Comments on: The Anime Blog Poll: How Do You Involve Anime In Your Life?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:02:33 +0000

@coeli, yes it would be bad if anime consumed people, and sadly, I see that happen sometimes. I see it when people take a review that reflected bad on anime personally, as if they were the anime.

@griever, life lessons should be gained through actual, well, life. It’s good, however, to see different situations demonstrating those life lessons. It seems to reinforce the truth of ‘em.

The â€œlife lessonsâ€ can be found in a lot of other places other than anime – mythology, literature… Yes, mythology and literature have a poetic way of conveying truths and isn’t anime rife with influences of both?

Anime to me is a springboard into the Japanese culture. I’m grateful that I’ve found so many new things because I did first see them in anime. I lived in a fishbowl for a long time, unaware of Japanese culture. After being re-introduced to anime, that changed. I actually owe a lot to anime, in a round about way. When I say live anime, I mean let it inspire you to open up to new experiences.

@Edrei, I actually met one of the people you describe. He was absolutely positive Eva held great truths. While anime does have a way of conveying certain life lessons: the bad guys can win, the good guys do die, and life can be a real bitch, I really can’t see getting into it any deeper than that.

By: Edrei

Edrei — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:33:57 +0000

Anime is part of my life, but my life is not part of anime. That’s the best way I can put it. It’s just that while some fanboy-ism and mannerism get copied into my life, I don’t take it seriously like some people view the philosophies of Ghost in the Shell or Lain: Serial Experiments as dichotomies of life.

Besides, even if I do love Ghost in the Shell or Lain, how could they possibly compete with stuff like Haruhi-sm?

By: griever

griever — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:56:38 +0000

I definitely don’t live anime. The “life lessons” can be found in a lot of other places other than anime – mythology, literature, even (can I get away with this?) American TV shows. Learning new things about Japanese culture may be first seen on anime, but the real work in learning it doesn’t come from anime – it comes from the standard research I’d do for any paper or project. I think I just like anime for its entertainment value.

By: coeli

coeli — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:23:11 +0000

E… It would be bad if anime becomes my life.. I mean, I watch a lot and oftentimes I spurt out things from anime, but my friends rarely understand me…so it gets annoying and we can’t talk about it any further. Good thing my boyfriend likes anime too ehehe..