Man, everyone here is so defensive of their animes. Most of my friends watch plenty of anime but when I make fun of it (or them for watching it), they all laugh.
I’m just tired of the two people on this forum who care that some people enjoy Japanese media; they care so much that they have to bring up the fact that they don’t like it all the time. They also insinuate that viewers of such media are inherently immature.
I don’t care if you like immature trash. It’s your life you’re wasting, not mine.
Oh you like Star Wars?
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
The Force Awakens
Star Wars Holiday Special
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: Droids
Star Wars: Ewoks
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars Rebels
Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales
Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick
Lego Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2
Lego Star Wars: Bombad Bounty
Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Plus All Star Wars books, games, and comic booksI don’t care if you like immature trash. It’s your life you’re wasting, not mine.
The cognitive dissonance must be deafening.
Lol what?
Who said I like everything Star Wars?
Who said I like everything Anime?
The point is that a large percentage of any medium is crap, regardless of what it is. Words like ‘immature’ and ‘trash’ can as easily be applied to the great majority of Star Wars properties as it can be to Anime movies and shows. However if you said to a non Star Wars fan that you liked watching certain Star Wars movies and shows, that person hopefully wouldn’t assume you were ‘wasting your life’ with immature trash. You would hope that they would give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you like the relatively few good ones, or withhold judgement altogether. Perhaps they would be curious as to the meaning you derive from Star Wars and celebrate the fact that art can be meaningful to someone even if it’s in a form that they themselves don’t identify with.
Anime is a vast and ever growing medium, with a large amount of dross. But there’s genuinely beautiful art there as well, and meaning if you allow yourself to see it.
There’s also the small irony that without Japanese films, Star Wars may not have ever existed.