Just curious, how popular is anime in the UK?
I don't know very many British anime fans and just wondering if its as popular there as say US, Australia, Canada, etc.
Also if you a an anime fan from the UK was are your favorites?
>>141474391
You should just say London.
It's the only place that matters in the UK and the only place foreigners come to visit the UK for.
Also I'll just say one of my favourites is Shiki.
>>141474391
Showing powerlevels in public -- just not done, old chap!
>>141474391
>how popular is anime in the UK?
Never hear about it, everyone keeps to themselves for the most part.
Pokemon was big here also everything with lolis in it, we all pedos here.
Not very.
Presumably because there's no novelty in watching shows about weird-teethed, tea-drinking perverts because that's just normal.
Also I think American dubs end up turning people away.
>Also if you a an anime fan from the UK was are your favorites?
Boku no Pico
>>141474391
Brit here, really doesn't seem to be that popular, there are a couple of narutards at uni but that's about it
>What are your favourites?
NGE & Katanagatari
>>141474447
And, the only place that has a majority Muslim population.
Anime in the UK? We got people thinking that Urotsukidōji was representative of the medium.
Animes a pretty World Wide thing as long as you have internet access. Which is how all of us are getting anime in the first place.
I mean I have no idea where you guys are from. Not everyone in this board is from America.
It's also pretty popular in places like Brazil
I'd like to see an English dub that done by ACTUAL English people. Xenoblade seemed to prove that at least a decent idea.
Its not like American English is representative of the English language as a whole.
I hear the Queen is a quite fond of Netoge.
>>141474986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRcxz1MSPd0
Though it's a pretty cheesy 70s style dub.
>>141474986
Did you ever see the GB dubs of the DBZ movies that aired on toonami, they were a disgrace.
Well they I assume the UK has Adult Swim or Toonami right? or at least Cartoon Network.
>>141475182
Channels that tried to air 'mature' anime all failed, only shit for kids or american garbage are on now.
>>141474447
Calm down Ahmed. How do you still have internet with Sharia Law active?
>>141475182
24/7 Bargain hunt m8.
>>141474391
>Anime in UK/Britain
We're too busy apologising for social situations that aren't our fault then going on in silence to openly have interests. Might be some anime fans out there but I'll never know.
>>141475182
UK channels aimed at children aren't allowed to broadcast more mature content.
Everything has to be suitable for their primary audience no matter the time of day or night.
Plus, the UK subsidiaries seem to be run by monkeys.
>>141475182
There is but they don't show anime.
Anime is pretty much only ever shown on UK in the early mornings, for kids. And it's pretty much Astro Boy and Pokemon and nothing else.
>>141475368
also Yu-Gi-Oh!
the Sci-fi channel used to air a lot of good stuff and CN tried to make a spin off anime channel but weren't interested in acquiring shows other than Cowboy bebop and outlaw star. There was a push to make anime more popular on cable and and sky around the mid 00's but it all failed miserably.
>>141475368
>Astro Boy
Interesting. Since it's so famous and I've never seen it being broadcasted in Germany, I was curious whether it was in other countries.
>>141475182
Television here is terrible. Only way people here would find out about anime is online on imageboards or other sites like Plebbit.
>>141474391
Its really not. If anything, out of the big English speaking countries its probably the least popular in the UK.
I blame the UK animation market being killed in infancy by the U.S pinching all our fucking talent with fat Disney money and the BBC crancking out 1000+ Dramas and documentaries which just destroy the competition. Hence no homegrown animation (save for claymation but that's dead now as well) and no appetite for it. That and we have some retarded broadcast laws, so it would never get broadcast anyway.
Its a shame really.
>>141475368
>and nothing else
You forgot that Film4 also shows Ghibli films every now and again as well.
An anime channel existed in the Uk in the mid 00's!
I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.
It showed Cowboy Beebop, Wolfs rain, Outlaw star,GITS, FMA, Planetes and the first 20 episodes of Bleach.
I think I must have been the only person watching it because it disappeared after a year.
>tfw no more jetix or Toonami
>>141474391
It's haram. London just banned it.
>>141475182
No adult swim.
You can't show adult content on a children's channel here.
They had censor Steven Universe because it was too gay.
I think Britain has a dislike for animation in general. It's all puppets and claymation.
Cartoons are for kids, no exceptions.
>>141475716
>the BBC crancking out 1000+ Dramas and documentaries
To be fair, that's not necessarily a bad thing considering the high quality of BBC documentaries in particular.
I'm from the UK and watch a lot of anime. Likewise I know a lot of people who also watch it and, while there's a slight stigma, people seem to be fairly open about it for the most part.
I like a lot of stuff, though my favourite anime series is probably Haikyu or Log Horizon.
It seems a lot of people around 23-25 seem to be secret weebs.
But its not mainstream and people don't talk about it even if they do watch it.
>>141474668
Recommened me an anime about weird-teethed, tea-drinking perverts please mate.
>>141476186
K-ON
>saiko exciting will never be shown on Sci-fi again
Poor Johnathan Clements and that Chinese girl
I've been watching anime for years, I missed DBZ but I remember watchin escaflowne on tv.
It was pretty popular with normalfags when naruto was on tv for a few years and I remember people discussing whether k-on was killing anime back when I was in sixth form.
If you think anime is unpopular in the UK, you've clearly never been to Ireland.
Brit here. In my college class of about 25 there are a handful of people that like anime but they all have shit taste.
>>141476183
My university professor is a closet weeb, turns out he's one of us in this board as well.
>>141475182
No adult swim.
You can't show adult content on a children's channel here.
They had censor Steven Universe because it was too gay.
>>141474391
not very popular. i have only started getting back into anime. mainstream anime is pretty popular, naruto, bleach and dragonball z but people very rarely know anything else.
>>141476157
I guess. It STILL pisses me off that the BBC payes a fuckload for celebrities, hires the same 10 people to act in everything, and yet manages to have no animation save for the ones they sometimes order for Christmas or Easter
>>141476123
I have no idea where this stigma came from. Same with the comic book industry in this country. We buy some American stuff and watch capeshit, but drawing comics? Nah m8te your off your rockerno shitposting about V please
>>141476269
North and East London have more people in them then Ireland, we're talking about big countries here anon
>>141474391
>Just curious, how popular is anime in the UK?
It's not at all popular
>Also if you a an anime fan from the UK was are your favorites?
The only answer can be Code Geass
>>141476349
>I have no idea where this stigma came from.
Neither do I, I just can't think of a reason.
I mean we had a fucking puppet show for adults about politicians and everyone loved it, but if it's lines on paper no one gives a shit.
>>141474391
>>141476403
LONG LIVE EMPEROR LELOUCH
>>141474391
>mfw nearly all my IRL friends enjoy watching anime.
>mfw they all have decent tastes and we discuss it over drinks every saturday
Living the bongland dream.
>>141476349
>North and East London have more people in them then Ireland, we're talking about big countries here anon
Pls no bully.
>>141476349
>I guess. It STILL pisses me off that the BBC payes a fuckload for celebrities, hires the same 10 people to act in everything
That happens with all national broadcasters in my experience.
>>141474391
Not all that popular, anime never had a solid bedrock here as during the 90/80s British cartoons held strongly in the morning/afternoon slots.
Only anime that's broadcasted in the UK is on the channel Film4 and that's pretty much exclusively Studio Ghibli, thought I think Paprika has been played before.
Pretty taboo subject, although talking about stuff from when you were young is ok. My favourite is Kaiji
>>141474391
Britfag here. It's fairly popular among the 'geeky' subcultures. A lot of unis have anime societies too. Bookshops carry manga too, although you're only ever gonna find the popular stuff like Bleach.
Favourite is Cardcaptor Sakura (saw the dub on ITV when I was about 11/12)
>>141476269
>Nothern Ireland
>The Entirety of Ireland
no
>>141476532
I'm not sure I understand what you're implying, anon.
>>141476463
Mate where do you live I want in on this
>>141474391
Very few people watch it. The only people I know who do are my siblings.
I'm watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes at the moment and it's already in my favourites.
>>141476463
I also have this, but I did do animation in University so there was an unusual concentration of weeaboos in one area.
It's near non-existent here
t. moron who as wasted 10 years of his life on 4chan and animu
>>141476526
>A lot of unis have anime societies too
Mine didn't, I had to switch my homeboard to /mu/ for 4 years just so I had something to talk about.
>>141476575
I'm implying theres a reason we're not in the UK
>>141476586
The realm of his imagination.
>>141476588
>I'm watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes at the moment and it's already in my favourites.
Well aren't you great?
>>141476526
I've noticed that Waterstones have started carrying a lot of manga now.
>Favourite is Cardcaptor Sakura (saw the dub on ITV when I was about 11/12)
Holy shit, my nigga
>>141474391
>tfw at Uni
>they have an anime society
>went to a stall of there's once
>Hamplanets, with Betas in orbit
Its not even worth it.Although I did once meet a really cute Greek girl who fucking loved anime
>>141475716
i'm just really depressed by how little regard animation gets in the UK in general. we used to produce quite a few great animated films like when the wind blows, plague dogs, watership down. nowadays the only animated films people care about here are the disney and dreamworks ones. animation is such an amazing format yet nobody fucking cares and treats it like it's for kids.
it's suffering to like anime and live in the uk
>>141476645
Is that reason anime?
I think you misunderstood my point though - I was saying that anime is even more unpopular in Ireland than the UK. I probably should have phrased it better.
Not very, few people even know what it is. That's probably a good thing though, everyone I've met IRL who like anime all have shit taste.
My favourite is Mushishi.
>>141476666
>Waterstones in Cambridge stocks a fuckload of Ranma
Every time I go there, I pick up the next volume. Its a good feeling looking the cashier in the eye as they scan the barcode, with Ranmas knockers in the way
>>141476526
Oh shit me too! Even at that age I was enough of a fucking weeab to post on CITV forums demanding they show the superior sub.
Good fucking times.
>>141476586
I live in Walesland.
Me and five mates go to spoons on a saturday for cheap food and cheap booze while discussing the week's anime.
>>141476618
These are friends I met like 8 years ago+ Our liking of anime kinda developed as we got older rather than bonding over being weebs.
>>141474391
Not as popular as it is in the USA but it's got its followers. From anecdotal experience there's actually a fairly high proportion of female weebs though men are still the majority.
>>141474447
The London-bubble is responsible for the vast, vast majority of problems including everything political (the Scottish independence referendum was largely motivated by anger at WM).
It's also largely full of immigrants who famously vote based purely on how the oldest male member of their family tells them, assuming he doesn't just fill out their postal ballots for them. Same thing happens in Birmingham.
>>141476667
Anon, that's every anime club in every third level institution. Why would you bother?
>>141476349
>>141476445
>I have no idea where this stigma came from.
The success of Disney in animation.
Is Louis Theroux anime?
>>141476825
No, but he is my husbando
>>141476269
There were about 5000 people at Eirtakon this year and that's our biggest con. It's a bit shit to be honest, I just volunteer for the after parties where there's an abundance of alcohol and sexy cosplays. Some decent merch though, and we get a 15% staffing discount on most stalls.
>>141476799
>Me and five mates go to spoons on a saturday for cheap food and cheap booze while discussing the week's anime.
Spoons sharer or no spoon sharer?
>>141476707
I feel this
>>141476806
Fair enough
>>141476809
Its not a thing in America, they fucking love Anime over there. Fuck they even played Ranma in Germany for fuck sake, can you imagine that playing in the UK?
What the exact fuck is the issue here
>>141476707
Home-grown animation was always done on a shoestring budget -- and a lot of stuff was done in stop-motion, moving pieces of paper about on top of each other.
>>141476825
I wish Louis would do a documentary about shutins and weebs.
>>141474391
we have less manchildren than in the USwould love if the UK produced it's own animation
>>141476890
>and sexy cosplays
In Ireland?? Don't make me laugh, anon.
>>141476967
Thomas the tank engine is CGI now. Fucking blasphemy!
>>141476929
We usually get our own thing.
But sometimes there is the nachos sharer, depends on the hunger levels.
My only regret is that curry club is on thursday, but sometimes we strike it lucky and curry is on manager's special.
>>141474391
I've seen plenty of people who mention they like anime or manga here, I could walk into my local Waterstones and pick up a couple volumes or go down to my LCS however the medium doesn't seem as popular and still viewed as pretty weird by most mainstream people. Not as accepted as somewhere say like France, Spain, Canada, America, etc. Where those places are more used to it.
>What are your favourites?
I usually like older anime from the 70s and 80s, Leiji Matsumoto and Yoshiyuki Tomino are two of my favourite directors. Also Dezaki mostly for Rose of Versailles. I watch just about anything really.
As for manga I'm a fan of Drawn and Quarterly's manga selection and usually buy something from them once in a while since they've got a nice catalog of manga. Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Shigeru Miziku are two of my favourite artists, very sad to hear they passed away last year. Also like Jiro Taniguchi, Taiiyo Matsumoto, Junji Ito, Satoshi Kon and Osamu Tezuka.
>>141475182
We had our own Toonami back in the early 00s which showed some stuff like Bebop, Big O, Outlaw Star, DBZ, Tenchi, really quite based looking back on it. We used to have a good amount of anime shown on our screens but it's virtually forgotten now but we do have a channel called Sony movies which shows some anime series but they usually just stick to Bleach and Black Lagoon and show a couple movies like the Berserk trilogy and Roujin Z.
Ghibli movies are popular. Not too long ago they showed them all on Film 4.I also saw The Wind Rises in a cinema and there were quite a few people there.
''Animation is for kids'' is still the collective conscience here and the industry itself outside of pre-school shows is more or less dead. If its not an american sitcom that isn't suited for minors, it won't get a second glance.
There was all sorts airing in the 90's and early 2000's on fox kids and toonami and I swear we had at least one dedicated channel for a short time on Sky, but not anymore.
>>141476825
SCIENTOLOGY DOCUMENTARY WHEN!?
>>141476707
>animation is such an amazing format yet nobody fucking cares and treats it like it's for kids.
I think this is largely the reason I got into anime to begin with. The west doesn't give a shit about it.
>>141476986
It's a little surprising he hasn't done it already. I can totally imagine him going to Japan and having tremendously awkward conversations with hikkis, or investigating anime cons.
>>141477043
There was a channel, like anime central or something.
Never watched it as I wasn't big into the animes back then, but I distinctly remember it being a thing on sky.
>>141477015
To be fair, everything from Spoons is microwaved.
>>141474391
It's more popular than I once thought. I went to the Glasgow Comic-Con the past two years and there was a tonne of anime fans and merch for sale. They're also showing Ghibli movies at a cinema and I'll probably go see a fewwith a friend.
Whoa... this is the power of UK animation.
>the BBC will create BBC A, which will licensen anime directly from Japanand all your favoritesas well as animate homegrown stuff
But
>Ed miliband must be PM
What will you do, /brita/?
>>141474602
>, we all pedos here.
You dont happen to be a Paki now are you?
I know a few people that like anime irl but they're all really entry level casual fans. It's hard to find anyone with more developed taste as most people here don't even care about anime.
Don't even get me started on most the shit you'd find inLondonconventions.
>favourites
End of Evangelion, Turn A Gundam, Ashita no Joe, Gungrave, Princess Tutu and LoGH
Glasgow has a pretty healthy love for anime we've got a couple of bigger comic book stores with a decent selection of manga and tokyo toys which is basically weebs r us.
Eh, anime has its place in London.
Living around the general area I can always tell when the MCM convention is happening because I can see anime cosplay on the Tube. Though it's all casual shit. Have previously seen
>Shingeki no Kyojin Scout Legionnaires
>Bleach shinigami
>Naruto
>Pikachu
>Junko Enoshima (at the time when Danganronpa in English only existed as a SA LP and fan translation)
>Hatsune Miku
Also some of the large bookstores have halfway decent manga shelves, and HMV tends to have anime shelf (usually half-filled with Ghibli but has also in the past included trash like Kampfer and Strike Witches and Nisemonogatari).
>>141477019
>Not as accepted as somewhere say like France, Spain, Canada, America, etc. Where those places are more used to it.
I've had the opposite experience. The lack of knowledge about it means most people are less prejudiced against it and will at least question it. Once they're told it's 'adult' animation they seem to be reasonably accepting. Obviously if it's got lolis on the front you've got an issue.
On a related note the UK might not have animation but there's a pretty major love of western animation here. The Simpsons, in particular, has been on Channel 4 nightly for fuck knows how long. Why this doesn't translate to anime I don't know. Likely the language barrier.
There was an advert for some streaming service a few years back that showed clips from that loli version of Fate.
It was on Christmas Day as well I couldn't fucking believe it.
>>141477144
I'd rather have Ed than Pigfucker & Friends.
>>141477135
too bad what we got was shite
>>141477144
Milibland wouldn't really have made that much worse a PM than King David the Dodgy.
>>141474886
Why do post-2012 alt rightists on 4chan say this when the latest data shows it has a 12% population?
>>141477194
A true Christmas miracle.
>>141477205
>>141477215
BIG DAVE!
>>141477194
What the fuck
>>141477135
and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPBck3xcUJc
>>141477081
He could do it here in britain too. All he needs to do is camp out in a 24/7 supermarket and he'd soon meet all the weeb NEETs descending on the store.
>>141474391
Not very, not as much as the states or France. But I think it's growing.
>>141477170
I haven't gone to Tokyo Toys yet but Waterstones and Forbidden Planet have a pretty good selection of manga, Waterstones even has a few LNs like Kizumonogatari and LoGH.
>>141477144
Miliband himself was a fine man he was just assfucked by his party trying to force him into the model of Blair. Frankly that sounds ideal as long as he's allowed to be himself.
He also produced some top quality memes and I wouldn't mind seeing them again.
Of course the BBC would refuse to license anything with lolis or even mildly 'questionable' content so the channel would be shit.
>>141477256
>Waterstones even has a few LNs
What a time to be alive
>>141477187
Funny you mention the Simpsons being on Channel 4 when they used to show Fist of the North Star on it years ago. Not so sure how popular it was when airing though. I wish they'd show more anime films outside of Ghibli but Film4 used to show Satoshi Kon's work if I recall, mostly Paprika but I can't remember if they showed his other films.
>>141477242
I work in a 24hr Asda, and I can testify that after about 3am all the customers are either junkies or nerds.
>>141474447
>and the only place foreigners come to visit the UK for
That plus Stonehenge.
>>141477312
>not Tesco
Step it up.
>>141477256
its kind of underwhelming, I had expected more from the space they had. a
Also manga Mondays in forbidden planet are boss as fuck
>>141477284
If he's talking about the Glasgow Waterstones I think he is it's pretty top tier. The anime corner is indeed well stocked.
>>141477304
The beeb might make a channel on iplayer if they get desperate for more money. They're haemorrhaging license-fee payers at a ludicrous due to shitty programming and propaganda-news.
>>141476730
Generally I don't like Waterstones, but the Cambridge one is great. I got all of Biomega and some Sidonia from there. I figured Cambridge had high enough autist levels to warrant a large (ish) manga section.
Most the people I personally know who dig anime are black, which makes me laugh considering who racist the nips are.
My fave anime are NGE, GITS, Guyver, Angel Cop, Wicked City, SEL and pretty much any 80s/90s /cyb/ anime.
>tfw won't ever work at Manga video in 1998
>>141474447
Whenever I see Japanese tourists I always feel like saying konnichiwa to them but I slap myself down because I don't want to disturb them
>>141477145
Where do you live? I'm generally interested to hear where all the UK based 4chan /pol/ racists grew up. I don't think anyone who grew up in a city would say this shit, it reeks of little englander from home counties stench.
>>141474447
>the only place foreigners come to visit the UK for.
Why are there so many fucking tourists blocking the pavements in Oxford then?
>>141477424
I can tell you're from either Birmingham or Bradford.
There was a gang of naruto cosplayers who I often saw in Cardiff when I was at uni.
They where always eating ramen.
The second hand embarrassment I felt was intense.
>>141477479
Did they ever do the arms behind there back run?
Anyone fancy burning a Thatcher effigy or something this weekend?
>>141474391
>>141474391
>Also if you a an anime fan from the UK was are your favorites?
Tatami Gakaxy, Kaiji and Perfect Blue would be top 3.
>>141474447
London shouldnt even be classed as British.
>>141476157
BBC is remaking A Midsummer Nights Dream,
Lets look at the changes.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/7130863/BBC-Sex-Up-Shakespeare-Lesbian-kiss-and-racy-gay-romance-set-to-spice-up-the-Bard.html
>The re-write means that Theseus, King of Athens, dies of a heart attack instead of living which frees his bride Hippolyta, played by Eleanor Matsuura, to fall into the arms of fairy queen Titania, which whom she shares a sensual kiss.
>Theseus’s character is also rewritten to be that of a Nazi-style dictator, while Hippolyta-bizarrely-starts the drama wearing a Hannibal Lecter style mask and a strait jacket.
>The other storylines that have been switched around include Demetrius (Paapa Essiedu) falling in love temporarily with Hermia’s (Prisca Bakare) lover Lysander (Matthew Tennyson), while Flute (Fisayo Akinade) ends the play dressed as a woman on the arm of a handsome soldier.
>“It’s very male-female, male-female, so I wanted to have a man with a man, a man who was dressed as a woman with a man, and a woman with a woman
But why?
>because it’s 2016, so that’s the world now.
Current year, goyim, it's current year!
>“I wanted children to watch this and see the real world in the middle of this fantasy.”
Never too young to push your propaganda on kids.
I could list othyer articles, but this covered the most changes.
BBC are utter trash, everything the produce is biased as fuck. They are probably airing pro EU adverts as we speak.
>>141477424
>Where do you live? I'm generally interested to hear where all the UK based 4chan /pol/ racists grew up. I don't think anyone who grew up in a city would say this shit, it reeks of little englander from home counties stench.
Whilst I myself am not exactly /pol/ you are clearly a sheltered little shit if you think the countryside is all racist hicks or the cities all 'educated' urbanites.
Hell areas of Manchester were voting for the BNP as a result of the rape gang coverup. People know when this shit is going on. To deny that there is and was a coverup is to deny objective fact also.
Now of course this doesn't make all muslims rapists outside of the minds of a /pol/ack but still.
>>141477479
There's a guy at my uni who has a Fairy Tail bag and jacket, I cringe whenever I walk past him.
>>141477536
>7
Which one of you fags coming comiccon this month?
I'm not since I'm not a faggot.
>>141477528
Midsummer's Day is coming soon, wouldn't mind putting up a quick wicker man and burning a Naruto fan.
>>141477439
Large parts of Scotland are also full of fucking Americans.
>>141477424
Most people who hate shitskins here tend to live near them or have grown up around them.
> I don't think anyone who grew up in a city would say this shit
Not everywhere is London, Achmed.
Who /voteleave/ here?
I once visited a public library in southeast London that had a fairly decent selection of manga including Sidonia, Negima, Chobits, and Gundam The Origin.
Plus, for some reason, a single volume of The Shinji Ikari Raising Project, complete with uncensored tits.
>>141477610
This, never go to St Andrews.
>>141477368
I don't see anime on BBC being a thing ,seems surreal when you think about it. I remember when they did some documentary with Jonathan Ross where he went to Japan and enjoyed it a lot, one scene I recall is when he browsed some hentai on his phone. Pretty funny. I'd love to see him and Louis Theroux do a joint anime and manga documentary. Would need to be in similar style to his Weird Weekends.
>>141477194
Now I definitely remember seeing something along those lines, except they showed an advert for Fate and Hunter x Hunter on Crunchy Roll I believe.
>>141477256
I usually nip down to my local Waterstones or Traveling Man which I think is better stocked than Waterstones, they've got a really nice selection of manga.
>>141477284
It's pretty much true. Last time I was browsing my local Waterstones section in Newcastle I saw: Highschool Dxd, Durrarara, some SOA novels and a couple others. I ended up buying Astro Boy Omnibus 1.
>>141477536
Why is Leeds labeled as Manchester? Also "Liverpool" is actually nearer to Manchester than Liverpool.
I think any UK fag can agree that watching anime is seen as taboo here. There's little to no publicity, cons or merchandise outside 10 or 12 dvd box sets at a local HMV orpiss storeCEX. Even those who discuss anime in public are cautious about it and that usually only takes place in college/uni and stops at age 23. Like I said before, anime is popular here, but it's almost so hidden from our shitty chav-culture that it's invisible from society.
>>141477610
I blame those fucking movies they keep making
>>141477606
Cons are filled with autists and attention whores, fuck that.
>>141477624
Here, but given the government is using tax payer money and EU help to pussh the stay campaign, I'm not too confident.
Also I'm Welsh and everyone here still sucks Labours dick. I voted UKIP myself, but they still didnt win.
>>141477636
St Andrews would be shit even without the tourists and posh English students anyway.
>>141477610
Kek, they're just celebrating their 'heritage'
>>141477663
>piss storeCEX
Be nice to the piss store, I once snagged the entirety of Robotech from one for less than a tenner.
>>141477144
Urge to get around the negotiating table rising
>>141477606
>not going just to check the merch
Its as though you enjoy exorbitant shipping costs.
>>141476799
what the fuck
where in walesland
>>141477424
Middle class white people are the only people who teach that racism is wrong, in the whole fucking world. I have met far more racists while living in London than I ever did when living in the counties. I met a lot of casual lower class racists, but anyone middle class got severely scolded or punished for saying anything racist. But in the cities, fucking hell, every non white group seems to hate everyone else.
>>141477638
>I don't see anime on BBC being a thing ,seems surreal when you think about it. I remember when they did some documentary with Jonathan Ross where he went to Japan and enjoyed it a lot, one scene I recall is when he browsed some hentai on his phone. Pretty funny. I'd love to see him and Louis Theroux do a joint anime and manga documentary. Would need to be in similar style to his Weird Weekends.
They're getting desperate now so you never know.
>>141477606
I'm not going, but I'll be on the lookout for cosplayers on the Jubilee line.
>>141477144
Miliband would be better than Corbyn, so I vote yes.
>>141474447
London is a weird place, it both encapsulates huge stereotypes about the UK but represents so little of it. Maybe it's national pride but I'd say London and New York are easily the two most important cities in the world. With that in mind it's understandable why so many tourists go there.
Anime wise though, Planetes is my fav. Also in Universities there's always a anime clubs and stuff. Even in my small town there is a comicbook/ anime shop, it's alright.
>>141477663
i feel ya. uk fag here too. there are a few specialist shops in my city that sell manga and anime and they are a pretty good price but apart from that there isnt really anything. HMV is a rip off. i mostly just buy anime or manga off amazon.
My dad once told me that he used to watch "Manga Movies" and that they were popular.
>>141477638
>Louis Theroux
So he'd find some REALLY autistic people, ask them leading questions then swim in his money pile and spit on Scientology some more?
>>141477663
I actually had to start a cover before I started learning Nipponese. I took a unit in Mandarin first, so I could brush off the weeaboo charge with a 'general' interest in east asian languages, which makes you look like a connoisseur rather then a creepy fuck. Its all about hiding those power levels
>>141477714
pic
>>141477663
I hide it for a reason. Mainly the only exposure I have had to other anime fans, has been an obese cosplaying group waiting at the bus stop.
I will never reveal my interests.
For manga I buy in Japanese anyway, I dont trust translators enough. Allthough I am still learning Japanese so I cant really read them myself and have only read fan translations. FUck some stuff I like probably wouldnt get an English release anyway.
>>141477624
Representing, have you watched "Brexit: The Movie" yet?
I new a genuine, openly fur faggot in uni.
That's the closets I've gotten to another anime fan in the UK
My uni has an anime society but it seems way too embarrassing to even go near.
>>141477733
Cardiff why?
>>141477719
>Not having a weeb friend to buy you all the merch you are interested for you so you don't have to go to the building filled with fags yourself
Smh Senpai
>>141477821
>Smh Senpai
This thread is bad enough without you contributing to the cancer.
>>141477809
>Cardiff
Anime is haram, please stop posting on /a/.
>>141477821
>having friends
>>141477865
>>141477887
Oi, I'm your friend you fucking cunt.
>>141477809
I am in Walesland too and it feels strange knowing there are multiple /a/tards within 60 miles of me
>>141477809
Yo, Cardiff man, are there any good shops about for stuff? I started Uni there and haven't seen any shops with it
>>141477887
I'll be your friend, Hitler
>>141477887
I-I'm your friend.
If you live London there's a new meetup group where you do life drawing but it's some chick in cosplay.
She's dressing as the girl from sword art online this week
Fairy Tail was the most popular anime in my university's society, that really says a lot.
>>141477097
Anime Central was great. Think it was back in 2006, 2007.
Got me into a lot of great anime. Got to watch Ghost in the Shell SAC, Planetes, Wolf's Rain, .hack//Sign, Escaflowne. Even got to rewatch stuff like Fullmetal Alchemist, the early Bleach episodes and Cowboy Bebop.
Was quite gutted when the plug got pulled. I live in quite a rural area so my internet connection was dog shit, couldn't really stream as much as I wanted.
Maybe another channel will come along, who knows. I think with stuff like Netflix and online streaming there isn't really a need for that kind of thing though.
>Check out my Uni's anime clubs FB to see what the members look like
>See this post
And that's when i disregarded it.
>>141477919
There are a lot of animators in Cardiff.
I kind of regret not going to my uni's anime society. I mean yeah there are gonna be a lot of autists but SURELY there will be one or two people like you who are there in hopes of finding each other.
I joined the tabletop gaming society when I was there and, while there were a lot of cringy autists, I ended up with a great Pathfinder group who were funny, well adjusted, and not autistic.
>>141477973
Link
I refuse to believe that shit
just checked out my Uni's Animu club, this is the text of the post
>>141477922
Most of my friends browse /a/ & friends, so it's kinda normal to me.
>>141477922
Nothing good I know of outside of forbidden planet (they have most of their weebshit upstairs) and Waterstones (though never really go there, so I can't say for sure). And that really depends on your taste, I usually just buy shit online anyway.
>>141477913
>>141477931
>>141477935
Well that was unexpected.
>>141477789
mines charges to get in , so I don't even see the point.
There's a couple of guys on my course who are into like mainstream stuff without being weeaboos though so its not too bad.
My uni had a pretty good anime society, though I mostly kept to myself. A lot of chinks there for some reason.
>>141478083
fuck, meant to include >>141477919
I have failed /a/
I dunno why people are saying our TV's bad, anime's less popular because there are some many decent british shows. Plus it's really easy to get about and do stuff.
Be great if the older generations caught onto glorious nippon tho
>>141478079
>hey, come watch terrible anime
>>141477919
Where in Wales do you live?
I live near Ebbw Vale and I really despise living in Wales.
>tfw no connections or money to move to England to see if I can get a job
The intro video from the anime society at my old Uni was frequently posted in cringe threads on /a/, so much so that they had to disable comments.
I'd post if I could find it again, probably got taken down.
>>141478221
I live in Llanelli.
I wish I had a job somewhere else as well but I have zero ambition and have extremely bad people skills.
>>141478123
>decide to see if the horror stories of anime clubs is real, go to mine
>mlp fans screaming behind me and being obnoxious faggots demanding they show it
>just get up and leave
>>141474391
The problem with Anime in Britian is the fact not many people know about it here. Around 6 years ago when I showed an anime (think it was bleach) to people at school they thought it was pokemon and I was childish for watching this kind of thing. From my experience most brits think any anime is for kids because of the crap we get on Cartoon Network. In recent years however it has become more known as several retailers are now selling manga volumes and anime DVD/BDs. As well as several anime conventions in London every year.
>>141478289
>living in lan-elle
Toppest kek
>>141478079
>Literally telling to waste time at uni to watch legitimate bad anime
Who the fuck even turns up?
>>141478286
Which uni? Mine has a similar video but it wasn't all bad, they don't have awful taste at the very least.
>>141474986
I want a slice of life CGDCT show dubbed by Northerners. Male or female.
>>141478079
I can't link FB shit on 4chan since they assume it's spam, the image already tells you the page name so you can yourself.
>>141478385
Kent, it happened a couple of years ago.
Nearly every anime club seems to make a cringy intro video but I guess this was just bad enough to set /a/ off.
>>141478396
>Ay up, Mugi
>All right, cunt?
>Not bad, got any jock?
>Just mushy peas innit
>fook yes give em over
>>141478475
>having an intro video at all
Why do they do this? Do they show it at the start of their meetings or something?
>>141477043
>we had at least one dedicated channel for a short time on Sky
We were gonna get a dedicated channel called East Asia TV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia_TV) but it got shut down before it even launched.
>>141478079
>the anime we will be watching will have scores lower than 6 on My Anime List
>MAL scores
Jesus.
>>141478475
We go to the same uni. Their MLP shit made me stay well away. Never thought I'd find another Kent /a/non.
>>141478146
>>141478383
Yeah, this particular one seem's extra retarded.
Checking through the page, they seem to have 'weekly' themes, so another one is supernatural.
I've never been, but now I'm genuinely curious to see whats up
>>141478437
What the fuck
They link /a/ posts and have jewish reaction images? That's not very London city university
>>141474447
Bristol is nice.
>>141478336
Conventions further north are a great laugh too
>>141474391
I knew a few others but it's nowhere near as popular as it is in the US. I used to go to anime soc at uni but gradually stopped since they only show stuff from a couple of seasons ago that's likely to appeal to everyone. Meaning I've already watched it.
>What are your favourites?
Aria.
>>141478289
I cant say I lack ambition, just no qualifications and I cant get experience becuase they will only take me on if I have experience. The one time I see jobs that are ignoring these factors, and they include being able to drive. Fuck cars, stupid overpriced trash. Cars arent too bad to be fair, it's just the insurance that comes along with it that makes it too expensive for me to drive.
Thats why my eyes are on England. I dont want a longterm job of factory stuff, but my goal is to get a factory job for a few montsh, enough to cover the cost of driving and then I have more options.
>You didnt get a trade after leaving HS
>You now have anxiety and are afraid of going to college
I fucked up.
Just out of curiousity, Welsh anons post waifus.
I want to see if you're plebs or patricians.
>>141478079
>Glasslip
>Pupa
>Bikini Warriors
I liked 2 of these, and have seen much worse.
>>141478577
Thought about getting a bike/moped? Way way cheaper, even on insurance.
I watched Gurren Laggen as it aired week after week with a bunch of top lads and ladies.
Much cheese, hobnobs and Merlot was consumed.
Best year of my life
>>141478146
>>141478383
In theory it could be fun if alcohol was involved but in practice it is a terrible idea, as a lot of that shit is so bad it is bad rather than so bad it is good.
>>141474447
Japs all come here to see that Kiniro Mosaic country house.
>>141478580
Diabolik Lovers was pretty funny too.
>>141478535
I'm not there any more, sounds like it's worse though. To my knowledge there was no MLP stuff before, just some of the usual loud/unaware of personal space autists. There was a handful of other /a/nons there before so I'd bet there's still a few more somewhere.
I know seven people who are weebs in South Wales. You really have to look, too. The Welsh are too preoccupied with sheep, rugby, beer and sheep to watch Chinese girl cartoons, apparently.
>>141478492
My dream would be an SOL or harem show voiced by the cast of Coronation Street or EastEnders.
>>141475182
You need an Advanced TV Licence to get the good TV and it's quite difficult to qualify for it.
>>141478655
>with a bunch of top lads and ladies.
By which you mean fedoras and hamplanets, yes?
>>141478636
Worried about dying or losing my legs, a car is much safer. I know you can minimize problems by driving safely, the issue is all the cunts on the road who dont even do shit like indicate.
They wont give a fuck either, because they wont be the ones dying in a bike on car crash.
If I had more faith in other drives I would have got a bike by now.
>>141476730
>>141477416
I've never bothered going inside, do they sell at jew prices?
>>141478577
Welsh only really have one option.
>>141478492
>tfw no anime about cute Scottish ned girls doing cute crimes
>>141478727
>The Welsh are too preoccupied with sheep, rugby, beer and sheep to watch Chinese girl cartoons, apparently.
There's probably a large untapped market for sheep-loli anime in Wales.
>>141478636
>tfw picked up my brand new Vulcan S today
Good feeling.I named her Ruri.
>>141478765
>ned girls
>cute
I dont think so Hamish .
>>141478662
I have a similar experience in the lake district; they swarm over lake Windermere for that childrens book author I think
>>141478758
Eh, they sell at typical market level. At least last time I went
>>141478747
The UK has the 5th best road safety record in the world, last I checked.
>>141477205
At least Pigfucker has patrician taste.
>>141478783
What is Yumekui Merry?
>>141478815
Anime can make the ugliest things cute.
>>141478742
No, poor as fuck animation students.
This was pre fedora era and everyone was skinny because we where all living off 4p noodles from Tesco.
I don't even try to meet up or talk to people about anime, so I can't really say what the general opinion is it in London. Seems there are quite a few anons here who have a better idea than me though. For manga, I either rely on Amazon to deliver it or see what I come across in Forbidden Planet, near Tottenham Court Road station.
My favourite anime is Rozen Maiden
Any other brit /a/non hikki NEETS in here?
>>141478577
>Welsh anons post waifus.
Shino would support me when I acquire and subsequently lose my job in the steel mill.
>>141478833
I wish I wasn't in the bath, I fucking need to make a Photoshop of Cameron hugging a dakimakura of her.
>>141478747
Very fair reason. Well all the best anyway, we're all rooting for ya
>>141478824
>Windermere
?
Being Welsh must be the saddest thing in existence. I would definitely kill myself.
>>141478727
South Wales is best Wales.
I dont really care about rugby outside of six nations.
As for alcohol I'm more of a spirits guy, drink less and get drunk quicker.
>>141478759
To be fair Welsh women arent particularly great. Some look godly, but I see a lot of sluts and chavs.
Atleast it's whiter than England.
>>141478662
>>141478824
Are Japanese tourists autistic?
Because I saw an English tourist once, and he was taking a picture of a drain.
I didnt understand and felt it would be awkward to ask.
>>141478827
Then why are there so many people who dont indicate?
>>141478875
>I wish I wasn't in the bath
>>141478724
>so I'd bet there's still a few more somewhere.
I haven't met any but seeing as anime isn't something I ever talk about in person I'm not surprised.
>>141478475canterburyundegrad here, a lot of the engineers here watched anime but I didn't know anyone who went to any anime clubs I didn't even know we had one.
>>141478577
I don't really like posting her outside of the designated threads, but I can make an exception here I guess.
>>141478662
I've always thought about visiting it. That and the K-ON cafe.
>>141478840
Needs more rugby to sell in Wales.
>>141478815
Scottish men have their perception of what is hot fucked over by proximity to Scottish women during puberty. I speak from experience here.
>>141478856
I wish
>>141478856
Nearly 3 years of NEET going strong.
Everything is awful.
>>141478875
Oh, this is a thing.
>>141478886
Google is your friend
>>141478913
I mean, it could be worse. You could be northern.
>>141478875
Context, anon.
>>141478914
>English tourists
You know why we live on this island? Too keep the insane fuckers amongst us in. Then cheap holidays allowed them to roam free, now you can see the results all over Spain
>>141478921
Waterproof phone, m8. No shitpost downtime!
>>141478740
>Going through the licensing upgrade agreement forms, BLL-43s, viewing background checks and then gaining your Advanced TV license after not having your regular TV license for 2 months just to watch cute girls doing cute things.
Worst part is the £50 processing fees, and the £100 extra on monthly payments because of it.
>>141478913
I'd rather be Welsh than Northern Irish (of either flavour).
>>141478988
>tfw no Nige daki
Every white person here only know about bleach.
Us niggas actually watch shit
>>141478856
1 year so far and my money is slowly drying up.
May have to put my art degree to use and start making weebshit to sell. Fuck ever getting a proper job though.
>>141478851
I can't imagine what it is like living in central.
