2009-08-19, 14:29 | Link #41 |
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Well the real question for me is if I will still have the anime hobby when I'm 50+ years old and I think I will since that's only several years away. My interest in anime hasn't wavered at all. I haven't become jaded or pessimistic over the years as some others have (a natural tendency). I haven't become picky about what I watch. If anything I've become more accepting of the faults I see in the anime I watch.
My interest in anime has remained consistent over the last twelve years unlike my interest in artwork collecting where my interest has dropped considerably all of a sudden. But the anime hobby is considerably older than the artwork collecting hobby. The anime is what spawned the other hobby. Anime is the root hobby between the two. |
2009-08-19, 22:56 | Link #42 |
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I believe that once you make a hobby part of your life philosophy, it will stay with you for a long time. The thoughts that you have as you go about your hobby, if you apply them to other aspects of your life successfully, then you would not want to give up the hobby.
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2009-09-04, 07:47 | Link #43 |
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Anime is not my escape or drug never has been .
Anime has always been a excuse to live my fantasies via fiction . Neither do I take movies or anime seriously either . All that matter to me is whether an anime makes my imagination run wild . I have gone through this phases where I been on and off anime . Currently I am off that means I am following just one or two shows . Lot of factors influence this my state of mind , my tolerance factor and more importantly good shows . Just as any hobby I am going to invest my time only if I can reap maximum enjoyment of it . Depending on the direction, future animes take. Will influence the longevity of my anime hobby .
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2009-09-04, 13:29 | Link #44 | |
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2009-09-05, 11:43 | Link #45 | |
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2009-09-05, 12:10 | Link #46 |
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If we're talking about mainstream American television, then you can count me among those people who given up on it. I'd say the last network television shows that I watched with any compelling interest were Homicide: Life on the Street, Picket Fences, and reruns of Thirtysomething (at 3am while feeding the baby). You'll notice that none of these were telecast in the past decade.
That baby is now seventeen. She watches reruns of Star Trek: TNG and the occasional episode of What not to Wear for the comedy value. I watch live sports, and we both play games and watch anime and feature films. I've been considering dropping my cable subscription because we now have over 500 channels and watch at most half a dozen of them.
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2009-09-05, 12:12 | Link #47 |
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Thirty years? Anime might be extinct by then...or to censored to watch, who knows. I can't say for sure, but if I can still access anime as easily as today, sure, why not. Anime are like books, you never get tired of them as long as something new is around
I stopped watching TV the day I started watching anime, so if something new comes up, the possibility of dropping anime to do something else is rather high as well. |
2009-09-05, 12:16 | Link #48 |
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I want to finish Naruto and Bleach.
That's one of my wishes in my life even if they long ten more years I would still do that. I 've been watching and reading Jap staff only for 3 years but I'm a bit sick with it now, I mean anime. Well, manga more or less it's not that time-wasteable. Now I find it more amusing to play VN rather watching or reading(though in VN you do the same precisely) |
2009-09-05, 12:19 | Link #49 | |
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But in any case, the problem with the word "fan" is the same as with the word "hobby". Watching TV doesn't make you a "TV fan" In 30 years from now, I'd say the probability that I haven't watched any anime for more than 12 months is less than 20 percent. But the probability that I'll consider myself an anime fan is also less than 20 percent. Well, maybe I will, but others will consider me an old whiner rambling how anime sucks and was so much better before it wasn't all about ferrets because all otaku nowadays want to see is anime about ferrets for some reason.
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Slightly off-topic, but the above comments aroused my curiosity. Which makes me wonder, how many people still get their news from TV today? Or has that become a mainly online activity? Certainly, with the advent of RSS feeds, information gathering has become a far more customisable affair. Back on-topic, anime will remain a hobby for only as long as studios produce content that interests me, an ageing geek who is losing interest in the bulk of shounen/shoujo programmes cranked out every season. However, given the kind of advertising that the industry typically draws, I don't expect that trend to change. So, anime is likely to become an increasingly niche hobby, for me, as time goes on. |
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2009-09-05, 13:03 | Link #51 |
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I think everyone is taking what I said and misinterpreting it. Anime by itself doesn't really define anything. Anime is a medium, nothing more (technically it does define itself as a series of "drawn" images filmed to look like a moving picture). Anime as a standalone term, doesn't define the content. When I compared it to TV, TV itself does not define the content either, nor do terms like "movie" or "music".
@slice of life: If watching TV does not make you a TV fan, what defines an anime fan if not someone who watches anime? The problem with the initial question is that it does not define what an anime fan is either. I think a better question is what is it specifically about the medium that would make you stop using it. Why would I choose to consume the content of the medium in a different one? I really think that the initial question is more along the lines of, "Will I still wish to receive the content presented by anime, in 30 years time?" Note that the question now deals with content, and not the anime medium. This is a much more valid question, imo, as it deals with changing preferences, and not content delivery.
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2009-09-05, 15:18 | Link #53 | |
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Planning things for the future is good imo, but thinking about if I'll still watch animes, read books, or cook past mid-life is not necessary imo. But, I wonder what difference you see between watching an anime and watching a movie, reading a book and reading a manga? Do you also plan to drop movies and books at mid-life? Adults are very busy, but watching a movie or an anime episode once a week is not impossible even at mid life. You can get tired of any hobbies, not only manga and animes. Now maybe you see animes and mangas as hobbies for kids? If so, that's your opinion In my case, when I enjoyed watching some DBZ episodes with my father, or when I play to wii sport with my mom and dad, I don't feel like there is any reason for them to feel ashamed to watch some cartoons/animes with their childrens, and to play to some videogames. So, care to share your opinions and reasons? Last edited by Narona; 2009-09-05 at 15:31. |
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2009-09-06, 07:17 | Link #55 |
is this so?
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Will probably stay an anime fan until I'm dead and buried.
Watching anime has been my #1 stress reliever since I've started working. Working 9-10 hrs a day, 6 days a week... it's simply tiring. Anime, espescially the lighthearted ones like Shugo Chara takes away most of the stress I've gotten the entire day.
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2009-09-08, 22:02 | Link #58 |
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I'm still a kid right now, but I definitely will revisit my favorite anime series in the future.
People play games from many years ago for nostalgia(I'm currently playing morrowind just because) so why not the same for other things? Also not to mention in the future it will probably be easier to watch more anime, so I'll probably be watching it my entire life. |
2009-09-08, 22:22 | Link #59 |
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Location: Caladan
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I love anime because I love the aesthetics. After 12 years, I still watch a few series but I'm not as obsessive. My obsession is now something else. I probably will watch it for years to come but again the feeling won't be as strong.
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2009-09-10, 00:00 | Link #60 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: USA
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Anime for life. I've been watching since the age of 16 and love it more than ever.
It's possible that Option 2 could happen--that the Anime medium takes a turn for the worse and disenfranchises me... but even then all it would mean is that I would stop watching the newer shows and go back to re-watching anime from yesterday. I'm taking my interest in anime to the grave. >8) |
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