IF YOU CANT BE BOTHERED READING THE DESCRIPTION:
1) I DONT HATE ANIME
2) I DONT HATE MANGA
3) I DONT HATE GAMES
4) I DONT HATE ANIME FANS
5) I DONT HATE ANYTHING (except cheese)
ANOTHER ANOTHER EDITI've edited the stamp to reflect my opinion better.
ANOTHER EDITThe stamp does not mean I do not like anime, nor does it mean those who do enjoy it shouldnt like Japan. Please read the full description!
EDITThis isn't the place to debate whether Ghibli is 'anime' or not, thanks! I will debate about that, of course. I percieve it to not be 'anime' in the Western sense, but I am aware that the term in Japanese means animation.
Because of the quality differences in animation and originality between Ghibli feature films and weekly anime releases, I disagree with calling Ghibli an 'anime' in the way that most Westerners percieve the genre.
Created with Zilla's stamp template, as always.
Explanation:
I know we all hate those weeaboo fans who treat Japan like it's Nirvana and everything amazing and pure is from there.
Personally, yes, I love Japan, but I have done since before I knew anime was from there. I've been interested in China and Japan ever since I was very young (very young).
After visiting, I have a changed opinion of it. It was much cleaner, brighter and better than I could have imagined.
And what did I visit?
Yes, the Pokemon Center. I love Pokemon, so why not.
Yes, the Ghibli Museum. Ghibli is
not anime as far as I'm concerned. It is animation from Japan. Anime is nothing like the standard and quality of Ghibli, nor is it as original.
Yes, a huge manga and anime store called Animate! because why
wouldn't I?
BUT I travelled around the back streets, visited shops and saw buildings tourists aren't meant to see. I saw less of the commercial side of Tokyo in those four days than the rest of it. AND I LOVED IT.
As for anime, I could care less about it. Anime doesn't excite me as it used to. I get more excited reading up on Japanese history and art than I do watching an Anime.
I felt more complete being able to remember all Hiragana than I did watching the end of CardCaptor Sakura.
And I also recognise that there's other places in Asia other than Japan. I've seen Hong Kong, which was AMAZING, and I've stopped off in Thailand.
Basically, my argument is this.
If you want to be taken seriously as a fan of Japan, STOP WATCHING SO MUCH ANIME AND START STUDYING THE CULTURE.
And learn more than 'kawaii' and 'itadakimasu'.
Also, I hate how the anime and manga lovers have given us cultural fans a stigma. We can no longer justify our enjoyment of the Asian culture without someone calling us Wapanese.
And I know there will be people out there who agree with this stamp, and who are hypocritical about it, because I've not seen an anime/manga fan yet say they only like anime and dont like Japan '4 ITS CULTUR'.
Also to clarify: I do enjoy Japanese games, and most of my favourite games originate from there. But I dont like Japan
just for its games.
Gawd, tldr: Japan shouldn't have the weeaboo stigma attached, but hey, what can you do. It's been ruined for those who do actually like it.
PS: I know there's other stamps like this, but I felt like making my own.
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"...because I've not seen an anime/manga fan yet say they only like anime and dont like Japan '4 ITS CULTUR'."
To be honest, when I first saw my first anime (which was actually a random episode of Durarara I think
unless Pokemon counts) that was all I cared about at first was the anime and manga.I'm not even kidding when I say you could ask me why I liked Japan and all I could reply with was "for the anime".
That, and Vocaloid... which I admit I'm still obcessed with Vocaloid and Utauloid, but I know that's not all Japan is about.
After the tsunami hit, I stared getting a bit more curious and started looking up a bunch of different things about Japan, which lead me to it's culture and history after a long time of searching through different sites.
Shortly after that, I decided it would be fun to try to learn a new language (other than Spanish, which I was taking at the time), so I picked Japanese. It's such a wonderful language. I just love the flow of the words. XD
I'm actually doing a whole research project on Japan for my "end-of-the-year essay" kind of deal. Learned a LOT of things I didn't know already. ;U;
Ha ha ha... eh... this was too long a comment.
I'm going to just run back to my page to post this stamp on my page if you don't mind it.
//rolls away
But I don't wanna read about it's culture online D:
I wanna actually go....
I wanna learn Japanese so I can T^T But it's hard, so maybe I'll try learning kanji after I know the words.
Anyways, I'm not a weeaboo just because I'm an otaku.... Doesn't make me one, right?
Sometimes people are so stereotypical.
And.... I can't fangirl.
I just can't.
I love anime, but it's actually a dream of mine to travel across the world and visit many countries :3 Not just Japan ^^