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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The European Bunion
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2006-08-14, 04:06 | Link #42 |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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It is true that if you take away anime, someone who had been taking heavy doses of it will suddenly have lots of free time to do other things. Then again, this does not address the problem: people will simply turn to something else to fill their emptiness. Back to square 1.
Anime addiction isn't all that bad really, compared to MMoRPG addiction for example. |
2006-08-14, 05:04 | Link #43 |
sleepyhead
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
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» It's like in Pokemon, I gotta download/seed em all. lol... (rep++)@ Anime Online » Anime addiction isn't all that bad really, compared to MMoRPG addiction for example. MMoRPG addiction... hmm... yeah that sounds bad...*thinks of WoW* __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _________________________ When I'm not stressed with anything I don't really feel like watching anime...
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2006-08-14, 11:22 | Link #44 |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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For me, anime allows me to experience themes that other forms of entertainment don't have, or don't do well. The themes involved in Death Note or Fruits Basket are so much more deep and well-orchestrated than anything else I've experienced.
When I don't watch anime for a while, such as when I went on a two-week vacation, I don't tend to miss anime, but instead I start to feel the urge to write, or express myself in some other way. In a way, I suppose anime is negative in that it's a regular dose which satisfies my desire to consume certain ideas and so staves off my writing, which is something about which I've had a block for a couple years (probably since around the time I started to attend my high school's anime club regularly). Edit: However, I can't fairly say that my writing has been halted just by that. It's been a combination of factors. Much more significant is the relationship between my dreams and my writing.
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2006-08-14, 14:57 | Link #45 | |
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same here. Without anime - definitely, without anything anime related - never. At least not by my own willpower. Trust me i've tried . But when i'm forcred to go without it like if I travel or my internet is down it's actually pretty easy - unless I have nothing to do, then it could drive me insane. Oddly enough though the thing I am addicted to the most are anime music videos. I think as far as those are concerned its a genuine addiction. I think i've actually had withdrawal symptoms. |
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2006-09-07, 12:27 | Link #47 | |
i miss japan!
Join Date: Aug 2006
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not watching anime for weeks is not difficult. it only becomes a challenge when you have nothing else to do (on a dreamless insomiac night and all of your friends are abroad...) |
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2006-09-07, 12:46 | Link #48 |
Zechs, pilot of Tallgeese
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Well now that CN doesn't have anything worth watching I could go a few weaks without watching anime. Right now the only anime that I watch is Gundam, Naruto and reruns of shows I have already seen. So going A few weaks without Anime is something I can do. When I was younger and stuff Like DBZ and Gundam Wing was on there was no way I would be able to do this. Hell, I would cry if I missed one episode...lol A weak would be impposible for me back then. Most of the anime I watch now I gotta download and I sometimes get a bit lazy when it comes to using that Bittorrent. Another thing is that I really hate subs and I would rather watch the american dub...Because of the dowloading and subs I don't enjoy Anime as mutch as I use to.
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2006-09-07, 13:02 | Link #49 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Age: 38
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Here are my free time priorities:
1. Video Games 2. Anime/Reading Message Boards (tied) 3. Sleep In the absence of new video games, which is most of the time, I will watch anime or read message boards. When I run out of things to watch and the boards start moving too slowly, I will sleep. |
2006-09-07, 13:03 | Link #51 | |
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trying to balance my 2 fav things is hard tho but atm its anime > WoW
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2006-09-07, 13:28 | Link #52 | ||
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 36
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As for what I can say, I usally catch up with animes that i have missed. Naruto last episode i saw? probly "that" episode were Naruto and Sasuke were fighting eachother. Still I "download" the episodes (the newest ones), but i dont watch em, cuz of the fillers (well known) so half a year without naruto. And the rest of the anime world? I usally download something direct say 26 episodes of that or this serie (and watch it straight off), last one must have been Da Capo Second Story...that one ended, and i got depressed...damm i hate endings :'( I usally played video games while waiting for episodes to come out...But when did i last play a video game? Must've been 2 years ago..when i was hardcore playing Dead or Alive 3. But now i dont even touch games at all When i see that something new's out i usally watch the OP/ED part's first search up the artist. listen to her/him a couple of thusand of times, then i repeat the first step again so i kinda watch anime every 1-2 months going.. When love hina came out...must've been 2000? I watched anime 24/7 like other have mentioned before. now it's a more shallow memory of those days back then. Before Anime...mm that was probly SEGA master system but hey i dident even know what anime/manga was back then ;D So right now ive stayed off anime for the last 3 months doing nothing releated to anime at all. So untill i find a good anime again i'll stay cool. Though i listen to most singles made for those animes (OP/ED's) that are out. Once you remember the names on those artists it becomes pretty easy (atleast for me) to know that "hey this OP for this anime is damn good, so probably the anime is too, better go watch it then" I dident even watch/know about' Gundam SEED Destiny at all, untill i heard Ignited and PRIDE by T.M.Revolution/HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR. Still.. i got a long way to become an otaku, in my case its not something that i wanna be, or something that i could feel proud to be, were's the gloory in that? ;D Life goes on.. And so does anime.. There are good times and bad times.. P.S: I hate/dont watch fillers/re caps update: Quote:
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2006-09-07, 18:25 | Link #53 |
Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
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I can live without anime. Even without anime, there's still lots to do over the net. From forums to the crusade against spyware, there's plenty of things to do and plenty more to discover.
What I can't live without, though, is the internet. With most of my friends scattered to the four corners of the world, this is the cheapest medium of communication that I can use to contact them. It's my source of information, from the local weather to the news. I simply don't watch TV anymore, as the net has become its replacement as well. I can't live without such convenience at the tip of my fingtertips; it would be too hard to readjust without it. ^^;
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Location: Desert, USA
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2006-09-09, 10:20 | Link #57 |
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Actually, I had to live without anime for almost 2 months. Mainly because I was suspended from university, I couldn't access the university internet over the summer holidays, so there goes my main source of anime downloads. And my home internet was dial-up back then. Plus buying anime is difficult, due to both a lack of funds, and parents who are very critical of what I spend my money on.
To me, anime is primarily just a source of entertaiment. So to fill the void over the holidays (while I waited to see how the appeal against my suspension goes), I went to the library to read books, I think I read the entire Earth's Children series at least twice. I watched TV, watched my pet birds, played computer games. I also did a bit of manga translating, and some work on my websites. My life without anime ended when my dad got a cable Internet connection. I wasn't allowed to download when the speed was fast, but after the bandwidth was used up, it's unlimited slow speeds. And unlike dial-up, it doesn't disconnect after five hours. So I slowly began to download by leaving the net on overnight. What I missed most was Shuffle and Blood+, when I lost access to anime, I was in the middle of those series, and by the time I had access again, I was several episodes behind in Blood, and Shuffle ended at ep 24. Anyway, I could live without anime (especially if I'm finished with whatever series I'm watching at the moment). There's so many other things I could do. Before I was an anime fan, I loved reading, drawing, playing the keyboard, etc. |
2008-01-06, 16:15 | Link #59 |
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Ain't that hard...
Always depends on ur free time... If u got all day u can watch at least an episode or two once in a while... My record is: 1 month with only 3 episodes of bleach ^^ And I didn't miss 'em one bit;only reason I started to watch some again is cuz I was pressured by friends(damned School Days T_T) |
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