is there anything worse than having anime as a hobby?
>tfw I've devoted 1000+ hours to something I can't even talk about in real life
>>27752229
Looks like someone needs to be talking to better people
Anime is bad though.
>>27752349
it really is, that's the worst part
>>27752229
Watching any other television at all is a much worse hobby.
You'd be forced to talk about literal garbage with people if you saw trash like Game of Thrones and Walking Dead and so on.
If you luck into an anime friend, you can talk about heavenly art such as Attack of the Titans and Doom Note.
>wanting to talk about anime
That's strictly an online business for me.
Runescape as a hobby
Thank arceus I quited that shit
>tfw when going on 2000
>>27752229
At 1500 and I literally can't even mention it.
>>27752229
Anime is probably the worst "online" hobby to get into because it's even more prevalent with elitism than most hobbies.
>>27752229
>is there anything worse than having anime as a hobby?
Yes, having /r9k as a hobby. At least you can connect with people about anime.
>remembering unique things about anons that post here like their hobbies/location/thread preference
>looking up their image hash/filename in the archives
>hope you find repeated image posts with maybe a chain post that also includes images from that person
>find out things about their lives that you probably shouldn't care about
>>27752229
Consuming entertainment isn't much of a hobby, even makes gaming look decent in comparison since you're actually at least actively doing something. Try drawing or making music etc.
>>27752562
>>looking up their image hash/filename in the archives
people like you terrify me
>>27752229
>1000 hours
3912 here. I suggest you do it in moderation or else it'll ruin your life.
Videogames are just as bad after a certain age. They'll never be seen as anything but kid toys.
>>27752618
it's the only hobby I have
watching anime and listening to music
I'm not creative, talented, or smart enough for anything else
>>27752680
There are no ill intentions. Reaction images are the best since you can see how the person is feeling about something.
Wait, who the fuck considers watching anime a hobby? Thats like saying watching netflix shows is a hobby. WATCHING TV IS NOT A HOBBY!
Stop watching shit tier SOL with 4+ girls in high school and you wont be embarrassed to talk about anime.
>>27752883
SOL all girl shows are what get popular and get talked about.
Everything else is kiddy shit.
>>27752942
online maybe. but I've NEVER had an in person situation that talked about K-on, Hanayamata, the coffee house rabbit one, or pretty much Any KyoAni show.
>>27752883
desu baka senpaitachi
Look, I can talk to a LOT of people about Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, or Attack on Titan.
I just talked to somebody's dad about FMA: Brotherhood about a month ago.
Many people who don't really watch anime will watch those more popular shows.
But I can't talk to anyone about Tiny House Builders on HGTV.
>>27752986
Online is the only place I'd care to talk about it and if you're not in love with otaku bait SOL shows, you're just a pleb that likes kiddie shit. Even if you've watched some and realized it's not your thing.
>>27752229
Why do you need to speak with other people?
>>27752554
That's why I like it. It weeds out the casual filth.
>>27752229
>>tfw I've devoted 1000+ hours to something I can't even talk about in real life
Pic related... Still I don't regret anything.
>>27752862
Anime is not simply watching TV. TV is just garbage destroying your brain, but anime has a rich history. You can learn a lot about how anime evolved, the people behind it, how different anime influenced each other. It has a rich community with a long history that a lot of people are interested in. And most anime fans watch some artistic shows with true depth, while most TV fans do nothing but stare mindlessly at the screen, not learning anything about the medium, and never watching anything with artistic value. The anime version of an average TV fan would be someone who watches nothing but the newest, seasonal haremshit. This type of anime fan would not be a very cultured fan either, but the average anime fan is far more culturally engaged than the average TV fan, even though, technically, both types probably exit in both communities. But the numbers, when someone says they are a TV fan, you can expect them to probably be mindless, cultureless plebs, while an anime fan is far more likely to actually be a sophisticated person with an actual interest in the more intelligent and artistic forms, likely to engage in intelligent discourse surrounding their hobby. That's why anime is generalized as a hobby, while TV is generalized as not a hobby. Because that's how it is for most of their respective fans. Something completely mindless and passive can't be a hobby, but that's not how most anime fans interact with their passion.
>>27752229
>tfw I've devoted 1000+ hours to something I can't even talk about in real life
Mama Mia, that's a spicy feel!
>>27752408
This. Anyone that would talk about it irl would probably be a speg anyway.
>>27753227
I know this is bait but the same could be said of movies or books. That's not exclusive to anime.
>check myanimelist
>48.11 spent watching anime
>convert to hours
>1154.64 hours
>mfw
Time well spent, to be fair.
How many hours have you devoted, lads?
>>27753227
>google this shit
>no results
>Watching: TV: 22, OVA: 2, Movies: 0, Spcl.: 1, Eps: 205, Days: 3.24
>Watched: TV: 269, OVA: 60, Movies: 57, Spcl.: 46, Eps: 4804, Days: 82.15
No regrets, you can discuss it with me if you'd like.
>>27753313
I think most people consider books a real hobby, so it still works. Unless you only read trashy women's porn, but that's not what comes to mind when people mention a reader anyway, when you say you read, people will think someone who has read a lot of books, and many of them classics. So a book fan would be similar to an anime fan, not a TV fan.
Movies are similar to this. I have less of an idea of the typical movie fan, but I think about someone who watches artsy movies and probably a bunch of old stuff. If you only watch the latest Hollywood movies, then no, watching movies isn't a real hobby, but the stereotypical movie watcher isn't like that.
>>27753227
Bait, right?smhtbhfam
>>27753166
>My mind is filled with stories that never happened
fuck that cuts deep
>>27753315
Around 850 hours or so. I'd say time well spent but most of them were shit.
>>27753362
Fug, nice rare Nozomi dude
>>27753453
Maybe you need to watch better anime then my friendo
>>27753362
When did you start watching?
>>27753166
once you are dead, your story never happened - effectively. not even if you are the most super famous person who ever lived. all people do is rip the coolest stuff out of context and devise a new story about your life which was filled with critical minutiae nobody will ever know
my memories of my own life may as well not have ever happened right now anyway, for as much value as they provide me - even the good ones (which actually exist for me somehow)
there is only ever going to be going-to-be in life
everything is fake
>>27753405
>complain about self-insert gary stu type MCs in anime
>secretly tfw you will never be one of those irl
>>27753495
Watched DBZ when I was younger, they used to play Cardcaptor Sakura but I really started watching around 2005 with adult swim and shit, stuff like Elfen Lied, FMA and GitS but eventually I watched Lucky Star and became a moefag.
>>27753362
>Watched: TV: 266, OVA: 47, Movies: 50, Spcl.: 35, Eps: 5627, Days: 91.74
Anime and Manga will end up just like American comics one day. They'll all have live action films adaptations, which are completely dull and soulless only made to sell money. That's when it'll suddenly become cool to like them.
All those cute girls and sweet escapism make up for it though. I don't talk to anyone but my few aspie friends anyway.
>>27753614
they're already doing it
there's gonna be a Ghost In The Shell movie soon, plus the ever-looming threat of an Akira adaptation
once they make live action NGE it's over
>>27753670
Gits has disaster written all over it, if they wanted everyone to think it was a masterpiece they would've gotten Nolan to do it but the Death Note movie is going to be even bigger of a failure. I just don't see them hitting it off with the public, then again the masses are retards who got shit like Star Wars and Minions into the top highest grossing films of all time so maybe we are doomed.
The mere thought of normalfags getting their hands on anime and manga and distilling it is sickening to me.
>>27753362
>>27753578
I tried using MAL, but just didn't like it and ended up making my own spreadsheet.
>>27753670
>>27753618
Hopefully never, as long as there is otaku buying, as westerfucks don't buy and so are basically irrelevant.
>>27753721
>The mere thought of normalfags getting their hands on anime and manga and distilling it is sickening to me.
Attack on Titan, Sword Art Online, JoJo, Umaru, One Punch Man etc. It is already happening.
>>27753721
They won't mess with it because japs don't give a flying fuck what westerners think. That's why you won't see much forced diversity and feminist shit in anime. Japs are based and could not give less of a fuck.
>>27753808
They censored a game released in Japan because western SJW's cried about it. Don't think any country is safe from the jewish hand.
>>27753752
Now THIS is autism. What's wrong with mal?
>>27753078
have you ever thought that maybe this whole superiority complex you have about anime is the reason why you can't ever find anyone to talk with about it?
>>27753850
I heard about that but I thought they only censored the Western version
>>27753779
Remove Jojo but the rest I agree with.
>>27753808
Exactly. It doesn't help feminists that most of the people making the really perverted shit are women too. Kind of puts a dent into their plans a little.
Is anime really the key to stopping SJWs?
>>27752229
Film.
Most people are fucking peasants who only care about the latest capeshit
>>27753856
Shitty, cluttered, and much more time consuming to add titles and shit.
>>27753894
JoJo has sadly attracted a very large number of normies, at least the anime.
>>27753078
Well said. If you don't like things like Yuru Yuri you shouldn't call yourself an anime fan.
>>27753883
I don't vocalize my personal issues, I just don't bother talking because I see what other people like first, and then just shut up because I realize we're not on the same level and I shouldn't bother.
>>27753897
yeah but people are more open to hear you talk about a film you watched than "H-HEY GUYS I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE OF CARDCAPTOR SAKURA THIS WEEKEND"
>>27752793
Anyone can learn to draw decently, same with most instruments. You don't need to be a creative genius, that is something separate. Actually getting better at something is like meth straight into your brain compared to just passive consumption. It's not like you have to stop that either.
>>27753923
>>27753779
>there's a new LOGH manga coming out as we speak
>there's gonna be a new LOGH anime in 2017
N-Normalfags won't start liking it, right? The worst we'll get is yaoi fangirls shipping everyone, right?
>>27753954
I've watched 8 episodes of rabbit cafe in a row, can i call myself an anime fan?
>>27753969
i guess but to create something, you need an impetus for creation. even if i was a pro artist, i don't know what i would draw. even if i was a pro musician, i don't know how i would create my own music. there's a whole other level between technical proficiency and creative ability.
>>27753721
>>27753779
>>27753894
>>27753958
>oh no how DARE things I like become popular! only I can like them, don't take the one UNIQUE aspect of my life away from me, I need validation!
Kill yourself you gigantic faggots, you're not fucking special
>>27753967
>Hey guys I watched this film called The Dreamers last weekend. It's about a guy who meets a pair of siblings and they fuck and drink and rarely leave their flat and they talk about classic cinema lots.
>>27754018
Yes, if you found it cute.
>>27754024
Videogames got a lot more popular after 2007 and their quality (average game length/amount of content/complexity) has gone downhill since then. There's also a lot of anti-consumer practices like early access pre-order season pass DLC
>>27754064
>Videogames got a lot more popular after 2007
>>27753967
>people are more open to hear you talk about a film you watched
Not when it's some legitimate 3deep5u foreign art film bullshit.
People can't take it.
>>27754024
Fuck off casual scrub.
>>27754024
Did you not read mine at all?
I don't exactly like those SOL shows. The only ones I could really sit through are nichibros and azumanga and that's my personal issue. Because I don't care for them, I can't really talk about anime too much online, considering that's what most people talk about.
>>27754077
A-anon did you get any people on your friends list yet?
>>27754077
Gaming becoming nothing more than another social media tool was a huge mistake and that's where I stopped and dropped everything in that scene.
>>27754000
Last I heard the current remake was pretty much stopped
>>27754021
Try to make realistic drawings or try to learn a technically advanced song. Though i doubt you have zero creativity, that is pretty much impossible.
Consuming media isn't a hobby you mongoloid
>>27754851
says who, anon?
