How old were you when you got into anime/otaku culture? Do you regret it?
13/14 here
No, but i'm glad I didn't get into it earlier as i'm sure I wouldn't have been able to hide my powerlevel and would've embarrassed myself.
>>29379670
21
>Do you regret it?
Hell no, if anything it almost saved my life by postponing the day I catch the bus which might be soon anyway. What I regret is not getting into it earlier but I was too poor and had strict parenting so I could barely touch a computer.
like when I was 5 years old senpai. Now I'm 32.
And yes anime literally kept me from killing myself over the years.
i regret 4chan turning me into a cynical little shit more than anything
I guess around 14, but not seriously until about 19. Easily one of the better decisions I've made.
16/17
I don't regret it.
>>29379670
I mean I been watching animu since I was 8 or younger.
but the age I first dl an episode (which is when I consider I went full weeb) was prob 13
Around 11-12 when I saw Toonami on Adult Swim.
Nope
13, started watching Death Note and thought it was badass. Wen to my library picked up a bunch of edgy manga (mostly Hellsing) and read them all the time in school (shy weeb chick devolved a crush on me too, but was too autistic to notice and she never made a move). Stopped for a while before diving into it full force at 16 / 17 and sunk all my free time into for almost two years. I watch / read way less now, but I don't regret it. It was either this or video games, both are autistic so it doesn't make a difference. Also it turned me onto hentai / doujins so that's pretty good I guess.
>12
Not at all, anime has never harmed me and it has kept me that much more sane in many, many, dark times.
Thank you Japan.
>>29379670
About 25 I think. Like some of the other posters, it's probably saved my life.
I grew out of it when I turned 17. Anime causes autism.
>>29379670
I got into it during the early 00s with the first Toonami wave.
It fucked with my brain a lot and I'm pretty sure Berserk/Hellsing/Evangelion/End of Evangelion and all the other fucked up anime I watched gave me some kind of PTSD.
Seeing that shit is intense when you are an impressionable teenager. Still it made me feel alive and I miss talking about "deep" anime with my anime friends. Probably the best time of my life.
For those who got into it late, how did you come to find and enjoy it?
For me, it was Cowboy Bebop, Black Lagoon and Stand Alone Complex. In my country, there was a late night anime block on the Sci-Fi channel called Animax. When I was attending High School I would stay up 'til midnight and catch episodes every week. They were, sadly enough, some of the best times of my life. I have a lot of fond memories of staying up all night binging on weebshit.
>>29379670
15. And even then it was only to give a hyperweeb classmate of mine moral support as they started our school's anime club.
I hung around for a few meetings to piss away time. Holy shit was that a cringe cluster.
>>29380040
>and I miss talking about "deep" anime with my anime friends.
I never had people like this. This is all I ever wanted in life
>>29380048
Playing Katawa Shoujo which got my interest in weeb stuff started, and then a few more classic VNs like Clannad and Kanon. From there it was just consuming more and more anime until I got way too deep into the rabbit hole.
I honestly never got into anime/otaku culture.
Watched quite some anime ever since I was 15, but never really got into the whole otaku trend. Just didn't appeal to me that much.
I don't regret getting into anime/manga but I think I do regret getting into visual novels/hentai games tbqh, I'm way too far off into the deep end now
6 maybe? I was watching DBZ for years. Around the age of 9 my sister told me DBZ was called an "anime." That there were more shows like DBZ out there. She even showed me her favorite anime Fruits Basket.
Once I watched Fruits Basket I started going further into weeb shit. I went online and watched GTO, Green Green, School Rumble, and a shit ton of romantic comedies.
Nowadays I don't watch a lot of anime since I'm a wageslave. I only watch Jojo, Hero Academia, and One Piece currently.
>>29380048
4chan got me into it, I somehow landed on /hr/ first of all, then I drifted to /g/ and all the cute girls got me curious, investigated some more and here I am. I had no cable and no friends so this was the only way.
The first series that got me to stick to it were Kaiji, Watamote, Hellsing and Eva, followed by moe/comedy like YrYr and Milky Holmes.
>>29380155
I don't regret getting into VNs. Wouldn't have played them if I hadn't started coming here. Ever17 in particular might be my favourite weebthing ever.
>>29380237
Oh and watamote in particular helped me in a very dark period of my life, I've only read the manga cause the anime came later. It was when my sleep schedule first went to shit and I found real comfort in staying up late reading it and being comfy in my room at 4am. Good times.
>>2937967029and I'm now 31.
No, absolutely not. The only regret is not getting into it earlier in my life. I grew up isolated in the suburbs without internet so as a kid and teen I would only have access to mainstream kids' shows like DBZ, Pokemon, Digimon and sometimes whatever was at my local video store, not even Blockbuster. I did have some translated Dragon ball mangas that were surprisingly mainstream - and those were also my first (cartoon) titties.
Even when I was a little older and was fully aware of anime and potentially had access to it I was just like "haha you fags and chinese cartoons" and thought I was too good for it.
Then I got older and depressed and lazy, but anime saved my life. I'll definitely be at next year's con.
>>29379951
Well actually, I guess I do kind of regret it. Watching all of these characters being happy and going though experiences I never and never will experience make me sad. Also considering many of these characters live in far-out fantasy worlds contrasted to our mundane and sadistic world.
>>29380245
Yeah VNs are fine if you stick to the surface, but at this point I'm learning japanese for the sake of playing untranslated sex slave rape VNs so I don't think I can connect with normal people at all anymore
4 years old
It's been hell
>>29379670
Saw some stuff as a kid like Hokuto no Ken and Starzinger but didn't really get hooked until I was 25 and decided to check out some stuff like Ghost in the Shell, FMA, Akira, Bebop etc. I'm 35 now.
>Do you regret it?
Exactly what this guy said >>29379851
Excluding DBZ and Pokemon, I got super into IY on Adult Swim when I was, like, 14 or 15. Those fucking gooks and their beautiful romantic cartoons; it unfortunately completely changed my life, and had the effect of a stick being tossed into the spokes of my social skills, which were already bent out of shape as it was.
It would be an exaggeration to say that anime ruined my life, but it certainly did not help my already concerning situation. I regret the fuck of out it. That being said, however, I'm still into anime/manga/ect to this day, and I'm not going to stop, and if I could live it all over again I would almost certainly only watch more anime than I did.
>>29380313
>Con
You're a madman senpai-kun. How do you not cringe to death at those things?
>Only 2 years
Read the Berserk manga newshit
>>29380040
Kek. Same here. Toonami was great
My friends turned into either alcoholics or druggies, so anime probably did help me out there.
Watching a new ep every day kept me from cracking open a beer when I got home, and it always put me in a better mood no matter how shit work was.
Started watching anime on my 5th birthday, started reading manga and VNs a couple years later.
I will never regret it.
>>29382209
Funnily enough, a lot of the alcoholics and druggies in my town love anime. It's a crazy world we live in.
Late 17. I watched KLK at least 3 times. After that, I'm now bordering tier 5 on the Anime power level chart at 20 years old.
mid-00s when anime was starting to get huge
don't watch anymore because the material is to diluted. it doesn't have themes drawing from real life experience just trying to 1-up previous material and pandering.
Been watching anime and knowing it since around 2000/2001 as a 10 year old. Went to my first convention in 2004 and never stopped since. Normies have invaded otaku culture and turned it in to shit. Seeing the people who would clown you in middle school for watching anime and talking about it with the asian kids... are the same people post high school talking about having a crunchy roll account.
It also didn't help that anime's barrier of entry for non-toonami stuff use to be much higher ( VHS fansubs/ 30$ DVD's/ ) to ( Watch anime websites/ crunchy roll ) .
>>29379670
13/14
I've been familiar with mainstream stuff like the Pokemon anime/DBZ/Naruto ever since I was little. It wasn't until I discovered the slice-of-life genre that I really got hooked; it just clicked for me. Some of my favorites are Haruhi, Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, and Kiniro Mosaic.
I don't really regret it, it has never been a huge part of my life anyways. I think it's good to be interested in something that's a bit "out there", if anything, it will broaden your horizons.
I got into it when I was like 11 or 12, I remember watching Sailor Moon and Sonic on Saturday mornings when I was young. I also remember going into a bookstore with my dad when I was like 13 or 14 and picking up my first Shounen Jump for the first time, that's where I read the first chapter of Naruto translated in English and then I found out Naruto was coming to America and it sort of just blossomed from there.
I later got into Toonami which really broadened my anime horizon since Toonami ran TONS of anime shows, I watched Toonami for like two or three years and still remember some of the old stuff they use to show like Big O. Also another TV block that got me into anime was Adult Swim, and I mean the ORIGINAL Adult Swim, the new one is kind of shit but the old one was comfy as fuck and use to show anime and adult comedy cartoons like Home Movies and good comfy shit.
That's pretty much how I got into anime, I just took an interest in it and eventually met other people around my age who were into anime and it just kept growing and growing as an interest. I'm now 23 years old and I've attended several anime conventions, I've also cosplayed and was in an anime club for four years at my high school, I also attended anime club at my college for a couple years until I stopped attending because the people were toxic and the club was full of drama. But I still got on boards like /a/ and discuss manga and anime with people on the internet, I also talk with strangers about anime in public if I can find any anime fans in public who don't mind talking about it.
I mean, I'm pretty fucking weeaboo. I wanted to live in Japan when I got older though I doubt that will happen. Also I've realized that's not really the best idea anyway, I'd still like to vacation in Japan though someday and I love Asian culture and shit so I'm probably still pretty fucking weeaboo and like Japanese culture and what not.
>>29382258
I find it hard to believe that a FIVE year old watched anime, and then a couple years later you were already reading manga and VNs. I hate to call you a liar but I find it very hard to believe, the youngest people I've heard reading manga and watching anime are probably 11 or 12 but anything under 10 is kind of absurd. Five years old is very hard to believe as well, I guess a seven or eight year old could see manga as a comic so if you look at it in that sense then it's not weird to see seven and eight year olds reading manga I suppose since they probably read comics at that age.
What fucking anime were you watching when you were five? Do you even remember? I can't remember shit when I was five.
>>29382546
Do you have this chart
>>29379670
Like 13. Kinda because I might have gotten laid in high school by trying to do shit get fit than play dota and watch Index. A girl that hinted at me the most was one I still like but it's easier to have no responsibilities and live by yourself if you grow up in a household like mine. Which makes you bitter towards women by living with 3 female borderlines.
>>29379670
If playing Yu-Gi-Oh and shitty flash games on Newgrounds count, then probably around 13-14. I watched anime passively and drew a lot of DBZ OC in my childhood too so it could be even earlier. I was pretty much pleb tier until 18 though when I got my own laptop and started watching "classics" and eventually seasonal shows almost every day.
I started watching in 2000 (I was 16), through the Internet and video rentals, but only haphazardly. It probably wasn't until 2011 or 2012 that I was watching it with some regularity. 2013 is when I bought my first figure. This year I deleted almost all of my porn, and most of my other 3D stuff. Progress is being made.
I stumbled into anime without knowing what it was, and kept watching it for years without knowing what it was. At the time I was more into live action Japanese movies and shows, and anime was just an extension of those. Anime slowly became the priority, and I eventually brached off to doujinshi and other doujin works, visual novels, Touhou, figures, sakuga, and whatever else. I read almost no manga though.
It's great and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I've never attended a con or knowingly spoken to anyone in real life who has any interest in these things.
>>29382595
There's something like ten shows this season that clearly draw from real life, and pandering is a bogeyman that doesn't exist.
>>29379670
9.
I regret it so much. I left my group of elementary chads and stacies because I thought anime was more interesting than them. 15 years later they are all better off than me.
i got into anime during the original run of toonami i think i was 12 but i didn't know it was called anime until i discovered 4chan and at 14 and that's when i really got into it.
7 years later i'm still into anime i wonder how long it will last.
I was 6 or 7. I'm 19 now. I appreciate its presence in my life, but fuck, I could've saved a lot of money with a different hobby.
>around 18-20
>am 37 now
>mfw I got into otaku culture before some of you were born
>>29379670
I started watching anime when I was around 9 or 10, and I got hooked, but I was never into 'otaku culture'. I probably got into that when I was 13 or so.
>Do you regret it?
Hell no, if anything, anime helped mature much faster. I still remember watching NGE, Death Note, FMA, Mushi-Shi, Gantz, and Hell Girl as a young kid; those were the days, anons.
19, 21 now.
Thanks 4chan.
>>29379670
17
Yes where's MIB when I need it.
6th gradetfw I've been on 4chan since then too
I always watched shit on Adult swim and Toonami. So before I was a teenager.
>>29379670
Never, it looks retarded
Anime/Otaku shit is the only reason I still come to 4chan. It's the only sizable community I can talk about stuff that's "obscure" by normie standards.
>>29384440
Yeah, why can't the japs make good stuff like sitcoms, reality shows and soapy dramas about cheating housewives.
>>29379670
if pokemon counts, which was my first anime...then about 11 yrs...from there just watching stuff like naruto and whatever other mainstream shit was on tv. Eventually escalated to watching hundreds of hours worth of other anime on my pc by age 13.
No regrets fampai
>>29380131
Me too! I've convinced a bunch of my friends and multiple girls to give Katawa Shoujo a try as well, and it's a gateway drug to playing/watching Clannad and others.
>>29384473
Cute Ciel
>>29379670
Anime, 5 years old
Otaku culture, 11-12
I was autistic about it until I was 15 or so, though. By then it was too late, despite the fact I did my best to hide my power levels after.
>>29380040
>anime gave me PTSD
When my grandfather was a teenager, he burned Japs alive with a flamethrower and witnessed New Guinean auxiliary forces cannibalizing POW's. You think anime is giving you PTSD.
>>29384629
>if you don't watch ching chong cartoons you're a normie
This meme is shit
I'm a kissless hugless handholdless virgin
>>29384778
You're responding to the wrong post.
Since I was 9. Now I'm 18 and I hardly watch anime. I don't regret it, it was a fun part in my life
>>29379670
13 no
I don't talk to anyone about it unfortunately
>>29384791
No, that's who deserved the (You)
>>29384819
I never said something like:
>if you don't watch ching chong cartoons you're a normie
middle school when i was a total outcast, maybe 12 years old.
I don't regret that it gave me an escape from my pathetic life back then, and I do love anime and manga (especially eromanga), but I just wish I were normal
>>29379670
I don't regret it but I've grown out of it.
Being from a culturally superior nation doesn't change the fact that it's for kids.
>>29384942
Most anime isn't for children.
>>29379670
16-17. I don't regret it, some amazing manga and anime out there. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to find anything decent and my tolerance has gone down over the years. I'm basically over anything that's your generic moe/otaku-bait (anything the past 6+ years it seems)
>>29382910
I watched the entirety Cowboy Bebop on my 5th birthday, it's my earliest memory.
I started reading One Piece when I was 8, and I read Fate/stay night when I was 9.
Get out, normalfag.
>>29385263
Something isn't bait just because you don't like it, generic is not a real word, and there is plenty of "non-otaku" anime (you just refuse to watch it).
>>29385299
>generic is not a real word
Wow, anon. I'm not even sure what else to say at that stupidity. The rest of your comment doesn't help you either.
>>29385324
It's not a real word because people keep using it over, over, over, over, over, over and over again to attack absolutely anything related to anime no matter what it is. Even very clearly unique things are called "generic." It no longer means anything.
And how does the rest of my post not help me? I said nothing that was wrong.
>>29385344
>I said nothing that was wrong.
>>29385324
>>29385344
You're both supremely autistic.
>>29385350
Ok, then what did I say that was wrong?
>>29385356
How am I autistic?
>>29385344
over isn't a real word because people keep using it
>>29385369
I did not argue that generic isn't a real word because people use it. Read the post again.
>>29385375
You actually did. Either you're lying or mentally ill, anon.
>>29385382
No, you are lying. This is what I actually said:
>It's not a real word because people keep using it over, over, over, over, over, over and over again to attack absolutely anything related to anime no matter what it is. Even very clearly unique things are called "generic." It no longer means anything.
>>29385391
Learn to read.
>>29385299
>generic is not a real word
It's obvious you have a chip on your shoulder from the past and are lashing out at irrelevant strangers on the internet over it. You'll probably never reflect on it either, just keep lashing out on total strangers instead.
>inb4 edge
>inb4 not a real word again
Surprise me and actually improve yourself instead of lashing out for no reason.
>>29385410
>generic is not a real word
I did not say just that. I said:
>It's not a real word because people keep using it over, over, over, over, over, over and over again to attack absolutely anything related to anime no matter what it is. Even very clearly unique things are called "generic." It no longer means anything.
It's completely useless for you to try to quote things out of context or claim I said things I didn't. My post is plainly visible to anyone reading this thread.
>>29385299
>>29385324
>>29385344
>>29385350
>>29385356
>>29385366
>>29385369
>>29385375
>>29385382
>>29385391
>>29385410
>>29385423
holy autismthisisoriginal
>>29385435
What was autistic about anything I said?
>>29385423
>I did not just say that
You did, look at the post again. >>29385299
>generic is not a real word
I understand, anon. I deal with mental people frequently. The only person who can help you is yourself. Accept that you fucked up, you have an issue and you're lashing out at strangers.
>>29385435
The anon is 100% in the wrong. I'm waiting on something so this person can entertain me for a while.
give me some good anime for feeling robots, ive watched nhk and clannad, now i want more.
>>29385447
Since you've listed two trash titles, try Madoka Magica.
>>29385447
Try "put a gun to the roof of your mouth" animated by "and pull the trigger".
>>29385446
You are lying. I posted this:
>>It's not a real word because people keep using it over, over, over, over, over, over and over again to attack absolutely anything related to anime no matter what it is. Even very clearly unique things are called "generic." It no longer means anything.
Source: >>29385344
>I understand, anon. I deal with mental people frequently. The only person who can help you is yourself. Accept that you fucked up, you have an issue and you're lashing out at strangers.
You are trying to change the subject and make this about me because you know you have no leg to stand on and that your position is nonsense.
>>29385468
Since you've still failed the first step, here, >>29385299
I'll even highlight it for you,
>generic is not a real word
>>29385460
fucking five star post
>>29385477
Prove that this post does not exist: >>29385344
>>29385489
You've still failed the first step, here, >>29385299
I'll even highlight it for you,
>generic is not a real word
>>29385504
So you admit that >>29385344 exists. Then you also admit that you have no argument, as that post clearly elaborates on my position beyond just "generic isn't a real word," and you have no counter-arguments to present.
>>29385523
Since you've still failed the first step, here, >>29385299
I will even highlight it,
>generic is not a real word
>>29385535
Yes, I said that. I also said:
>It's not a real word because people keep using it over, over, over, over, over, over and over again to attack absolutely anything related to anime no matter what it is. Even very clearly unique things are called "generic." It no longer means anything.
Do you have counter-argument to that or not?
>>29385460
Oh this is good shit anon
>>29385545
Since you've still failed the first step, here, >>29385299
Highlighted,
>generic is not a real word
18 was when I got hardcore into weeb shit. 26 now.
Fuck no, weeb shit is awesome, and even if I stopped liking it tomorrow, it filled 8 years of my life with fun.
The fact you unironically said that "generic" isn't a real word and are still defending it like a spastic only shows how much of an incorrect faggot you are. Do us a favour and kill yourself, flashily.
>>29385560
Yes, I said that. I also said:
>It's not a real word because people keep using it over, over, over, over, over, over and over again to attack absolutely anything related to anime no matter what it is. Even very clearly unique things are called "generic." It no longer means anything.
Do you have counter-argument to that or not?
This is your final chance. Fail to provide an appropriate answer and you are admitting that you are wrong and I am right.
Anyone got any interesting anime to suggest? ive watched Clannad, steins gate, welcome to the nhk, anything else along those lines?
>>29385574
How am I incorrect?
>>29385581
Since you've still failed the first step, here, >>29385299
I'll even highlight it for you,
>generic is not a real word
Incase you're still having difficulties, refer to this anon: >>29385574
>>29385460
2edgy4me
Fuck off, this is an original comment
>>29379670
I started when I was 15 and definitely dropped out of it when I graduated high school. Wish I never got into it, thanks to anime I was a huge freak in school and wore school uniforms everywhere while in my country we don't have any. I was a shut-in with very few friends who tolerated my weirdness and it destroyed my dating chances.
>>29385591
I loved Clannad (the VN, then the anime) and am currently enjoying Kanon.
>>29385615
Ok, we're done here. Not only have you constantly lied and failed to provide any counter-arguments, but you refuse to even acknowledge that >>29385344 exists. You've lost. It's over.
>>29385652
Since you've still failed the first step, here, >>29385299
I'll even highlight it for you,
>generic is not a real word
Seems as if you're still having difficulties, refer to this anon: >>29385574
>>29379670
Around 13. Started with samurai champloo and bleach but eventually turned full weeb by 16. I regret nothing :3
19
It's only been 18 months but it has come to completely dominate my life. That sounds kind of pathetic but before that I had nothing in life I really enjoyed, at least now I'm happy sometimes.
>>29380048
I watched K On a few years ago but never picked up anything else. Although I did read the Watamote manga, so when it got an anime I also watched that. Rewatched K On for the third or so time and decided to see what else was out there which led me to watching Beck. Then I got into seasonal shit and anime in general and it very quickly became a daily thing.
>How old were you when you got into anime/otaku culture?
Like 8 or 9
>Do you regret it?
No, it saved my life.
>>29385447
ESSENTIAL WHINY SADCORE(ISH):
Shigatsu wa Kimi Uso
AnoHana
White Album 2 (not strictly sad but still)
Gundam Zeta
Plastic Memories
ToraDora
Nagi no Asukara
Angel Beats
Haibane Renmei (kind of)
True Tears
Air
Basically Everything Else Made By Key or Jun Maeda
>>29379670
Never because I'm a non Virgin
>>29386975
what are you going here then?
18
Should have gotten into it sooner. Then again, my social life took a suicide dive after that.
>>29379670
Got into it as a little shit. Ghost in the Shell was my first anime movie I've ever watched. No regrets.
I hope all the saberfag normies in this thread die.
>>29387322
If you're this easily triggered then maybe Tumblr is a more appropriate place for you.
17.
and like most ppl here, it really fucked me up in terms of socialising. i thought i would be accepted into like an 'anime/gaming community' irl, but then i ended up not fitting in at all. initially was one of those 'cooler' kids who didn't watch anime.
so i guess everybody forms social circles..and it's hard to break into them.
>>29387322
>streaming shit anime
off urself
About 14, I don't regret it. It's one of the few things that can make me feel any sort of happiness.
22 now, seen about 80 series.
If anything I regret not being more of a sperg, that way I might actually have friends. "cringe" culture has stopped me from opening up to people without knowing them well first.
>>29387412
>streaming
>implying
They dont remove the watermark when i download from the site
>>29387356
T. Saberfag (I can't stop sucking Takeuchi's cock)
14
Am 32 now. I don't regret it one bit--even buying all the anime I did on VHS, or paying all the money for hotel to attend anime cons.
>>29387509
>>>/Tumblr/
You're really fucking sensitive if people liking a different character than you triggers you this hard.
>>29379670
Got into anime when I was in middle school ranma really got me interested now I barely pay attention to it
>>29387549
>$1.00 has been deposited into your account by Takashi Takeuchi
>>29387658
Millennials were a mistake.
>>29387731
Arturia was a mistake.
>>29379670
I never did. I got into manga and anime somewhat as a teen but there wasn't any real community for that sort of thing here and once I got internet access I was immediately repulsed by the so-called otaku culture.
15. I don't regret it, made a few friends thanks to it. but I rarely watch it nowadays (like 1 or 2 seasons a year)
>>29388326
I don't think otaku culture is really reflected in Western anime communities. It's mostly just casual wannabes.
>>29379670
17, and no I don't regret it, it's an added interest I share with my friends cause most of them were already into the animus, plus there's a lot of quality shows I was missing out on before by not watching it.
>>29388403
I think they serve as an entry-point and inoculate you somewhat to the weirdness to come.
A complete normie like me just gets disgusted and repulsed when encountering full-on otaku culture with no preparation.
>>29388452
What's so digusting about it?
>>29388473
You're too far gone now, don't worry about it.
With so many roads through life everyone has a right to choose the wrong one.
>>29388473
If you don't realise what's disgusting about it, then it's you.
>>29388508
How am I too far gone?
>>29388547
So you can't explain what's digusting about it?
>>29379670
I got into it when I was around 13 and got out of it when I reached the age of 19. I realized how bad most of anime is so I stopped watching it. The stories and animation is just pure crap compared to proper story-telling mediums
I was 13. Anime itself is not the issue but I definitely regret getting into otaku culture. At first I sort of looked at weaboos and the type to be "2D only" as losers that I would never turn into. I am now unable to fap to regular 3D porn, I think real women are disgusting and I don't want to date them. I am also unironically considering buying a dakimakura of my waifu and a figurine of her too. I need help.
>>29388563
>what's digusting about it?
Fat autistic weeaboos fucking body pillows of their waifus so often that they stand up on their own, these people never shower, never do anything to make themselves less disgusting to behold, I remember one that left a literal pool of sweat on any chair he sat on. That is just a small handful of examples.
>>29388604
It is a proper storytelling medium. It's been doing more longform storytelling than American television has. And where you would you find better animation?
>>29388666
>Fat autistic weeaboos
You aren't even talking about otaku.
>>29388685
>thinking otaku =/= weebs
>ywn be devilman
>ywn have the powers of a devil with the soul of a man
>>29388697
>=/=
>not !=
What are you, autistic?
>>29388697
Weeb = weeaboo = wapanese = wannabe Japanese.
Otaku is a contested term but the two basic definitions are someone who is a devoted fan of anime, manga, games etc., and someone who is an expert fan of a particular topic like trains, military hardware, idols or computers.
>>29379670
>culture
Oh boy.
I think I was like 18 or 19. I'm a late weeb bloomer. I don't regret it, wish I was into anime when I was in high school rather than into Family Guy and Big Bongo Bazongo. Would be less degrading in retrospect.
22
A few weeks ago actually.
>live in a house on my own
>lose job
>run out of money
>living on tuna cans and cheap cereal for two months
>no money to go anywhere or do anything
>no money for new vidya or other entertainment
>getting sick of formulaic western media
>no money for proper booze or drugs
>just sit infront of the computer all day smoking cheap rollies, eating one meal a day
>desperately looking for escapism
>end up torrenting some VNs as I heard they're good for just losing yourself in
>it works, play endlessly for weeks straight
>wrist starts hurting from clicking all the time
>begin watching anime series because I love the unexpected plots and ideas, the disconnect from reality and social norms, and the pretty visuals
>never understood why people liked jap stuff until now
>still can't really explain it myself
So this is how it begins.
16,nope I just regret getting into 4chan.
But if I hadn't discovered 4chan I would turn into one of those really detestable weeaboos that do all sorts of cringy shit
>>29387322
LOOK AT HOW ROUND THOSE FUCKING NOSES/JAWS ARE
WHAT WERE UFOTABLE THINKING WHEN THEY MADE UBW? F/Z LOOKED FINE, BUT IN UBW EVERYBODY LOOKS LIKE A RHINO.
Also Saber is gorgeous, you swine.
Got into it when I was a kid with shows like Yu-Gi-Oh! and manga like Naruto and Bleach, then stopped caring when I was around 15.
Then in 11th grade when I started really invested in escapism I started rereading manga and watching shows.
I think one of the first anime I watched as a teenager was NGE, and it's been my favorite since then, despite the fact that I've watched many more anime that could be considered better.
There's something about Eva that stuck with me.
>be tall, fit, decent looking
>have my own place, earn good money
>have a circle of friends I go drinking with regularly
>watch anime every weeknight
>shitpost on anime boards when not watching anime
>havent had close relations with a female since I was 18
>dont even care anymore, women are disgusting
No one will ever know.
>>29388849
Why does weebism stem from isolation?
>>29389081
Secret weeb is the best.
>>29388896
Keep defending those pathetic ideals for your pathetic excuse of a king.
She is the emiya cockservant for 2 generations running.
>>29389161
Holy shit you millennials are a fucking trainwreck. Even something as utterly inconsequential as someone liking a different character than you triggers the fuck out of you and probably makes you cry yourselves to sleep.
>>29379670
18
not at all desu, it gets my mind of things when life is overwhelming
>>29379670
Love Hina at 14, naruto at 18, bleach shortly after that and beyond that started watching 2-5 shows per season as they released.
Don't really regret it, pretty much just something to watch. Some people like sports, some people like dramas, some people like anime. I didn't ever really advertise it in public, sometimes just talked to friends about it privately. Haven't watch much in the last 3 or 4 years though, pretty much just Nichijou and OPM cause they looked funny.
>>29381386
Not who you responded to, but cons are pretty fun. Personally been to a blizzcon, sakura con and gencon. It's basically just a convention hall where you get to nerd out without being judged.
>>29379670
18-19
no, never, my ex-gf cucked me and she used to hate anime, to know that i replaced that bitch with superior 2D girls feels good
hopefully she will get pregnant and have a shitty life
>>29379670
14
Nope. It's something I genuinely enjoy. Thankfully I never went full weeaboo.
>>29389314
M E G A N E
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Eorigano desu
>>29389514
>my ex-gf cucked me
do tell anon, don't leave us hanging
I'm half japanese and my mom is probably the biggest otaku on the east coast of burgerland. I've been watching anime since before I knew there was a difference between it and western cartoons. Kinda funny how my dad even told me he went to japan to get a trophy wife and married a girl straight outta high school because she was cute. Little did he know she was the biggest nerd in the world and he'd have to put up with that til the end of time. Pretty sure my mom would try beating me with a bamboo stick is she heard me badmouth anime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRkyQRlywE
This is the fate that awaits all of us.
>>29379670
I watched stuff on Toonami and later Adult Swim when I was a teen and watched some anime with some guys when I was around 21. My younger brother got me into manga and anime when I was 23 and I actually started to explore and read or watch things on my own.
Manga is more enjoyable than anime and I'm not into "weebshit" or collecting physical products although I think I will buy some anime and manga later to support artists I like.
>>29385285
That's a pretty high weeaboo power level you got there anon, I didn't get into anime until I was 11 or 12 and I didn't start reading manga until I was 13 or 14.
Not trying to bash you but that's pretty disgusting if you started getting into anime at five years old, I understand reading manga at a young age because it's just comic books and most eight and nine year olds read comic books so it's not weird I suppose.
Also One Piece aired in America for the first time in 2004 so you're probably 22, but damn man you must be a mega weeaboo if you started that young. I bet you have figurines and body pillows, the works. You're the type of person to go to an anime convention and spend $500 on trinkets and what not.
literally 2 weeks ago I binge watched my first anime. (neon genysis evangelion). Enjoyed it, now watching angel beats. Is this the begining of the end? Should I get off this ride while I still can?
>>29379670
>Be a female king
>Become a candidate/servant in the Holy Grail War
>Dress like a man
>Wear a full black suit with black shirt/tie/gloves
>Wear my hair in a more masculine fashion
>Don't let people know you're a woman cause they'll shame you for it
Saber is cute but more Tumblr if anything, I did like her suit though. Damn makes me wish I could rock a black suit the way she did, but let's me honest who the fuck wears a BLACK TIE with a BLACK SHIRT.
That's really autistic to wear black on top of black because you can't even see the tie unless it's a darker color I suppose, most people wear a colorful tie or some shit. I think it looks autistic to walk around in BLACK EVERYTHING, you should a bit of color, though blonde hair goes good with black, it clashes nicely.
Maybe 13? When naruto first started airing, my big brother and his friends would gather up in his apartment to watch it and I watched it with them. It got me curious.
He also then introduced me to 4chan when it became a thing. In my youngling years I didnt post or anything, didnt even know how to. So basically I was fucked from the getgo.
Thesedays I barely watch anime as most of its just fucking shit and I hate weebs and the general "otaku culture". I used to be able to watch prettymuch any show on earth. From random serious anime to the generic harem shit. Now it has to be something truly special for me to even consider watching it. The last shows I enjoyed were mushishi and jormungand. Before that sayonara zetsubou sensei and haruhi. Good stuff.
I do mildly regret getting into the weeb shit, but mainly due to the cringe that most people into that stuff cause. I dont want to be associated with those shitlords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDFaNTr44lE
Not counting DBZ/Nurutu/Bleach, I think it was 14?
I spend like $25 bucks a month on those "loot crates" that you can get mailed to you house. I started this like 10 months ago. My roommates laughed their asses off at first calling me a huge weeb but its funny how shit changes. The last 4 or 5 months they themselves get excited whenever one arrives because they're wanting to try whatever candy or snacks got shipped. On a side note these things are pretty crazy sometimes. Like last month I got three figures in one box. I did a quick estimate and figured that all three figures cost well over 120 bucks so I won on that crate. other times your not so lucky.
>>29390919
What does Saber have to do with Tumblr?
>>29390919
>hating on suit saber
You can fuck off with that shit taste of yours.
>>29379670
17
I'm very happy that I found out about anime and manga. Thanks to that I'm not a depressed fuck right now
12-13, liked anime as a teenager but now I'm only into manga and Japanese music
My only regret is not learning Japanese because there's a lot of good shit not getting translated and now I'm getting old and stupid
>>29384473
>BlackKeys.jpg
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
16. I regret it only because it lead me here when I was 17, and it was all downhill from there. At 25 now I'm not even that much of a weeb, but 4chan and this board in particular have ruined me.
>>29390837
>starting with NGE
Why?
>>29390837
>Should I get off this ride while I still can?
What for?
![[2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD_03[1080p_DualAudio](E26A1CC0).mkv_snapshot_08.50_[2015.09.19_20.30.58].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/lfICIvJ.jpg "[2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD_03[1080p_DualAudio](E26A1CC0).mkv_snapshot_08.50_[2015.09.19_20.30.58].jpg")
I watched anime on TV as a kid, but I seriously got into it at about 13-14. I don't regret it in the least, but I do wonder how different I would have been if I didn't, since it affected me pretty deeply.
14/15
Was in grade nine and a crush of mine liked anime. Took in appreciation to see what the ordeal was about.
>literally just fucking tiddies bouncing illogically
Now I'm fucking here.
9, my brothers introduced me to it. Since then I anime or read manga every single day.
I don't regret it whatsoever because it's fun and alot of nice things have happened because of it. Glad I wasn't introduced to the medium through something like Cowboy Bebop and turned out an annoying /v/tard.
>>29379670
only anime I've ever watched was DBZ and pokemon as a kid, thank fuck, all the anime fans I know have varying degrees of gender dysphoria, it's amazing
>>29392937
Can confirm, I grew up watching sailor moon on USA Network and got really big into it from middle school on up. I was obsessed with characters like the Sailor Starlights, Ranma, and Nuriko and it really fed my gender-bending delusions. I grew up to be a sexually confused gender dysphoric nutter :(
Not animes fault though that autistic people latch onto it. Its really a beautiful medium and at least half of fans are relatively healthy and normal people who will marry and reproduce.
Anime is the GOAT escapism.
When I was 21 I accidentally saw a few seconds of an anime while lazily switching tv channels waiting for lunch.
I don't remember the actual scene, but it was Godai who had a great occasion to tell Kyoko his feelings... and wasted it.
I was so triggered by that failed guy, I switched tv channel again, but a few seconds later came back to Godai and Kyoko to check if he tried again.
Nope.
Some 15 minutes later the episode ended, and I found myself still standing there and swearing at Godai (yes, I found myself so into that thing, I didn't even bother to grab a chair). While I never had a thing for love stories and unrequited love, since that day I knew I *had* to follow it to see how the story developed.
Weeks later, while explaining something to a coworker, in a low voice I added something like: "like Kyoko". I don't know why I did a remark only understandable to someone who watched the very same show, and I didn't have the slightest hint that he was actually into anime and into it.
In fact, he immediately added: "and Sailor Jupiter as well". Arrgh. Two closeted otakus just happened to meet and talk. I nodded. I didn't watch it, save for a single episode (sufficient to decide that I didn't like it), but to me it was definitely normal that someone could enjoy it.
All this happened sometime in 1995. We parted just there, and never met again. Since then, I knew that being an otaku is not wrong. It is wrong to not to be one.
>>29394471
Otaku isn't really applicable when you've only been watching for a few weeks.
>>29394578
being so caught in an anime (a thing I always was uninterested with), I knew it would go on like this for 21 years.
btw the point is not "weeks", but the intuition about my "coming out" with a fellow otaku.
Watched DBZ in high school, but nothing else until I was about 30.
No regerts.
>17 years old
>Anon you should watch welcome to the nhk, the protagonist made me think of you
Curse you Brian, you turned me into what I am today!
>>29382921
Not him but I think he means this chart
20
This January.
I used to get irritated by anime, but now I kinda enjoy it. Don't really know why.
I watch like 1 episode a day, average.
I was 17. Kinda regret it (fucked up my studies)...but like it just as much. Should've started once I got into college.
