@truthtellah: I think how my thinking goes, the few people I've tried to get into anime, it's worked. It's a very small amount of battles I chose and if I decide "Ok I want to get this person into anime.", then I am doing it primarily so they can watch it with me (not literally with me, but on a seasonal basis so I can see their opinions on stuff on twitter, all my relationships are internet based.)
If I'm doing this, then I'm going to try and get them to watch that stuff appeals to me, that I think will also appeal to them. And the stuff that is made for the wider audience doesn't appeal to me at all. Ghibli, Shigeki no Kyoujin, One Piece, I just don't like any of that stuff. There's no value to me personally if someone likes One Piece but then I can't show them something like Accel World or Higurashi or Railgun. Even better is if I can show someone Strike Witches and not have them write it off immediately (it even took me a while to get up the courage to ask my best friend to watch that with me, and he hates fanservice stuff, I would never ask him to watch ecchi, but that show is worth it, all panties aside.)
Log in to comment