realize how awesome america really is, because this place blows ass.

>>6512930
Every episode of House ever:

Cold start that makes it look like one guy has something, but its really the other guy.
House gets forced to take case
Doesn't care about patient
Shit gets interesting
Cares
Think they figure it out
Patient Recovers
Lol, just kidding, patient is now critical
House has a witty conversation with his boyfriend
House has epiphany
Solves case with random 1 in a million guess
Song by obscure alternative rock band plays while supporting characters do shit no one cares about

I have no interest in japan but i have liked some of the anime i have seen, like spirited away and gibli movies. i mean, they have nice stories and im not going to ditch watching them because they are anime. but yeah, i watch anime maybe twice a year.

>>6513019
It's funnier when you read it in House's voice lol

Did anyone notice the ballsack bulge in OP pic. Sage for putting me off my sandwich.

>>6513230
Holy lol

My only touch to anything Japanese was watching Pokemon for like a year or two when I was a little kid. I never played the Pokemon games and shows like DBZ seemed so fucking hyperactive and annoying. I have watched one episode of Death Note and it seemed quite cool but haven't been bothered to watch more.

I hate their lust for cute things. There's a very small limit when saying "d'awwwww" starts to annoy me.

I dislike Japanese culture so much that I don't even play Japanese videogames, because I consider then inferior in graphics, plot, story, message and characters, just like I view animu in relation to western animation.

Anime just pertains to cartoons made in Japan, OP. How anyone can dismiss and make generalizations on such a vast category is beyond me.

>>6513413
same shitty awkward animation
same inability to realistically portray human emotion
same weak, contrived and moralistic storylines
same ridiculous character and world names

All in all, anime is a drawn equivalent of Star Trek, and that's probably why nerds love it.

They bombed the harbor.

How do I classify myself? I enjoy anime like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, Death Note, Paranoia Agent, etc. Mostly the "darker more mature" stuff, but I also enjoyed DBZ as a teen, and I recently watched and LOVED Gurren Lagann.

But I don't talk about anime in my day to day life, unless someone else brings it up. I don't own any anime related clothing or toys except an old-ass Akira shirt. And I hate the cutesy girly animes and the high school drama shows, as well as generic shit like Naruto or Inuyasha.

I'm not crazy obsessed with Japan, I don't care about its music or overall culture. I do like some of its manga and anime ("mature" stuff) and of course vidya gaems.

Most of the anime I have watched isn't the typical "kawaii desu uguuu~" anime, the closest I have gotten to that is Haruhi.

I used to think that animu was weird chinese cartoon porn for pedos.

That said, my girlfriend who's pretty nerdy introduced me to a few pretty cool series that I think r9gay would enjoy. Animu like Mononoke, Monster, Samurai Champloo, Beck and Gintama are pretty awesome. Sadly there is too much crap out there and I can't be arsed to look for needles in a haystack.

I used to actually like Japan for the culture, language and tradition of discipline. None of the anime bullshit that my friends tried to rope me into. They introduced me to 4chan as well. I stayed purely because /b/ was funny.

>>6513527

Is your gf Asean or Weeaboo? My Asean gf made me watch all that sort of shit, didn't change my mind on how shit it is, would have left if it wasn't worth staying.

>>6513527
Let's say you drink too much strawberry milk, and have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night.

But it's cold outside your bed.

You don't want to get up, but the urge to urinate is just too strong!

You make up your mind to go!

You run to the bathroom, stand in front of the toilet, and let loose!

You think that all your life has led to this moment!

But then you realise!

It isn't the bathroom! You're still in bed!

>>6513527
>dat dialogue

WHOAH BRO

anime just seems childish to me.

However i do like japan.

>>6513608
She's an asian, and she grew up watching animu so I guess that explains the interest. She's pretty cool, she loves comics and playing the vidya.
I guess I like the animu she shows me because we have pretty similar tastes.

Two anime recommendations from someone who dislikes the majority of anime:

Hellsing & Berserk

Both are fucking great, in action, dialogue, plot and style. Damn, listening to one of alucard's rants stoned is an exciting mindfuck.

Seen a few anime shows and movies I liked but overall I prefer western animation

>>6513667
>no original land before time
oh mang..

I don't really enjoy anime, because of the following reasons: it's slow, it's full of fillers, the animations aren't as smooth or as lip-synced as, say, Disney films, and most importantly, a huge number of anime are generic trash which you've to wade through to find the gems.

So, no I don't watch anime.

However, I do have interest in Japan and Japanese culture; doing a study on it, actually. I'm also fortunate enough to be literate in Japanese, and I can read quite fluently, so I'll vouch for manga instead, which often are way, way better and varied than anime any time. (Deeper stuff too; e.g. the Silent Service series.)