Author Topic: People who surprised you when they said they were into anime (Read 7713 times)

fohfoh · « **Reply #20 on:** October 08, 2009, 11:33:25 PM »

Quote from: AceD on October 08, 2009, 11:31:46 PM

I'm still surprised myself that i watch anime, let alone anyone else.

I watch it out of habit. But now, I'm really into Japanese and Korean and Taiwanese dramas. It was the next stage in addiction.

Animeroine to Dramaddiction.

xD

Klocknov · « **Reply #21 on:** October 09, 2009, 03:10:07 AM »

Quote from: darkjedi on October 08, 2009, 09:48:16 PM

Quote from: Borror0 on October 08, 2009, 01:21:30 PM
12 cm?

18cm sounds more like it lol

Quote from: Borror0 on October 08, 2009, 01:21:30 PM
This sounds so wrong. Whether it was intentional or not is unclear since it comes from you.

Why's it so wrong to try to trim myself?

Well he missed it by six, I give him credit there.

Viseroid · « **Reply #22 on:** October 09, 2009, 06:25:11 AM »

What drew me into anime was probably the unique humor possibilities that are open to anime and not to live action. Anime is free to exaggerate and be more bombastic about things than a live action show. I never got into the live action TV show scene much, except for My Boss My Hero. I screwed over a few people's finals study schedules by telling them about it the week before xD.
Maybe anime was/is my refuge from stress. I began to really get into anime during college; seems like with all the crap I put up with from classes I just needed a break from the world and anime was just that. During times of lower stress I would enjoy real life more often and wouldn't watch anime as much.

SomeoneElse · « **Reply #23 on:** October 13, 2009, 03:57:42 PM »

I remember borrowing Akira from a guy at my school back in 1995 and thinking... Oh my god! Where do I get more of this! then on my next trip to London I found a shop that SPECIALIZED in Anime... only problem was it was ALL either demon hentai or tentacle hentai... (bluuuuargh) and that was that until I came back to the U.S.A. and they had the whole netflix thing with some REALLY bad anime... and then I found the internet fansubbing.... and... well... that's when it was over... Watched a lot of stuff... worked on subs for a while... got tired of the scene and got out of doing subs... started scanalating manga instead... getting into the doramas now... it's a love affair with a foreign culture really...

The person who surprised me the most... probably my son, who is now 11... he said

"I'm sick of all this crappy anime they show on Cartoon Network."

I said "What is your basis for comparison son?"

"Oh, I watch the good stuff on crunchyroll."

and then we started conversing in broken halfassed japanese... It was HILARIOUS... but I never figured he would get past Pokemon and whatever else the crap they play nowadays without my help...

Goroshi-sama · « **Reply #24 on:** October 13, 2009, 06:14:35 PM »

My Math teacher. I went to his homeclass to ask a few things and spotted that he was watching there (if I remember right) K-ON

Just when I stepped in the classroom, BANG! He quickly hided the window where I noticed Mio.

I didnt want to mention anything about it that I already seen it

Enzedder · « **Reply #25 on:** October 13, 2009, 07:49:56 PM »

Quote from: Goroshi-sama on October 13, 2009, 06:14:35 PM

My Math teacher. I went to his homeclass to ask a few things and spotted that he was watching there (if I remember right) K-ON
Just when I stepped in the classroom, BANG! He quickly hided the window where I noticed Mio.
I didnt want to mention anything about it that I already seen it

I wish my old maths teacher was that awesome.

Quote from: SomeoneElse on October 13, 2009, 03:57:42 PM

I remember borrowing Akira from a guy at my school back in 1995 and thinking... Oh my god! Where do I get more of this! then on my next trip to London I found a shop that SPECIALIZED in Anime... only problem was it was ALL either demon hentai or tentacle hentai... (bluuuuargh) and that was that until I came back to the U.S.A. and they had the whole netflix thing with some REALLY bad anime... and then I found the internet fansubbing.... and... well... that's when it was over... Watched a lot of stuff... worked on subs for a while... got tired of the scene and got out of doing subs... started scanalating manga instead... getting into the doramas now... it's a love affair with a foreign culture really...

The person who surprised me the most... probably my son, who is now 11... he said

"I'm sick of all this crappy anime they show on Cartoon Network."

I said "What is your basis for comparison son?"

"Oh, I watch the good stuff on crunchyroll."

and then we started conversing in broken halfassed japanese... It was HILARIOUS... but I never figured he would get past Pokemon and whatever else the crap they play nowadays without my help...

Thats a cool son you got there but the question is what sort of stuff what he watching?

SomeoneElse · « **Reply #26 on:** October 13, 2009, 10:43:30 PM »

Quote from: Enzedder on October 13, 2009, 07:49:56 PM

Thats a cool son you got there but the question is what sort of stuff what he watching?

Um... okay apparently it's crap that's not much better than Pokemon... stuff I'd never ever watch...

Enzedder · « **Reply #27 on:** October 14, 2009, 12:00:33 PM »

The endless Duel Monsters, Bey-blade and Pokemon lookalikes that port over to America to create an easy fad for a quick buck before dieing horribly in a cardboard box in the alley on 3rd?

Klocknov · « **Reply #28 on:** October 14, 2009, 03:30:52 PM »

I will stick with Magic for card games.

shabutie · « **Reply #29 on:** October 14, 2009, 03:42:05 PM »

Quote from: Klocknov on October 14, 2009, 03:30:52 PM

I will stick with Magic for card games.

hell yeah!

quekmeister · « **Reply #30 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:35:40 PM »

Quote from: Klocknov on October 14, 2009, 03:30:52 PM

I will stick with Magic for card games.

Double hell yeah! Though I stopped playing since the Mirrodin expansion came out. Couldn't keep up with the times, I suppose. :<

No one's ever really surprised me by being into anime, but there are a few people I know who I thought were more open minded, or loved some Western animation, who hate it for some reason or other.

Borror0 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:36:33 PM »

Quote from: quekmeister on October 14, 2009, 05:35:40 PM

Though I stopped playing since the Mirrodin expansion came out.

That's when I started. XD

quekmeister · « **Reply #32 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:45:07 PM »

Ah, you missed so much. I still have a couple of cards left from the 4th Edition way back in '97. (Visions, I believe.) Somehow I found the game getting overly complex after Mirrodin. Not to mention the artwork and flavour text didn't seem as innovative.

shabutie · « **Reply #33 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:46:55 PM »

Quote from: quekmeister on October 14, 2009, 05:45:07 PM

Ah, you missed so much. I still have a couple of cards left from the 4th Edition way back in '97. (Visions, I believe.) Somehow I found the game getting overly complex after Mirrodin. Not to mention the artwork and flavour text didn't seem as innovative.

I quit shortly after Mirrodin as well, but I'm starting up again.

Agreed on the artwork/flavour text... Plus I don't care for the 'new' card layout

Borror0 · « **Reply #34 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:48:01 PM »

We had a lot of old timers at our shop so I got a taste of what the old Magic was like. We also had plenty of Onslaught/Invasion/Odyssey packs (and the smaller sets that goes with them) to do drafts of those.

Quote from: quekmeister on October 14, 2009, 05:45:07 PM

Somehow I found the game getting overly complex after Mirrodin.

Complex after Mirrodin? Did you play Odyssey?! Now that was complex!

Those two sets are, personally, my two favorite sets/metagames of all times though I do have a thing for Ravnica. Funnily enough, one is the most sold of all times (Mirrodin) and the other one the worse sellers of all times (Odyssey).

As for the flavor, you should check Magic 2010.

They realized that they have been sacrificing the flavor too much and have tried to put more flavor in that set.

quekmeister · « **Reply #35 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:52:14 PM »

Well they added the fairies and the planeswalkers (and quite a few other creature types, tbqh) and a whole bunch of spells with silly conditions. Odyssey was good, if only for the reason that the artwork for that set was great, and some fun flavour text too.

Borror0 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:55:09 PM »

Yes, but it was far more complex than Mirrodin.

Here is a typical Odyssey conversation:
Player A: How many cards do you have in your graveyard?
Player B: Four.
Player A: How many cards in your hand?
Player B: Two.
Player A: Your Crashing Centaur is how big?
Player B: 3/4.
Player A: At threshold?
Player B: 5/6 and can't be targeted. Perhaps one day they'll make a name for that ability.
Player A: And you can discard cards to give it trample?
Player B: Yes.
Player A: What does it cost to activate?
Player B: One green mana.
Player A: And how much green mana do you have available?
Player B: Two.
Player A: And the squirrel's a 1/1.
Player B: Yes.
Player A: And it turns into an 8/8?
Player B: Yes.
Player A: Do you have any creatures that you can sacrifice?
Player B: I have a Druid Lyrist.
Player A: It costs one green to activate?
Player B: Yes.
Player A: Do you have an enchantment in play?
Player B: No, but you do. Come on, do you want to attack?
Player A: I don't know yet.

I loved that set (but it drove most people insane).

shabutie · « **Reply #37 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:59:00 PM »

Quote from: Borror0 on October 14, 2009, 05:55:09 PM

Yes, but it was far more complex than Mirrodin.

Here is a typical Odyssey conversation:
Player A: How many cards do you have in your graveyard?
Player B: Four.
Player A: How many cards in your hand?
Player B: Two.
Player A: Your Crashing Centaur is how big?
Player B: 3/4.
Player A: At threshold?
Player B: 5/6 and can't be targeted. Perhaps one day they'll make a name for that ability.
Player A: And you can discard cards to give it trample?
Player B: Yes.
Player A: What does it cost to activate?
Player B: One green mana.
Player A: And how much green mana do you have available?
Player B: Two.
Player A: And the squirrel's a 1/1.
Player B: Yes.
Player A: And it turns into an 8/8?
Player B: Yes.
Player A: Do you have any creatures that you can sacrifice?
Player B: I have a Druid Lyrist.
Player A: It costs one green to activate?
Player B: Yes.
Player A: Do you have an enchantment in play?
Player B: No, but you do. Come on, do you want to attack?
Player A: I don't know yet.

I loved that set (but it drove most people insane).

I guess you didn't play against "Ravager Affinity" in the Mirrodin block... Only deck in Type 2 to actually have cards banned / restricted for a very very long time (since Ursa's block I believe)

Borror0 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 14, 2009, 06:00:33 PM »

I played one and against one. It was grossly overpowered (/hug Skullclamp) but it was not complex.

It made you feel dirty each time you played it though.

quekmeister · « **Reply #39 on:** October 14, 2009, 06:03:52 PM »

Perhaps complex isn't really the word for Mirrodin... More like overly embellished? With the altered layout etc. etc. I just didn't take to it.