Why is anime so misunderstood?
By jess_meow
@jess_meow (229)
United States
December 30, 2006 1:03pm CST
Often, I've heard someone say that anime is just for the kids. Basically, the cartoons of this generation. Have any of these people realized that with the amount of cursing and blood in 'Hellsing' it is not made for kids?
Apparently, not in my public library. 'Yami no Matsuei' (aka Descendents of Darkness) was placed in the kids section. I almost died from laughter.
Anybody else notice this?
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@dan20071 (724)
• Romania
31 Dec 06
The anime wave hasn't reached too many places yet, and people are influenced not to watch by others who don't like it.But when they will first watch it, they will fall in love with them, that i guarantee. For example here, in Roamania, anime is still considered tabuu. For some time now, I believe it's about 2 years, there has been a new Tv channel named A+ (which stands for Anime +). At first, people wouldn't watch it, but know it's very popular and has a huge viewer rating, even has a forum which has a lot of users. There, you can find an interesting poll wich asks of the age of the users. You will be surprised if I told you that the most popular age category si 17-30 years old, and believe me, it's true. Anime has no age preference because there is always something suitable for everyone to see in it. :)
@jess_meow (229)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Lucky! In America, the only anime channels are usually kids stations. That's probably the main reason for the misunderstandings here. People here watch 'Bleach' on a channel called, 'Cartoon Network'. See what I mean?
@hassanchop (820)
• United States
30 Dec 06
Because of the people who like anime. You can't tell me this isn't true - you know the otaku type, and you know how they usually are. People see this and think "childish". If the weeaboo stereotype wasn't there, anime wouldn't have the rap that it does.
@jess_meow (229)
• United States
2 Jan 07
True, obsessed fans, people who live and breathe anime, do hurt the anime reputation. Still, the fans are usually teens, not little kids.
@dtchucuoi (91)
• United States
20 Jan 07
Not many people even start with anime yet. And well, people often mixed kid cartoons with anime
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