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ano_hito
2004-02-21, 13:05
I am a bit old (let's say 25+) and I like anime, but people arround me tend to ignore animes or simply hate it. Its probably the "anime is for kids" mentality effect. Of course some anime are definitivly for kids.
Not being able to identify myself to a given population (the people arround me) feels like being a freak in a circus. Well actually I never been in a circus but I guess you understand the point.
Actually the passion is fading away. Is it because I watched too much, let say over than 100 series, ova, movies and that is becoming more difficult to find original animes or is it because I am getting too old ?
Then comes the "How old are you thread". I wanted to know where I belong in the population who likes anime. I wanted to know how old is too old for animes. I know, liking anime is a personnal matter, but when you discover that you are alone or just a very few in this situation you start scratching you head... This is a very social issue.
That was the purpose of the "How old are you" thread. A very personnal self centered purpose. Maybe i am not alone wondering about that issue so feel free to express yourself.
ano_hito
2004-02-21, 13:15
Actually I asked the moderator after the thread was locked. The previous thread was locked because it was likely to generate one line reply. After explaining the purpose of the thread, he [the moderator] ask me to post the thread again (including the text describing the purpose of the thread). Please lets make this thread a mature discusion, it really matters to me.
Oh, it was locked the first time, so let's post it AGAIN!
(P.S. Everyone! Vote "40 or older" to appease him, so he won't post it a third time!)
Edit: I tried to make this thread a very serious one, but it looks like you are going to bash me for doing that. That's not very helpful.
Superchop
2004-02-21, 13:30
Just for reference you should of stated which mod gave you permission to recreate this thread, by doing so it'll avoid little confusions.
As for me i'm 20-24. For me age never really matter...I've been watching anime for years now starting with what i saw on Sci-Fi's Saturday Anime which was cancelled a very long time ago..and continued with various series that gave on other channels. Like you not many people around me like anime except for those little kids that watch DBZ and think their anime fans. It never bothered me that i was almost alone in the matter cause all that ment to me is the less people involved the less people that would turn into major fanboys and just go around showing off and strutting their "anime knowledge"
Flash_Squirrel
2004-02-21, 13:42
Just for reference you should of stated which mod gave you permission to recreate this thread, by doing so it'll avoid little confusions.
I did. The way he explained it in a PM was more than enough for me not to close this thread too.
It might outcome to be an interesting thread, good thing that Flash_Squirrel allowed it ^^
ano_hito
2004-02-21, 14:38
Just for reference you should of stated which mod gave you permission to recreate this thread, by doing so it'll avoid little confusions.
I asked Flash_Squirrel. [edit: Oups Flash_Squireel already replied]
As for me.
The first anime I ever watched was Akira [dubbed], I was arround 16-18; I really enjoyed the show. Then years passed until I met a guy at university who had posters of anime in is bedroom (about 3 years ago). I ask him about it then he told me that it was about japanese animation. I was very curious about one particular anime: NGE. So I rented the series from my local video store. That was the coolest thing I ever saw and the begining of my passion for animes.
Funny that you mentionned "major fanboys and going around showing off and strutting their anime knowledge". I was like that for a while but I stopped because it was just annoying for other people. In fact I restrain myself.
The age question came up when it was more and more difficult to find anime I liked. I was wondering if it was the age kicking in or it is the normal situation when watching too much anime.
I'm 27 and I love anime... so don't feel lonely... You're not the only old fart in this forum =X
Griffith
2004-02-21, 14:49
I'm 19. Not sure how many people around here like or respect anime as I don't go out very often. I started off watching anime on the Sci-Fi channel late at night/early mornings. After that I got into Pokemon (yes.. I know :rolleyes: .) I liked it even though it was obviously kiddy, and I then became interested in Dragonball Z and the various other series Cartoon Network had been airing. I eventually found fansubs and DVD rips (yes, I'm evil) and the rest, as they say is history. I still enjoy anime a great deal, though I feel there haven't been as many great new shows lately as there werein 2003. Hopefully this will change as this year goes on, though.
I'm 24. I got interested in anime after downloading Trigun from a site about 1 year ago. I thought the name was cool, and wanted to see what it was. I loved it, and after about a month I stumbled upon AnimeSuki and the BitTorrent system.
Now I spend several hundred dollars every month on anime and (especially) manga/graphic novels, and have already infected 3 friends with this highly contagious addiction.
As for age, you can never be to old to enjoy anything. Age is irrelevant when it comes to enjoying things in life, only one's personal taste matters. After 20 years of American-influenced entertainment here in Norway, Japanese anime is a refreshing change, and one I certainly will not get tired of anytime soon.
Dopeskills
2004-02-21, 15:09
You could also look at people's profiles if they want to list their age.
EliteJounin
2004-02-21, 16:01
I am a bit old (let's say 25+) and I like anime, but people arround me tend to ignore animes or simply hate it. Its probably the "anime is for kids" mentality effect. Of course some anime are definitivly for kids.
Not being able to identify myself to a given population (the people arround me) feels like being a freak in a circus. Well actually I never been in a circus but I guess you understand the point.
Actually the passion is fading away. Is it because I watched too much, let say over than 100 series, ova, movies and that is becoming more difficult to find original animes or is it because I am getting too old ?
Then comes the "How old are you thread". I wanted to know where I belong in the population who likes anime. I wanted to know how old is too old for animes. I know, liking anime is a personnal matter, but when you discover that you are alone or just a very few in this situation you start scratching you head... This is a very social issue.
That was the purpose of the "How old are you" thread. A very personnal self centered purpose. Maybe i am not alone wondering about that issue so feel free to express yourself.
Okay, personally, I believe that no one is ever too old to watch anime. You could be 40-50 and watch anime. I hope that in the future when i am extremely old and am still watching anime. Sure, you may be 5/3 my age but we still have something in common; and that is anime. Anime is made for all ages... from babies/kids; like Hamtaro. To teenagers.... to adults. There are no specifications to what age you have to be in order to watch it. Although i do think that there are limits to what you can watch. For instance, children shouldnt be able to watch hentai (and yes, i do know what it is). Sure, sex is a natural thing. I know it may be pleasurable, though i have not experienced it. Even so, for children to watch hentai wouldnt be moralistic. How would children know that sex is natural. They do not know enough to think that... they just see what they see... and they choose to enjoy it or not. If they enjoy watching it then that would be sad...
Anyways... I perceive that you just dont enjoy anime like you use to because you cant seem to find one that fits your style. What do you like to see in an anime series? Great animation, good plot, great character development, realism?
I have felt this way once... but it wasnt because i watched too much. It was because I was limited to watching anime. Since school was in the way and also homework I wasnt able to watch a lot. Then the spark of interest started to slowly dim. But then... my uncle helped me. In the free time i had, he gave me anime that I became addicted to.
Anyways, you may not like something for eternity. Hmm... when i was young, i use to love martial arts. I still do, but since i've been learning it. It just hasnt been as interesting as it had before. The point is... people change, you change, your interests change. Even so, you could still find something that suits you best.
i'm 18
i have watched anime for aslong as i can remember, i think i stumbled accross it on late night TV then found a few anime tapes among my grandparents videos and it escalated from there :D
my cousin likes anime and so do a few of my friends, my mum watches some shows but wont go near subtitled stuff (she enjoys her dubs)
i know i will continue to enjoy anime for the rest of my life, infact i will probably grow to enjoy a more varied amount of genres in anime
^______________^
Im having my 18th birthday later this year ;)
El Diablo
2004-02-21, 17:27
Well, i'm only 15, nearly 16. I'm almost completely alone, i know 1 other friend who has seen quite a lot, and then another who's seen a little. I don't know anybody in my age range who watches anime in England. As for growing up and still liking it, this has been something i've been asking myself recently. Am i going to still watch it when i'm older? The truth is, i'd love to, but i have absolutely no idea if i'm going to. The reasons behind this will mainly be university, when i go, and just how my life is going to progress in general since i'm still young.
I think if i do keep on liking anime, my genre boundries will decrease (i can't stand watching romance/comedies, they bore me SO much). Recently i've been looking for thought provoking manga's, or a manga with an incredible story. Monster and 20th century boys being some of my finds. I think its going to be series such as these that will keep me liking anime as i grow up. As much as i love One Piece and Hunter x Hunter, i feel they're both missing something. Monster especially made me realise what it is i'm beginning to find appealing about these series. Realism.
I don't plan to ever stop watching anime, although i know that if i do, i'll still keep on reading manga. The fact is, i don't buy anime, i can't afford it. I'm 15, have no job and have other things that are more important to spend my money on than buying 2 dvd's a month. I can only buy manga, since its cheap (i usually prefer it too). This could be more reasoning as to why i might still watch anime when i get older. I'm going to be able to afford to.
I am a bit old (let's say 25+) and I like anime, but people arround me tend to ignore animes or simply hate it. Its probably the "anime is for kids" mentality effect. Of course some anime are definitivly for kids.
Most people don't like anime, no matter how old they are. Even though anime is becoming a bit more mainstream, it's definitely not becoming something popular or "cool". Yes, it's true.. The anime fan base is mainly teenagers and people in their early twenties. But still..
I don't think you should worry about being too old for anime.. Someone made a thread like this a few months ago, and I replied to him right away. I personally believe that you shouldn't care what people think. But that's just me.. And who cares if a lot of anime is for kids? I don't see anything wrong with an adult liking something childish. I actually would think it's great, because it means they aren't listening to what society tells them a person their age should do and like.
Not being able to identify myself to a given population (the people arround me) feels like being a freak in a circus. Well actually I never been in a circus but I guess you understand the point.
There -are- some people your age who like anime. People who own anime stores in my city are always people in their 30's or even 40's. I'm going to use two examples that I used in a previous thread. First, I used to have a cartoon class on saturday's.. The teacher was about 32, but he was a huge comic and anime fan. I was asking him one day if I could ever be a manga artist, or if it wouldn't be well accepted in USA.. And he told me that tons of friends his age were into manga and anime and that some of them were cartoonists who had started drawing in manga style.. The second example is.. Well, my boyfriend. He's almost 27 and he still loves anime. He works at a gaming store and a lot of his co-workers are into anime as well.
Actually the passion is fading away. Is it because I watched too much, let say over than 100 series, ova, movies and that is becoming more difficult to find original animes or is it because I am getting too old ?
I don't know about that. I'm not your age, but I know one thing.. I'll always like anime. However, some of my friends have stopped liking anime when they were in their late teens saying they were "too old" or that now they seeked more intelligent and more mature things. Maybe it's society that tells you that you are too old to like certain things, and you're starting to feel this way yourself. ... If it's the case, I don't think you should abandon your interest just for society. But I don't know.
Maybe you're just really tired of anime. But I can't tell you how you feel, because most people I know who like anime have watched a lot of it and watch it every night and they don't get tired of it.. But it depends on everyone. It could be a lot of reasons..[/QUOTE]
Then comes the "How old are you thread". I wanted to know where I belong in the population who likes anime. I wanted to know how old is too old for animes. I know, liking anime is a personnal matter, but when you discover that you are alone or just a very few in this situation you start scratching you head... This is a very social issue.
That was the purpose of the "How old are you" thread. A very personnal self centered purpose. Maybe i am not alone wondering about that issue so feel free to express yourself.
I don't think there's an age where you're too old for anime. I've met many people of all ages, even in their 40's or 50's who liked anime. Having any interest is something that's can potentially be "dangerous".. Specially if it's something that society says you shouldn't like. One thing really simple and stupid.. Imagine a person in their 40's really enjoys fast food and cheap candy, and they can't eat fancy foods. They hate it. However, everyone around them enjoys fancy food and they constantly talk about it.. That person is going to feel the same way. But is there really a reason that they should stop liking what they like and start enjoying something else? I don't think so. It's the same thing for anything else..
Dark_Voodoo
2004-02-21, 17:39
I'm 18 years old now and I dont feel to old for anime at all. I dont think there is a age when you have to say "Ok, now I'm to old for this I cant watch any more" It has more to do with how mature you are I think. I remember a few years back when I used to watch "Cartoon Network" that I loved "Cow&Chicken" Now I cant stand the stupid show, but I still find "Dexters Lab" quite amusing :heh:. So I think it has more to do with how your tastes evolve as you grow older than you actuall age, And these changes in taste dosent have to have anything to do with you age.
As for the people around me, they "puh" me all the time, "A 18 year old man watching Cartoons :rolleyes: " or the "Anime? that's those asian cartoons, eh? heh, heh".
But the people I know that are intrested in anime are generally in my age or younger, however I do know people in their 40:s that enjoy anime ( just not that many ) .
Edit: Fixed a bad error
Prince of Chronics
2004-02-21, 17:49
no one can be too old for anything (except professional athletes)... so yeah... as long as stuff is entertaining and interesting, I'm down for it... I'm in my 20's and I still watch cartoons, whether it be anime or ducktales or recess or weekenders, etc.....
Dark_Sun
2004-02-21, 18:20
I AM THE YOUNGEST 12 birth sept nineteenth...unless the ppl who said they were 9 and younger weren't lying o.O
SirJeannot
2004-02-21, 18:23
I'm 18 years old now and I dont feel to old for anime at all. I dont think there is a age when you have to say "Ok, now I'm to old for this I cant watch any more" It has more to do with you mature I think
...
But the people I know that are intrested in anime are generally in my age or younger, however I do know people in their 40:s that enjoy anime ( just not that many ) .
sometimes, i tell myself that watching anime makes me remember what i missed during my high school years (i'm 20). so now i tend to "avoid" school related stories (not azu :D ).
it's one of my friend who told me to watch this and that and ... anime. he was 22 at that time, and now i'm at least as addicted as him to this. i see it more as a reminder of the great anime we had on tv about 10 years ago.
but being 40 and still like anime ... well ... if it's something like gits i wouldn't say anything, but i my me strawberry eggs & co ... hum ...
Sakura-chan
2004-02-21, 18:28
I AM THE YOUNGEST 12 birth sept nineteenth...unless the ppl who said they were 9 and younger weren't lying o.O I'm older than you. :p Or wait... Yup, I'm older! Yay? :heh:
I'm 12 too! Waha! xD
That's a lie! We all know that you're actually a 13-year-old little girl! 14. 14 years old. :p
EDIT: can't think today O.o;;;
I'm 8 years old. [ I wish ]
According to the pool, most anime fans are from 20 to 24. I'm not really surprised since anime clubs in colleges are so popular. ^^; It seems that a lot of people on animesuki are 18-19-20. I'm not sure, but I think there's a different in interest.. It seems that most anime fans who are in middle school or elementary school are interested in it casually and only like a few series. I noticed that the bigger anime fans are often over 15.
I think watching anime is a personal enjoyment and I don't care what the general public or even my close friends think. They can say I'm childish or whatever they want. I can tolerate their ranting as long as they are not overly rude. If you are looking for anime fans, there's always animesuki and many of us here. :D
Anyway, i have been watching cartoons for about two decades and I still watch them with my two brothers who are 8-10 years younger. Many anime fans my age have already moved on to more mature stuff. For me, I don't have any specific genre that I like. As long as I think its good and worth my time, I will still watch it.
I have a couple of other hobbies when I was younger, but some of them were long lost on me. Still kept some collected old stuff which I had acquired but they lay inside the storeroom forgotten anyway. Its regretable, but things have to move on. In its place, I have found new hobbies and I'm happy again. :p
So you see I'm probably not giving up on anime anytime soon, but I think you shouldn't be too worried even if you find your interest waning. IMO, anime is a form of entertainment, the fact that you are getting stressed out over it means that you still have love for it. I say take it easy and natural, perhaps take a step back and try to be more open. Once you have less expectations, you will find it easier to like something too. If the passion is really lost, there's no point clinging to it either. There should be other things in life that are worth your attention.
My humble two cents. :)
ano_hito
2004-02-21, 18:33
Anyways... I perceive that you just dont enjoy anime like you use to because you cant seem to find one that fits your style. What do you like to see in an anime series? Great animation, good plot, great character development, realism?
That's exactly what is the problem. I can't find a suitable anime that fit my style and group of age so I fell like being ... too old for anime. I select anime based on the review/opinion found on the web but I often end up with anime for youngs or nothing up to my expectation. For example, the plot of Unhabited Planet Survive seemed good but [edit] after watching a couple of episodes I tough it was too childish.
Lately I've been lucky and I found 1 serie I really enjoy and 2 good enough : (it took me a while to find these)
PlanetES (good)
Peace Maker Kurage (good)
Paranoia Agent (so far its freaking cool)
I don't really have a specific style. I am very open on that matter but I tend to avoid romantic anime.
1) Original plot/story
When I say original plot, it is something that I can't compare with an anime previously made. For example I consider Rahxephon to be almost a rip off Evangelion, the plot evolve differently though.
Haibaine Renmei is something I really enjoyed because it's different.
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu was something refreshing too.
2) Realism
I don't want to be much specific but PlanetES is one of the anime I like because of it's realistic side. (No sound in space and all the credible stuff about it).
3) Mature
Don't get me wrong here. Hentai is something I enjoy once in a while but I don't want to get turned on everytime I watch an anime... or else you know...
Mature for me is gore, violence, blood or anything a kid probably couldnt handle or wouldnt understand. I liked Mezzo Forte. The plot is very simple, was violent and has plenty of blood. I saw Kite and didn't liked it as much as Mezzo, dont remember why.
I almost forgot. I like mind bending kind or fucked up anime is nice too. But the plot must be solid.
Oh, I don't really want this thread to turn into a "suggestion" thread :)
Actually I want to "connect" with people of the same group of age as I am.
scotty81
2004-02-21, 18:41
I'm 22, I have a few friends who enjoy anime but not enough to consider spending time and bw the download it. So I basically have to download my self nearly all I want to watch.
This year ( Third year of university in france , also known as licence ) I found another lad who's also an anime addict. the cool thing is he knows the founder of a french fansubbing team ( Anime Zev Korp ). That helps a lot since I can get much more anime than all I can hardly donwload ( I only dl on week ends and my parents only have 128dsl connection! ).
That's about it, oh yes, the only other family member who's also in anime is my younger brother ( 16 ) but he's only in fighting type ( like naruto, Hunter x Hunter, get backers... ) .
I guess when he'll grow older he'll appreciate the fact I purchased many mecha manga and the evangelion dvds.
There is no age to love anime, I first discovered it as a kid on the famous french kids show "le club dorothee" like probably all the french guys here, and I came back to it after my teens, where I , wrongly, believed anime with for kids!
Goldenducky
2004-02-21, 18:52
lol its really weird when i see polls or threads like these
people are so old!
im only a 14 year old lil girl
its crazy!!!!!!!
Greetings. :)
I'm 20 and I've been watching anime since I was about 15/16, when my friend lent me Weiss Kreuz to watch. She then lent me Gundam Wing and I later branged out to Neon Genesis Evangelion and beyond.
Don't worry if you can't find anything you like right now, LOL Trust me, I'm in the same boat, having run out of things to rent. The big burst of mainstream anime in Japan and the US is only about 10 years old and still going strong IMO. (Hehe, I wrote an article on the history of anime, so it's only been a huge hit since 1995 which is why so much of it is on TV today)
To be honest, I have no idea how many series' I've seen, begun watching...etc. That's an interesting topic though. ^^ Not to mention my extensive anime collection (so that's where all my money went....) and my experience at Anime North.
You know, last year at AN it was one of the biggest turn outs ever with somewhere around 5000 participants and there were a lot of children around :twitch: It was really weird for me, because while I know that the big hits here include Yu-Gi-Oh! and that blasted Beyblade, I didn't see the con experience as something child-like. LOL And my parents would NEVER have brought me. And the anime they were showing, wasn't all for children, but no one really monitored that.
As for being on a university campus now, it's nice that there are some anime buffs and we have a club, where we sit around and watch four hours of anime together once a week. ^^ However, there's no one who lives around me who really cares for it or is interested in knowing about it. Makes it kind of hard to be with people when really you can't talk about your favourite topic.
But really, anime is an all ages thing, even though most people see it as kid's stuff. ^^
Akichan
Well, as I understand it, the majority of anime is targeted at the teenage market. But being 24, this has never seemed like much of a problem. It's always possible for a talented team to make something that will appeal outside of its target age range, and on certain levels this will just happen automatically with sufficient quality. But familiarity with a medium will always have the potential to cause problems. On one hand, you develop an increased understanding of and affection for the medium, but on the other hand you come to recognise the cliches and repetitions, and there are only so many classics to watch. This definitely seems like a "familiarity" thing.
I'm 22 and will be 23 in May. I have watched anime when I was a kid(6 to 10) but I just saw it as cartoons and didn't even know they were Japanese, and somewhere along the way I stopped watching anime(because it wasn't available where I was living) and forgot that such a thing existed. Years passed until I actually had the chance to restart watching anime and when it did I got this great fealing as if I got something back that was taken from me! That's why nowadays I tend to watch as many great series(I'm currently following 7 series) that please me and I try to never get fed up with watching it, so that I can always watch anime until I die. I've never had any bad comments about me watching anime(that's because I rarely get out of my cave), and I will never change my mind if I'm called imature/childish for having such a hobby.
ChibiDusk
2004-02-21, 22:40
Hm, 26 possible members for YMOAS :) ^^"
[young members of animesuki]
I'm 14 BTW
EliteJounin
2004-02-21, 22:51
That's exactly what is the problem. I can't find a suitable anime that fit my style and group of age so I fell like being ... too old for anime. I select anime based on the review/opinion found on the web but I often end up with anime for youngs or nothing up to my expectation. For example, the plot of Unhabited Planet Survive seemed good but [edit] after watching a couple of episodes I tough it was too childish.
Lately I've been lucky and I found 1 serie I really enjoy and 2 good enough : (it took me a while to find these)
PlanetES (good)
Peace Maker Kurage (good)
Paranoia Agent (so far its freaking cool)
I don't really have a specific style. I am very open on that matter but I tend to avoid romantic anime.
1) Original plot/story
When I say original plot, it is something that I can't compare with an anime previously made. For example I consider Rahxephon to be almost a rip off Evangelion, the plot evolve differently though.
Haibaine Renmei is something I really enjoyed because it's different.
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu was something refreshing too.
2) Realism
I don't want to be much specific but PlanetES is one of the anime I like because of it's realistic side. (No sound in space and all the credible stuff about it).
3) Mature
Don't get me wrong here. Hentai is something I enjoy once in a while but I don't want to get turned on everytime I watch an anime... or else you know...
Mature for me is gore, violence, blood or anything a kid probably couldnt handle or wouldnt understand. I liked Mezzo Forte. The plot is very simple, was violent and has plenty of blood. I saw Kite and didn't liked it as much as Mezzo, dont remember why.
I almost forgot. I like mind bending kind or fucked up anime is nice too. But the plot must be solid.
Oh, I don't really want this thread to turn into a "suggestion" thread :)
Actually I want to "connect" with people of the same group of age as I am.
Oh, so, just because im 3/5 your age means that we cant connect, huh?!?!
Hah, just kidding.:D
Well, you really cant judge the reviews/opinions online because it is basically what the person who wrote the review thought of it. I mean, 8000 people could have watched that same anime and wrote a review that it was the best they had seen. But you might not like it like they do. It really depends on your anime "taste".
gravitation
2004-02-21, 22:53
lol its really weird when i see polls or threads like these
people are so old!
im only a 14 year old lil girl Hehehe! a while ago there was something like this on the oldboard and i thought the same thing! It suprised me how many older people were interested in anime, but then i didnt know much about other people and anime, it was just me and my comp!:D
I am 14 years old (a boy) and sometimes i think about that and think "wow im going to be 15 this year!" it just seems like such a BIG number! ^___^
I have been watching anime for a couple of years now and it has never bothered me about what people thought about my interest in anime...its like ermm "this is your twig and this is mine!" :heh:
I think that my interest in anime will grow as i get older as i will have more money to supply my anime needs and stuff!
ano hito you say you are pretty old so i think the reason why you are losing interest in anime is because over the years your taste has changed alot and now you have experienced nearly all so its hard to find something different/interests you. Gambatte!:D RA RA RA!!
ShadowX114
2004-02-21, 22:58
So anime fans are from 15 to 24 years old. Anime has no age rate. People who think that anime is for kids are the ones who tries to be so mature(like my cousin who thought that Power Rangers are for kids when we were only 10 years old) or the ones who are so serious.
Actually, I'm a new anime fan so I can't say since when I started to watch them. But I used to watch some when I was around 8 years old. I'm now 16.
Mr_Anonomis
2004-02-21, 23:16
I'm 15, i've always watched anime, and ALWAYS will...your never too old to watch anime, just when your older, you might not have as much time, and that really sucks...but o well.
Humm.. gravitation was a boy? o_O?
*looks at his avatar*
Humm.. interesting.
I'm... 29(!), and to be totally honest, my passion for anime/manga was never too strong to begin with. I don't make a habit of downloading a ton of anime regularly, and can resist the pull of the local comics/manga/anime shops without a significant problem. :) To me, it's a form of escapist entertainment, and I'm not looking for significant social/economic/political discussions within the titles.
Truthfully, any such plots tend to turn me off considerably to the point where I wouldn't watch the title unless there are overriding points about it also.
As for age being a factor, I tend to think that societal pressures matter more. I suspect that I would get more questions like "why did you buy [anime disc name]?" from my friends back in the U.S. than if I, say, had bought porn instead. People wouldn't bat an eye for the latter, but for the former, questions come fast and furiously. Odd, that.
Here in Japan, though, I see manga being sold everywhere, and adults read the books on trains constantly.
That and play games on their mobiles...
EliteJounin
2004-02-22, 01:00
I'm... 29(!), and to be totally honest, my passion for anime/manga was never too strong to begin with. I don't make a habit of downloading a ton of anime regularly, and can resist the pull of the local comics/manga/anime shops without a significant problem. :) To me, it's a form of escapist entertainment, and I'm not looking for significant social/economic/political discussions within the titles.
Truthfully, any such plots tend to turn me off considerably to the point where I wouldn't watch the title unless there are overriding points about it also.
As for age being a factor, I tend to think that societal pressures matter more. I suspect that I would get more questions like "why did you buy [anime disc name]?" from my friends back in the U.S. than if I, say, had bought porn instead. People wouldn't bat an eye for the latter, but for the former, questions come fast and furiously. Odd, that.
Here in Japan, though, I see manga being sold everywhere, and adults read the books on trains constantly.
That and play games on their mobiles...
I envy your resilence of anime. I could never do that. The only problem is that i enjoy anime incredibly.
Shadowlord
2004-02-22, 01:07
I'm older than you. :p Or wait... Yup, I'm older! Yay? :heh:
I'm 12 too! Waha! xD
14. 14 years old. :p
EDIT: can't think today O.o;;;
not that it matters, but i'm 17
I'm 25, but the person that directed me to this site in the first place was a 35 yr. old. who watches anime ALOT more than I do.
FinFangFoom
2004-02-22, 01:35
I'm 26 and have been a serious anime fan for about 13 years. I think it's mostly based on where you live as to what age groups are into anime. Here in Seattle I meet people my age all the time that have at least some interest in anime. I remember about two years ago I was at my friends house while he was having his cable/internet set up and we were watching DBZ (I like it so shut up) and the guy who was installing everything looked like a typical 30yo preppy guy but he started going off on what a bad ass Piccolo is for about 20 minutes (annoying but kinda funny). Also I'm not really into raves or anything, but go to a lot of raves here and you'll see anime showing up on the screens often. And really anyplace that deals almost exclusively with anime that I go to, I hardly ever see anyone under 18 there.
baka manko
2004-02-22, 02:36
im 18 ive been watching anime for a long time now i first started with dragonball around eight yrs old at the time i didnt know it was anime just regular cartoons.
25 and been watching anime since... 4? i forgot which age exactly, but i'm quite certain it's after I'm able to read (how else could i read those subtitles?)..
right now, i felt as if i'm losing passion in anime, but fear not, i'm not losing my interest in manga. If I have to say why... I guess it's because the community I lived with in real life doesn't really condone anime..
the way my life goes right now doesn't allow me to watch any anime either. Usually I'd be so beat up after work, that i don't even feel like downloading anime, let alone pressing the play button on the player.
can't really blame my workshift either (10am to 6pm, or as early as 4am to as late as 2am) because i do need the cash for everyday living. FYI, I work in a fabrication shop, assisting with pre-production goods assy. If inspiration pops up at 2am, then I'll be at work at 2am, welding, machining and stuff. Hardly any time to take good care of myself (i know i haven't been living good, lol), let alone taking care of my other stuff.
FinFangFoom, still in Redmond I see... well, I'm back in Seattle now.
I envy your resilence of anime. I could never do that. The only problem is that i enjoy anime incredibly.
Well, I have quite a few interests ranging from computers to travel to sports; speaking of which, I have to find the fencing association here in Tokyo as I'm looking to pick up the sport again. Aside from that, people back in the U.S. does - or did - look askance at me when I read my manga on the train, and there are only so many hours in the evening for me to spend on watching anime.
While both anime or manga is in the mainstream here, there're two rather significant barriers to my getting either. The first is the language, and the second is the cost. Anime is not cheap in Japan as many had pointed out in the forum.
SirJeannot
2004-02-22, 04:45
lol its really weird when i see polls or threads like these
people are so old!
im only a 14 year old lil girl
its crazy!!!!!!!
a friend! yay, i found one ! :D
Also I'm not really into raves or anything, but go to a lot of raves here and you'll see anime showing up on the screens often. And really anyplace that deals almost exclusively with anime that I go to, I hardly ever see anyone under 18 there.
I went to a show in hollywood. Pigface, Bile, My life with the Thrill Kill Kult, and more. Basicly all dark wave industrial and metal. Between each set they were showing vampier hunter D on the screens arround the place =p
Goldenducky
2004-02-22, 05:17
a friend! yay, i found one ! :D
sweetness im not alone!
Goldenducky
2004-02-22, 05:24
I have been watching anime for a couple of years now and it has never bothered me about what people thought about my interest in anime...its like ermm "this is your twig and this is mine!" :heh:
I think that my interest in anime will grow as i get older as i will have more money to supply my anime needs and stuff!
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lol its weird becaus earound my school and where i live there isnt a boy around that would admit to watchin anime
its like a sin at my school
gravitation
2004-02-22, 08:59
where i live there isnt a boy around that would admit to watchin anime WHAT kINdA sIck world aRe we lIvinG in!?!?!?!?http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/dday/nope.gif http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/edoom/puppy_dog_eyes.gif
P.S baka manko i L:love: VE (that heart smiley is supposed to act as an "o" aswell :heh: ) your strong bad avatar!! strong bad is like a god to me!
lol its really weird when i see polls or threads like these
people are so old!
im only a 14 year old lil girl
its crazy!!!!!!!
I'm a 14 yr old girl too. :D
All of my friends think I'm kinda weird and all, and they simply ignore me whenever I start talking about anything anime-related, lol! I don't really know any people IRL who watch anime too... only 2 people I know from forums and msn, and met once IRL, hehe. :heh:
ano_hito
2004-02-22, 15:36
Judging from the posts, the majority of people who likes anime think that the age has nothing to do with it. It's nothing highly scientific but I came to the following conclusion. Anime is the same as for any other kind of passion : sport, gaming, collecting rocks and so on.
Now that I think more about it, my opinion highly differs from people who likes animes. I mean whenever I read reviews on the web, I don't agree with 90% of them. No wonder I can't find people around me who likes anime. People are so different in nature and culture. They have different opinions and tastes.
As for the passion fading away, it's probably a sign that I have to take a break and turn to something else for a while. However I'll finish the series I started.
After reading the first reply, I was afraid that the thread would turn into a flame war. Fortunately the people has proven to be mature enough to animate an interesting debate and I am thankful to you.
7thMethuselah
2004-02-22, 15:37
I'm 27 (nearly 28). I started watching anime when I was very little although I didn't know the difference bewteen anime and regular cartoons back then. As I got older I kept watching anime, mostly on french tv even though I didn't undersstand it all too well. Later on I kinda lost sight of anime as I started going out alot.
At university I came in contact with a number of real anime freaks, which made me restart the old hobby. I've been watching it ever since.
Basically I don't care if people find it childish or not. I've been able to introduce some of my friends and relatives to anime, most don't like it, some do but after seeing it's more then violence and sex (some over here consider it that way)but that there are as much different types/genres of anime as their are other tv-series/movies. At least they respect my hobby :).
For reference : the first anime I can remember seeing is Goldorak: a mecha anime from the seventies :) but I was really addicted to saint seiya when I was like 12-14.
Anyway don't worry about what others think about you, they are probably just as concerned about what you think about them :heh:
aFlipGuy
2004-02-22, 16:09
this thread is boring (no offense) i read the first page and got tired so i'm just gonna say i'm 17 and thats it, the thread says "how old are you?" not how old are you and how did u get started into anime
Lst2touchdasky
2004-02-22, 16:30
November 10. 1987 im currently 16
RavenChild
2004-02-22, 16:37
4/4/88 - 15 years old - single - i find it odd how we have people under 9 in this forum. when i was nine i was just playing games, forums seemed like a waste of time. I know now how much of a waste of time they are but i spend more time on forums and anime than games.
I have another theory to bring to this topic.. Most anime fans are from 15 to 24 here.. But I think it's a GENERATION thing. ^^ I mean, think about it. Anime got popular in the 90's.. Of course there aren't many anime fans in their thirties.. Because when they were teenagers and children, anime wasn't available in America.. Or it was, but in really small quantity and hard to find. I think that when anime came in the early 90's, it was still very unpopular..
Also, the new generation is more acceptant of "different interests", it seems.. It's a lot more common now to see young adults interested in things that are considered childish like cartoons, anime or other things..
hmm. 22 years of age myself, been watcing anime for...... at least 5 years.
honestly the first thing i watched and actually knew it was anime was DBZ on cartoon network. however, about 3 years prior i had seen Akira and thought it was great, if not a little strange. i have friends who have a casual interest, some who have little interest and i have 2 friends who have a great interest, but have no time. one of the two with great interest is the one who got me watching akira.
anycase i had been watching cartoons for .... the past 19 years, (if i was watching them before then, i can't remember) and i remember being quite the fan of transformers and thundercats when i was little.
anycase i don't think it's going to be a thing i grow out of, mainly because as i get older i have more means to aquire such things, although i usually read manga, as i don't seem to like as many anime series i've seen lately (One Piece and Full Metal Alchemists are what i watch as of late).
Kerensky18
2004-02-22, 19:13
I am currently 20, but looking forward to turning 21 in may :fingers: .
eto....I am 16...and will turn 17 on april 17th! but look either 18 to some ppl or 9 to others depending on the way i dress and act T_T
ive been watching anime since i was born. started with OLD old school...not that i understood the stories back then i just thought the fights were neat ^_^
Now that I think more about it, my opinion highly differs from people who likes animes. I mean whenever I read reviews on the web, I don't agree with 90% of them. No wonder I can't find people around me who likes anime. People are so different in nature and culture. They have different opinions and tastes.
Hehe, well this brings up an interesting point of something I've noticed. A lot of people who like my favourite anime, are able to reccommend another anime that everyone's able to get into. Something big right now on the Hikago forums is talking (OT) about Fullmetal Alchemist.
In general, if you find yourself a big fan of something, you should ask the people of that fandom for their advice. ^^ You'll find it often works out pretty well.
Akichan
<^UmAyR^>
2004-02-23, 12:06
I just turned 13 on 13th of december, i was born on friday the 13th too :twitch:, i started watching anime when i was 5, there was robotech, captain tsubasa, sum ninja anime i cant remember, and lotsa other shit too
SwiftStar
2004-02-23, 12:53
Some people just like cartoons. It doesnt matter how old they are, they will still read the funnies in the paper and watch the saturday morning cartoons. For those of us who have been exposed to anime, its like finding a treasure trove of cartoons that cover all genres. I have yet to come across a friend, regardless of age, who I couldnt show at least one anime that they thought was badass or cool.
I'm 23 years old and have really been in anime and manga for about 4 years. Prior to that I just liked european comics. I don't think I'll stop liking anime and especially manga anytime soon. Even though I might have trouble finding good anime series, good manga keep flowing in keeping my interest high.
I have another theory to bring to this topic.. Most anime fans are from 15 to 24 here.. But I think it's a GENERATION thing. ^^ I mean, think about it. Anime got popular in the 90's.. Of course there aren't many anime fans in their thirties.. Because when they were teenagers and children, anime wasn't available in America.. Or it was, but in really small quantity and hard to find. I think that when anime came in the early 90's, it was still very unpopular..
I totally agree with you. Especially in France, anime and manga is becoming bigger and bigger because now people are exposed to it early on and have easy access to manga and anime. Of course people over 30 didn't get this chance.
I am less then 51 years old.
I'm 25 now and got interested in anime long ago due to the pretty pictures. Only got serious when i have the capability to buy what i want. I would think that to indulge in anime and manga, you would be have to be at a responsible age.
1) You must be able to buy the dvd, vcds, manga... you have to be a very rich kid...
2) You must be able to stay up as long as you want and use the computer as long as you want if you want stuff for free.
3) If you want to go for conventions or do cosplay, you have to travel and that means money...
4) If i have kids, i wouldn't let them watch most of the animes on the net.... not untill they have established interest and are mature enough to understand not to take most of the stuff in animes seriously...
5) Kids have to concentrate on building the basics...
So you think that anything not violent and bloody are childish? Interesting...
Lord Akuma
2004-02-23, 13:37
I'm 16. I enjoy anime and in my area only appx. 1% are likeminded. In fact, nearly all people here are different than me in all aspects :P and those who aren't are already my friends. I don't care so much that not many others enjoy it like me, but I just hate that it's harldy available here at all. Thus, I'm forced to either order mys tuff or download it, which is slow because highspeed isn't offered yet. (Damn iT!) lol but it soon should be. Hopefully, that will make things easier.
20-26 range, still act like I'm 9 though :heh:
I just recently turned 15.
I've been seriously watching anime for about 2 years now. Rockman.EXE was my first anime. TU was my second. :heh: ... etc ...
Oneesama
2004-02-28, 23:29
"DARK_SUN!!!!! WE HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
as to say a proper age for ANIME~~ .. there are no limits to this "ADDICTION"~~ some of my friends are 29-35, they are too, major Anime-fanz :P so itz ALL welcome in anime-world. NVM all the XXX from your friends/others, itz your hobby isn't it? not theirs... just tell them to check out this thread! THERE ARE ABSOLUTE NO LIMITS in here~~ :D
Eh, I'm 14 male, insane, and currently a freshman in highschool. I've been watching anime for about 15 years, or the added 9 months of my fetal stages, so about 15 1/2. My father watches and reads anime, so that's how I started to get into it. Favorite series are probably Pokemon Digimon, any of the DBZ series, but I absolutely love the psuedo-anime series on Cartoon Network, Kids WB, and FOX. Seriously the greatest stuff ever.
Let's try this again..... Eh, I'm 14 male, insane, and currently a freshman in highschool. I've been watching anime for about 15 years, or the added 9 months of my fetal stages, so about 15 1/2. My father watches and reads anime, so that's how I started to get into it. Naruto, One Piece, and PMK are the series I'm watching now. I'm getting Princess Tutu now because I heard it was good. But my REAL favorite series are Neon Gensis Evangelion, .hack//SIGN, and some others I can't think of. Oh well, NOW YOU KNOW THE MIGHTY KARMA!!! Or Mastah Kay, as I've come to be known on the street.....
Karma
hobobaggins
2004-03-04, 00:01
15 here... i hate all the people in my grade that can drive (10th)
ive never said it, so it cant be again.
birthday = 11/28
OFFSPRiNGCo16
2004-03-04, 22:39
I'm 17. Will love anime forever. But picture yourself in 40years. Do you see yourself as an old man or woman still watching anime in front of you pc? When I think about it....it seems kind of strange. :p
16, 17 in april. Junior in highschool
My first anime was either SailorMoon or Samurai Pizza Cats(I can't remember).
Mockingbird's pilot
2004-03-05, 05:57
We all are equal in the face of death :)
So there is no matter how old are you if you will find a strength to live new day.
I'm 23 and feeling me lifeless but happy to hope everything may change someday...
I'm 18 years old. Been watching anime for a year or so now (yeah, I'm lagging behind, I just started reading shonen jump).
My first anime was either SailorMoon or Samurai Pizza Cats(I can't remember). Samurai Pizza Cats.. ah, sweet memories.
Drakewyn
2004-03-05, 08:15
I am older now than I was when I started reading this thread... you should know better than to ask a woman her age! :nono:
I got hooked on comic books because they were what my cousin (who is 35 now) used to help me learn english when I first came to America.
I got hooked on Anime because the comic book shop owner was an anime fan, so he played anime on his TV in the shop.
I think the first Anime I saw was... Robotech. Or maybe Voltron? It was one of those two.
SirJeannot
2004-03-05, 08:43
15 here... i hate all the people in my grade that can drive (10th)
ive never said it, so it cant be again.
birthday = 11/28
here you're not allowed to drive by yourself until you're 18, so please don't complain :o
I'm 21 (birthdate 7/16/1928) and I've been watching anime seriously for about 4 years. My first anime was......Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles :p no seriously, it was the original Dragon Ball which aired when I was young (4th/5th grade I think) early on Saturday mornings. Then in high school I discovered Cartoon Network, then DBZ, then Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo, and things escalated. I've been into manga for a couple years ever since I found Love Hina (which I have read over 6 times).
As for being too old for anime, I don't think you can ever be too old for it. Its just hard for you to identify in your age group because of the ideals of the people growing up in your time (cartoons are only for kids). My father is 50 though, and he still watches anime with me and buys some as well. So there :)
Yet another age thread but at least with some interesting discussion within it, I'm glad someone pointed out that one reason for there being greater numbers of people aged 15-24 that watch anime is simply because it has only really started to take off in a big way these past 10 years, or so I gather, (even moreso with the rise of the internet) yet there are more factors, namely the majority of people in online communities anywhere fall within that age group and that your life tends to move on after 25 or so (finishing university, settling down with a partner/family etc) and many interests fall by the wayside.
As for me, I'll buck the trend here a little by saying that I know I won't be watching anime in 10 years time, maybe not even in 5 years time, or if I am it will be in very small amonts, simply due to the reasons above. My various interests allready fight tooth and nail for my free time, add to that a career, a home, possibly a family at some point along the way and with my more serious and productive interests taking a priority (such as writing and playing the cello). I can just see anime getting squeezed out, as indeed has allready happened to online role playing (Once I left school and found a job for my gap year) that previously consumed a large proportion of my time.
I'd say that age wouldn't have too much to do with your enjoyment of anime, indeed as I have grown older I'm finding myself actually watching shows aimed at a lower age group so I can just sigh and smile, and there are still several newer series that anyone would enjoy, (take KgNE as a perfect example of a "serious and mature" storyline) just that other factors can lead you away. It will be interesting to see a thread such as this in 10 years though, no doubt the 25-39 age group will have swelled considerably as some fans stay with anime as the years roll on.
Go-lytely
2004-03-05, 10:13
I am a bit old (let's say 25+) and I like anime, but people arround me tend to ignore animes or simply hate it. Its probably the "anime is for kids" mentality effect. Of course some anime are definitivly for kids.
Not being able to identify myself to a given population (the people arround me) feels like being a freak in a circus. Well actually I never been in a circus but I guess you understand the point.
Actually the passion is fading away. Is it because I watched too much, let say over than 100 series, ova, movies and that is becoming more difficult to find original animes or is it because I am getting too old ?
Then comes the "How old are you thread". I wanted to know where I belong in the population who likes anime. I wanted to know how old is too old for animes. I know, liking anime is a personnal matter, but when you discover that you are alone or just a very few in this situation you start scratching you head... This is a very social issue.
That was the purpose of the "How old are you" thread. A very personnal self centered purpose. Maybe i am not alone wondering about that issue so feel free to express yourself.
It seems that the reason your passion is fading is because you dont have anyone else to enjoy it with. I suppose that is expected because the older you get the less and less people stay interested. Looking at the poll response, anime is mostly a teenager, early 20's kind of hobby. Once you graduate and real life takes over, it is only natural that real world priorities take over.
hobobaggins
2004-03-05, 12:22
here you're not allowed to drive by yourself until you're 18, so please don't complain :o
it isnt that i hate not being able to drive, i hate that others are, and i cant.
when real life hits you, you sometimes must give up what you love... like your wife :)
Love Witch
2004-03-05, 12:58
I'm 16
Wha! So many people of 15-19! Last time we did this poll (at the very old forum) we were really out numbered. Sooo happy... :)
Biohazard
2004-03-05, 14:06
Hiya ^^
I just turned 18 recently, and yeah, im very much into anime.
It was like a few years ago ( like ... i think about 4 years or 5 years ) when a friend of mine was visiting me with a video taped, said something about "mecha's" and stuff ... i didn't even know the word "anime" back then ... oh well ^^"
At first i was like "WTF? It's drawn O.o" but i came to like it pretty fast...it was NGE, and i watched every single episode in TV ( and they aired pretty later, after midnight ... )
And that kinda got me into it, i started researching on the internet, eventually met someone who was friendly and has a large knowledge of really good anime ^^
I kinda became his student, and he send me various anime, gave me tips, helped me how to get them ect. ect. ... he also refered me to animesuki a bit longer then 1 year ago ^^
But i think he was never active on the forums ^^"
Oh well, the funniest thing is - he's using the same nickname as i am, and we have both nearly same interests too XD
But i guess im getting off topic .. ^^"""
Anyways, ever since then Anime became valuable for me and i started collecting them, and im still nowhere near being tired of it, i just love watching anime, and since i have serious problems with many things... they are good to get your thoughts away from all those problems of the harsh real world ... but i mostly avoid those romantic stuff, because it would hurt my feelings... y'know, love has never been anything good for me, i ended up being hurt every time~
But i like nearly every genre - but only romantic ... i like shonen, shojo, i dont even mind yaoi ( wich is pretty rare for a guy ) ... the only thing i hardly dislike are those story and senseless hentai anime... but oh well ^^"
All this stuff has gotten me into manga too, not as much as in anime but oh well ^^"
Moon The Cat
2004-03-05, 23:33
Hoi!
Moon reporting his status: Currently fourteen.
Anime status: HDD FREE SPACE LOW...... DANGER! DANGER!
Gotta buy cd's....
16 and turning 17 next month ; ) and I just can't believe we have 9 year olds on this forum.. Anyways you can be 30 and be 20 at mind; )
I'm 17 now ;P
I turned 24 today....weird....I think that I posted on here sometime ago but I'm not sure. Soo...Hi, my name is Spiggy and I've been an (anime) addict for 12yrs. I've just recently went hardcore and I don't think that I can recover.
chibi Jiraiya plushy
2004-03-16, 11:02
I'm 15 my sister is 18 and yeah I'm the more mature one of the two :heh:
Kinda like Carrot Glace and Marron Glace Carrot the immature pervert and Marron is the mature pretty boy
JOJOS'STAR
2004-03-25, 02:41
I'm 15 my sister is 18 and yeah I'm the more mature one of the two :heh:
Kinda like Carrot Glace and Marron Glace Carrot the immature pervert and Marron is the mature pretty boy
Is it possible you shared your account with your sister in the biginning ??? j/k ^^
I'm 23. No Scool. Work..blablabla
CerealKiller
2004-03-25, 02:57
I'm 17, turning 18 in september, i got into anime about half a year ago and now i can't quit watching it
anime_luver
2004-03-25, 02:59
i'm 13...feels like a long time though. i feel old for some odd reason, i see like little kids, aged around 9 and below, and then i feel really old.
maybe its just that im weird. yeah, thats probably it :heh:.
Just turned 19 last month myself. Although sometimes I feel like I should be 10 or something. lol :bash: After highschool, it's more like bumming around. Meh...just college, work, and anime for me these days. :P With the occasional clubbing and drinking...oh wait :uhoh: I don't think I'm of legal age for the drinking part yet. :heh:
I've been watching anime for about 6 years; I got into it during my early highschool/punk/goth/wtf? years. I kind of miss those days...cRAzeyy lol
Movies that lead me into the anime scene were Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Ninja Scroll along with the Toonami stuff. Even though I had seen Sailor Moon before that, but I hadn't known at the time it was an anime. The rest, as they say, is history.
And that my friends is the story of my life! :D Exciting isn't it??!
i'm 13...feels like a long time though. i feel old for some odd reason, i see like little kids, aged around 9 and below, and then i feel really old.
maybe its just that im weird. yeah, thats probably it :heh:.
If you're 13... and you feel old... how am I suppose to feel o_O;;
Kaoru-chan, 19 eh? Enjoy alcohol while you're still illegal... once you turn 21, it doesn't taste as good :heh: Hard to believe you like clubbing though, I used to get dragged to clubs myself when I used to dorm, considering there was a 5-1 girl ratio in most clubs(which I call a "cock-party") it just wasn't any fun for me :uhoh: .
Good to see ladies in the forum not being shy about their age, I really getting a real nasty look(good things looks don't kill) when I asked this lady for her age and I haven't asked another girl her age to this day :heh:
Good to see ladies in the forum not being shy about their age, I really getting a real nasty look(good things looks don't kill) when I asked this lady for her age and I haven't asked another girl her age to this day
hm...mayb when gals are older they dun like to tell ppl...mayb they look older than they are or something...you never know.
for me i dun care...i'm goin 19 & happy abt it. ^_^
18 right here, right now :)
I go to school 12 hours a week :D
And I work on saturdays and on holidays :heh:
Etc, etc, etc
Anime4life says it all I think :)
(in the Netherlands you may drink alcohol when you are 18 "Officially" :innocent: )
Lime-chan
2004-03-25, 14:02
We can, too! :p It's just for the drugs we're not allowed to smoke - but I won't complain since it's a lot healthier!
What's it with all the alcohol? Am I missing something? :twitch:
I'm a 21 years old crazy student and started watching anime when I was... uuuh... around five!
There was a great TV-channel called Tele5 back then and they aired shows like Queen Millenia and Ulysses31. I think I didn't understand as nearly as much as I do now - but I got addicted in what I believed where cartoons at that time and stayed with my love up to today. And I don't even think about quitting! ^-^
There are times I don't watch as nearly as much as I'm used to, but I always seem to come back to the topic. :heh: We'll see what future brings, ne?
hobobaggins
2004-03-25, 14:42
I dont feel the need to drink or smoke underaged :D
15 here.
We can, too! :p It's just for the drugs we're not allowed to smoke - but I won't complain since it's a lot healthier!
What's it with all the alcohol? Am I missing something? :twitch:
It is not allowed... but I know many students who smoke grass anyway.
Don't know if you miss something without alcohol. I do not drink much alcohol on parties/campus parties/in clubs/open air raves... but, without any alcohol I would not feel relaxed enough to get into the mood. Well how about you?
I am 23 atm.
SiL Eighty
2004-03-25, 15:05
It is not allowed... but I know many students who smoke grass anyway.
Don't know if you miss something without alcohol. I do not drink much alcohol on parties/campus parties/in clubs/open air raves... but, without any alcohol I would not feel relaxed enough to get into the mood. Well how about you?
I am 23 atm.
atm?? Where im from that means Attracted To Men. Are you? I dont mean to be offense or anything just curious :rolleyes:
Im turning 19 in a month. I hate going out to dinner on my B-day.... Everytime i go out to a resturant on my B-day theres ATLEAST 5 other ppl w/ the same B-day.... Takes away the fealing of it being a special day for you when you hear other ppl celebrating someone elses B-day right next to you =.=;
Oh well party at my house this year >:D
Biohazard
2004-03-25, 15:11
LOL ... with atm he meant "at the moment" xDDDDDD
But that's a great way to translate it too .... wow, gotta renember that! xD
As said above i'm 18 ^^
LoveOfAnime
2004-03-25, 15:23
Geez all you young'uns! jk I do feel old now lol. I will be
31 next month.
You don't have to look if you don't want to. :dots:
ChibiDusk
2004-03-25, 16:01
Hurray, YMOAS! [young members of animesuki "club"]
I'm 14.
Slade xTekno
2004-03-25, 16:19
I am 16. I am a Junior in High School.
What fun. I've watched anime since I was a little kid. I used to watch Korean-dubbed tapes from the local video store.
If you're 13... and you feel old... how am I suppose to feel o_O;;
Kaoru-chan, 19 eh? Enjoy alcohol while you're still illegal... once you turn 21, it doesn't taste as good :heh: Hard to believe you like clubbing though, I used to get dragged to clubs myself when I used to dorm, considering there was a 5-1 girl ratio in most clubs(which I call a "cock-party") it just wasn't any fun for me :uhoh: .
Good to see ladies in the forum not being shy about their age, I really getting a real nasty look(good things looks don't kill) when I asked this lady for her age and I haven't asked another girl her age to this day :heh:
LOL Hardly ever do I go clubbing, or drinking for that matter. I'm one of those "occasional drinkers" but I really don't feel the need to drink alcohol.
I always get dragged to clubs. *she doesn't like the smoke and pervy men* >_< I'd rather just stay at home, but my friends feel that I should get out more, like I'm a mom or something! :bash: So they lasso me and throw me in the trunk. Happens everytime. :sad:
Geez all you young'uns! jk I do feel old now lol. I will be
31 next month.
You don't have to look if you don't want to.
lol I know plenty of older people who are into anime just as much as the next young fan. I'm friends with a guy who runs his own anime shop, and he's like 29, so it's all good! *like on free stuff*:D
And hurray for the young people!!
hobobaggins
2004-03-25, 16:29
hmm... lasso you and throw you in the trunk? sounds like fun!
... damn. that means we left you out of the pit.
so: who i the youngest/oldest here?
mantidor
2004-03-26, 00:50
okay, im ... EDIT by mantidor now you'll never now my real age :heh:
now that you are talking about alcohol the first time i got drunk was when i was ... 8!!! i'm not kidding and i'm definitly not proud of it. we live in an alcoholic society IMO
now don't think im a drunk! i rarely go to parties, i don't like it very much, i was even forced to go to my prom by my classmates! that incident in my childhood was just an accident.
anime_luver
2004-03-26, 03:39
If you're 13... and you feel old... how am I suppose to feel o_O;;
i dunno how ur supposed to feel, but i think i feel old because everyone around me, they act really immature and stupid. this makes me feel like the black sheep of my group of friends. im always the spoil sport of a nasty or wrong joke.
i think that everyone is old, taking into consideration the life span of other organisms on earth. i mean the fruit fly's life cycle lasts a mere week or so (not sure bout this, learned it in grade three). but i guess looking at an average human's life span (for males about 76 or something and females around 78?) then i am relatively young. well it doesn't really matter, because its just the mental state of mind that makes you feel old.
gravitation
2004-03-26, 14:31
so: who i the youngest/oldest here?hmmm well according to the "Am I the oldest anime freak here?" thread (which not many people voted on) the oldest people are:Dark_Sun (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=10589), Za Paper (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=13826) who voted "over the hill" and the youngest people are "
ashibaka (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=1183), ChibiDusk (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=2548), hobobaggins (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=6615), JAppi (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=5163), Lst2touchdasky (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=6234), Mr. Bushido (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=6628), ShadowX114 (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=6111), wnkryo (http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=7402) gravitation" (heheh i edited my name there) who voted "Still in Highschool or younger", but of course some people could of voted for a joke and not everyone voted....plus its not *the* youngest and oldest....sorry i wasnt much help ^^"
well,I'm 20................getting old for anime?? ^^
I'm 18. :D 19 in May. Woohoo!
Kempis Curious
2004-03-27, 17:02
I turned 30 a couple of weeks ago. Joy. All that did was make my health insurance cost more and push me into a new age bracket in polls like this. :) My first Japan-made cartoon was Battle of the Planets (aka G-force) (aka Gatchaman) when I was 6. Actual anime was Ranma 1/2 at 18.
It's unfortunate that cartoons are considered "for children" in Hollywood. Motion pictures are truly an artform, and I think animation compared to live action is like painting compared to photography. IMHO oil or watercolor paintings allow more creativity to be conveyed from the artist to the viewer. However, children find simple drawings to be more accessible than photograhs, but that doesn't make photography more "grown-up". :rolleyes:
Besides which, at the beginning of that last century going to the cinema was considered "for children", and at the beginning of the century before that reading fictional books for pleasure was childish. Nowadays we have film schools and scholarly degrees in Literature to make these pastimes suitable for "serious people". Bah.
As for anime getting stale, it's true that a good number of animes get famous because young people have not seen the earlier animes which have been recycled. As other life responsibilities and joys crowd out the time us old folks have to search for good animes, we often will try out these famous animes and then get disappointed. Thank the goddess of anime that she sent her saints to make animesuki... I've found a lot of unknown (to me) gems of anime by always downloading Episode 1 of any series that shows up on the Home Page (shows like Princess Tutu, Jungle wa..., and recently Ajimu Kaigan Monogatari). This has to be the most useful site on the internet.
-k
I' still in highschool.....Is that a bad thing? Oh well, I've been into anime for just about the first 14 years of my life (I'm 14). My father who's Japanese always read manga to me, and we watched a lot of older anime when I was growing up. Now pretty much all I do is watch anime, make music, and sleep (other hygene procedures also). I think it's cool that there are a lot of old folk on the forums too.....that reminds me, where's Pathy? I find that most adult s that 'lower' themselves to the level of their youngers (dunno if that's the right word), are the ones that can actually understand and relate to us. There's too many adults that think they can't associate with younger people because we're not 'sophisticated,' 'intelligent,' etc. So a cookie for all of you that are out of college and still on the forums!!
Karma
I think it's cool that there are a lot of old folk on the forums too.....that reminds me, where's Pathy?
She said she would be away from the forums for about a week to go visit her kids. Hopefully she didn't fall into one of those foam pits. :uhoh:
I don't think many older people have to lower their standards to mingle with the younger folk. Some people are just "kids at heart," so to speak. I don't have a problem hanging with people with different ages. To me, age doesn't really matter since some ppl are more mature for their age, or in my case, a bit immature. :heh: There are times when I feel I should be 12 or 13...I can act like such a giddy little girl sometimes, it's scary! :twitch:
Lime-chan
2004-03-27, 20:33
It is not allowed... but I know many students who smoke grass anyway.
Don't know if you miss something without alcohol. I do not drink much alcohol on parties/campus parties/in clubs/open air raves... but, without any alcohol I would not feel relaxed enough to get into the mood. Well how about you?
I am 23 atm.
*g* I remember the time after my graduation - our class went to the netherlands alltogether on a four day vacation after the exams... and then there are two words: coffee shop.
So, all I could see and smell for those days were funny white clouds in the air wherever I went - which was bad since I don't like grass and the nastier things at all. It was still fun though. I just couldn't agree with some peoples definition of "holiday" :heh:
Alcohol is the same, the only I drink are the occassional few drops of rum in my tea when I'm cold. Well, and sometimes a beer when I'm out with friends.
Clubbing etc. is just fine without any, I tend to end up as the driver anyway, so it would be a really BAD idea to drink anything ^-* Therefore I'm used to search my fun elsewhere and proud of it! :D
___________________
Still, what the heck is it with that damn alc??? *g*
rEkKaShInObI
2004-03-27, 20:38
Its all about youth baby.
I'm turning 15 in June and I first watched anime proper when I was 11... (This is not counting Pokemon and Akazukin Cha Cha. o.o; ) I started going on internet forums when I was 11 (it was a decent one) and well... yeah. I kind of had to stop watching anime later in 2001 (that was when I was 12) because of big exams and stuff. Then... after that... I can't remember. -_- I believe I started watching some again and then left off because stupid AXN was repeating god knwos how many times. Then... hm, I think near the end of 2002? I downloaded my first fansub, Saishuu Heiki Kanojo from AnimeSuki... then stuff... and stuff... and somewhere around August or September last year I started downloading more anime... and it continues until now.
A lot of people think I'm a lot older than I actually am, online and IRL. some of my brother's friends (they're in their mid 20s and stuff) tried to chat me up once. But I am so butt ugly...
Lime-chan
2004-03-27, 21:03
Its all about youth baby.
^
Thanks... now I feel OOOLD... *sniff*
*suffer*
*suffer*
:D
Kempis Curious
2004-03-27, 21:52
I don't think many older people have to lower their standards to mingle with the younger folk. Some people are just "kids at heart," so to speak.
I agree with that, but I take the view that when older folks enjoy the fellowship of younger folk it's more from giving the younger folk a chance to be more mature, rather than the older folk having to regress to a lower level.
Its all about youth baby.
For what? The only advantage I see is firm boobs. :D Talk to or have sex with a teenybopper as all you get is a jaded, selfish personality and fumbling technique. :( I've always thought of selfishness as being the main sign immaturity, with babies being the prime example of being nothing but selfish. I learned that from Prof. Washu, many years ago. :)
-k
:twitch: Hmm Theres alot of Youngins here :O Glad i at least look in my 20's http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/kao/otn/kao2.gif Although , i act older n sumtimes immature to(when hyper http://mysmilies.ipbfree.com/s/kao/otn/bloblaugh.gif) but that happens.. im in the 15-19 section ;)
Im at the beginning journey of a teenager...
dbzgundam
2004-03-31, 00:04
I'm a hopeless, paranoid, crazy, and conceited little 15 yr old...
I'm a hopeless, paranoid, crazy, and conceited little 15 yr old...
We already knew that :dots:
PeppstaR
2004-03-31, 02:58
27 here. Born on Filipino Independence Day ^_^
hobobaggins
2004-03-31, 03:52
I'm turning 15 in June and I first watched anime proper when I was 11... (This is not counting Pokemon and Akazukin Cha Cha. o.o; ) I started going on internet forums when I was 11 (it was a decent one) and well... yeah. I kind of had to stop watching anime later in 2001 (that was when I was 12) because of big exams and stuff. Then... after that... I can't remember. -_- I believe I started watching some again and then left off because stupid AXN was repeating god knwos how many times. Then... hm, I think near the end of 2002? I downloaded my first fansub, Saishuu Heiki Kanojo from AnimeSuki... then stuff... and stuff... and somewhere around August or September last year I started downloading more anime... and it continues until now.
A lot of people think I'm a lot older than I actually am, online and IRL. some of my brother's friends (they're in their mid 20s and stuff) tried to chat me up once. But I am so butt ugly...
15?
geezus! i remember when gundam wing was still on toonami. that was my intro to anime... i think...
For what's it worth, I'm 19 :)
Shinobu_Maehara
2004-03-31, 05:57
21 here.... I will be 22 in May :D
...edit.... Wait didn't I saw this thread before?
20 here.... I will be 21 in May :D
:p
hobobaggins
2004-03-31, 14:18
"Nee kikoemasuka?"
kikanai! kikitakunai!
(in case you dont have the JP packs.)
for all of you turning 20: you sure as hell dont act like it!
:heh: :joke:
CerealKiller
2004-03-31, 16:05
Turning 18 in September (d*mn 18 allready, that would make me adult :heh: )
hobobaggins
2004-03-31, 16:13
Turning 18 in September (d*mn 18 allready, that would make me adult :heh: )
still cant rent cars from Hertz, cant smoke, cant bring other people into movie theaters.
turning 18 seems to suck. you are now accountable for your own actions.
ChainLegacy
2004-03-31, 17:14
I'm 14, turning 15 in July. I started watching anime when I was really little, I used to get up real early to catch Dragonball. You can imagine I was pretty happy when they began to show it again. By that point, the Pokemon craze had come and gone here in Massachusetts and I had been one of the biggest Poke-freaks out there. At the time, I didn't know what the word anime meant, I thought that Pokemon and Dragonball were made by the same company because they were oddly similar.
I soon became a huge Dragonball Z fan and that's when I started coming online to go to various sites. This introduced me to a number of animes that I know consider much better than DBZ. The first really good anime I saw was Trigun on adult swim a year ago. From there, I started downloading plenty of other animes that were subbed. The thought that I was watching these animes before they came out here in the US really amazed me.
I now download a few animes regularly, but I definately haven't seen as many as most of the members of this forum. In my school, I just keep the fact that I like anime to myself since the only other people that like anime are people that have seen a few episodes of DBZ. So, even though I am young compared to many of you, I still am somewhat of an outcast in that I watch anime.
I hope that anime becomes really popular in the future and that tons of people will watch it. I hope that watching anime will be considered "normal" by most people. Even my parents give me a hard time for watching anime, saying I should "grow up". The animation stereotypes where I live are horrible. I just shrug it off, I love anime too much to give it up just because other people think it's "kiddy". Most of them haven't watched it anyways.
When I look at most animes, I see a show that can be watched by someone for their entire life. It might seem odd to think of yourself watching it when you're considered "old," but I'm guessing the new generation of "seniors" will be much different from the current. By the way, I consider 60+ to be old. People in their 40's and 50's are still young in my eyes.
flohtingPoint
2004-03-31, 21:25
I'm an old fogey at 24 =P
Gold_Rogers
2004-04-01, 00:23
I'm 22. I watched anime since I was a very little kid...my mother used to make me shut up by turning on the TV and making me watch Mazinger Z, but I don't remember any of it. Cartoons and Anime were constant things for me on television, but I kinda stopped watching them in junior high and high school. When I came to college a friend of mine asked me if I knew Evangelion (and I had heard of it), and so I tried to find where I could get it. I ended up downloading tiny VIVO format files of it (I managed to get realmedia format for the latter half of the series), and we both watched it in like a couple days. That's when I started on my road to otakudom, although I admit I'm not hardcore enough to be otaku (I'll get there soon, though). So yeah, I've been downloading anime for 5 years now. Before then anime was always a TV or VHS thingy :D Now we have lovely DVDs!!!
hobobaggins
2004-04-01, 01:53
I'm an old fogey at 24 =P
you love your car so.
love is a good thing.
easier to clean gunk off a car than a keyboard.
whoo! i figured most of you would be alot younger!
I'm 16 (17 in august)...
There aren't too many animefans in my neighborhood (none that I know of), but Finland itself is full of them...
one thing that prolly drops the popularity here is that you can't get Anime very easily here, there are like 3-5 shops that sell them and about 3 of them sell only Anime movies......
and you can't order abroad unless you're over 18 and have a credit card...
I myself started my hobby after seeing GITS:movie (the old one)...
well actually I started manga before that, and then borrowed the GITS VHS from the library...
but the first anime I saw (without knowing it was anime), was prolly Ginga Nagareboshi Gin as dubbed when I was something like 7 or 8...
"Nee kikoemasuka?"
kikanai! kikitakunai!
(in case you dont have the JP packs.)
for all of you turning 20: you sure as hell dont act like it!
:heh: :joke:???
kikanai! kikitakunai! ?? Don't get it :p
Kempis Curious
2004-04-01, 14:17
I just shrug it off, I love anime too much to give it up just because other people think it's "kiddy". Most of them haven't watched it anyways.
When I look at most animes, I see a show that can be watched by someone for their entire life. It might seem odd to think of yourself watching it when you're considered "old," but I'm guessing the new generation of "seniors" will be much different from the current. By the way, I consider 60+ to be old. People in their 40's and 50's are still young in my eyes.
That's great that you can overcome the urge not to look foolish in front of everyone... I know it's much greater when you're a teenager. You must have seen some pretty good anime in order to overcome that. :D
And yeah, anime has enough variety to satisfy people of all ages... some of it appeals only to mature adults (not talking about violence or sex). Titles like Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, or Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou, or Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Anime is just a form of entertainment like movies, books, concerts, or television. They all have performances which are most suitable for children, teens, or adults.
-k
Hello! I'm 12 and turning 13 in May 25! Go me! Weeeeeeeeeeee
Life is wonderful!! Yey!! :)
seraph1287
2004-04-01, 14:46
I'm 16 and i loved anime for a long time. I don't usually go around and tell people i like anime. usually when someone says they like anime it means they watched a few episodes of Dragon Ball Z or something. There are a few people that like anime where i live. Thankfully i know some otaku to help me get fansubs and all that good stuff. i don't think that i'll ever really get tired of anime either. it is always there for me. i guess that one would call me a closet otaku (seriously, look at my room and you will see nothing anime related, open my closet and its like a shrine) when i watch anime people told me in a few years these shows will be meaningless, that was 4 years ago. i don't think i'll ever get tired of this stuff :)
Lexander
2004-04-01, 15:08
Hello! I'm 12 and turning 13 in May 25! Go me! Weeeeeeeeeeee
Life is wonderful!! Yey!! :)
Slade ... you're ... 12?
im 15, and 16 in 4 months, still young. but wise
animedudematt
2004-04-01, 15:57
Im 14, and 15 on may 7th (give me prezies) over and out.
im turning 19 in june 1st..
i think i need a girlfriend and a life besides anime..
naaaa why to rush :heh:
SiL Eighty
2004-04-01, 16:51
im turning 19 in june 1st..
i think i need a girlfriend and a life besides anime..
naaaa why to rush :heh:
Im with you bro.... :hmm:
mantidor
2004-04-01, 17:55
"Nee kikoemasuka?"
kikanai! kikitakunai!
(in case you dont have the JP packs.)
???
kikanai! kikitakunai! ?? Don't get it
translation ( well at least an attempt):
"Can you hear me?"
"i can't!, i don't want to!"
i still dont get it :confused:
Slade ... you're ... 12?
Yup! Graduating East Brook Middle School next year! Yey for me! :)
1. "Kikinai! Kikitakunai!"... something like "I can't hear".
2. In repsonse to that user avatar that says "Nee kikoemasuka" (Can you hear?).
If I acted a little less recklessly I could more believeably pass off as a fairly older person... online and maybe even IRL.
MercuryKnight
2004-04-03, 10:46
I'm almost 45 and personally I don't care who knows. I don't think age is significant. I have friends who are 20 years older them me and some that are 20 years younger. I've been watching anime so long that I can't even remember the first show I watched, but I do remember watching Star Blazers back in the late 70's. For years it was hard to get any anime in Canada. So now that I can get fansubs, I'm making up for lost time. I've got both my kids watching (18 and 20) and even my wife. :)
Moon The Cat
2004-04-04, 13:36
Yup! Graduating East Brook Middle School next year! Yey for me! :)
N-A-N-I?
I think I have underestimated younger kids, their sense of humour and photoshop skills.....if you know what I mean.
OutPhase
2004-04-04, 16:46
15 years old of pure boredom.
I'm 23, and I needed more characters for this post.
N-A-N-I?
I think I have underestimated younger kids, their sense of humour and photoshop skills.....if you know what I mean.
Heh, yet another victim to my april fools joke. No moon, I'm not 12. Turn that number and flip it horizontally and you have my real age. :D
CaptTylor
2004-04-18, 04:40
hey all. CaptTylor, translator for Anime4Life, here.
Just thought I'd add my age to the poll, I'm 32, and I've been watching anime (knowingly) for about 10 years now. A friend hooked me by showing me Ranma and NukuNuku. Until then, I assumed all japanese animation was low, 70's quality art, all robot stories, and all bad dialogue. The first time I heard it in the actual Japanese, it came alive for me, and I just had to study the language. That's why I'm able to translate now. (though I'm pretty slow -_-) I will NEVER get tired of anime ^^ I'm especially fond of all the "fanboy" anime out there... the ones with the cute girls as main characters... Though I think they're getting a little TOO fanboy, with all the panty/bra shots (though there is something.... compelling... about it 0_0) - favorite animes: Fushigi Yuugi, Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, ...Card Captor Sakura, ...Sailor Moon. *^_^* ahem. Least favorite: anything with mostly guys, or mostly giant robots, doing mostly fighting. YAWN. -_-... come to #anime4life in irc.rizon.net if you wanna chat a bit ^^
I'm a 22 year old who hasn't been watching anime since they were 10. In fact, I watched a few series in my freshman year in college, but didn't really become a somewhat addicted anime fan until this year... :hmm: Animesuki is to blame for that.
Black Jaggan
2004-04-18, 12:48
Well, it's seems like I'm one of the younger ones here....///_^ I'm still 17....and really don't want to turn 18 next month..... Being an adult sux...
But to give some meaning to this post:
I have few friends that like anime,
- my best fried only likes some art,
- the little brother of one of my friends, considers me to be the fansub download god, cause i seem to be the only one in this town that knows how to use bittorrent.
- One of my friends says he likes anime, but can't even find the on button on the comp. So I'm buring all the fansubs for him....
- one friend who's still into ShinChan......*shiver*
But none of them like it so much as I do. They don't bother watching Naruto in the middle of the night...or waiting in front of the comp for a down to finish even though it will take another 2 hours.
As far as I know, there's only one other animefan in our school, but he gets all his stuff imported from Maleysia...so we don't have much in common :heh:
MikoKikyo
2004-04-18, 14:35
I'm 17 too, as you can see from my public profile........ yeah.
*And I think college guys are hot ;) :D
PS: I didn't believe for a minute that Slade was 12.
20 years old. You wouldn't know it if you saw me,though. Too many people have mistaken me for a 16 year old. :sad: :heh:
Slade xTekno
2004-04-18, 15:42
LazyBones104: I am the exact opposite.
I am 16, but many people think I am in college. Instead of asking me "What school do you go to?," they ask me "What do you study?" and "What do you plan to major in?"
When I worked seasonal at Barnes&Noble, only the management knew I was in high school for the first few weeks...
So I guess you must have no problem getting into an R rated movie, then? :heh:
I don't mind people mistaking me for a 15/16 yr old (can't really blame them) but I get a little insulted when I tell them I'm 20 and I see their mouths drop open... ^_^
PS: I didn't believe for a minute that Slade was 12.
Hah, double triple fooled! I'm really 13! Hah! Meh to youu =P
or
not.
The problem with becoming a legal age is that you get this id... which isn't fake and no one asks you for it. The day I turned 21, I went out to buy some beer legally for the first time and they didn't ask me for an id -__-;;; How anti-dramatic. It's more fun to drink when it's illegal to do so though, so all you miniors- enjoy while it lasts :D.
Sid_Burn
2004-04-18, 21:26
I have no known age... I think I was born 4000 years ago... you can see my face in my Avatar... :)
That's all... :stupid:
Slade xTekno
2004-04-18, 21:27
Sid_Burn: Just say your stupid age!
BTW the arrow on that smiley's sign should be pointing to the left... j/k.
Sid_Burn
2004-04-19, 03:41
Sid_Burn: Just say your stupid age!
BTW the arrow on that smiley's sign should be pointing to the left... j/k.
Hahahaha! can't take a damn joke... anyway im 6004 years old... j/k
My true age is 18... or is it 22??? :confused:
That's all... :stupid:
MikoKikyo
2004-04-19, 05:14
So I guess you must have no problem getting into an R rated movie, then? :heh:
Speaking of which.......It's quite ironic how I've only seen one rated R movie after turning 17. I used to see them all the time last year, and had to get parents to see it with us *bummer*. Oh well.
all you minors- enjoy while it lasts
That I do. :cool:
you can see my face in my Avatar... :)
oh it's lovely!! :p
Hah, double triple fooled! I'm really 13! Hah! Meh to youu =P
Trying to fool us again? :p
You won't fool me though :D
Wow, I thought I was pretty freakin old... 29. Of course, I try to hide it if possible that I watch anime. It used to say I liked it but people either don't know what I'm talking about or think I'm weird watching cartoons.... <sigh>
Sid_Burn
2004-04-19, 06:13
oh it's lovely!! :pHahahaha!....really...is it???
That's all... :stupid:
Lol, man I feel old now. I graduated High School before a lot of you were born. :hmm:
35 here. First anime? Ugh, how about Speed Racer? First real anime? Starblazers.
I think Im a little different though, my dad was stationed in Japan when I was little, so I was exposed to anime much earlier than most.
Hell, I still remember watching Ultraman! :twitch:
***starts looking for his walker***
mantidor
2004-04-19, 11:03
I watched Ultraman too! it was aired in a peruvian channel that happens to be received here in Colombia, lol! that show was hilarious for me!
The problem with becoming a legal age is that you get this id... which isn't fake and no one asks you for it. The day I turned 21, I went out to buy some beer legally for the first time and they didn't ask me for an id -__-;;; How anti-dramatic. It's more fun to drink when it's illegal to do so though, so all you miniors- enjoy while it lasts :D.I ALWAYS get carded b/c I have a baby face after I shave (see avatar :) j/k). That's been one thing that I'm guaranteed when I go out. Hell, when I umpired for little league baseball, there were kids taller than me and I'm around 6'1"!!! I already posted my age on here, but I'm 24 according to my records. And is it me or is the next generation of women looking really good at a really young age?
The problem with becoming a legal age is that you get this id... which isn't fake and no one asks you for it. The day I turned 21, I went out to buy some beer legally for the first time and they didn't ask me for an id -__-;;; How anti-dramatic. It's more fun to drink when it's illegal to do so though, so all you miniors- enjoy while it lasts :D.
Hehe lol, in our country we can buy alcohol from age 16 and I'm 15 so I only have
one year left to do so :sad:
:heh:
I watched Ultraman too! it was aired in a peruvian channel that happens to be received here in Colombia, lol! that show was hilarious for me!
Yep, pretty funny now, but heck, the show started in 1966. So its showing its age... err and mine too....
MikoKikyo
2004-04-19, 16:42
Hahahaha!....really...is it???
That's all... :stupid:
must you really ask? :D look at it. Not the loveliest face I've seen these days lol... But it's a cool ava.
I only said that because you said it was your face. Meaning, it's cool for an ava, but when you say it's your face then it's just funny on an extra layer :heh: DOn't take me seriously, ever, on anything at all
mantidor
2004-04-19, 17:24
Yep, pretty funny now, but heck, the show started in 1966. So its showing its age... err and mine too....
I didn't know it was that old! I saw it in the beginning of the 90's, and I remember they used those giant floppys :heh: it was too funny, (now that I think about it, the appearance of those floppys indicates Japan has those since the sixties!! :twitch: they really have the most advance technology!)
I didn't know it was that old! I saw it in the beginning of the 90's, and I remember they used those giant floppys :heh: it was too funny, (now that I think about it, the appearance of those floppys indicates Japan has those since the sixties!! :twitch: they really have the most advance technology!)
Yep, started in the late 60's, and had a couple of follow up series in the 70's and 80's . Ultraman used a lot of the same set/studio/effects as the Godzilla movies from the same time period. :)
Sid_Burn
2004-04-20, 02:21
must you really ask? :D look at it. Not the loveliest face I've seen these days lol... But it's a cool ava.
I only said that because you said it was your face. Meaning, it's cool for an ava, but when you say it's your face then it's just funny on an extra layer :heh: DOn't take me seriously, ever, on anything at all
Why would I take you seriously or anything like that? Im too old for kiddie stuffs...Hahahahaha! j/k
That's all... :stupid:
MikoKikyo
2004-04-20, 06:42
ooooouch sid burn!! lol that was harsh.........did you get pissy at me??
*tear* I'm seventeen...
Sid_Burn
2004-04-20, 07:00
ooooouch sid burn!! lol that was harsh.........did you get pissy at me??
*tear* I'm seventeen... No... not at all... Im just joking! Hahahahaha!.... such kiddie stuffs...again... :joke:.... :)
That's all... :stupid:
i am 16 now my birthday in no th 8th of april
Sid_Burn
2004-04-21, 07:48
i am 16 now my birthday in no th 8th of april
Well... Happy Birthday!... I guess it's already too late...
That's all... :stupid:
I'm just 16 years old :D But yet, everyone says I look older, both in real and virtual life. Anyways, I may let some people call me "kun" ¬¬
My birthday is on October the 9th (close to Naruto's birthday, which's on October the 10th). So there's still a long way to my 17th birthday :D
mantidor
2004-04-21, 12:16
I'm just 16 years old :D But yet, everyone says I look older, both in real and virtual life. Anyways, I may let some people call me "kun" ¬¬
My birthday is on October the 9th (close to Naruto's birthday, which's on October the 10th). So there's still a long way to my 17th birthday :D
My dad's birthday is the same as naruto's!!! mine is 11th january.
Sid_Burn
2004-04-21, 18:23
I'm just 16 years old :D But yet, everyone says I look older, both in real and virtual life. Anyways, I may let some people call me "kun" ¬¬
My birthday is on October the 9th (close to Naruto's birthday, which's on October the 10th). So there's still a long way to my 17th birthday :D
Im the same as you... In personal... I may look an adult... let's say 21yrs old... but in fact Im just...
That's all... :stupid:
I'm just 16 years old :D But yet, everyone says I look older, both in real and virtual life. Anyways, I may let some people call me "kun" ¬¬
My birthday is on October the 9th (close to Naruto's birthday, which's on October the 10th). So there's still a long way to my 17th birthday :D
Friend has no age. He is immortal! :bow:
So you're only 16, eh? I always thought you were older than me (like in your 20s) but you are still my sempai! :D And I will still call you Vicious-san.
...if you let me go to Brazil and stay in your closet. :heh:
Sid_Burn
2004-04-21, 18:47
Friend has no age. He is immortal! :bow:
So you're only 16, eh? I always thought you were older than me (like in your 20s) but you are still my sempai! :D And I will still call you Vicious-san.
...if you let me go to Brazil and stay in your closet. :heh:
You're Immortal...?
That's all... :stupid:
Friend has no age. He is immortal! :bow:
So you're only 16, eh? I always thought you were older than me (like in your 20s) but you are still my sempai! :D And I will still call you Vicious-san.
...if you let me go to Brazil and stay in your closet. :heh:
Lol, indeed, a lot of people think I'm older. Well, in fact I'm about 10 thousand years old (my real name is Highlander). But right now I'm using the body of a 16 year old boy (PS. don't confuse me with Orochimaru x.x) :D
But indeed, Friend has no age ^^ It's good to find another 20th Century Boys fan.
Well, you can come here... but staying in my closet might be not a very good idea, after all :uhoh:
I am 20-24 years old more to 20 though :D
By the way Vicious you really do sound older but that's a good trait :D
Lol, indeed, a lot of people think I'm older. Well, in fact I'm about 10 thousand years old (my real name is Highlander). But right now I'm using the body of a 16 year old boy (PS. don't confuse me with Orochimaru x.x) :D
But indeed, Friend has no age ^^ It's good to find another 20th Century Boys fan.
Well, you can come here... but staying in my closet might be not a very good idea, after all
LOL Of course Vicious-san, why would you want to hide a pirate in your closet? That would be weird. :uhoh:
:D
I am also glad that someone highly regards 20th Century Boys. ^_^ One of the best manga I've ever read!
The Immortal known as Highlander...indeed. :bow:
:heh:
Well I turned 21 on November 12, but I look as if I were a 16 year old kid, for that little reason every one asks me for my ID or my age everywhere I go. At the same time, when you look young, people tend to underestimate you just by the way you look. I work as a caterer, and I have been ask the same question over and over: You look too young to be working here, how old are you? >_<
Damn I remember when I came to the US alone when I was 18 and a half (It has been 2 years and a half now) with no knowledge of English and taking ESL classes at the University of Virginia... IT WAS HELL! Back then I looked as if I were a 14 year old kid >_< and all my teachers and class mates (who mostly were over 26) would treat me as a little kid. Some times they will put their hands on my head to then start messing up with my hair >_<;; OMG and when I told then that I was in the country by my self without having any close relatives and friends, they were all telling me: oh you are a great boy! you are so brave! Do you not miss your mama or your papa? At least, I didn't have to stay with the same group all the time because I never had to complete an ESL course due to the fact that I was being promoted all the time. Otherwise, I would have died of depression :(
At the present time, I'm an avid college student and anime watcher. Although, I have lost of things to do, I always have time to watch anime and to visit the forums. And I don't know how, but I need to look a little bit older so that I won't get underestimated anymore >_<
I'm 19 and i got hooked on anime when I was 12 and saw project aiko for the first time on regular television. It was so different from any cartoon I had see before because the characters and situations were so real to life i guess you could say. Then I started taping the anime that came on at midnight on scifi and i got a chance to see project aiko again. I even got my brothers to watch. I wouldn't feel bad about being older tough because my dad watches anime and cartoons somtimes himself and he's twice my age. :)
hobobaggins
2004-04-22, 13:44
LOL Of course Vicious-san, why would you want to hide a pirate in your closet? That would be weird. :uhoh:
:D
I am also glad that someone highly regards 20th Century Boys. ^_^ One of the best manga I've ever read!
The Immoral known as Highlander...indeed. :bow:
:heh:
hentai freak!
vicious: but then that would mean you would have guys coming out of the closet in your room.. :twitch:
Mr_Paper
2004-04-22, 14:02
hentai freak!
vicious: but then that would mean you would have guys coming out of the closet in your room.. :twitch:It would be funny if he had actually posted immoral, but he didn't. Immoral does not imply he watch hentai or ero shows, simply that he's lacking morality.
PIG looking for mate!
Im 19, i like long walks out in the woods and most of the time im pretty much ok. I might flip every now and then...
Ps: Im 19....
Sid_Burn
2004-04-22, 19:25
hentai freak!
vicious: but then that would mean you would have guys coming out of the closet in your room.. :twitch:
You are also a hentai freak right...?
That's all... :stupid:
hentai freak!
vicious: but then that would mean you would have guys coming out of the closet in your room.. :twitch:
:twitch:
Well, Kaoru-chan's a girl, so she can stay at my closet :D Even if she's a pirate. But you can't, you're rather... weird :p And you're a guy too. I don't like guys inside my closet x.x
It would be funny if he had actually posted immoral, but he didn't. Immoral does not imply he watch hentai or ero shows, simply that he's lacking morality.
Hey! I have morality!
Well.
At least I think I so.
But in fact, I'm not Highlander. My true identity is the East Monster. Refer to Hunter-san as the West one :D
hentai freak!
vicious: but then that would mean you would have guys coming out of the closet in your room.. :twitch:
Um, I had no idea The Highlander was an Immoral being to begin with. :twitch:
He just has a really cool sword! :D
Thank you Vicious-san! ^_^ I now know where I shall be sailing to this summer. So please save me a closet when I get there. :D :heh:
Oh and to stay on topic, I am actually a nine-year-old girl who just acts like she's 19. I even look and talk like a 19-yr-old and can even drive a car and file for my own income tax. Although the grade school children will tell you different. But you didn't hear that one from me. :uhoh:
:D
ZGMF-X10A
2004-04-23, 20:42
15-19 ... woot most out of the whole poll :)
Oh and to stay on topic, I am actually a nine-year-old girl who just acts like she's 19. I even look and talk like a 19-yr-old and can even drive a car and file for my own income tax. Although the grade school children will tell you different. But you didn't hear that one from me. :uhoh:
:D
9? Don't lie Kaoru, we all know you're a super-immortal-pirate girl from the caribbeans!( I saw you in that movie pirates of the caribbean!! ) :D
My age is... :uhoh: uh oh.. must think up a witty lie... :uhoh:
*looks around*
*counts his ps2 game collection*
20!!!...
*looks around*
*counts his vhs collection*
1!!!...
Ya!! 21!!
....
Wait... ah crap. -__-;;;
I'm 15....
Good Day!!! :)
Woot! I turned 21 today! time to go out drinking and have some fun!
18. i think it's hard for people to tell my age sometimes. i've gone from 16-25 in some cases.
go figure :hmm:
Lina Inverse
2004-04-26, 20:59
I'm 7 of 9 in the 30-34 category (being 30 myself) :)
Greets go out to the other eight...
First contact with anime was a long time ago with some video game magazine over here who had a Japanese editor in their team, and one day they started doing anime articles about certain anime series and anime games (all in Japanese, of course). I can still remember that I liked it instantly. However, due to the total lack of avaiability (and even if you would've got something, it would've been all in Japanese :heh: ), there was nothing I could do, until this improved and first imports (in English) became avaiable, and I've been a big fan ever since then (probably around 13-14 years ago).
I'm showing no sign of slowing down, in the very opposite, since I discovered BT end of last year, it increased a great deal :D
Together with the avaiability of Manga and anime which is quite godd by now here in Germany (especially Manga) and getting better all the time, it's only getting stronger.
Kempis Curious
2004-04-27, 14:25
I'm 7 of 9 in the 30-34 category (being 30 myself) :)
Greets go out to the other eight...
Woo yeah. Life begins at 30! :D
Here's a toast to those of us who didn't peak in high school.
-k
animeman
2004-10-17, 10:40
I am just curious if i am the only on the board who is almost 30 but still likes anime, seems cant get rid of this habit heh ? anyone out there share the same thought?
21, downhill from now on. A few more years and I'm a old crone at the edge of death. :innocent:
I am just curious if i am the only on the board who is almost 30 but still likes anime, seems cant get rid of this habit heh ? anyone out there share the same thought?
I am 28 years old ; I love anime so much that I can't live without it .
Too bad that there is not any anime on television in my country (Netherlands / Holland).
Woo yeah. Life begins at 30! :D
Here's a toast to those of us who didn't peak in high school.
-k
Chuckle, I'm in the 40+ range. Life may begin at 30, but once you cross 40 doctors begin to look at you like you're wearing an expired "Best If Used By" sticker. ;)
I don't believe there is such a thing as being too old to be interested in anime. Sure there is some anime which is mainly aimed at interesting children and young adults, but there's plenty that might be of interest to adults (or persons without regard to their age) for various reasons. I just think of anime as a visual medium for telling a story which avoids the expense and constraints that would apply to a live action production attempting to tell the same story. Guess I just can't see being prejudiced against one visual entertainment medium (anime) while favoring another (live action) and saying something like "It's perfectly fine for an adult to watch Akira Kurosawa's live action 'Seven Samurai', but because it's anime an adult shouldn't be interested in watching Samurai7".
Lady Yanami
2004-10-18, 21:30
Well, I'm 26. Although I'll be 27 in Dec.
Anyway, life begins, IMO, when you're 21 and older.
Life gets more interesting when you're 30 and gets better as time goes on. At least that's what my mother said to me Sept 4th, when at 50, she got her 3rd and 4th tattoo. My mother is also a gamer. Her and my father. So yea, life gets better as you age. Who says you can't do everything you want as time goes by?
I've loved every age I've been and will love every age here after.
i was born on 198X <- hidden for a reason.
yea 2 more days till my b-day!! :D
I wanted to start a thread asking how old you where when you first started to watch anime but this thread is already here.
I am 26 and I love anime. I first started watching it when I was 8 yrs old and have been watching it ever since.
25...too old to be enjoying all the highschool-based anime out there.
...but right smack dab in the middle of Otaku Highway, trying my best not to become roadkill.
I am one of those college-generation anime converts in the days of Gundam Wing on Cartoon Network.
Pellissier
2006-01-07, 14:46
I'm 25, and I started watching anime since I was a little child, back on those mid 80's my first love was Yattaman (http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2504)... How nostalgic :)
My favourite has always been the highschool kids comedy romance, I got hooked into it when I was an highschooler myself and I never abandoned the genre. Probably because I remember those days very happily :)
ChainLegacy
2006-01-07, 14:54
I'm 16... About 4 years ago I started following anime. When I was much younger, though, in 4th and 5th grade I remember watching the American dub of Cardcaptor Sakura - 'Cardcaptors' as well as Dragonball (early in the morning) and Sailor Moon.
Lady Yanami
2006-01-07, 15:30
Well it's been a year since I posted in this particular thread. Cause now I'm
28. I can say that I started watching anime when I was 16 though. Sailor Moon go me into anime and here I am 12 years later, a bigger fan now than I was then.
I am 17 I got into anime when I was 6 years old though I barley remeber but my cousins always used to rent anime from the video store and by that time my parents were getting devorced and I used to be by my cousins alot and ended up wathing series and movies like Fist of the North Start, Vampire Hunter D and the regular DB and Z series. And as i aged i started to wath more and more and I still have tones of series to watch and although I am 17 I still wear the DB T shirts not Z to show people their was a world before Z. And as for ageing and loseing interest I dont think that will happen to me soon becuase with mature series like Monster and Mushishi and many more out their I will be into anime for quite awhile.
I am a bit old (let's say 25+) and I like anime, but people arround me tend to ignore animes or simply hate it. Its probably the "anime is for kids" mentality effect. Of course some anime are definitivly for kids.
Not being able to identify myself to a given population (the people arround me) feels like being a freak in a circus. Well actually I never been in a circus but I guess you understand the point.
Actually the passion is fading away. Is it because I watched too much, let say over than 100 series, ova, movies and that is becoming more difficult to find original animes or is it because I am getting too old ?
Then comes the "How old are you thread". I wanted to know where I belong in the population who likes anime. I wanted to know how old is too old for animes. I know, liking anime is a personnal matter, but when you discover that you are alone or just a very few in this situation you start scratching you head... This is a very social issue.
That was the purpose of the "How old are you" thread. A very personnal self centered purpose. Maybe i am not alone wondering about that issue so feel free to express yourself.
I'm only 15 and getting tired of anime sometimes. I haven't watched -alot- of series but I do find it hard to find -great- anime. It seems most of the anime these days are all the same in a way and that no originality ensues ): Just what I've been experiencing these days.
How did I start? The good old Dragonball Z and Sailormoon episodes on Cartoon Network of course! Moon (something) power!
Pinklynx
2006-01-08, 02:15
Well,I'm 15 and I've been watching anime for a VERY long time now.I remember the first animes for me were Saint Seiya and Akazukin Cha Cha,albeit not the years they were released.I think I started when kids my age were watching kid's shows like sesame street but I was watching stuff like Saint Seiya,Akazukin Cha Cha and Dragon Ball:D
D3athScythe
2006-01-08, 04:24
Just a month and a lil bit and I'll be 16 =P
Strange to see this old thread popping up again. Like a blast from the past it is, with me now being 23 and just waiting for getting me papers out.
Mephisto2k
2006-01-08, 10:09
im 17 right now and for me getting into anime was a slow process but right now i have seen lot more than 100 series. There are some anime fans in my school and since im not the only one into anime, its not really like being an animefan is seen as a bad thing even though lots of people cant understand our interest. On the other hand there are also people (like friends from elementary school and my brother) who absolutely cant stand my interest in anime.
But about the age i think its pretty much like with computergames: 20 years ago computergames and animeindustry wasnt as far as it is today. Though older people fail to find their way into anime and games. But now that both industries are well developed a lot more people are growing up with them and though the timeline when you are "too old for games/anime" is constantly moving higher. Its nothing special anymore to watch animes with 30 and 40 and as long as the animeindustry doesnt die, the agelines will even move higher.
The only thing is that (in my opinion) non-japanese cartoons and comics are 1) comedy or 2) for children..... theres nothing besides comedy that is targeted at adult or older teenage viewers and though cartoons cant campete with the movieindusty and though this steriotype of cartoons being for children has been established (and i think especially disney is to "blame" for that).
But japan isnt like that. manga and animeindusty are blooming in japan. There are fantasy, action, thriller, horror, romance, (...) animes form all genres targeted also to older audience. throught the canstantly improving storywriting and animationquality animes would be able to compete with lifeactionmovieindustry. Animes get licensed for airing all over the world, but i think its the steriotypical behaviour agains cartoons that cause (at least in my country) the shows airing in tv to be only for youger audience to 90% (dbz, detective conan, onepeace, pokemon, digimon, prettycure, ...). And because even animes that air here are 90% only childrenshows, there wont be many older people (outside of the animescene) who watch the other 10% of animes (only X serie and escaflowne come to my mind now as for good animes that aired in germany) and though only very few will come to realize that the quality, enjoyablility and maturety of a show doesnt depend on if its animated or lifeaction, but only on the show itself.
Though i realize that, i hope that the animeindustry and the quality of the animes/mangas it produces wont ever decline and that i will keep watching and enjoying animes for a long time and that i wont be descriminated or laughed at by society because of that!
Komataguri
2006-01-08, 12:36
22
I'm ancient
22
I'm ancient
you are not ancient im like between the 25-29 age rank and im not telling.
I'm 18. I started to "seriously" watch anime (I.E more than just the biggest shonen-fighting series) only a couple of months ago. I've been reading manga since I was 12 years old however.
Komataguri
2006-01-08, 16:59
you are not ancient im like between the 25-29 age rank and im not telling.
Tell that to my bad knees, bad back, and failing memory.
Lady Yanami
2006-01-08, 17:34
Ok I'm 28 and I have carpal tunnel, a sliding hernia around my chest and I have a very bad knee. And my memory is probably worse than yours heh....and I'm not ancient, just a lil messed up lol. So if I'm not ancient, you aren't either.
Oh and I had to have all my top teeth removed and I had to have a denture made, so you're not "ancient"
I'm turning 19 in less than a month. I've been watching anime since I was 10 or so.. but on and off. The first fan-subbed series I downloaded was Dragonball GT over 56k modem :D . I've been watching anime on and off because of college. Sometimes I find myself skip studying for a major exam and watch anime .. and that's reallllllllly bad!! My boyfriend doesn't feel too much for anime because he doesn't like to read (subtitles). Preferably, I like to listen to Japanese, although I don't understand anything at all, rather than watching anime in English because I think it does not fit.. and most of the time the voice of those voice actors/actresses aren't very pleasing.. It sounds horrible most of the time!! So... I don't really have many friends who watch anime .. but, whatever.
And... I just finished watching Boys Be but couldn't find a thread for it.
primalmx
2006-01-08, 19:06
I'm 18, I saw my first non-YTV anime(aka pokemon lol)... 1st yr of HS when I was 13... I didnt touch another anime till like 11th grade when I was 15 :P
Now I'm 2nd yr of Uni and 18. I dont consider myself an anime freak.. or I guess "Otaku", I havent watched hundreds of animes, my dvd collection consists of Akira which I got for my bday and a love hina DVD which I got for XMAS :heh: Anime to me is just another medium of entertainment no different than the Simpsons. I look out for any good animes that come out, but I dont find myself often in huge discussion about an anime or collecting manga/figurenes. I have been to anime cons, and have looked into anime clubs at both of my universities... but I really dont fit in nor find it of much interest :/
Despite going to animecons, trying out these anime clubs, and so forth... I have never understood the obsession with anime and collecting thousands of mangas, figurenes and so forth lol. I suppose if thats what you like, go for it, as for me, I dont care how old I'll be, if a cool anime comes out, rest assured I will be on it ;) Come now, it's just a TV show... I mean, thats liek saying "I'm too old forTV". You may be too old for some shows on TV... but not all of TV in general :/
~prime
piccahoe
2006-01-08, 19:17
I'm in my 20s and I still watch japanese anime and amercua cartoon such as the simpsons or sponge bob....why? because it's better than watching crappy show on chanels like mtv.
To me japanese anime has better quality of stories and better meaning then the show you see on american television (like those crappy dramas and reality shows).
It´s cool to see people in their 30´s and up still into animes.
I'm in the 25-29 scale. Eep! I'm also a mummy of two. Eek! Well, I've been into anime since I was a small child and I would watch Candy Candy on TV... The anime loving got stronger in my teenaged years and here I am still. :)
As you can see I am a 100 and its not that bad I say ..I started watching anime in my fifties and now here I am still doing so...amazing right?!? I myself am shocked :eek:.
If you believed that you need help so contact a doctor right away :p lol......As for my age I am somewhere in between 20-30-50-70 ;)
Lady Yanami
2006-01-09, 14:15
It´s cool to see people in their 30´s and up still into animes.
My parents aren't religious in watching anime. But they do like certain series. They're 48 and 51.
And I'll be watching anime probably until the day I die, so well into my 80's.
ForeverGoNe
2006-01-09, 16:25
From the average poll, alot of people are from 15-24 so this gives you a good sense that even when your at your mid 20s, you're not too old for collecting figurines and boxsets x).
Akira Raine
2006-01-10, 20:41
I'm 16 and proud to be it too!! ^_________^
Illuyankas
2006-01-10, 22:09
I'm 21, and the first anime I saw was Nausica, which was cool, but the first series, and the one that got me into anime really, was Evangelion, back when they were releasing the tapes in England in what - 1996, 7? I don't even remember, it's that long ago.
@ BellaD
Congrats of your 100th anniversity; hopefully you will still see your 120th. And remember to use bags so you-know-what do not get trampled under your feet. ;)
I look forward to the day when a major harem anime stars an overworked salaryman instead of a high school boy.
One thing though...they sure got the demographic right!
chaosfox123
2006-01-11, 11:14
I'm 14, started Seriously watching anime when I was at my cousin's house in the summer and had loads of animes and manga.
I try not to think about my age
Yea im 18
and i have very few friends that watch anime, especially if its subbed, and with the type of friends i keep they would probably never give anime a shot, so watching anime alone i must, which isnt too bad
well, since i haven't found a thread like this i just start one :p post ur age or just vote :p i'm 26 and become 27 in october
Actually, Hellychan, we can't search the forum for 3-letter words (like "old", or "age"). I tried. :p Unless one were to manually browse through the forum for such a thread. :)
Maybe forum mods have no such restrictions, ne?
hooliganj
2006-06-03, 16:30
you are not ancient im like between the 25-29 age rank and im not telling.
Ditto. It's a little depressing to know that I'm already older than 80% of the respondants.
Hellychan
2006-06-03, 16:34
lwl12: In fact, I remembered there was already a similar poll in the General Discussion forum, and knowing that there are not so much polls there, I searched for 'poll' in that forum :)
But yeah, it would have been a pain to manually browse through the forum if the poll's number was higher :p
hooliganj: Cheer up! You still have many things to discover ^^
Btw, being over 25 is not a drama :o
Ditto. It's a little depressing to know that I'm already older than 80% of the respondants.
Same here. :(
NightWish
2006-06-03, 18:37
Well, now we can see the problem with this sort of thread... Some much time has passed that I am no longer in the group I originally said I was in... making the statistics ultimately pointless.
Chibi-chan
2006-06-03, 18:41
I'm 14....gosh, I feel so young here!:heh:
Life was so blissfull... way back when I was 14... ::reminisces:: :heh:
Damn stupid green grass.
I turn 18 next thursday. Im gonna party hard, get wasted and die in a gutter. ~nya~
SweetSpring
2006-06-03, 20:41
I'm 14....gosh, I feel so young here!:heh:
you should see my age.i'm 10 :heh: :heh: :heh:
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