Innocent habits you've gotten from Anime?

[Vexx]

well... that's the *right* way in Japan to eat. Actually its the right way to eat with chopsticks (hashi) in the US as well. One of my Chinese friends refuses to use chopsticks without a bowl. She asserts chopsticks and bowls are incomplete without each other.

I can't really blame anime for my quirks (other than getting me finally motivated to learn Japanese) but after a couple of years of language/culture diving, I've taken to:
1) Nodding my head constantly while I listen to someone.
2) Automatically answering "hai" or "wakarimashita" (damn if I didn't do that accidentally in a non-japanese store in LA the other week... I blame spending most of the day in Little Tokyo just prior).
3) Making inane references that only my son or his girlfriend get.... his girlfriend was over for dinner this summer and some anecdote my son told had me respond with "Nice Boat..." without thinking. His girlfriend almost choked on her noodles.

There's more but its difficult to tease out from my general life-long interest in japanese culture and learning the language. Never mind about my other life-long interests in foreign cultures and my own heritage in Far Northern Europe.

[Solais]

Let's see: I rub the back of my head if I'm embarrassed (acompanied with the silly laugh) or when I'm thinking, point at my face when I talk about myself, I make the V sign when they're taking photo, I nod my head and say mmm mmm for yes, and since SHnY, I facepalm A LOT, sometimes saying "yare yare", but only quietly. And when I realize something, or got an idea, I hit my palm with my other hand, and say "Soda~!" (This sometimes also happens when I'm thirsty and thinking about what to drink, then I yell "Soda!", doing the palm thing and then drink soda )

[finalfantasyfanatic]

Like a lot of people posting in this topic I've started to lift my glasses with my index- and middlefinger. Also, when I don't know the answer of a question I sometimes uncounciously rub the back of my head, animestyle.

I use my index - middle finger to push up the sides of my classes and as an extension I use them to wipe the sides of my eyes. On rare occasions I have rubbed the back of my head but now as my hair gets long it's more common for me to grab my rats tail and clump it together. There'r more my variation of what I've seen and I've only had one friend actually comment on it.

[MidnightViper88]

I picked up the "pushing my glasses with my middle finger" thing after seeing Ishida in Bleach do that, and after realizing how dorky doing it with your index finger looked...In some cases, I'll even re-adjust them by lifting on the frames, at the part where the frames bend to fold in...

I also mentioned this in another thread, but after watching Shuffle!, I do an Asa-salute when greeting people...Even though I've done a variation of it before, where I do a two-finger salute in a sort of half-assed military style, I started to do it more after Shuffle!, and more like Asa's now...

I used to have a habit of walking with both hands in my pockets with by posture hunched over, a-la Spike Spiegal...

[christinemarie]

What habits I gained from watching anime.

01. The way of using chopsticks, praying, and eating noodles.
02. Always thinking of the worst possible situation.
03. Tea Ceremony way of sitting.
04. Sleeping in a futon instead of my regular bed and drying it as well outside.
05. Always bring a toothpaste and a toothbrush along with me. Brush my teeth after eating (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, midnight snack, outside snack)
06. Become a pizza fr3ak due to C.C.
07. Being nice to children and always helping them out from trouble.
08. Become a manga fan too. Always reading them online when possible.
09. I always put in my mind. "Believe in you who believes in you." so no need for cigarettes just to make me at relax removing the tension from the body.
10. Put my hands on my head when I'm troubled or committed some mistake.

[space cowboy]

1.Firstly replacing the word cute for kawaii in real life and online. I seriously have a problem. >_>

2.Making the V symbol and stance when things go well for instance:

"hey josh got any beer?"

"yea theres a whole crate in the shed"

*POSE!*


3.When i play tennis i make prince of tennis poses after i score a good point >.<

[-KarumA-]

singing Chiyo's cooking song everytime I have to cook, its just so fun to sing
having fangirl behavior evenw hen watching normal movies and such, the kyaaing and japanese comments dont stop lol
singing anime lullabies wherever I go lol

[MidnightViper88]

I used to make fun of the victory sign thing, since any time someone did that in real life or someone on a forum posted a picture of them doing it, I'd ask them "What's with the 'V' sign?"

...'course, now I do it myself, but I throw the V sign when waving at people, since my fists are usually clenched I don't open my hand up all the way when waving...

[cicido]

V sign is over-rated, I use the \m/ sign now. :3

[yezhanquan]

Originally Posted by Vexx

well... that's the *right* way in Japan to eat. Actually its the right way to eat with chopsticks (hashi) in the US as well. One of my Chinese friends refuses to use chopsticks without a bowl. She asserts chopsticks and bowls are incomplete without each other.

I can't really blame anime for my quirks (other than getting me finally motivated to learn Japanese) but after a couple of years of language/culture diving, I've taken to:
1) Nodding my head constantly while I listen to someone.
2) Automatically answering "hai" or "wakarimashita" (damn if I didn't do that accidentally in a non-japanese store in LA the other week... I blame spending most of the day in Little Tokyo just prior).
3) Making inane references that only my son or his girlfriend get.... his girlfriend was over for dinner this summer and some anecdote my son told had me respond with "Nice Boat..." without thinking. His girlfriend almost choked on her noodles.

Agree with the chopsticks-bowl combo. For one, my skills aren't good enough for me to eat from a plate.

Also, what DID your son mention, which warrants a "Nice Boat"? If we're talking about the same boat, it's a hell of a bloody story.

[wingdarkness]

LOL, funny topic...

I often find myself in the elevator at work or in a lunch line on my break doing hand mannerisms or motions imagining energy of some kind will come out or is emitting from my palm^^...

Before I watched tons of anime I'd eat Ramen straight outta the bag, or just boil it and eat...Now I have to dress it up with fried-egg and meat of some kind to keep up with all the great visual ramen meals I've seen in anime...

[Supah Em]

I've gotten so many inane habits from anime but the most odd one I've gotten is applied during basketball games.

Whenever the tension runs high (especially in the 4th quarter), sometimes when I get a rebound I mutter to myself, "Reboundo!" (Slam Dunk engrish FTW)

V sign is over-rated, I'm using the \m/ sign now

In our country, the \m/ sign has been the favorite pose for decades (ca. 70's) and it has since been used especially in concerts. The odd thing is, this V-sign, although relatively new. is rapidly becoming the leading pose
that my people do ( After the 'Korean' culture invasion; Filipinos would immediately get this one )

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by yezhanquan

Also, what DID your son mention, which warrants a "Nice Boat"? If we're talking about the same boat, it's a hell of a bloody story.

Damn me if I can remember... it was some anecdote that ended with a complete non sequitur and since Nice Boat is its own non sequitur it seemed to apply.

[C.A.]

I've gotten a few habits deeply stuck in me for a long time.

Kiai - A yell to lift spirits and brings out hot bloodedness. I used to do this while practicing taekwondo, martial arts in general requires kiai to bring out fighting spirit and power. I also greatly influenced my platoon's morale with my kiai whenever we had to do something big.

Being someone who's raised on shounen and mecha anime, I'm hot blooded when I need to be. I also shout phrases of hot bloodedness from time to time.

I also take baths right before I sleep, I can't sleep without it, a japanese influence.

I ate with chopsticks since young though, not a real influence from anime.

[Terrestrial Dream]

Sometime I like to say katsu when I win at something or I did good at something, though I don't say it aloud.

[MidnightViper88]

Also, whenever something embarrassing happens around me (Doesn't necessarily have to involve me or anyone I know), I "drop" my head and sigh; About the only thing missing is a large cartoon sweatdrop running down my head...

[anselfir]

typing waifu in place of wife. could cause some problems when something reads "photo of defendant's waifu"

[Veronin]

I can't think of any. I don't think anime has affected anything I do when not watching it.

[Arceon]

Around my friends, since they have this habit too, we more often than not replace "What" completely with "Nani" seeing its the only world ALL of us know, since not everyone of them is a devote watcher like me

Some of my female acquaintances are trying to see if they can get themselves to drop down on their knees with their legs flailed out to the side comfortably. . .with much failure and yelps of pain.

And facepalming. Lots and lots of facepalming. Other than that nothing. Oh, and boxes of Ramen, but you can blame that on the fact my family is Chinese.

[emotionless_teenage]

thinking out loud.i'm copying it from hideki motosuwa.but it doesn't mean i'm proud with it
and words like 'yosh','eeh',anoo~','eeto~',etc catchphrase are already added into mai everyday thesaurus