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Is there anyone out there who enjoys Anime? If so what kind?

I think I've seen this conversation elsewhere, but I forget where or when so...

I love anime. x3  I'm a huge fan of shonen-ai and yaoi when it comes to genre.  I enjoy magic and fantastical settings as well though sci-fi can also be good such as Outlaw Star.

YAY I haven't met too many people who like anime for some reason. I enjoy a current anime called Zetsuen no Tempest. The sound track came out today and I can't wait to download it. If you want a good site for anime that's secure you should try Bakabt.me

Genre wise, I'm a bit of a freak on that side. I have some serious fantasies. I love sci-fi and mecha anime also. Kingdom is another good anime thats out righ tnow if you like historical types.

Outlaw Star is one of my favorites! I watched the entire season in one day.
I love anime as well. All sorts of it. My first stuff was Dragonball, Fruits Basket, Sailor Moon, and Inuyasha. I remember reading Chobits at an early age as well. When I got older, I liked things like Ninja Scroll (the movie), Outlaw Star, Elfen Lied...anything with an interesting plot or a lot of action.

Quote from: Mellysia on February 27, 2013, 08:17:20 PM
YAY I haven't met too many people who like anime for some reason. I enjoy a current anime called Zetsuen no Tempest. The sound track came out today and I can't wait to download it. If you want a good site for anime that's secure you should try Bakabt.me

I'm rather picky. =/  If there's any form of straight romance in it then chances are I stay away from it. >.>;

Quote from: Aaron Gabriel on February 27, 2013, 08:18:38 PM
I'm rather picky. =/  If there's any form of straight romance in it then chances are I stay away from it. >.>;

I don't go for the romance types either. Boring on so many levels.

Quote from: Seb on February 27, 2013, 08:18:11 PM
Outlaw Star is one of my favorites! I watched the entire season in one day.
I love anime as well. All sorts of it. My first stuff was Dragonball, Fruits Basket, Sailor Moon, and Inuyasha. I remember reading Chobits at an early age as well. When I got older, I liked things like Ninja Scroll (the movie), Outlaw Star, Elfen Lied...anything with an interesting plot or a lot of action.

Ooo Elfen Lied was really good. Have you ever thought about watching Clannad?

I love anime, I love Space/future type anime, Things like Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Macross, Space Battleship Yamato, etc..

Quote from: Jeepgirl90 on February 27, 2013, 08:24:05 PM
I love anime, I love Space/future type anime, Things like Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Macross, Space Battleship Yamato, etc..

I love you so much. Cowboy Bebop was the first anime besides InuYasha that I ever watched from start to finish without a pause.

Cowboy Bebop was great. In fact I just learned "Rain" on the piano.

I haven't seen Clannad, I suppose you recommend it?

Well it was definitely something different for me. I'm not into the romance scene, but this was different.

If you want something closer to Elfen Lied's bloodier side then something like Gantz may pique your interest.

I prefer the slice of life types: Wagnaria!!, Sket Dance, Hyakko, Lucky Star, Azumanga Diaoh, Girls und Panzer, K-ON, Upotte!!, etc. I watch others too but I like a laid back relaxing type with humor tossed in.

I'm so disappointed that Girls Und Panzer is being delayed over and over again. Its a good series with a good plot, they need to stop messing with it.

Yeah, but makes me look forward to it more. In the meantime I can catch up on others I have missed such as The pet girl of sakurasou and My little monster.

Sounds interesting. The ones I'm currently following/watching are;

1. Zetsuen no Tempest
2. Kingdom
3. Naruto Shippuden

I used to watch Bleach, but they cancelled it which pissed me off. They keep saying they were going to make a second season of Freezing and Air Gear, but that'll never happen. I am looking forward to the recently green lit GGO = Gun Gale Online to be made and premiered.

I used to really be into anime and I still love a lot of the anime I used to watch but a lot of the new anime coming out just feels so copy/paste. So much slice of life, high school and magic girl stuff lately that it's hard finding really good ones.

I really enjoy anime like Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex, Trigun, Berserk, Gungrave etc.

I'll admit I did enjoy Azumanga Daioh and Clannad was one of the most depressing things I've watched if not for the sudden happy ending (Still think it would've been better without it)

The Suzumiya Haruhi series struck a chord with me too. So far read up to the eighth book.

Still, I find myself preferring the more... serious anime?

Quote from: Mellysia (Melly) on February 28, 2013, 03:03:44 AM
I used to watch Bleach, but they cancelled it which pissed me off. They keep saying they were going to make a second season of Freezing and Air Gear, but that'll never happen. I am looking forward to the recently green lit GGO = Gun Gale Online to be made and premiered.

I watched the early Naruto episodes but for whatever reason I can never fully get into fighting or action types. Especially when they sort of stray from main plotline or run for too long. I'm probably just too picky. I did enjoy Bleach. The characters are fantastic. I did like Trigun and Ghost in the Shell too.

Quote from: DirtyFox on March 06, 2013, 01:49:10 AM
I watched the early Naruto episodes but for whatever reason I can never fully get into fighting or action types. Especially when they sort of stray from main plotline or run for too long. I'm probably just too picky. I did enjoy Bleach. The characters are fantastic. I did like Trigun and Ghost in the Shell too.

I loved Trigun. Probably the funniest anime I saw in a long time. I watched Berserk last night and it was interesting and seriously blood filled.

Anime, likely the one girlie thing I shamelessly love.

I have something in the order of about 5 or 6 TB of anime. It's easier to measure it with terrabytes.

Something like 500 dvds.

Something like a TB of subbed stuff I have not had the pleasure of getting on DVD.

I tend to like most anything, but shy away from the horror bloody violent stuff. not a fan of boy anime aka Naruto Bleach Dragonball stuff. I don't mind watching it, but I haven't collected it.

I like the sappy romance stuff, the icky sweet stuff. If you can watch A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, you can watch anything :)

Most of the music I listen to, I only listen to it thanks to an AMV, aside from listening to my son's music (he has great tastes in trance and similar material).

I started with Sailor Moon and Ranma and Urusei Yatsura. But this century has been an explosion of anime.

I think they have gotten a bit out of hand with anime meant for teen boys with the fan service though the last while. I want my K-On style anime more.

Wow I wish I had that much anime. Right now I think I'm only around I think 500 gb downloaded to my hard drive right now. I think over the course of a couple years I have probably downloaded about 5 tbs worth. Ranma 1/2 was the first anime I ever watched. After that I was hooked like a fish on a hook with a work in its mouth.

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on March 21, 2013, 09:20:45 AM
I have something in the order of about 5 or 6 TB of anime. It's easier to measure it with terrabytes.

Something like 500 dvds.

Something like a TB of subbed stuff I have not had the pleasure of getting on DVD.

That without a doubt is the largest anime collection I have heard of. Simply amazing :). Romance anime are great so long as there is a happy ending. Suzuka was great but I was crying some of the time. K-on was fantastic, definitely up there on my favs. I feel kinda bad not watching Ranma1/2 when I had it available, is it worth the buy?

Ranma is timeless, but the first 3 seasons are when it was the most fun and the most fresh, plus the OAVs and two films.

Agreed. When I first saw them I laughed so much and the sexual parts I didn't really notice as being sexual. They were fresh as hell now that I think about it, but it was more fun because its not every day a boy turns into a girl and gramps turns into a panda.

Totally love anime!

I got started with "Sailor Moon" back in middle school, and the rest is history.

I've always loved magical-girl series, so right now I'm in the process of watching "Cardcaptor Sakura" and "Princess Tutu," and I also love the more dark-subversion type shows like "My-HiME" and "Madoka Magica."

Same deal, usually I really don't like the horror genre stuff, or the gore/violence ones. I tend to be more into fantasy, romance, slice-of-life series, and pretty much any other series that combines supernatural elements in order to get into the characters' heads. "Angel Beats" was one of my favorites, (so... much... crying... that series is so beautiful...) as well as sillier comedies like "Azumaga Daioh" and "School Rumble" that are all just in good fun, and I love the good romance/comedies like "CLANNAD" that make you both laugh and cry. I'm admittedly still relatively early in my fandom, as there are a LOT of very popular series that I still haven't gotten though, but I love it!

Really, the reason I love anime so much is because it gets so emotional. I LOVE it when the shows can make me cry, and really start to explore the psyche behind what makes us tick as humans, and really gets into the characters' heads. I LOVE shows that do that kind of thing.

Anime series I'm in the process of watching right now:
-Princess Tutu
-Cardcaptor Sakura
-The Beast Player Erin
-School Rumble
-His and Her Circumstances (Kare Kano)
-Revolutionary Girl Utena
-The Vision of Escaflowne

I My Me Strawberry Eggs is great for the cross dressing crowd to laugh at. How far would you go to get a job basically.

Kashi Mashi, for the gender changing, what would you do if you woke up after near dying to find out they rebuilt you as the opposite sex?

Tenshi na Konamaiki, what if some outside force changed you into the other gender with you never knowing if you could go back?

Kampfer, what if you were altered by an alien force to fight in some manner of elimination contest, and your 'power' converted you to the other gender, and you had no ability to control the moments of transformation?

Kamen no Maid Guy is hillarious. A guy that is incredibly strong, a body guard and also a maid.

Ran the Samurai girl, feudal Japan, and everything is as normal with the exception the lead person is a samurai that is female.

Doujin Work, where the lead is a girl that likes writing perverted doujins.

B Gata H Kei, all about a girl that is dedicated to something more like what a lot think most teen boys might dream about.

Ore no Imouto, basically about a guy's sister and her obsession with playing hentai games meant for boys.

Yep, the nice thing about anime, is it is not afraid to go anywhere if it can be made funny.

Homosexuals, no problem, transgender, no problem, sex changes and cross dressing, no problem. They willingly will exploit religion if it makes for an interesting plot notion. And they don't worry about the details being accurate as they clearly are just using the parts that are fun. They willingly push buttons most will not go anywhere near. Age range differences are not an issue.

I recall the trouble that was caused by a 500 year old vampire drawn to look like a loli in half dressed scenes acting like a randy adult.
Hey she's not a minor, she's 500 years old eh.

One show has a girl, she's very loli looking, and yet she is also sharing her soul with a tree. So she's not 100% human, and she is not from earth and she's hundreds of years old. But she's drawn like a loli.

One girl is a tree spirit that comes into physical form as a young girl in a carving an art student had made. She knows nothing about being a human, or how to behave, and just happens to look like a school girl.

I have seen it all. The most outrageous, was a pop can, that when you drink from it, becomes a young girl.

North American cartoons simply have absolutely NOTHING worth interesting me. South Park, crudely drawn chibi humans that are rude and crude and spouting dated humour. PASS. The Simpsons, trendy humour and the usual lame themes, father figure that is a doofus, under achieving son, not noticed daughter, weird wife, and dated gags. PASS. Cartoons have sucked since the 70s.

If not for Pixar and well made feature films, non anime based animation would be utterly without value.

You can compare anime and cartoons by saying anime is to theatre, what cartoons are to YouTube.

But so much of what makes cartoons what they are is cultural, or rather the culture cartoons are made in is basically so full of >-bleeped-<.

In North America, it is ok to state homosexuality is something you can be openly and not suffer from, we don't want it in our cartoons, because 'think of the children'. Ok, so if homosexuality reality isn't something society should be beating up, then why the sudden turn around in cartoons? It's because, the reality is mainstream hetero society does NOT accept the homosexual crowd in spirit. They do it because they were made to legally accept it.

That's probably the harshest truth of all. All the acceptance we often like to claim is there, is a thin veneer facade at best in a lot of cases.

In Sailor Moon, Sailor Uranus is a dyke lesbian and Sailor Neptune is her girlie lesbian lover. In North America though, they translated her to be 'a cousin'. The never got aired in North America season 5 the Sailor Star lights are GUYS that transform into female scouts wearing very provocative hot pants. I guess they just couldn't come up with anything to sort that one out in the 90s.

Times do change though. Today you can find an increasing number of anime where girls apparently have nipples.
They are no longer using pantie shots for fan service, now the girls spend plenty of time on the show with nothing on at all.
But I am sure most of the content is limited to the DVD retail sales. And because of the internet, your capacity to buy items not routinely on sale or broadcast on North American channels has meant the anime fan is not forced to care what is culturally accepted in North America.

I haven't watched much, but I was so obsessed with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood I stayed awake for almost 3 days straight to watch all of it. A friend of mine did a marathon of Furuba in high school but I never really got into it. Have to feel bad for the manga Akito, though. I also got hooked on DeathNote and the Cain Saga/Godchild series, but they both ended as soon as I started reading them. I think I read up to volume 7 of Loveless... but I'm not sure.

Now I wanna watch FMA again. But I need to sleep. This sucks.  ;D

Anime is amazing. I love the way of expression of Anime characters. I am a big fan of Kashimashi, don't know why. it's sort of Gender related. And happy!

I want to watch more sorts of comedy anime's, any ideas? :) thank you!

You have no idea how many hours I've spent watching Anime. My first was Ranma 1/2, mostly because I had some kind of resonance with the main character. (shocking, I know) I prefer the dark, twisted, horror type anime out there, as  well as any kind of giant robot anime. (I'm looking at you, Big-O, that fits the bill for both. How I <3 you so much.) My other favorites are Paranoia Agent, FLCL, FMA (not brotherhood, but the first one), Gurran Lagann, Eureka 7, Future Diaries, Noein, the aforementioned Madoka Magica, and Steins: Gate (even if the last two episodes did kind of cop out).

Between Naruto and Dragonball* I kind of got burnt out on tournament style anime, and I just can't stand harem style anime. I really liked the first season of Is This A Zombie? because it was more of a deconstruction of the magical girl and harem genre, but the second season stopped being a deconstruction all together. I powered through it but, ugh.

Quote from: zeekoe on April 04, 2013, 06:38:59 PM
Anime is amazing. I love the way of expression of Anime characters. I am a big fan of Kashimashi, don't know why. it's sort of Gender related. And happy!

I want to watch more sorts of comedy anime's, any ideas? :) thank you!

Best advice, seek out Crunchyroll (google that).

They have a LOT of good anime and it is well defined by genre.

Anime is rapidly leaving behind the days when you had to download it.

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on April 05, 2013, 06:33:33 AM
Best advice, seek out Crunchyroll (google that).

They have a LOT of good anime and it is well defined by genre.

Anime is rapidly leaving behind the days when you had to download it.

Thanks, that site is awesome <3

I like AMVs and going to anime conventions but I don't actively watch any anime anymore.

Welcome To The Show AMV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFRjLIv8Exo#)

There was nothing about that anime show I liked, but, that AMV was not bad.

I have experienced a lot of great AMVs that often used hohum anime shows.

Anime/manga is some of the best stuff ever. I mostly go for scifi or weird suernatural stuff although I do have an embarrassing soft spot for stupid sappy romances I've probably seen most of em.

Things like FMA, Eureka 7, Gantz manga, Kekkaishi, I just started watching Bakemonogatari, and reading Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan), and my all time favorite is Ghost in the Shell; everything manga, anime, movies, btw there's a new GITS anime coming out soon!!!!

If its even a little bit weird or involves space I'm all over it ;D

Quote from: Jeepgirl90 on February 27, 2013, 08:24:05 PM
I love anime, I love Space/future type anime, Things like Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Macross, Space Battleship Yamato, etc..

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I love hunter x hunter, yu yu hakusho, macross, gundam outlaw star, oreimo :]

I've been a pretty big anime fan for awhile now. I got my start on Sailor Moon back when they used to show it on network TV at 6am. Samurai Pizza Cats and Ronin Warriors were awesome then. I kind of went through the whole parade of anime at that point, and have been a fan of DBZ, Eva, Robotech, Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Kinnikuman (yes, Nisei as well,) Beck, Fairy Tale, and tons of others, but especially One Piece. :p

I like anime!  I love pretty much most sports anime.  Some of my favourite animes are 12 Kingdoms, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Macross/Robotech, One Outs, all the Full Metal Panics and Gundam Seed Destiny.  My favourite movies are Howl's Moving Castle, Appleseed, and Grave of the Fireflies.

Quote from: Vera C on May 24, 2013, 04:55:11 PM
I've been a pretty big anime fan for awhile now. I got my start on Sailor Moon back when they used to show it on network TV at 6am. Samurai Pizza Cats and Ronin Warriors were awesome then. I kind of went through the whole parade of anime at that point, and have been a fan of DBZ, Eva, Robotech, Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Kinnikuman (yes, Nisei as well,) Beck, Fairy Tale, and tons of others, but especially One Piece. :p

You make me so happy talking about Ronin Warriors. That was my first anime.  Most people my age always say that Sailor Moon or DBZ was their first.  Ronin was mine.  I tell people that and they always are confused because they have never heard of it.  Which is why watching Cardcaptor Sakura in English is so funny because Kero's voice is done by Ryo from Ronin.  Always made me laugh.

Anyho, I enjoy Yu Yu Hakusho, Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Black Rock Shooter (Although I haven't finished it all), Cardcaptor Sakura, Escaflowne (Although I have to stop at a certain point every time because it just gets too damn depressing; I know how it ends but I can't STAND watching Vahn scream like that), Immortal Rain, and, sadly, I do love a few yaois.  Like Junjou Romantica.  I go to conventions and work at them, but to be honest I am so out of the loop when it comes to new stuff.  Black Rock Shooter is probubly the most recent thing I have watched, and I only watched it after having seen a really neat figurine from it.  I also own all of Rahxephon but I haven't watched it all.  I do that.  Buy whole series of something because it is cheap and I have always wanted to watch it, and then never finish it.  I should probubly stop doing that.  The only reason I know of half of the new stuff is because I often work for a vendor and I have to know the names of things so that I can tell them if we have it.  A friend of mine I made literally because she was always looking for Saint Seiya stuff and I began pulling the stuff we had out ahead of time to show her.  I didn't know her name for the longest time, only that I called her "Saint Seiya girl".

Quote from: Asa on May 26, 2013, 12:20:27 PM
I like anime!  I love pretty much most sports anime.  Some of my favourite animes are 12 Kingdoms, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Macross/Robotech, One Outs, all the Full Metal Panics and Gundam Seed Destiny.  My favourite movies are Howl's Moving Castle, Appleseed, and Grave of the Fireflies.

Howl's always seems to be the most disliked one of his films I've found.  I'm not including Naussica in this because most people I talk to have never HEARD of it.  I liked Howl's, thought it was kind of refreshing.

Quote from: Darkie on May 26, 2013, 01:25:53 PM
Howl's always seems to be the most disliked one of his films I've found.  I'm not including Naussica in this because most people I talk to have never HEARD of it.  I liked Howl's, thought it was kind of refreshing.

Really? I didn't know that. I found Howl's to be stylish and fascinating. Hayao Miazaki is a genius in my books. It's been too long since I've seen Naussica, I should go back and watch it again.

Quote from: Asa on May 26, 2013, 03:18:36 PM
Really? I didn't know that. I found Howl's to be stylish and fascinating. Hayao Miazaki is a genius in my books. It's been too long since I've seen Naussica, I should go back and watch it again.

I meant that most people I talk to don't seem to like Howl's.  Not sure why.  And Kyh, I own all of DITVB, but I haven't watched it.  Is it really good?  I own some of the manga.

So, right now I'm watching Attack on Titan, Amnesia, and The Devil is a Part Timer.

Attack on Titan: Soooo gooood. Seriously, folks. Probably the best Anime to come out since Full Metal Alchemist. Go onto Crunchyroll and watch the first 10 minutes. If it hasn't hooked you by then then, well, I dunno.

Amnesia: It's... an interesting twist to  the reverse harem trope. Normally I hate harem anime, mostly because the main characters end up being such Mary Sues that I just want to gouge my eyes out, but despite the main character's Mary Sueness  in this one, the plot is leaving me guessing.... and that's saying a lot. It's a lot more interesting than I thought it was going to be.

The Devil is a Part Timer: This one's on Hulu Plus. Concept: Satan from an alternate dimension retreats to Modern Japan after a stunning defeat to recoup. However, he finds himself powerless and human when he gets there so he is forced to get a part time job at Mc Donalds to make ends me. Hilarity ensues. This is far, far better than it has any right to be.

I'm into the classics.
My current fav is still Macross Plus. I love some Sharon Apple.
I used to like Ninja Scroll but as life has moved on and perception has changed it's a bit too derogatory towards women for my tastes.

Attack on Titan is absolutely amazing. That series is one for the books.

The Devil is a Part Timer is really good too. Really funny is you ask me, but it works out great with the action and suspense.

You should try Samurai Bride. That is one that will make you laugh a lot, but keep your eyes glued to the screen with the action and a bit of ecchi.

Admittedly, I haven't seen any anime aside from the stuff I used to love. I think FMA Brotherhood was the last series I watched. :P I've seen stuff that's been suggested to me, but it never really hooked me. I still absorb manga though.

Also, I'm glad to see love for Ronin Warriors. That show was awesome!  ;D

I'm an old-school anime fan; however, it's because I've been into old-school anime for a long time and not just because what I like is considered old-school now. ;D

I'm a sucker for Takahashi - Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku and Ranma 1/2 are some of my favorites (my wife even walked down the aisle at our wedding to a song from Maison Ikkoku). I really recommend Kimagure Orange Road, Bubblegum Crisis, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Rose of Versailles, and Irresponsible Captain Tylor for those who have not seen anything that came out before DVD (though some of them are now :))

I'm trying to keep up with the "new" stuff, but the last series I really got into was Full Metal Alchemist, still have yet to see Brotherhood. Attack on Titan does look promising though, I'm playing catchup with it.

Quote from: Yukari-sensei on June 25, 2013, 06:59:44 AM
I'm trying to keep up with the "new" stuff, but the last series I really got into was Full Metal Alchemist, still have yet to see Brotherhood. Attack on Titan does look promising though, I'm playing catchup with it.

FMA:Brotherhood is quite good, but it caused quite a rift with me an other FMA fans. Most people think it's better than FMA, but I honestly think that the original is better. This seems to piss a lot of them off, for some reason. Just because I put Brotherhood at 9/10 and the original at 9.5/10, it doesn't mean I don't think it's good, or not worth watching. It is. It's just the first was better.

I've decided to break down and watch Berserk. Hoo boy. It's... okay. The animation is terribad, but a lot of people think highly of it, so I'm willing to give it a pass if the script is decent. And it's okay so far. Right now it's only saving grace for me is that it's got music from Susumu Hirasawa, who I totally adore. (FYI, he's also the guy who scored Paprika and Paranoia Agent.)

At least it's better than Amnesia. Oh, God, that show could have redeemed itself at the end and made it worth watching, but between it ending with a Deus Ex Machina (Literally) and it basically being a rape fantasy about the lead character.... yeah. Do. Not. Watch.

(There are anime threads in the entertainment section.  ;) )
My favourites (in order) are Hellsing, Baccano!, and Durarara!!, and I also like Soul Eater, Death Note, Bleach, and Monster. An anime of Blood Lad is going to start soon that I am excited for. I prefer manga to anime, but like both. I recently started reading Doubt and Jack Frost (the latter is a manhwa).

Quote from: Shodan on June 25, 2013, 07:36:19 AM
FMA:Brotherhood is quite good, but it caused quite a rift with me an other FMA fans. Most people think it's better than FMA, but I honestly think that the original is better. This seems to piss a lot of them off, for some reason. Just because I put Brotherhood at 9/10 and the original at 9.5/10, it doesn't mean I don't think it's good, or not worth watching. It is. It's just the first was better.

I've decided to break down and watch Berserk. Hoo boy. It's... okay. The animation is terribad, but a lot of people think highly of it, so I'm willing to give it a pass if the script is decent. And it's okay so far. Right now it's only saving grace for me is that it's got music from Susumu Hirasawa, who I totally adore. (FYI, he's also the guy who scored Paprika and Paranoia Agent.)

At least it's better than Amnesia. Oh, God, that show could have redeemed itself at the end and made it worth watching, but between it ending with a Deus Ex Machina (Literally) and it basically being a rape fantasy about the lead character.... yeah. Do. Not. Watch.

Since you brought up Paprika and Paranoia Agent, did you ever watch Perfect Blue? I loved the reaction my mom had to watching that when it first came out on VHS... As a direct result, my mother never had the same disregard for anime that my father does (She bought all of FMA on DVD when it came out... for herself :))

I.... don't think I have. I can't believe that slipped through the cracks.

whenever anyone in real life asks if i watch anime i cringe....
I do watch it, but not often, but i dont want them to get the impression i watch the typical stupid ones... there's already people saying my style is too anime :/

Not sure what I dislike more (when connected to anime).

Guys toooooo incapable of realizing that a certain specific hair style (best described as 'merely hair growing on a head never cut or brushed and with no assurance of being washed much') and a clothing choice best described as 'unlikely to have a significant other that is organic', that seem immune to the revelation they are the iconic representation of males that like anime.

Or anime that seems too out of touch with the reality that breasts and nipples and quasi sex scenes is not doing anime any real good and it has sure gotten out of hand lately. And seems likely to be only of use to the above other thing I dislike about anime.

But fortunately there is a lot of good fun anime out there, that has nothing of the latter above, and can appeal to either gender.

Was amused to find that my son has found a rather nice girl, that is ok with watching anime. He's been indulging some of my very vast collection with her recently.

I never hide that I like anime, but, I do make a point of not liking entirely the anime that is no better than tabloid TV.
And I always make a point of mentioning that anime is not always about persons in the above example, and to be called Otaku, well it's dumb to wear that label considering what a proper translation containing context involves.
Otaku, = loser. It's not Japanese for fan or geek. Saying you are Otaku means you are a loser. THAT'S what the word actually means.

My favorites are Evangelion, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Outlaw star.

I've seen several anime. The ones I can remember are:
Ranma ½
I My Me, Strawberry eggs
Kashimashi
Ouran
Inuyasha
Cheeky Angel