Guilty pleasure admission: I got sucked into an anime show. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 03:16:13 pm
content: This is supposed to be a much light hearted thread in light of various recent controversies and argumentative threads.I ADMIT: I got sucked into an anime show, whoseprimary target is girls aged 4 to 12. (Although leaked data from the production company does show men aged 18-35 being the second largest population group watching said show after young girls...)I always had an eye on certain anime really. I am always a fan of Pokemon since when I first played the game on an emulator back when I was in primary school - went back to the game when I was in college, even bought a Nintendo 3DS to play the (as of then) latest entries to the franchise. However this specific show caught my attention when Pokemon anime (that I follow sporadically) referenced it and I looked into it. Let's just say for a guy that don't like Dragon Ball Z for its violence, I got sucked into it fairly quickly when it is gender flipped.The show's title?For those who did not catch it in the second paragraph...... awkward ...

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 03:17:15 pm
content: You're a brony?

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 03:19:02 pm
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 31, 2019, 03:17:15 pmRe-read the second paragraph with a bit of attention and you will pick out the show's title. No not MLP-FIM (or any MLP lineup property really.) Also the DBZ reference is significant.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 03:44:11 pm
content: Quote from: technix on July 31, 2019, 03:19:02 pmI'm not up for games. I'm just going to assume you're a brony and imagine you with a horse costume on.

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 03:47:51 pm
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 31, 2019, 03:44:11 pmIt is not MLP. And I don't have horse costumes. Actually that show focuses very solidly on human characters and most non-human major characters are at least human like.I am talking Pretty Cure.

author: OwO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 03:55:11 pm
content: I don't watch anime but I pretend to be a weeb.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 03:56:24 pm
content: Quote from: technix on July 31, 2019, 03:47:51 pmToo late. You're a brony now.

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 04:06:28 pm
content: Quote from: OwO on July 31, 2019, 03:55:11 pmI do watch it but I am not a weeb.Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 31, 2019, 03:56:24 pmありえな〜い (I just have to use this quote here. It is one of the more famous catchphrases.)

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 04:45:24 pm
content: Quote from: Ampera on July 31, 2019, 04:40:11 pmI don't get this. Also this image is not showing up in my browser, being blocked by Privacy Badger for tracking people.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2019, 10:35:21 pm
content: I don't know why it's blocked, the image is hosted via Discord, which is my lazy way of putting images on the web (because I haven't made my own replacement).As for the image, m'lady.

author: Black Phoenix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 01:39:39 am
content: So what it's your own enjoyment... No one should censor you.I'm a heavy fan of NGE and have the full 26 episodes plus the 4' plus the 3 original movies in Bluray and have the 3 Rebuilds in Bluray too, plus some more Manga books and Artbooks...And I watch other Animes when I have time...This is a small view from a folder that I have in my 2TB Harddrive:Each folder is an Anime, and inside there are full seasons of that airing in TV or rips of the BluRays releases At total is 1.5TB currently.Between this, reading Sci Fi and Alternative Worlds/Alternative Realities books and Tech Books, from Electronics and Computer Science and Photography, I lack the time per day to do everything I like. Call me a neet, call me a weeb, I don't care.When I was in Portugal and had the paid cable tv, my TV would always be in Discovery Channel, Eurosport to watch the Le Mans Series and History Channel.I prefer this to watch mainstream TV and their mind dumbing programs. I can count by the fingers of my hand the amount of hours I watch mainstream TV this year and last year combined.

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 03:00:44 am
content: Quote from: Ampera on July 31, 2019, 10:35:21 pmDiscord servers likely showed some behavior that made whatever automated algorithm in Privacy Badger think it being a tracker. They may need to change their server configuration so it won't be treated as such.Quote from: Ampera on July 31, 2019, 10:35:21 pmI still don't get it.Quote from: Black Phoenix on August 01, 2019, 01:39:39 amIt doesn't change the fact that it is a guilty pleasure, as there is stillgirl-show ghettoandanimation age ghetto.While Pretty Cure opened the world to maho shoujo intended for adult men, uptake is still slow outside Japan.Quote from: Black Phoenix on August 01, 2019, 01:39:39 amMecha and mahou shoujo have vastly different audience bases.Quote from: blueskull on July 31, 2019, 10:54:27 pmWhat is this show all about? Was this IP a game first? I have seen it all over the place, even in Pokémon circles with the whole Kotori-Rowlet meme and such.

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 08:24:53 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 31, 2019, 03:44:11 pmThat image is... ...disturbing...-Pat

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 08:27:20 am
content: Quote from: Cubdriver on August 01, 2019, 08:24:53 amKnow that I've been graceful and opted for one of the most benign images available.

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 11:09:23 am
content: Quote from: Cubdriver on August 01, 2019, 08:24:53 amLucky for me that my adblocker caught that. Disturbing certainly and I should have tamed my curiosity and refrained from disabling it on this page.Quote from: Mr. Scram on August 01, 2019, 08:27:20 amThere should be some even more benign images out there. I detect someone's internal troll bubbling up. Also AFAIK the Pretty Cure fandom is much tamer than MLP-FIM.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 12:25:50 pm
content: Quote from: technix on August 01, 2019, 11:09:23 amYou very deliberately opened that door. Don't mind people peeking in or coming through.

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 02:41:06 pm
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on August 01, 2019, 12:25:50 pmI was expecting something much tamer, at least not MLP. I have a very light taste on media contents (have to admit it being slightly girly,) and that subculture is way too heavy for me.

author: JxR
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 03, 2019, 12:05:30 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on August 01, 2019, 12:25:50 pmI dunno, you were the one that brought up that sub-culture and provided the creepy picture. Says more about you to be honest.I had to actually look up what brony was, and regretted that. I do know what 'MLP' is, but only because I have a 11 year old daughter. Luckily she seems to have grown too old for it since I haven't seen it on in a while...As to what the OP watches, can't say I would try it after glancing at that photo from the link. Although, I do watch some anime with the kiddo sometimes. We are watching one on Netflix atm called: "Sword Art Online." It's ok, definitely more teen-to-young adult age group.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 03, 2019, 12:07:02 am
content: Please don't start these off-topic threads.