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Teh_Sheba
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 10:51 pm


What kind of reactions have you recieved to your appreciation for Japanese media? I know practically every guild has one of these, but I got inspired to create my own because of a conversation me and my uncle were having over lunch today...Makes the whole concept funnier. I especially enjoyed the little bit at the end, I had much fun with that^^

My uncles cool though, by the way, I think he was muchly messing around in here...here's hoping...I actually don't know him too well, he lives out of state.
*names of schools have been censored for security purposes*
ninja


Uncle- so are you going to go to college?
Sheba- I'm planning on going to *2 year community college nearby*, then transferring to *4 year university downtown*
Uncle- What are you going to study?
Sheba- art biggrin
Uncle- *lol* can you actually make money off of that??
Sheba- 9.9 Yeah, if you do it right... Graphics and animation are in high demand these days. I'm planning to do some animation.
Uncle*lol again* you mean like Bugs Bunny and stuff? That's kind of old...
Sheba- Nope, I'm gonna try for anime. :3
Uncle- Anime?
Sheba- Japanese animation. :0
Uncle- Pft, why not do American animation? biggrin
Sheba- *sips Dr Pepper to avoid ranting* ...I like anime better -.-;...I'm also going to try to make my own manga.
Uncle- Manga?
Sheba- Japanese Comics :3 >.>
Uncle- why don't you draw American comics?? <:0
Sheba- XP
Uncle- Buy American! >D That's why I buy Pontiac and Chevrolet. I hate Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Subaru...
Sheba- *gigglesnort* I want a Volkswagon! biggrin
 
PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 7:36 pm


*Gigglesnort* typical old people! My mom said somthing similar about your conversation... *cough-hack-barf* ughh... laughing to hard

Aki Yasu
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gijis02

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:09 am


Teh_Sheba

Uncle- Pft, why not do American animation? biggrin
Sheba- *sips Dr Pepper to avoid ranting* ...I like anime better -.-;...

rofl Here here!! whee Yeah, I've have that battle with someone when they try to say that anime is the same thing as a cartoon. No it's not! domokun
Although your uncle's comment about Buggs Bunny brought back a funny memeory... sweatdrop For my first Con I cosplayed as This guy and was very happy with the job I'd done. 3nodding Well, I was walking around the con, and I hear a guy say "Wow... so many characters... Well, I know Buggs Bunny!" ... whee
Oh! And on my families reaction. Actually, they're pretty good with it. 3nodding I'm even getting them knowing some of the characters!! 4laugh My dad actually knows enough about OSR to be surprised when I told him about how the show ends. He looked at me like "No... eek the gunner guy? Really?... No..."
PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 4:11 pm


Guess my family is a bit different about their approach to anime...
Mom may not watch it much herself, but she doesn't discourage me from liking it, because she knows how much I like anime/manga/games - and she lets me yammer about everything to her. I don't talk much to Dad about the anime stuff, but he plays a few games of his own, and he watches OSR, and all the disney shows with us. (It's funny, because he always gives me weird looks, though, when I can tell him the characters, plot, and meaning to a picture whenever he holds up something in Suncoast). Little bro...he watches everything on Disney, including OSR, and reads certain manga like Astro Boy.
(Now, if you talked to pretty much anyone else in my family, they'd likely give you weird looks about the subject...)

And to agree with Gigis, there is a distinct difference between 'anime' and 'cartoon' - even if they are in the same general category.

Momochaos


Aki Yasu
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:19 pm


My mom thinks I have officially lost it when I try to talk to her about anything concerning the above. She has stoped asking.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:52 am


xp Geez you kids have it easy. when i was growin up almost noone had even heard the word anime let alone seen an ad for it. bout the only way you had of gettin it was mailorder. or the occasional one you'd find buried at a store.
Aye the damn eternal "No Anime isnt a cartoon!" debate. oi i dont even wanna start on this topic lol.
but at least now anime is becomin "mainstream" in that you'll see ads for it on tv magazines hell even trailers in movies. not to mention there's even TWO channels for it now eek . so as i was saying you people got a whole lot less to gripe about. not to mention that your younger siblings will have been exposed to anime for nearly their entire lives.
evil lucky little buggers!

if i sounded annoyed or angry in this post i'm sorry it wasnt intentional

BladezEX

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