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Topic: Is anyone else frustrated?

SturmDragoon
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Member # 190

posted 14-01-2004 07:42 PM

Why am I the only one who cares about anime! All of my friends ridicule me when I just watched something depressing, and am down because of it. I mean, is it so hard to believe?

But seriously, some people don't get it. For me anime (and manga) is more than just cartoons. As a manga artist, to the side, I kinda feel connected to my drawings as if they were real people... am I the only one?

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Samurai_Kyo
Newbie

Member # 191

posted 14-01-2004 10:19 PM

Man you're not alone, but I have friends who like it, but not as much as I do. I mean if I'm a little depressed I'll draw something depressing,but if I'm happy I'll draw something happy

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SturmDragoon
Junior Member

Member # 190

posted 16-01-2004 09:06 PM

I actually got sent to the school counselor, because the art teacher was worried about the stuff I had been drawing. The night before, Rei Ayanami died, and She is one of my all-time fave characters

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Bomu
Moderator

Member # 1

posted 23-01-2004 01:04 AM

I know it's hard. I've never had friends interested in anime or manga to the same degree I am. The fact I've not had people I could meet up with and talk to about the coolness which is anime is a bummer! And it's hard to stay motivated to draw this sorta stuff when you have no one truly appreciating what you do within your circle of friends. Athough if you step outside the circle you'll find it's a different story. It's good to know there are millions of fans out there and you're not alone.

SturmDragoon, I think if your friends are giving you a hard time for liking anime, they totally need to grow up! They hate it 'cos they dont understand it. Give 'em time and hopefully they will come around and accept the idea you like this stuff. Just dont try to force you opinions or interests on other people or it ends up having the opposite effect to what you want!

Good luck

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Tri_kento
Super Member

Member # 194

posted 04-02-2004 02:03 PM

i must agree, but for me i never had that problem ay my school all my friends love anime/manga!! so i never have to worry about not sharing intrest(Also i am the best drawer in the group or so says everyone else ? maby there just comforting me "neh" ether way i am happy just the same.

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Alustriel
Newbie

Member # 204

posted 24-02-2004 04:50 PM

More than cartoons and drawings? Get a life man, just a [edited out]

edit: keep your manners, no reason to start calling names if you don't agree.

[ 24-02-2004: Message edited by: Bugsy ]

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Zankouken
Grand Member

Member # 203

posted 24-02-2004 11:10 PM

Wow theres alot of rage in this thread.
As for me I have known how cool anime/manga is ever since channel 4 first showed akira many many many years ago and they sold the Guyver on video at ourprice, it has been more a case of my friends catching up although they now like DBZ but hey were not all perfect.

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Tri_kento
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Member # 194

posted 24-02-2004 11:50 PM

If u don't mind me asking how old are u ? ^_^!

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masterchief
Junior Member

Member # 205

posted 25-02-2004 03:28 AM

Hey sturmdragoon I agree with you I have a friend who thinks anime and manga is weird just because the mouths go from very small to unrealalisticly big.

(Just a note he is scrawny and I am like the hulk to him so he doesn't disagree too much)HEHEHE

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Tri_kento
Super Member

Member # 194

posted 25-02-2004 11:02 PM

Being an manga artist is great but u should really not get that connected to your art not saying u can't enjoy wat u do ,but to feel as there real people well i spos in away if u were to make manga comics not just drawings well then u kinda have to treat them like real people so u can determain emotion and situation. But if your just drawing for fun of it or art gallery u can't realy hold on that tightly since well if your doing gallerys most of the time u sell your pics just a thought ^_^!

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Angelo
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Member # 134

posted 26-02-2004 02:39 PM

Hey all, just thought I'd join in. I seem to have built up some kind of fan club for my signs here at uni - loads of people like my artwork, and wanted it plastered across their doors

. I haven't had any problems with people who aren't into it - in fact, I bumped into a guy who knows a lot more about it than I do. And the moral of this story is - university is cool, because people treat you more like a human being than in high school. Hope that goes some way to making someone feel better, since I noticed stuff about the lack of appreciation for people's art - there are people who admire it out there.

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Yuki H.
Grand Member

Member # 199

posted 27-02-2004 08:56 PM

I treat my artwork as if there alive and if they were they would hunt after the ones who done me wrong since i was in pre-k.

i know what your saying. seriously none of my friends r interested in anime and manga shoot i basically dont have any friends.everyone hates me in my class since i was little all b cause i am shorter than them. it's just that i was born pre mature i was supposed 2 b born 1/9/92 just like my bro's girl

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Yuki H.
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Member # 199

posted 27-02-2004 08:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Yuki H.:
I treat my artwork as if there alive and if they were they would hunt after the ones who done me wrong since i was in pre-k. i know what your saying. seriously none of my friends r interested in anime and manga shoot i basically dont have any friends.everyone hates me in my class since i was little all b cause i am shorter than them. it's just that i was born pre mature i was supposed 2 b born 1/9/92 just like my bro's girl

i dont mean she was supposed 2 b born in 92 just me

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Bugsy
Moderator

Member # 9

posted 28-02-2004 12:40 AM

A tip for Yuki

you can edit your post by clicking the sheet-and-pencil icon above your post. That way it's easier to correct mistakes or add on to the post without reposting

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SturmDragoon
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Member # 190

posted 28-02-2004 01:12 AM

I am 19, Ive been a fan of the manga/anime genre for 5 years or so, drawing since I was 7.

As far as the real characters, before I ever put pencil to paper, I have worked out the ideals and quirks and personalities that make up my drawings. Then from there I create the drawing, so my art is near and dear to my heart. I suppose I base most of them off of people I know. I don't actually do a whole lot of gallery pieces, mostly the comic format, though I don't show them to a whole lot of people.

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Yuki H.
Grand Member

Member # 199

posted 28-02-2004 11:00 PM

ok bugsy

and sturmdragoon neither do i show my artwork. most of the times the ones that can't draw as good as another always critisize ones artwork and thats why i don't really show them b4 i get angry and bonk them so hard it would wake up the hospital!

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Tri_kento
Super Member

Member # 194

posted 29-02-2004 04:32 PM

Wooo there sure is a lota angra folk on here yuk yuk it about time i grab me ol boomstick yuk yuk :P

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Yuki H.
Grand Member

Member # 199

posted 01-03-2004 04:32 AM

lol!! Tri_kento

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SturmDragoon
Junior Member

Member # 190

posted 06-03-2004 11:12 PM

Is it so wrong to see cartoon charas as real? If it is wrong, then what about live movies, they're all written charas, played by people. How can somebody say anime is bogus then spend the afternoon crying when their fave soap star got killed on the show. I hate these double standards

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SturmDragoon
Junior Member

Member # 190

posted 06-03-2004 11:13 PM

I apologize, I'm just venting on you poor unsuspecting peoples...

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Tri_kento
Super Member

Member # 194

posted 06-03-2004 11:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SturmDragoon:
I apologize, I'm just venting on you poor unsuspecting peoples...

I don't like to be bitchy that often but this is a special day today :P . For 1 anime and a soap opraes are 2 diffrent things anime takes like 3 weeks to draw 1 eps (prob more ?) while a soap opra is like 2 days to write and shoot. And the reason people cry about soap opraes i because they can relate to "Real People" NOT DRAWINGS and if u cry over anime that really says not that much for u, i am not saying people can't enjoy anime but as was just saying Drawings/real people (if u can't tell there's a diffrence .

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VirginMan
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Member # 289

posted 22-01-2005 08:45 PM

My personal opinion is, YOU F*** WITH MY DRAWINGS YOU DIE!

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Tri_kento
Super Member

Member # 194

posted 22-01-2005 08:55 PM

HEY none of that talk VirginMan. we take to kindly to folk with a bad french tounge.... I'd edit ur post to something a little more toned down or bomu and the mods will do it 4 ya!!!

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VirginMan
Junior Member

Member # 289

posted 22-01-2005 09:36 PM

Pardon the language. One thing on my mind though is why most manga drawers make certen body portions,mainly in women,unrealalistic? Just woundering.

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brian
Newbie

Member # 296

posted 11-02-2005 12:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SturmDragoon:
Why am I the only one who cares about anime! All of my friends ridicule me when I just watched something depressing, and am down because of it. I mean, is it so hard to believe?
But seriously, some people don't get it. For me anime (and manga) is more than just cartoons. As a manga artist, to the side, I kinda feel connected to my drawings as if they were real people... am I the only one?

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