If Anime went 'mainstream'

[Davy]

-Fanfiction written by a being with no concept of grammar, or who has never picked up a dictionary in thier lives.

-AMV's created by a person with no idea what 'editing' is, yet gets 5*(400+ ratings!) and 300k views on Youtube because he timed 'Linkin Park:In the End' to the Naruto vs Sasuke emofest.

-Cosplayers who really, really should've been put down at birth.

-Mind-scarring pornography.

-If spoken about socially in public, will get wierd views and be branded as a 'nerd' or whatnot.

-Fanboys/fangirls(I dont think this needs explanation)

-Pretentious so-called 'Anime Reviewers'

Anyway, my question to you is, would you really want annie-may to go more mainstream, despite a large portion of it's fanbase being socially and mentally retarded beyond all recognition?

I'd probably start praying for a nuclear holocaust if it got any worse.

[Silence]

Where have you been?

Anime has been extremely mainstream for a long time now.

8 years ago anime fans were still watching fansubs on VHS.

It's a brand new, wonderful and horrible world now.

[Malintex_Terek]

@Davy:

-Fanfiction written by a being with no concept of grammar, or who has never picked up a dictionary in thier lives.

-AMV's created by a person with no idea what 'editing' is, yet gets 5*(400+ ratings!) and 300k views on Youtube because he timed 'Linkin Park:In the End' to the Naruto vs Sasuke emofest.

-Cosplayers who really, really should've been put down at birth.

-Mind-scarring pornography.

-If spoken about socially in public, will get wierd views and be branded as a 'nerd' or whatnot.

-Fanboys/fangirls(I dont think this needs explanation)

-Pretentious so-called 'Anime Reviewers'

That sounds like today. Seriously…

@Davy:

Anyway, my question to you is, would you really want annie-may to go more mainstream, despite a large portion of it's fanbase being socially and mentally retarded beyond all recognition?

No.

I feel we have/had a pretty sweet gig here, tons of free anime and manga online with corporations in death throes and unable to put lateral pressure on us to stop. Even the big corporations like VIACOM are more concerned with music pirates who actually impact their sales than to pick on us.

Anime fan "maggotry" or "retardation" is a real problem now - it's not that people can't be passionate, it's that they're far too zealous and their numbers make them a mob. An easily manipulated mob. Fanboys also spoil the enjoyment of shows and make me not want to buy legit stuff - I find myself cheering for the underdog in the American anime scene (Media Blasters, 4Kids) more often now because of how annoying cults around voice actors have become. The last thing we need now is "brand loyalty", oh gosh. o_o

The solution, I feel, is for the anime community as a whole to grow large but filled with a lot of "civilised" people, so the "endless summer" never happens. If the community is sufficiently large to promote the status quo, the immigrants can't change it unless their numbers are much larger.

History repeats itself!

4chan for example is fighting a losing battle against the mob, and we've known it was gonna happen since SaiGar 2007 ended - even if 500 individuals try to preserve the old culture, it'll get smothered in a crowd of 2000 who go out of their way to be as irreverent as possible.

Anime going mainstream might not be a bad thing, but if it were to go mainstream today we'd be knee deep in a big pile of poop.

[Davy]

Yeah disregard my earlier post, sorry, a combination of some stuff happened today and when I started to think about it, I got all cynical and pessemistic.

Anyway, by 'mainstream' I mean at the level that videogaming is at now compared to say, the 1980's.

What I mean is, would it be a good or a bad thing? good for the companies and writers behind many of the series we read and watch, but bad for the fanbase?

EDIT: Yeah, I know im bludgeoning a dead horse here, but I just want to hear your opinions on the matter.

[VL7]

Uhh, who cares about the fanbase, you can ignore half of it anyway. If manga, comic books, anime, cartoons etc. gained a similiar status like literature and movies it would mean a greater variety of genres and way more anime, manga etc. too choose from.

And again, even though that will produce alot of manga and anime titles you will hate, way more bad ones than now, you can actually ignore ALL of the tiles you hate and just read/watch the good ones.

[Supernova]

@Davy:

-Fanfiction written by a being with no concept of grammar, or who has never picked up a dictionary in thier lives.

-AMV's created by a person with no idea what 'editing' is, yet gets 5*(400+ ratings!) and 300k views on Youtube because he timed 'Linkin Park:In the End' to the Naruto vs Sasuke emofest.

-Cosplayers who really, really should've been put down at birth.

-Mind-scarring pornography.

-If spoken about socially in public, will get wierd views and be branded as a 'nerd' or whatnot.

-Fanboys/fangirls(I dont think this needs explanation)

-Pretentious so-called 'Anime Reviewers'

Anyway, my question to you is, would you really want annie-may to go more mainstream, despite a large portion of it's fanbase being socially and mentally retarded beyond all recognition?

I'd probably start praying for a nuclear holocaust if it got any worse.

You can talk about anime and not be a nerd.Alot of the popular kids read manga.

We already have Horrible manga porn.

Most of the anime is mainstream now.The only mangas people will make fun of you for reading is Shojo manga.This doesn't need a reason we all are smart enought to know the reason.

[sasuke6000]

@Supernova:

You can talk about anime and not be a nerd.Alot of the popular kids read manga.

We already have Horrible manga porn.

Most of the anime is mainstream now.The only mangas people will make fun of you for reading is Shojo manga.This doesn't need a reason we all are smart enought to know the reason.

Not really a lot of people think of anime/ manga as like yu-gi-oh and pokemon so people think the fan base is for 8 years making them think you are a nerd/ weird.

I can probably bet about 60% of teenagers think if someone likes anime/ manga they are a nerd/loser

God damn hentai pisses me off. People spend months to create something to jac* off to

Only Naruto is main stream now if you think. Still though people think naruto is for kids making more people think anime is stupid

I don't think i'VE ever read a shojo manga

[Sandai Mera]

@sasuke6000:

God damn hentai pisses me off. People spend months to create something to jac* off to

It's no different than the live action stuff the only difference is that you can get away with a lot more.

[sasuke6000]

Um I'm a teenager sterio typed as a perv just because of my age and I FIND THAT NASTY SANDAI IM PUTTING IN MY SIG THAT YOUR A PERV

[Kitsune Inferno]

I prefer to keep my anime fetish known to a select few friends, since most of my friends find it childish, as with video games.

[Sandai Mera]

@sasuke6000:

Um I'm a teenager sterio typed as a perv just because of my age

Um how old are you?

[Mr. Lucci]

@Kitsune:

I prefer to keep my anime fetish known to a select few friends, since most of my friends find it childish, as with video games.

That's fairly similar to me. Most of my friends are unaware of my liking of anime/manga to begin with. My friends are pretty laid back about this stuff, so it doesn't matter that much though.

[sasuke6000]

@Sandai:

Um how old are you?

15

16 stalker points

[Buuhan1]

@Davy:

-Fanfiction written by a being with no concept of grammar, or who has never picked up a dictionary in thier lives.

-AMV's created by a person with no idea what 'editing' is, yet gets 5*(400+ ratings!) and 300k views on Youtube because he timed 'Linkin Park:In the End' to the Naruto vs Sasuke emofest.

-Cosplayers who really, really should've been put down at birth.

-Mind-scarring pornography.

-If spoken about socially in public, will get wierd views and be branded as a 'nerd' or whatnot.

-Fanboys/fangirls(I dont think this needs explanation)

-Pretentious so-called 'Anime Reviewers'

Anyway, my question to you is, would you really want annie-may to go more mainstream, despite a large portion of it's fanbase being socially and mentally retarded beyond all recognition?

I'd probably start praying for a nuclear holocaust if it got any worse.

I'm confused… are you listing what would happen if anime went more mainstream...? Cause honestly, everything you listed is the now.

[Dragon Warrior Steve]

You act like it isn't? Your post pretty much proved it most certainly is.

[Hinscher]

@Buuhan1:

I'm confused… are you listing what would happen if anime went more mainstream...? Cause honestly, everything you listed is the now.

Pretty much have to agree with you there

[firecrouch]

Ah, who gives a shit?

[DarkShinobi]

-AMV's created by a person with no idea what 'editing' is, yet gets 5*(400+ ratings!) and 300k views on Youtube because he timed 'Linkin Park:In the End' to the Naruto vs Sasuke emofest.

You were saying?

Although, I do enjoy anime, it is true that the American anime community has a mass full of retards who will think anything remotely Japanese is deep. I just simply choose to ignore them.

[Sandai Mera]

@firecrouch:

Ah, who gives a shit?

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:devil::devil::devil:

[GEPPETTOSMONSTER]

I don't mind fans but I hate people that are obsessed with something. I know this is off topic but kinda of like those kids that play guitar hero and believe that "free bird" is an original song when it says on the game "as made famous by Lynrd Skynrd", shit like that pisses me off.

[Sandai Mera]

Illiteracy is a bitch.

[Bounty1Berry]

As far as I feel…. it's harmless.

Yes, you have obsessive freaks, but EVERY interest has obsessive freaks. At least anime/manga freaks don't usually turn violent (as opposed to some sports freaks).

As a benefit, mainstreaming tends to increase access to content and improve the POTENTIAL quality of discussion. (as good as some fandoms are, a few dozen people in a discussion forum isn't capable of sustaning it)