I must, must get this off my chest!
All you anime fans who feel the need to lord over other fans because of how they got started or because you feel your tastes are better and more refined than theirs: Screw You. No, Fuck You.
So what if someone saw a series you hold near and dear on Cartoon Network and now they just love it? Everyone needs to start somewhere. Aren’t you glad they like the same thing as you? Not everyone has a neat-o Japanese friend who is ultra modern and keeps them supplied and updated with the best anime (I doubt you do either). Is it one of those, “I liked it when I was the only one who knew about”? Do you want a fucking cookie and a ribbon saying “I’m Special”?
Be thankful that there are more fans creating a larger demand so you don’t have to drive 100 miles to get the new Hellsing manga or the new Yoko Kanno soundtrack. I should think you’d be grateful so many people are making the anime scene more accepted, appreciated and diverse.
If you think for a moment you’re better than everyone else for your elite-otaku-dom, please refer to the below chart and check yourself:
The Level of Public Acceptance of Anime
This chart shows the accepted levels of geekiness in America now. How many people have rolled their eyes when you try to explain anime to them? How many times have people just replied, “Oh, you like cartoons?” Or my favorite reply: “You like Japanamation?” (thinking of Yugi-oh, Pokemon – or worse yet – Dragonball Z). Hell, Trekkies get more respect than we do. Sad.
Also, don’t start a pissing contest with other people who may or may not have seen the same thing as you for whatever reason. An example of that being: “I saw GTO, I’m da man. So have you? But I saw it first and discovered it in a dark alley behind a biker bar when there was a full moon and my left nut was swollen.” Live and let live.
I personally think most mecha and all sports anime blows. You can stroke yourself over it and I’ll still respect your right to like crappy anime and not belittle you for your choices. Just don’t judge me for what I like and prefer. Your tastes don’t put you any higher on that chart.
The Fonze says 'AYYY!'
*note: To all you folk out there who are tired of their fave thing going mainstream, try liking sex with dead kittens. I project that will never be popular.
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