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Originally Posted by jeppy325
Hello, everyone!
I'm a Japanese student working on my master's thesis on Anime.
I would like to know few things from American anime fans:
1) Do you like anime more than live-action films? If yes (or no), why?
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I like anime more. Don't ask me why. I just do.
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2) When you watch anime, does that encourage you to like Japan?
(*never mind the fact that I'm Japanese You can say whatever you want.)
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I'm embarrassed to say it, but that's what got me going. The other thing that also drove me was video games. A LOT OF VIDEO GAMES THAT I LIKE ARE FROM JAPAN.
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3) Do you find anime characters look like Western people or Asians, or something else? Do you identify yourself with anime characters?
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Neither. They don't look like any race on earth.
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4) If there is any, what do you learn from anime?
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Nothing much, though xxxHolic was an exception.
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5) Have you ever talked to any Japanese people about anime, and found something different in your understanding of anime and theirs?
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No, but I've met several people on forums that have lived in Japan. I still don't know, though.
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Does any one of you consider yourself Otaku?
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NO. Big NO here.
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What do you think of being one, or being considered to be one??
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I've never considered, and never will.
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What do you think of people called Otaku?
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I grow wary of them. If they start talking about anime non-stop, I run for it.
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After you find yourself so drawn (if you are) to the world of anime, do you find the reality as boring??
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No. Not boring as in the sense of something exciting happening all the time, whether it be good or bad. (A bad example be the Virginia Tech shootout)