Why is there such a wide divergence between anime/animation fans?
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Yes, no disney, no anime. After arround WW2 if I remember closely, there had been a huge demand for animation in Japan. So therefore, the budget can't be helped and more work with the art rather than the actual animation. Old school Disney fans don't like anime because of the lack of animation that simply put. In anime, realistic proportion can be taken, but the face can still be exagerated. That's another factor that sets people off. Somewhere there could be a culture issue, and since the two cultures are very different, the dubbers may not make a good English adaption. A stereotype of anime is "Sex/Naked ladies! Gore! Robots! Flying arms!". Most people don't look at what its about and deemed it as distasteful (keyword: Culture difference).\n\nWhy people like anime, but hate western animation? Simple. It's either A) they like detailed art,  B) the maturity/emotional or C)"because the show is in their favorite genre".Anime won in terms of diverstiy, hands down. The Japanese are not afraid to express themes of trauma and lonliness to children, so maturity might be another case. Most anime fans deem Western animation as childish, plotless (if it's a series), if its an action shows, its about super heroes and most of all, childish. True, we have Family guy and Simpsons, but neither is everybody lookin for sattire either. \n\nI watch and read anime alot, but I still find western animation appealing :p
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I am an anime lover and I cannot find any clue which anme u r talking about... link to a pic or explain which one, I will tell u what happens... I have seen all animes.
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anime sucks. \n\ntry lookign for an anime message board or forum.
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(First off, I'd like to say that the answers prior to mine have been painfully funny; sweet, folks)\n\nSimply speaking, your start has already begun: you've initiated interest in anime from a creative standpoint, which sets you apart from the typical fan.\n\nHow to CONTINUE, on the otherhand, is an entirely different matter.\n\nUnlike a couple of the previous respondants (although I respect their point), I don't share the belief that anime exclusively has to be a produced in Japan, just as delicious Japanese cuisine is available where I live, in the United States. The properties of anime have more to do witn character design, narrative techniques and storytelling tools.\n\nHowever, one important aspect that can not be avoided is that anime is ANIMATED (featuring motion and sound), so you'll need some tools to make that happen (otherwise, just some still pics in the anime style would be MANGA). All of the tools I'll describe are free of cost and use (and, assuming you have a computer, as you posted this query):\n\n1. MS Paint or Mac Paint - primative drawing software apps that usually come free with a personal computer.\n\n2. Windows Movie Maker (tm) or iMovie (tm) - if not pre-installed, these can be downloaded from their respective sites.\n\n3. About 3 weeks of time.\n\nOkay, next step: make movie (I'm skipping a detailed description of this part because I don't know your abilities/talent or how much you've developed an idea).\n\nGood!\n\nFinally: Publish movie. To get a television distribution would be particularly tough for someone without experience or contacts, but you could always submit your creation for potential acceptance, etc. to some online venue such as www.ifilm.com or channel01.com (please consult respective sites for submission guidelines).\n\n[An online venue is not to be scoffed; such was the humble beginnings of the extremely successful "South Park" series.]\n\nAnd then POOF! You've just officially started an anime series with "no experience" whatsoever, but by then you will have gained experience with several (admittedly, sub-industry standard) tools, strengthened your creativity and possibly opened up vocational opportunities for yourself and others. \n\nGood luck
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anime has been building in popularity since its introduction in the usa. it has been wildly popular in japan for many years, of course. anime has existed here since the 1960's, with characters such as atom boy. augmenting its popularity is manga, introduced in the last twenty years. manga, of course, is anime in book form. it had been a japanese subculture but now has entered the mainstream with its wider dispersal.
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This happens because there are Naruto fans that they know almost everything there is to the animation series, but in reality, the actual Japanese companies: Studio Pierrot, TV Tokyo, Aniplex, and TV Tokyo Music, who have created the series really know everything about the series.\n\nThere are lots of Naruto fans out there and some even live on the shows when they are released. When an individual makes a quiz, they just want to compare their knowledge with other people who are also fans to Naruto. \n\nThere can even be times when the person making the quiz is wrong on some facts. However, they just guess and make questions out of them. It is only their opinion of who is right or wrong. Unless a person has analyzed every aspect and every episode of the Naruto series, a person will not be able to know everything about it. \n\nThose who make the quizzes probably do know a lot about the anime series, but I doubt they know everything. The basic truths of the human mind can only go so far.\n\nQuizilla is a place that people make quizzes to test others' abilities or are bored and have enjoyment while creating their own quiz. I don't recommend the site if you want to learn more things that others have already learned. \n\nAll and all, confidence is the key idea that we should be looking at in the person making the quiz. There is no other solution.
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Good question!  I lived in Japan for 6 years, and I saw all these comedy TV shows over there where people were slapping each other, hitting each other with toy hammers, and all of this other slapstick Three Stooges type stuff.\n\nJust a different sense of humor, a result of cultural differences.
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me, my bestfriends, my classmates, schoolmates, my sister, the whole family, the whole neighborhood, whole city, whole region/state, whole country... and the whole wide world...\n\nwho can refuse anime? ANIME IS THE GREATEST INVENTION IN THE WORLD ^_^
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Maybe they find it foreign? But I like cartoons, and anime, and I am a teen.
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The animation attracted me once but the content pushed me away,   is hard to sit there and watch an all boys anime when you have plenty of other options involving more diverse characters, and or situations, can't tell you if I like it or hate it because I was unable to see it through
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Dude ,  who the **** cares , lets start one, you and me , i absolutely love GET backers and FMA.\n\nActually , there's this site called animelyrics.tv , which ( though they dont tell you so specifically ) has a LARGE indian anime fan following. I met a 28 yr old who lives on FMA :-)
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I understand what you're saying... I think.  I love hentai, I like f/f hentai, m/m hentai, f/m hentai.  The only thing i don't like is f/demon hentai.  P.S. Hentai is the adult cartoons made in Japan.  M/M in hentai can be very sexy, the Japanese are just really good at controlling your senses with their art.
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They are two entirely different bags of tricks, invented by different individuals with different core materials.  There is a bit of cross-over between the two subcultures due to their similar perspectives -- many Discordians are also Subgenii and vice-versa.  They think of themselves as having something of a friendly rivalry.
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First off, more money is invested into Japanese animation (THANK YOU GOD. O_O I don't have a life outside of anime, sadly... XD) because it is extremely popular. Anime's origins were first only for men/ Japan's honorable warriors... the traditional samurai. YESSS. o.O;; When or why it grew, I'm not remembering as of now. But I do know that the Japanese were long ago facinated with how big American's eyes were, compared to theirs. It's because they "show emotion" 'n stuff. =/ Back to... uh... relevant... <_<;; Japanese animation is popular because of this. It is targeted at all ages, from the smallest child to some twenty-five-year-old. Also, far more time is taken to produce Japanese animation, probably for the following reasons (This is my opinion, so bite me if I'm wrong. o_O):\n1. Pride of history. Duh? o.o From the very start of their lives, Japanese are taught the values of family... uh... and stuff. =/ (Yeah, I read it somewhere... so? =/) So, really, all of the BLOOD AND GUTS BWAHAHAHA!! >=D Samurai stuff would look cool.\n2. As I mentioned, anime is VERY popular. With all of that competition, who's gonna buy some crappy anime thrown together in a month? Most wouldn't. They're all busy with Hagane no Renkinjutsushi! o.o (Full Metal Alchemist, if you didn't know.) In other words... ZE MONEH. Invest a crapload of money into an anime and get 10 times the crapload back. ^_^\n3. That is the style of anime. American cartoons focus on abnormal people with super powers wearing their underwear outside of their pants and talking animals and stuff, while anime tends to focus on realistic people. (But you still get your talking animals every now and then. ^_^ And abnormalties... what's wrong with that? o.O Just... in anime, there's plot. Look at Fruits Basket. =D)\n4. American cartoons are pretty much made for no reason at all. No history, no nothing. Just for the money. (Hey, some anime are like that too, but they're not just crap thrown together while only the mouth moves and the rest of the picture stays still.)\nThat's all I can currently think of, since I'm strangely tired. Sorry. x.x I'd advise you to go to the link on "Sources" It has tons of information on anime. Bottom line: Anime owns American cartoons because... anime has much effort put into it. The script is usually amazing, unlike most American cartoons that rely on stupid puns to get five-year-olds to repeat it at school and go buy stuff. (Not that there's anything wrong with being so cheap, just... ANIME RULES. o_o) The voice talent is also that of high standards. I mean... O_O GEEZ. They're really convincing, and they don't sound like old people trying to sound young. They also don't have freaky accents. (Notice I'm talking about Yu-Gi-Oh! o.o Joey is freakin Japanese. How he wound up with a weird New York accent is far beyond me. Also, the voice cast sounds like old farts who were dug up in the "LET'S MAKE A CRAPLOAD OF MERCHANDISE AND CONTINUE ON WITH THIS ANIME FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LICENSE FROM JAPAN! WOOHOO!!!" club, and were recycled a bunch of times (like Digimon, but that wasn't bad. At all. =/) for the other seasons as different characters who made no attempt at all to sound different... trying to sound young. That's a whole other topic, though.\nI hope this sums it up. ^_^;; Remember... if you wanna know the truth, go to the link on sources. Ja ne!
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i LOVE your taste in Animes. if you like those you should try watching Bleach.. it's another good anime that i'm addicted to. To download an anime that i wanna watch i usually look for toorent files online since i download all my stuff through BitTorrent. i go to google and type in let say, Xepher torrent files, and links will pop up. you just hunt then down and download them off a torrent client.
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cartoon characters are wonderful means of mirroring ourselves in hyper ridiculousness. the modern version of the mediaval `fool' ,unless its disney and that's just sacarine dribble, so say that too! or the simpsons, a good idea but again always aiming for suburban blandness, can't have indivuals, unless they're deviants [shock horror], say that. Then there is `duckman', *&^%#$$%^%^brilliant, or my favorite ~Aeon Flux~ no words! And no one is strait, even better. Then there is `Stand Alone Complex' {japanese futurism], the subtext brilliant - the narrow minded  myopia of religion and how it *&&^%%people's minds. Clever in NOT pointing to any particular denomination. At least your curculum is focused on what's happening [man][sic]. Have fun.
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Maybe you just like InuYasha because of his fuzzy ears or his cool outfit. I also love the show, and IY is my favorite character on there. The show has everything--comedy, drama, action and beautiful animation. I stay up late to watch it even when my eyelids are already drooping.