How to be an anime fan (a guide)

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Konnichiwa!

I have written this handy guide for all aspiring anime fans! Now, being an anime fan is within ANYONE's reach, though it takes years of work, dedication and carpal tunnel syndrome. Therefore, this guide will help you on your road to becoming a true fanatic. Here we go...

1. Forum Appearance
Forums on the web will be your primary means of communication, so it's extremely important to look good. Now, the first thing you need is a name. Not just any name will do, it has to involve anime somehow. A foolproof method is to take a name from Dragonball Z. This will immediately identify the quality of your character. The second step is an avatar. DBZ will do just fine. The basic are now set, but you still need a signature! A profound quote from your favorite anime series, or perhaps incoherent pseudo-japanese babble? You decide! If you are in doubt, consult these examples that I have thoughtfully provided:

"AAA BUKKAKE-SAN NINJAI TOKYO JESUS FIST HOBO!"
"AAaa i have ultimate power now! -- Ryu KeKeKe DBZ"
"nooooo ur not my father -- Sailor Hentai Goibatsu"

OK?????

2. Social life
The easiest and most efficient way of getting new friends is through a discussion forum, not unlike this one (except I don't want you here). There, you can share your opinions, sexual deviations and incoherent theories with like-minded people. Any forum will do (not this one though). When creating your account, kindly consult part one for instructions. Forums are also a great way of posting your fanfiction, poems and bizzare drawings. Forums are not enough, however. You need REAL people, as well! Years of tentacle-infested hentai bukkake porn may have dulled your brain, and you might find it difficult to take an interest in girls. Do not despair! What you need is someone who can tolerate your cruel, unusual and bizzare sexual fantasies without contacting the police. You need a japanese (s)exchange student! I wouldn't know where to get one, but persistence will pay off eventually! In the event that you are unable to find a japanese (s)exchange student (who wears a school uniform), you will just have to do with hentai. As a last resort, try anime conventions.

3. Things To Do!
Now that you (hopefully) have a user account at a messageboard and a japanese (s)exchange student gagged and bounded in your basement, you can start enjoying life and contributing to the community! A good way to make a lasting impression (and possibly ending up at Weekend Web) is to write fanfiction about your favorite anime series. Not everyone is a writer, so I have provided a sample story for inspiration.

"Ryu-Bukkake-San fell on teh floor when a Ki Ball hit him "HAHAHAALOLL" Hobo-Sensei laughed "i have Rearl Ultimate Power u cannot defeat me"
"noo i will kill u" Ryu-Bukkake-San said and concnetrated NNNGGHHHH AAA TOKYO JESUS FIST BUUAAA" a bal of KI ENERGY flew from his dick. "Aggghh noo what have u done 2 me" Hobo-Sensei said "i lose my energy???" "noooo r u my father noooo" Ryu-Bukkake-San screamed

Or something.

The end.
 
"AAA BUKKAKE-SAN NINJAI TOKYO JESUS FIST HOBO!"

Genius :D

Edit - My sig's not OTT is it?
 
I've come to conclusion that HL2.net's head honcho is demented...in a good way of course
 
the Super moderator guy...you know, the guy with the "communist badger" name ;)
 
you are in my eyes :rolling:

who is? who started this community?
 
lol. Munro is daddy honcho here see :P Like a sorta omnipresent being you cant feel, touch, see, or smell. Well except the smell perhaps ;)
 
Oki cut the spam lads ;)

Anyway, nice little guide

* ComradeBadger holds CptStern
 
Another good way to become an anime fan is to have 2 terabytes of the stuff. Like a person I know.

He gave me a 70GB HDD full of the stuff...I'm scared I might end up like him.
 
Why are people scared of/scared of being anime fans? It's nothing wrong with it as long as you act mature and resonable, no?
I for one may have a great interest for anime and manga, but that doesn't mean I don't act like normal people (yeah, I won't mind you making fun of that comment, and I hope you don't mind me not caring :p).

Anyway, yeah, great read. Not that I see any connection to anime or manga except for the fact that you mentioned DBZ, though. :rolleyes:
 
souleh said:
lol. Munro is daddy honcho here see :P Like a sorta omnipresent being you cant feel, touch, see, or smell. Well except the smell perhaps ;)
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:O ..I thought he was a dude sitting at a computer who wanted to give us a place to chat about HL2?
 
That was a real funny read, FINALLY something original is posted on these forums. :thumbs:
 
KagePrototype said:
Another good way to become an anime fan is to have 2 terabytes of the stuff. Like a person I know.

He gave me a 70GB HDD full of the stuff...I'm scared I might end up like him.
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Hmm, I've always wondered what kind of people by 250 gigabyte hard-disks and so on.
 
I need more details about one of those exchange students, they free right?
 
Oh, you forgot, on every computer you use you are *required* by the unwritten laws of "Teh Animee Groop" to log every Anime site you know of onto it and preferably set your badly drawn portrait of your Anime lover as the desktop. School computers included!
 
Kyo said:
Don't forget you need to dress up too :)
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LOL he just made fun of you throughout the entire article, didn't you notice? You should be like offended and stuff...
 
umop said:
LOL he just made fun of you throughout the entire article, didn't you notice? You should be like offended and stuff...
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I was being Sarcastic.

Anyway this months Anime Convention in Adelaide will be disturbing. The only reason I go is dirt cheap DVD's
 
Anime is weird, whats wrong with nice normal cartoons and stuff :)
 
Fat Tony! said:
Anime is weird, whats wrong with nice normal cartoons and stuff :)
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* Looks at Cartoon Network *
Are you kidding!? That's the crappiest cartoons I've ever seen!

Ok so I like anime more than most other cartoons. I'm not saying I don't like other cartoons though. Take Asterix & Obelix and Tintin for example. Hell even Dilbert is one kickass cartoon. I never said I disliked those.

I hate sloppy-made cartoons like Powerpuff girls and Dexter's Lab. I mean what's the friggin' point? It's pure pointless shit! Nothing original at all! The same stuff every time! And people watch these programs! That's probably the worst part! :|
 
Murray said:
* Looks at Cartoon Network *
Are you kidding!? That's the crappiest cartoons I've ever seen!

Ok so I like anime more than most other cartoons. I'm not saying I don't like other cartoons though. Take Asterix & Obelix and Tintin for example. Hell even Dilbert is one kickass cartoon. I never said I disliked those.

I hate sloppy-made cartoons like Powerpuff girls and Dexter's Lab. I mean what's the friggin' point? It's pure pointless shit! Nothing original at all! The same stuff every time! And people watch these programs! That's probably the worst part! :|
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yeah but what about ren n stimpy, its sloppy most of the time but still genius :D.
 
DizzyOne said:
yeah but what about ren n stimpy, its sloppy most of the time but still genius :D.
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Good point.
I myself don't have too much interest of them but I guess they are ok.
 
I once was an "anime fan". It was a dark, and terrifying little phase I went through. *shudders* I wasted several hundred dollars on loads of crap *cough pokemon cards*, and I watched anime quite alot.

then, it hit me. When I finally got that my dad was making fun of me when he saw me watching anime, I too began to see how dumb it was.

Luckily, I pulled out, and looked at the anime fad from a distance.I realized that the dubbing was terrible, there were not enough frames in animation, and anime drawers seem to be afraid of real backgrounds, or showing motion. (most anime looks like still frames with barely anything moving at all to me) It's now difficult watching all of my closest freinds fall into the dark side of anime and manga. It's rather annoying really.

my ex-girlfreind dumped me partly because I did not like anime or manga, now how stupid is that? I guess I will just have to live through this fad, because I really do believe it is just a fad (for people my age at least), even though my freinds alienate me when I choose not to read their mangas and other crap.

it sucks being the odd man out of a fad.
 
You made the right choice. Anime is bad for your health. Didn't you see that South Park episode? It's a Japanese invasion I tells ya!
 
I really need a new series of anime to watch.

Hardly any comedy series are being produced and/or subbed right now.

Meh.
 
theotherguy said:
I once was an "anime fan". It was a dark, and terrifying little phase I went through. *shudders* I wasted several hundred dollars on loads of crap *cough pokemon cards*, and I watched anime quite alot.

then, it hit me. When I finally got that my dad was making fun of me when he saw me watching anime, I too began to see how dumb it was.

Luckily, I pulled out, and looked at the anime fad from a distance.I realized that the dubbing was terrible, there were not enough frames in animation, and anime drawers seem to be afraid of real backgrounds, or showing motion. (most anime looks like still frames with barely anything moving at all to me) It's now difficult watching all of my closest freinds fall into the dark side of anime and manga. It's rather annoying really.

my ex-girlfreind dumped me partly because I did not like anime or manga, now how stupid is that? I guess I will just have to live through this fad, because I really do believe it is just a fad (for people my age at least), even though my freinds alienate me when I choose not to read their mangas and other crap.

it sucks being the odd man out of a fad.
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Too bad you watch the wrong kind of anime then. I'm not saying you should start watching anime again, I'm just saying that Pokémon isn't one of the best anime out there. The fact that you started buying Pokémon cards was sad, yes. I myself just bought the game (which wasn't that bad really).
If your dad was making fun of you, you were probably just watching Sailor Moon or Digomon or something like that.

Low frame rate you say? I advise you to see Akira before saying that!
I agree that there are lots of cheap-made anime out there though, but there are many great ones as well.

The fact that your girlfriend dumped you because you didn't like anime is not your fault. She has proven to have no respect for other peoples interests if she does a thing like that. If you ask me, she is not worth being anyone's girlfriend.
 
Heh, suprised to see me in this thread? :)

The low framerate and all that is what makes anime. It makes it cheap to make, and therefore, everyone can make them (almost). That means you dont have too see the same shit och and over again (hollywood), people can take chances to make something really really original...it may be crap... it may be awesome. In the crap-case, you havent lost too much.

Theres low frame/budget animes like Serial Experiments Lain (which is the best series ever made) and theres high quality animes like Last Exile. I love both types, but we must not forget that this is anime, and anime should look like that. If you dont like it... watch Disney Channel :)
 
theotherguy said:
then, it hit me. When I finally got that my dad was making fun of me when he saw me watching anime, I too began to see how dumb it was.
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My mum thinks it's kind of fruity, but dad will watch some anime with me if it's arty enough (he liked Lain :)), he gets into Eastern films like Akira Kurosawa's mainly.

If you don't like it then that's cool, don't watch it, but don't diss those who do. For many people it will be a fad, so I agree with you to an extent... but Pokemon isn't anime :P

ShadowFox said:
Anime is bad for your health. Didn't you see that South Park episode?
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LOL nuff said.

But that episode was cool. ALABAMA MAAAAAAN!!!

theotherguy said:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail57.html
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You gotta have blue hair :D

In conclusion, don't mess with jesus fist hobo.
 
well, yeah, all of my anime fan freinds tell me that pokemon is not a real anime, but the thing is, I don't have access to anything else but pokemon, digimon, and yugio. (because I have the regular, free TV) and it's very easy to create a stereotype that way.

with the frame thing, I know that it's the way that japanese artists make it cheaper to produce. Japanese artists focus on the quality of individual frames, but don't draw that many of them(or they will just have two frames played over and over for someone talking) American animators, however, focus on motion and action, and thus drawing quality of individual frames. (american animators will usually have a nice background, with very strange looking charachters, but with nice, fluent action with many frames.)

it just bothers me to see "action scenes" in animes as nothing but a string of still frames with crazy backgrounds, and then after the action, you see EXTREMELY slow-moving smoke or bubbles or something.

however, in american cartoons, the action is usually short, more realistic, but less exciting. american animators use alot of motion blur to try and make action look quicker without having to draw more frames. However, japanese animators meticulously draw out every single frame with alot of detail, and thus their frame rate suffers.
 
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