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Originally posted by Rei

That is in fact one of the most annoying things about anime fandoms: wannabe-otakus who think to understand anything starting to bug others with their stupid theories, telling you don't understand what anime is, what the meaning of a sries is, talling you you're too new to this hobby to really get what anime is. Most of the times they just don't like anime so much, but they like to think they're great fans, just to make other feel they're not like them. The greates part of them have seen no more than 5 or 6 series. Don't let your interest be weakened by those people: it's the worst thing to do.

Yes! It's very annoying...I've talked to a group of girls 2 years ago who's only seen: Ranma, Sailormoon, Fushigi Yuugi, and a couple of others. However, all they talk about is Takahashi-sensei's works, like Ranma (they never stop talking about it!), Inuyasha, and the manga, Maison Ikkoku. I tried introducing them to other animes, like Cowboy Bebop and Trigun, but they weren't interested.

Originally posted by Reid

The things that usually kill my interest in anime are repetition and certain people.

Sometimes I get really annoyed by the same old tired character and genre stereotypes and those really make me not want to watch any anime when I keep running into that.

Yeah, that's what I mean too.

On the other hand though, shows like Wolf's Rain and the new Ghost in the Shell : Stand Alone Complex series let me keep faith that there is really good and original work coming out.

The second thing would be people. Like a casual friend of mine is always trying to get me to watch absolutely everything new that he gets and usually 75% of it is trash, because he just likes anime for being anime (if that makes sense to people).

I agree, when some animes are released with fresh new plots that keeps you guessing, it's very nice and relieving. I kinda could guess what your friend is...watching anime for being anime....it's a good thing that there are people who watch anything, but of course, there are some that are just look so terrible by looking at the cover that you can't possibly just watch it and enjoy it.