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Too old for anime?
jaybug:
And sometimes the season is full of shows that suck. Or maybe you find yourself watching what feels like the same thing all over again. Or you see the characters of a new show to be the same characters from another show, or even several shows.
You are now of the kinds of people who vote on the stuff that comprise the awards shows you might see on TV. Academy Awards, Grammys, Tonys, etc. etc. etc. So congratulate yourself for becoming knowledgeable in at least something that other people enjoy.
I'm like Nikkoru in that I watch anime because I don't watch prime time TV that airs in America. American prime time television can only range so far. They were limited to live action, and so there were many genres they could not explore. Then too, as anime so often has the protagonists in junior high or high school, there are not enough great actors in America that are of that age, or could play that age. Just think of Naruto as a live action show from Hollywood. You could have started off with a kid, but by now he is either in rehab, needs rehab, or looks like Danny Bonaducci.
Krudda:
I recon he'd look more like Danny Devito
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito
Subterra:
I'll admit that after reading through this thread, I'm happy to see that at 38 I'm not the oldest guys still watching anime! But still, saying you're too old to watch anime is like saying you're too old to ride a bicycle. I think society has some preconceptions about things like comic books, anime/manga, videogames, etc.... and while it's true that many people get into them when they're younger and grow out of them when they're older, this doesn't mean that people who stick with them or get into them when they're older are "sad losers". I don't live in my mom's basement and I've had sexual relations with other people, besides myself (not that you should be ashamed, if your life situation dictates the opposite).
Whether you fit the stereotype or not (whatever the stereotype is supposed to be these days), it doesn't really matter what people think as long as you're happy. When Gary Gygax died, all these people were saying "Did he die in his mom's basement while playing D&D by himself? lololololo1111ololo" Haters gonna hate....
metro.:
Better just quit life Osmo, I think that's the mature solution to this scenario.
But srsly fuck an age limit.
megido-rev.M:
OP feels a tad old, it seems. :laugh:
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