Anime fans, what is the appeal?

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How cringe is his Twitter?

Good lord I can't stand to watch that guy after discovering his Twitter.


He is also a litteral cuckold BTW. His girlfriend does porn.
well, just lewd pictures, right

i know people recently turned on idubbbz for this, but i honestly don't see how that makes you a cuck (or why it matters)

People turned on Idubbbz mostly because he used to make fun of and do videos relating to the topic of sex workers. All of a sudden it’s no longer funny to him now that his girlfriend is doing it. He pretty much did what he would’ve made a video on someone for 2 or 3 years ago so fans are upset at him for that.


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I will never understand the appeal because I find the tropes and especially their idea of "cute" as being viscerally disgusting. Had weeb friends in middle school/high school and I genuinely tried to like it, watched several shows and even read some manga since they pushed it onto me really hard. Instead of converting me like they wanted, it had the opposite effect and I went from not really caring to flat out hating anime. Also made me realize how fucked up Japanese culture is.
I kinda get this too, though probably not to the same extent.

Though I'm also just not a big cartoon person in general, the only one I'd say I'm genuinely a fan of is Clone Wars and even that is about 35% shit.


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emigrate or degenerate. the choice is yours
For what it's worth I also enjoyed Animatrix, but not entirely sure that counts considering the canon is based on a previously established western movie.

Plus I only really enjoyed 2 episodes; Second Renaissance part I and II.


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I’ve given up trying to understand it. I have all the same problems that you listed but I also find them pretty boring usually.

I’ll go ahead and also recommend Devilman Crybaby though. It’s been a while, but I don’t remember having virtually any of those problems with it.


 
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I will never understand the appeal because I find the tropes and especially their idea of "cute" as being viscerally disgusting. Had weeb friends in middle school/high school and I genuinely tried to like it, watched several shows and even read some manga since they pushed it onto me really hard. Instead of converting me like they wanted, it had the opposite effect and I went from not really caring to flat out hating anime. Also made me realize how fucked up Japanese culture is.
I kinda get this too, though probably not to the same extent.

Though I'm also just not a big cartoon person in general, the only one I'd say I'm genuinely a fan of is Clone Wars and even that is about 35% shit.
maybe give Legend of the Galactic Heroes a try

it's about space warfare, and it takes itself very seriously

i personally find it boring, but i think it has baconshelf written all over it


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I will never understand the appeal because I find the tropes and especially their idea of "cute" as being viscerally disgusting. Had weeb friends in middle school/high school and I genuinely tried to like it, watched several shows and even read some manga since they pushed it onto me really hard. Instead of converting me like they wanted, it had the opposite effect and I went from not really caring to flat out hating anime. Also made me realize how fucked up Japanese culture is.
I kinda get this too, though probably not to the same extent.

Though I'm also just not a big cartoon person in general, the only one I'd say I'm genuinely a fan of is Clone Wars and even that is about 35% shit.
maybe give Legend of the Galactic Heroes a try

it's about space warfare, and it takes itself very seriously

i personally find it boring, but i think it has baconshelf written all over it
oh yeah I've had that one recommended a couple of times to me so I figure if I do watch anime that'll be it

but on the other hand at this point I quite like just seeing how far I can take the "no anime" thing lmao


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I will never understand the appeal because I find the tropes and especially their idea of "cute" as being viscerally disgusting. Had weeb friends in middle school/high school and I genuinely tried to like it, watched several shows and even read some manga since they pushed it onto me really hard. Instead of converting me like they wanted, it had the opposite effect and I went from not really caring to flat out hating anime. Also made me realize how fucked up Japanese culture is.
I kinda get this too, though probably not to the same extent.

Though I'm also just not a big cartoon person in general, the only one I'd say I'm genuinely a fan of is Clone Wars and even that is about 35% shit.
maybe give Legend of the Galactic Heroes a try

it's about space warfare, and it takes itself very seriously

i personally find it boring, but i think it has baconshelf written all over it
oh yeah I've had that one recommended a couple of times to me so I figure if I do watch anime that'll be it

but on the other hand at this point I quite like just seeing how far I can take the "no anime" thing lmao

I'd echo the LoGH recommendation, although I would recommend the original series over the remake.


 
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神の愛は忍える。
They’re hit or miss, like regular American shows.
But the ones i take a liking to are more story/character driven and aren’t as sitcommy as American shows.


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Fuck realism or whatever, I go to anime specifically for the over-the-top shit.
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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I just like cool action and likable characters that also happen to be well animated, I don't really care what country it's from. It's all just entertainment to me.


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Anime's never one of the things that really grabbed me but I can appreciate that many series out there seem to have the balls to explore outlandish concepts that much of western media strays away from.


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Most time it's for the sotry. I'm quite picky on what animes I watch.  I dislike fan service