Am I the only one who hates Anime?

I dont understand why it is so popular, its just an art style with spiky hair and way too feminine men, i suppose i get why 10 year olds like it because its what pokemon is but there are adults who are fascinated with it! Its become way too big a trend, like crocs or long hair for guys, there is no reason for it! Ever time i walk into a book store there is a whole freaking section devoted to this stuff and how to draw it!

And because of it, half of all RPGs i see are based on Anime, rarely do we see an RPG like Fallout or KOTOR because they are all Final Fantasy style with magic and things.

Im just wondering if there is something im missing? Is there something amazing about it that i simply dont get?

Anime was something that I liked when I was younger. When I was in 3rd-5th grade I liked Pokemon. When I was in 5th grade through 8th grade I liked Dragonball Z. Then I liked YuYu Hakusho for like a year. 

"I dont understand why it is so popular, its just an art style with spiky hair and way too feminine men, i suppose i get why 10 year olds like it because its what pokemon is but there are adults who are fascinated with it! Its become way too big a trend, like crocs or long hair for guys, there is no reason for it! Ever time i walk into a book store there is a whole freaking section devoted to this stuff and how to draw it!"

"Anime is for jerks"

No, you are not alone.  I too think it is very poor style and do not see any appeal in it at all.  Also in response to Icemael and his effeminate man icon (I am joking with you here :), I have yet to see any anime I do like therefore I can say that I hate all the anime I have ever seen and using these statistics I can safely assume this trend will continue for anime I have yet to discover.

" @Mikemcn said:

"I dont understand why it is so popular, its just an art style with spiky hair and way too feminine men, i suppose i get why 10 year olds like it because its what pokemon is but there are adults who are fascinated with it! Its become way too big a trend, like crocs or long hair for guys, there is no reason for it! Ever time i walk into a book store there is a whole freaking section devoted to this stuff and how to draw it!"

Anime is not "an" art style(technically it's not even an art style, but I'm not gonna go into that) -- there are countless art styles in anime, many of which have neither spiky hair nor effeminate men. What you're talking about is generic anime -- you shouldn't generalize and assume that all anime is the same.

And seriously, you can't say that you hate anime. That's like saying you hate music -- there are so many different kinds of anime, you can't seriously hate(especially considering that you probably don't know about most of them) them all.

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The misconception is that anime is defined by spikey hair and males that arent exactly masculine. Thats true if you think american TV anime is all anime. There is a large amount of anime that does not fit in this catagory, in fact alot of it is film quality stuff but animated.

How can you hate anime? It doesn't seem...valid to hate. Now I am not a big fan of anime, but saying you hate a form of comic just sounds silly.

So you don't hate any sort of band?  You don't hate any kind of TV show?  There isn't any kind of genre of movie you would never watch?  No genre of book you would never read because you detest its subject matter?  You see what I am getting at here?  It is easy to say you hate something specific like that, anime included.  I hate anime.

So you must say "I do so dislike Alpha Protocol ever so much!" for example.

Nope I hate it too.

" @Crono said:

" So you don't hate any sort of band?  You don't hate any kind of TV show?  There isn't any kind of genre of movie you would never watch?  No genre of book you would never read because you detest its subject matter?  You see what I am getting at here?  It is easy to say you hate something specific like that, anime included.  I hate anime. "

Anime is not a genre. That's like saying "movies" is a genre. "

" @Crono said:

" So you don't hate any sort of band?  You don't hate any kind of TV show?  There isn't any kind of genre of movie you would never watch?  No genre of book you would never read because you detest its subject matter?  You see what I am getting at here?  It is easy to say you hate something specific like that, anime included.  I hate anime. "

Anime is not a genre. That's like saying "movies" is a genre. "

when was the last time you saw an american drawn cartoon with half as good story as most anime?

 ya there is a lot of crap anime out there, but there is also a lot of crap movies, music, tv and whatnot.

" @Crono: That seems quite overdone. Saying you hate something as big as anime just sounds stupid, like saying that you hate fruit because you don't think it tastes good. "

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" @Crono said:

" So you don't hate any sort of band?  You don't hate any kind of TV show?  There isn't any kind of genre of movie you would never watch?  No genre of book you would never read because you detest its subject matter?  You see what I am getting at here?  It is easy to say you hate something specific like that, anime included.  I hate anime. "

Anime is not a genre. That's like saying "movies" is a genre. "

Anime is a genre of comic.  It is Japanese comic.  Japanese comic.  Japanese in this statement is used as an adjective to describe comic.  Comics are to movies what manga is to action movies. "

First off, anime is animation. Manga is comics. I get what you mean though, but I disagree. The location in which something is produced doesn't qualify as a genre. Anime has all the genres that exist in live-action movies and TV shows, so my argument still stands -- saying "anime" is a genre is like saying that "books" or "movies and TV shows" are genres. If you say that you hate generic anime, action anime or thriller anime, sure, I can accept that. But saying you hate "anime" as a whole is just stupid. "

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" @Crono said:

" So you don't hate any sort of band?  You don't hate any kind of TV show?  There isn't any kind of genre of movie you would never watch?  No genre of book you would never read because you detest its subject matter?  You see what I am getting at here?  It is easy to say you hate something specific like that, anime included.  I hate anime. "

Anime is not a genre. That's like saying "movies" is a genre. "

Anime is a genre of comic.  It is Japanese comic.  Japanese comic.  Japanese in this statement is used as an adjective to describe comic.  Comics are to movies what manga is to action movies. "

" @_Horde said:

" @Crono: That seems quite overdone. Saying you hate something as big as anime just sounds stupid, like saying that you hate fruit because you don't think it tastes good. "

Ok, I get your opinion on the matter.  You don't seem to have much more to contribute so I thank you for your time.  Enjoy disliking things.  I will continue to hate. "

It seems that people are just too quick to see anime as that thing with the spiky haired boys and the tentacle rape. i'd love to see  a live action thriller on tv even come close to the quality of say something like Monster. as Icemael said... Anime is not a genre its just a word to lump japanese animation together  to make it easily digestable for the general public. It also seems that a lot of people can't accept is as anything other than a joke or for children because it is animated.

But Giant robots fighting and a man dressed as a bat are for adults.

Ok so you do call Family Guy anime?  And everyone would agree with you if you said that to them?  When someone says Anime to you, you are primarily thinking of Family Guy, Simpsons, South Park etc.  You are not thinking of primarily Japanese animations?  You lump everything under the umbrella of "Anime?"  I take it?  So I can safely say Family Guy is an anime and everyone would be able to understand that no questions asked and no berating?

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" @Crono said:

" So you don't hate any sort of band?  You don't hate any kind of TV show?  There isn't any kind of genre of movie you would never watch?  No genre of book you would never read because you detest its subject matter?  You see what I am getting at here?  It is easy to say you hate something specific like that, anime included.  I hate anime. "

Anime is not a genre. That's like saying "movies" is a genre. "

Anime is a genre of comic.  It is Japanese comic.  Japanese comic.  Japanese in this statement is used as an adjective to describe comic.  Comics are to movies what manga is to action movies. "

Of course you're not the only one.

" @Crono: Are you dumb or something?  Family Guy is a cartoon.  Anime is a Japanese cartoon.  Neither cartoons nor Japanese cartoons are "genres."  A genre is something like Action, Comedy, Romance, Mystery, etc.  Cartoons/Anime is just another form of entertainment, like music, movies, and the like. "

Some people just dont get anime. Me being one of them.

absolutely hate it and find it corny and distasteful

Dumb to hate.  As others have stated it's not a 'genre'.  It'd be like saying 'I hate videogames'.  There's a lot of shitty anime, and I haven't seen any anime I consider really great for years, but generalizing like that is fucking dumb.

This stereotyping of anime is just like saying all videogames are nothing but violence and shooting people in the face.

From experience, a lot of these people won't take a valid argument either, so it's generally pointless to try and convince them otherwise. Some people like to remain ignorant.

EDIT: And to the TC, you just haven't been looking at the right stuff. Anime on TV tends to be of the shonen variety which i avoid, but if you look around there are a ton of styles and a lot of interesting stuff.

This is getting very out of hand very fast.

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" @Crono said:

" So you don't hate any sort of band?  You don't hate any kind of TV show?  There isn't any kind of genre of movie you would never watch?  No genre of book you would never read because you detest its subject matter?  You see what I am getting at here?  It is easy to say you hate something specific like that, anime included.  I hate anime. "

Anime is not a genre. That's like saying "movies" is a genre. "

Anime is a genre of comic.  It is Japanese comic.  Japanese comic.  Japanese in this statement is used as an adjective to describe comic.  Comics are to movies what manga is to action movies. "

First off, anime is animation. Manga is comics. I get what you mean though, but I disagree. The location in which something is produced doesn't qualify as a genre. Anime has all the genres that exist in live-action movies and TV shows, so my argument still stands -- saying "anime" is a genre is like saying that "books" or "movies and TV shows" are genres. If you say that you hate generic anime, action anime or thriller anime, sure, I can accept that. But saying you hate "anime" as a whole is just stupid. "

So would you call Family Guy anime since anime = animation?  No.  Anime is Japanese animation.  Therefore it is still a genre.  A genre in animation.  Thanks for clearing that up for both of us.  Now you understand me! "

I love anime, but no, I guarantee you most of America hates anime, maybe not people on a site like this though since games and anime/manga run pretty close to eachother.

Fuck you, DBZ is awesome. And I suppose those other more intricate and deeper series are alright too...

I guarantee you most of America hates anime,

Among gamers/nerds etc., Anime is very popular...  But it's pretty much a joke in most social circles.  I'm pretty much the only gamer, geek and anime fan in the entire state of Kansas, and everyone here is rather ignorant about Anime.  The second they hear the word they'll either think of it like an old Kung Fu movie with the cliche'd translation lip sync thing, or think of it all as the stereotypical Anime. "I WILL DEFEAT YOU" "NO I WILL DEFEAT YOU" "HAHA" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH" "KAME....HAME.....HAAAAAAAAAAAA" *japanese cute face*

Its stereotypical and ignorant to assume everyone has an extreme stereotype. Good job eating your own tail, there.

Also, everything? Like my toaster and my cat? Make sense.

" Among gamers/nerds etc., Anime is very popular...  But it's pretty much a joke in most social circles.  I'm pretty much the only gamer, geek and anime fan in the entire state of Kansas, and everyone here is rather ignorant about Anime.  The second they hear the word they'll either think of it like an old Kung Fu movie with the cliche'd translation lip sync thing, or think of it all as the stereotypical Anime. "I WILL DEFEAT YOU" "NO I WILL DEFEAT YOU" "HAHA" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH" "KAME....HAME.....HAAAAAAAAAAAA" *japanese cute face*

*sigh*...  Sometimes the ignorance of the world's population worries me.  Almost everything and everyone has some kind of extreme, incorrect stereotype.  People are too close-minded to try things out that aren't mainstream.  For instance, I listen to metalcore, and people are too sucked into the incredibly incorrect stereotype of a metal band to give it a shot.  People instantly think "They're just saying 'WRAH WRAAAAAAAAAH'" because that's what the media tells them.

Anyways, I digress....  Somehow I went from the subject of anime to my personal hatred for more than half the population of the planet. ^_^

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"its just an art style with spiky hair and way too feminine men

Im just wondering if there is something im missing?"