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Enemy or Ally?
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Today at school, I had an unfortunate encounter with this guy at lunch. I was drawing when he walked by and saw my picture and just sat down in awe and asked me questions about it. He then asked if I watch a lot of anime and if I was a die-hard fan. I thought about it for a minute and decided to say 'yes' because I know that I go to extreme lengths to find out any information about any new anime and I just go all obsessive.
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Dante May Cry
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Beginning with the last question, I don't consider myself as a die-hard fan. I just like anime a lot, and is one of the things I most enjoy whn watching.
People is just sometiems ignorant. And just remember this: Fools will always be heard from afar, but wise men will hardly say a word (there's a saying that goes mroe or less like that ![]() People who usually talks too much and have their mouths full of s*** ![]() I just consider him an ignorant. Just like myself. But at least I accept this truth. I've seen some animes, yes, and I like them a lot, but that does not make me a die-hard fan at all. To be a real otaku I'd have to be always dressing stuff related to anime, have my room's walls completely full of anime posters, have it full of plushies, etc. etc. etc............ and of course, have a real vast knowledge of anime. Who I would call a die hard fan of anime is one of the moderators at AnimeNation who calls herself "Gatomon" Look for her ans you'll more or less understand what I mean. She's watched hundreds of anime as for what she claims. I think her words are trusty since she's like 40 years old, so she's got the money and time, I guess. Well, I just mentioned her to post an example. But I'm not sure if the "die-hard fan" term applies to anime in general. You can be a die hard fan of a certain anime series, a certain video game, a certain movie.......... well, I'm not too sure about that myself. Just ignore him. You own him ![]() ![]() ![]()
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no way am i a die-hard anime fan! i havent seen too many animes only some on toonami and other places plus i dont have the money to buy the dvd's and whatnot so i say im not a die-hard fan im just a dude who likes anime.
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Enemy or Ally?
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Yeah, see that guy is ignorant and he has no idea what real die-hard anime fans are! I admit that I'm not a total die-hard anime fan, but in my town, I probably am. Oh, but this guy...unbelievable.
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Teacher Banzai
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Last question first, I consider myself just a fan. Not a DHF.
Now, that guy just sounds like an ignorant "I try and watch all I can on network TV so I must be a die hard fan" type guy.. these guys infect everything, unfortunately, and they're depressingly common. Supposed "Hardcore Gamers" who only own three games and don't know what the hell is going on in the industry go hand in hand with "Die Hard Anime Fans" who don't know about very popular anime titles like Neon Genesis Evangelion and the others mentioned. Pay the fool no mind, Meryl. If you can't help but get irked by him though, and he brings up that idiotic "If it's so popular why isn't it out on CN yet?" argument, tell him that Cartoon Network doesn't pick them up because they don't have the assets to purchase the rights and/or the content is too mature to be shown on that network anywhere save Adult Swim or Midnight Run (I wouldn't know any more, since I have long sinced abandoned the hamster cartoons, DBZ and censorship that is Cartoon Network). If I'm not mistaken Pokemon was/is one of the most successful anime franchises out there (undeniable, unfortunately) and it's not shown on Cartoon Network.. Neither is Digimon. Hell, most anime hasn't been shown on cartoon network period. Ask him next time how did anime survive if only the Cartoon Network cartoons were "truly popular" when they only started showing them a couple of years ago..
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Dante May Cry
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What really bugs me is that many ppl say that Cartoon Network is anawsome source for anime
![]() Why does not ppl understand that CN SUCKS! (as an anime source) But hey Meryl-chan, don't let that guy piss you off or anything....... I kind of feel some sort of remote shame for the guy ![]()
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People like that guy really make me laugh! They don't even know what they're talking about but they like to think they know anything! Just ignore them, because there's no way to explain them they don't even know what anime is. As there's no way to make them think about the possibility to watch other shows to understand japanese animation and its variety.
They will ever keep on thinking that DBZ is the ultimate anime and other things are crap 'cause they can't watch them on their usual channel. They don't even take the time to think they're wrong or that there are other better sources to see anime. They're just plain ignorant. It's not even funny to talk to them for the only reason they won't listen to you, they just listen to other people with their same tastes or "knowledge". Simply boring ![]() |
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Enemy or Ally?
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Thanks for the advice, BlackThornn...you're very right, but I was too pissed and shocked to think of anything to say yesterday. Today when I saw him at lunch, he was wearing this DBZ shirt but he didn't come by to "chat" anymore...that's probably because he thought I was too stupid to understand him. Argh....that's okay that he didn't come by, otherwise we would've gotten into a major argument again and probably get sent to our Deans.
![]() ![]() And Frozen-sama...tell me about it. Everyone in my town is always saying CN is the source of anime. It's either that or the Bebop series on Adult Swim and they think "Wow...am I cool or what?" It's really quite frustrating. All the animes that they show on CN are just....well...I dunno what to call them exacty, but they used to show Outlaw Star (probably edited) and The Big O. Now, see......those two shows are actually anime, but surprisingly enough, those two were booted out of the schedule to be replaced by more DBZ. *faints* How annoying is that? I honestly respect DBZ as an anime, but omg, how much do you need? Hylas: You're right too...people like these only listen to people with the same "knowledge" as them. I remember during my Sophmore year, I talked to these two girls who supposedly said they were DHFs too...but...the ones they mostly talked about and was crazy about was Ranma 1/2. I've seen Ranma...I like it in a small way....but I decided to ask if they've seen any other stuff. They've seen Blue Seed, Cardcaptor, Evangelion, Ah! My Goddess, Rurouni Kenshin, Tenchi Muyo....but they didn't see Cowboy Bebop or Trigun (Trigun just being released but extremely popular already)....I explained to them what they were but they brushed it off because it was too "guyish" and too much "mindless action". ![]()
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Dante May Cry
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Hmm, but then should everyone know Trigun and Bebop in order to be a fan?
About DBZ... you should give the sucker and opportunity of being watched. ![]() But I think it is, as you said, quite frustrating that they quit featuring Outlaw Star and CB just to show more DBZ... that sucks. I've seen just one chapter of Outlaw Star and it seemed absolutely cool, and so was with Cowboy Bebop. I love DBZ, but I hate it whenever they change soem series to present another. Widen the damn Adult Swim time! Is like, some years ago.... they had DB and DBZ on TV, and I was enjoying it so much... then some mother$%^$ decided to change the two for guess what.... POKEMON AND DIGIMON. The two anime series I hate with the heart. That was real disgusting. The bad thing with this stupid guy is that he may talk badly about you saying that you are ignorant or anything because you know why. (when he's the stupid ignorant) Don't let that fact surprise you if it happens.
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Well, if you think about it....those two girls mostly watched the mainstream anime...you know...the ones that are mostly popular and most widely known. And since Trigun around that time was becoming very popular, you'd think that they would've heard about it at least from someone or seen the cover if they were DHF as they say. I'm not saying that anyone who doesn't watch Trigun or Bebop could never be a fan...but these two girls never even heard of it or if they did, they ignored it for the fact that they thought it was probably something stupid without actually hearing what it was about first. And with them saying they're DHF....it doesn't make them seem very DH because they're really particular about what interests them. I guess I'm not making any sense at all. Quote:
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Taijutsu Master
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No doubt about it, I am one of the greatest hard core anime fan i know. If not number one. I don't make a lot of money, so i don't have that much anime, and where i live makes it impossible to buy the cool collecters stuff, like cell drawings, and mangas and whatnot, but all in all i've only spent about $1,400 on japanimation. But i don look up info on new series everyday over the internet, download tons and tons of songs from variuous aniume series, even ones i've never heard of before. And i easily draw up to four or five pictures a day, all of em anime style. And apperently i'm really good at it. I do my best to spend as much as i can on anime, anticipating the end of this month, where hellsing vol 2 comes out, and the second half of the eva movie, End of Evangelion comes out. And i just recently bought a $200 box set of the Tenkuu no Escaflowne series, limited addition, only 10000 made, and i got number 107, yay.
But with me needing to save up for college, a car, and school expenses, i'm not really able to buy a lot of anime these days. I've only been into anime for a little over 2 years now, and I know that you can be a die hard anime fan without having any of it, or knowing of anything beyond toonami and the adult swim.
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Dante May Cry
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![]() and my point of DB being replaced by Poke and Digi f*** is more or less like it happened with Outlaw tar: They had still not finished showing the whole Cell saga, and whenever they were going to start shoing the Cell games, then next day I saw with a terrified expression in my face that the TV shows I hate the most were being shown instead of one of the most important parts of the DBZ series. I don't want to tell you how pissed I was back then (but that wasn't with Cartoon Network, DBZ looks and sounds like s*** with that disgusting dubbing, I saw a different (and million times better dubbing) when I lived in south america. but evil people is found everywhere, I guess ![]() And yes, poor guy whenever he finds himself infront of a real DH anime fan ![]()
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