Comments on: An Anime Fan: the odd one out http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/ Mainichi Anime Yume Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:08:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sakura-chan http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-92786 Sakura-chan Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:20:39 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-92786 This was posted three years ago...but anyways, I'm in middle school and have been an official anime/manga/Japan fan for about one year. I'm labeled as "The Weird One" because of my interest. The kids in my class constantly pick on me for everything and are always taking my manga, skimming through the pages, and saying "You're so sick. You read porn." They'll also crack jokes about the various anime pictures that I decorate my locker, folders, etc. with (for example, one boy saw a picture of Kallen from Code Geass and went on for about a week saying 'She's not wearing pants!') They make me sick, but I feel good when they'll ask something about Japan, manga, or anime and I can give them a good explanation (Example: I was reading the Death Note manga and most people would seriously and innocently read it with me or ask me questions about it.). But what kills me, is that there's a boy in my class who is also an anime fan (not as big of one as me), and nobody picks on him and he's one of the most popular guys among our grade and the upper grades. They also pick on me for listening to Japanese music and for trying to learn it (I've self taught myself to read hirigana and I am currently learning katakana.). What outrages me the MOST, is that they all think that it's CHINESE! NOT JAPANESE! CHINESE! Even my parents think that! ('Hong, yung, chung, bong?!' they'll say!) They can't get over how I can remember the names, also. (My dad says, 'Harahizu Sukimiya?' when I'll be watching Haruhi Suzumiya) Sorry for ranting, but I just wanted to say it to someone who understands. This was posted three years ago…but anyways, I’m in middle school and have been an official anime/manga/Japan fan for about one year. I’m labeled as “The Weird One” because of my interest. The kids in my class constantly pick on me for everything and are always taking my manga, skimming through the pages, and saying “You’re so sick. You read porn.” They’ll also crack jokes about the various anime pictures that I decorate my locker, folders, etc. with (for example, one boy saw a picture of Kallen from Code Geass and went on for about a week saying ‘She’s not wearing pants!’) They make me sick, but I feel good when they’ll ask something about Japan, manga, or anime and I can give them a good explanation (Example: I was reading the Death Note manga and most people would seriously and innocently read it with me or ask me questions about it.). But what kills me, is that there’s a boy in my class who is also an anime fan (not as big of one as me), and nobody picks on him and he’s one of the most popular guys among our grade and the upper grades. They also pick on me for listening to Japanese music and for trying to learn it (I’ve self taught myself to read hirigana and I am currently learning katakana.). What outrages me the MOST, is that they all think that it’s CHINESE! NOT JAPANESE! CHINESE! Even my parents think that! (’Hong, yung, chung, bong?!’ they’ll say!) They can’t get over how I can remember the names, also. (My dad says, ‘Harahizu Sukimiya?’ when I’ll be watching Haruhi Suzumiya) Sorry for ranting, but I just wanted to say it to someone who understands.

]]> By: New Bleach Lover http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-63400 New Bleach Lover Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:07 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-63400 Of course about 2 years have pased since this was posted but I feel that when I tell people I like anime they finally understand what that means. At my high school the particular Anime and Manga called death note spread like wild fire and when people asked "so do you like death note?", if you did not know what it was the entire room would go "Uh-Oh" and then the super fans turned into anime lawyers making sure that the person in question would be completely interested in Death Note the same can also be said about the american anime, Avatar-the Last Airbender Of course about 2 years have pased since this was posted but
I feel that when I tell people I like anime they finally understand what that means.
At my high school the particular Anime and Manga called death note spread like wild fire and when people asked “so do you like death note?”, if you did not know what it was the entire room would go “Uh-Oh” and then the super fans turned into anime lawyers making sure that the person in question would be completely interested in Death Note

the same can also be said about the american anime, Avatar-the Last Airbender

]]> By: RaunakS http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-62159 RaunakS Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:56:33 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-62159 All my life, I have drifted acroos India, Bangladesh and most of the SE Asian countries. Rather surprisingly, animation, as a medium, is much more widely accepted here than it is in the western world. I tend to believe that while living in world where real life is much too horrific comprehend, anime, with all its freedom is a welcome means of escape. This is very different from the "normal" reason, yet a compelling reason all the same. Anime, in India, feels like the voice of a man, forever denied. Few, if any, people have ever heard of the Japanese anime industry. If you tend to ask them about popular ones, you rearely get a straight answer. Instead, describe it to them, and almost all have seen versions of Robotech, Shin-Chan, Astro Boy, maybe even Gundam or Macross. All this provide plenty of food abiout what anime truly is and what it represents... All my life, I have drifted acroos India, Bangladesh and most of the SE Asian countries. Rather surprisingly, animation, as a medium, is much more widely accepted here than it is in the western world. I tend to believe that while living in world where real life is much too horrific comprehend, anime, with all its freedom is a welcome means of escape. This is very different from the “normal” reason, yet a compelling reason all the same. Anime, in India, feels like the voice of a man, forever denied.
Few, if any, people have ever heard of the Japanese anime industry. If you tend to ask them about popular ones, you rearely get a straight answer. Instead, describe it to them, and almost all have seen versions of Robotech, Shin-Chan, Astro Boy, maybe even Gundam or Macross. All this provide plenty of food abiout what anime truly is and what it represents…

]]> By: Dan http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-38002 Dan Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:59:44 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-38002 I know how it feels,when I was in high school,the whole art class I was in was so divided and undecided about anything anime/manga that i just kept to myself and drew fanart in a solitary corner of the room.However there was a good discussion on evangelion in that art class between about four students so i guess it wasn't all bad.However I feel like the most oddball anime fan there is.I like Deathnote,Full Metal Alchemist,Wolf's Rain,ect. But I also like Pokemon,Yugioh,ect. So I feel like I'm not a good representitive of the anime fan comunity since my taste in anime/manga is so insane.I mean,I watch yugioh(hello,Yugioh)and that is not considered one of the greatest anime and it is bashed by most anime fans.So I just wanted everyone to know that I'm on both sides of the spectrum,the yugiohs and the deathnotes,the pokemon and the Full Metal alchemists.It's a blend of everything I watch and it probally seems crazy. I know how it feels,when I was in high school,the whole art class I was in was so divided and undecided about anything anime/manga that i just kept to myself and drew fanart in a solitary corner of the room.However there was a good discussion on evangelion in that art class between about four students so i guess it wasn’t all bad.However I feel like the most oddball anime fan there is.I like Deathnote,Full Metal Alchemist,Wolf’s Rain,ect. But I also like Pokemon,Yugioh,ect. So I feel like I’m not a good representitive of the anime fan comunity since my taste in anime/manga is so insane.I mean,I watch yugioh(hello,Yugioh)and that is not considered one of the greatest anime and it is bashed by most anime fans.So I just wanted everyone to know that I’m on both sides of the spectrum,the yugiohs and the deathnotes,the pokemon and the Full Metal alchemists.It’s a blend of everything I watch and it probally seems crazy.

]]> By: Inuyasha luvr^_^ http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-21329 Inuyasha luvr^_^ Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:18:25 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-21329 I so agree! I love anime shows like Inuyasha! I also watch Bleach(Manga), Full Metal Alchemist, and i love love love love Harry Potter!!!!!1 I so agree! I love anime shows like Inuyasha! I also watch Bleach(Manga), Full Metal Alchemist, and i love love love love Harry Potter!!!!!1

]]> By: JM http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-14370 JM Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:22:55 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-14370 I'm so glad someone finally said something. I'm so sick of my brother ragging on me(he's such a jerk). but now i can show him this and maybe he'll be convinced. I’m so glad someone finally said something. I’m so sick of my brother ragging on me(he’s such a jerk). but now i can show him this and maybe he’ll be convinced.

]]> By: SakuraSong http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-14021 SakuraSong Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:57:32 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-14021 The first anime I've ever watched was Cardcaptors (The second was Cardcaptor Sakura), and it was so badly dubbed that I had to switch the screen off and heave. But it still got me into manga (I'm not too much of an anime fan), and everyone around me liked it too. We were all obsessed with one series and then another, and we all had fun talking about it. But some people (like those in my classes in my new school) are convinced that all that likes anime are perverts that gets off on cartoons. It's really sad when people say that, because manga and anime isn't entertainment only, depending on the series (Like Angel Sanctuary) can really make one thing about controversial issues. Still, it's their loss, and my gain ;) The first anime I’ve ever watched was Cardcaptors (The second was Cardcaptor Sakura), and it was so badly dubbed that I had to switch the screen off and heave. But it still got me into manga (I’m not too much of an anime fan), and everyone around me liked it too. We were all obsessed with one series and then another, and we all had fun talking about it.

But some people (like those in my classes in my new school) are convinced that all that likes anime are perverts that gets off on cartoons. It’s really sad when people say that, because manga and anime isn’t entertainment only, depending on the series (Like Angel Sanctuary) can really make one thing about controversial issues.

Still, it’s their loss, and my gain ;)

]]> By: Kio http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-12099 Kio Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:07:54 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-12099 RAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambled! RAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambled!

]]> By: Scarlett http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-7862 Scarlett Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:31:41 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-7862 Wow! I'm so glad you wrote this article! It was really nice to know that me and some of my friends aren't the only ones who go through being stereotyped for loving anime. Every time someone asks me what I like I usually answer anime, among other things. This gets me either a strange look, or embarassing questions. I'm sure you'll agree this gets old really quickly. Also, like you, I too was made fun of for liking anime in middle school. A mean boy in my class knew I liked anime/manga, and everytime he saw me reading manga he would come up to me and say "Reading pokemon?" or "How's Pokemon?" Needless to say, it was incredibly irrating, especially when his friends got a good laugh out of it. I have to say though, I was lucky enough to have friends that either liked/were neutral about anime, so I could ignore the jerks. Sadly, I moved when I started high school, so I've had to go through the whole meeting new people deal. Recently, during an American history group project, a girl in my group picked up my binder that's decked out in anime stuff and asked "You like anime?". I said "Yeah." Then the predictable remarks started. "Really? Isn't it cartoons? Well, I don't like it at all. It's really weird." The worst part was, she showed my binder to the rest of my group who chimed in with equally rude remarks. I tried to explain how it wasn't kiddy or dirty cartoons, but, as usual, I got nowhere. Sorry, I kinda rambled. It just feels nice to share my frusteration with someone who understands. Wow! I’m so glad you wrote this article! It was really nice to know that me and some of my friends aren’t the only ones who go through being stereotyped for loving anime.
Every time someone asks me what I like I usually answer anime, among other things. This gets me either a strange look, or embarassing questions. I’m sure you’ll agree this gets old really quickly.
Also, like you, I too was made fun of for liking anime in middle school. A mean boy in my class knew I liked anime/manga, and everytime he saw me reading manga he would come up to me and say “Reading pokemon?” or “How’s Pokemon?” Needless to say, it was incredibly irrating, especially when his friends got a good laugh out of it. I have to say though, I was lucky enough to have friends that either liked/were neutral about anime, so I could ignore the jerks.
Sadly, I moved when I started high school, so I’ve had to go through the whole meeting new people deal. Recently, during an American history group project, a girl in my group picked up my binder that’s decked out in anime stuff and asked “You like anime?”. I said “Yeah.” Then the predictable remarks started. “Really? Isn’t it cartoons? Well, I don’t like it at all. It’s really weird.” The worst part was, she showed my binder to the rest of my group who chimed in with equally rude remarks. I tried to explain how it wasn’t kiddy or dirty cartoons, but, as usual, I got nowhere.
Sorry, I kinda rambled. It just feels nice to share my frusteration with someone who understands.

]]> By: SailorCardKnight http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-3685 SailorCardKnight Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:51:48 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2006/12/12/an-anime-fan-the-odd-one-out/#comment-3685 Luckily at my school there are alot of people who know about anime and love reading manga (and theres quite a few otaku wannabes as well belive it or not! and the only anime they ever saw is whats shown on TV.) So I never got teased about it or anything like that. But when i'm outside of school I still come across people who think anime is for kids or they don't even know what it is. I was talking to this one lady that worked at the grocery store and I told her that I liked anime, then she asked me what it was. I tried to name off some popular anime series (that wheren't made for kids) like InuYasha and Fullmetal Alchemist be she just stared at me with a confused look, unfortunateily I had no choice but to use Pokemon, Dragonball Z, and Yu-Gi-Oh as examples, THEN she knew what I was talking about. It also annoys me when I tell people that I like Sailor Moon(which was the first anime I ever really got into and I still love it today), they give me a strange look and say, "You mean you like a kids show?" then I have to explain to them that it wasn't ment to be a kids show in the first place. To make matters worse almost all of the cartoons they make in the US nowadays for kids are all anime-like, so thats another reason why people still think anime is kids stuff. On the plus side, I had a subistute teacher for my spainish class one day and he saw my folder which was covered with pics from my favorite anime series, he saw the one picture from Tsubasa Chronicle and asked "Is that Fullmetal Alchemist?"......well, at least he didn't ask if it was Pokemon. Luckily at my school there are alot of people who know about anime and love reading manga (and theres quite a few otaku wannabes as well belive it or not! and the only anime they ever saw is whats shown on TV.) So I never got teased about it or anything like that.
But when i’m outside of school I still come across people who think anime is for kids or they don’t even know what it is. I was talking to this one lady that worked at the grocery store and I told her that I liked anime, then she asked me what it was. I tried to name off some popular anime series (that wheren’t made for kids) like InuYasha and Fullmetal Alchemist be she just stared at me with a confused look, unfortunateily I had no choice but to use Pokemon, Dragonball Z, and Yu-Gi-Oh as examples, THEN she knew what I was talking about. It also annoys me when I tell people that I like Sailor Moon(which was the first anime I ever really got into and I still love it today), they give me a strange look and say, “You mean you like a kids show?” then I have to explain to them that it wasn’t ment to be a kids show in the first place. To make matters worse almost all of the cartoons they make in the US nowadays for kids are all anime-like, so thats another reason why people still think anime is kids stuff.

On the plus side, I had a subistute teacher for my spainish class one day and he saw my folder which was covered with pics from my favorite anime series, he saw the one picture from Tsubasa Chronicle and asked “Is that Fullmetal Alchemist?”……well, at least he didn’t ask if it was Pokemon.

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