Newsflash: Anime Fans Suck!
A well-written editorial detailing why anime sucks and its fans should have their reproductive rights revoked (or something) has appeared, and it’s always fun for me to read these, because the people who write them know so little about anime.
For example, this quote: “…stuff like Dragonball Z is nothing more than a glorified cartoon about trading cards.” Now, I don’t defend DBZ. I’ve always thought it was a crappy show. But “about trading cards”? There IS a DBZ TCG, but at least the anime was based on a manga that was developed on its own, as opposed to, say, a series that was developed as a toy line first. Or, you know, another one. Or another one.
Moving along…he then says that anime fans always bring up Miyazaki as a Deus Ex Machina to close down any anti-anime arguments. But you know, I wouldn’t– I’d offer up Paprika, by Satoshi Kon, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
The writer finishes up by chastising us for having a Miyazaki collection and a copy of Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend and encourages us to “get out of the house and meet some real, normal people with hair and eyes in proper proportion to their heads.” Like guys who waste their time trying to prove that all anime fans are “social outcast Neo-Goth types”? I don’t think so.
But you know, for a guy who talks about how gleefully he bought the Animatrix, and who has actually watched enough Dragon Ball Z to know how bad it is, and actually knows of Urotsukidoji, and seems to have seen Akira and 3×3 Eyes as well…hey, wait a sec. You’re one of us!
ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ♥
Tags: anti-fandom, dragon-ball-z, rants, tcg, urotsukidoji
April 8th, 2008 at 9:59 am
This is why R1 fans are never to be taken seriously.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:18 am
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April 8th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Ha ha, the comments flame him about not knowing that The Animatrix is done by anime directors like Shinichiro Watanabe.
(I also wonder how many of those classic cartoons DVDs on his shelf are things like Robotech or Voltron)
April 8th, 2008 at 10:36 am
We suck in all the right ways.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Why is criticizing stuff you don’t really know such a common human trait? :P
April 8th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I love people sometimes.
April 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
The guy’s total denial of Miyazaki reveals his refusal to compromise on any level. I’m tempted to comment over there but it’s obviously a lost cause. I think I’ll just sit back and laugh at the inevitable flaming. Tragic how he mentions The Animatrix in that first paragraph too.
April 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Points for the Freaks reference.
April 8th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I’d like to know what stores he goes to if he sees tentacle/demon rape fantasies. o.O Maybe I’m just in the wrong section but I’ve never seen those on store shelves.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
You know, for a second I thought about taking a shot at this guy on my site but I’m not really sure that I can beat your closing paragraph. lol! Nice one Gia
April 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I lol-ed. that’s all. Yes, I commented just to show that I read it. I should really stop lurking all the time here and not comment ^^
April 9th, 2008 at 2:28 am
He needs a dose of Ritalin. Strong enough to kill him.