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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 3972980" data-attributes="member: 5100"><p>I agree it's more accurate. On the other hand, it tends to invite responses like "Then you need to watch more," which isn't particularly helpful. Nor would I say it's dishonest.</p><p></p><p>Also, having opened myself to new anime experiences many times, only to find that the latest "but <u>this</u> anime is completely different from that other drek" flick actually ends up being similar to that other drek in exactly the ways I didn't like, you'll have to pardon me for being a bit generalized. Intellectually, I understand that "anime" is just a word for animation and could probably be applied to the 1930s Mickey Mouse cartoons as well as Toy Story (according to one definition I ran across earlier today). In practice, I assume that people understand that the only reason for a native English speaker to use that term is to refer to a niche within the larger application.</p><p></p><p>If you genuinely didn't understand what was meant, then I apologize and would gladly learn the proper term for the types of anime that I dislike. For referrence, the creators of Dragonball Z must burn in the pits of Hell, Pokemon is tolerable in the same way Sesame Street is tolerable, and Vampire Hunter D would be fine if his freaking hand didn't talk to him -- but still is not the feel I'd want for D&D. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, if a person who did understand what I meant would be perfectly justified in politely pointing out the misuse of the term and supplying a better term. I have yet to be supplied with a term I can be any more sure is correct than "anime", though some people have not been particularly annoying in correcting. 95%+ of the time, though, whenever someone does point out such a misuse of the term, it is accompanied by an attitude that is dismissive and derisive ("You don't even know what the term means. How could you possibly know what is good? You should expect to get attacked.").</p><p></p><p>Anime fans have no high ground, whatsoever, when talking about the bad form of those who dislike anime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 3972980, member: 5100"] I agree it's more accurate. On the other hand, it tends to invite responses like "Then you need to watch more," which isn't particularly helpful. Nor would I say it's dishonest. Also, having opened myself to new anime experiences many times, only to find that the latest "but [u]this[/u] anime is completely different from that other drek" flick actually ends up being similar to that other drek in exactly the ways I didn't like, you'll have to pardon me for being a bit generalized. Intellectually, I understand that "anime" is just a word for animation and could probably be applied to the 1930s Mickey Mouse cartoons as well as Toy Story (according to one definition I ran across earlier today). In practice, I assume that people understand that the only reason for a native English speaker to use that term is to refer to a niche within the larger application. If you genuinely didn't understand what was meant, then I apologize and would gladly learn the proper term for the types of anime that I dislike. For referrence, the creators of Dragonball Z must burn in the pits of Hell, Pokemon is tolerable in the same way Sesame Street is tolerable, and Vampire Hunter D would be fine if his freaking hand didn't talk to him -- but still is not the feel I'd want for D&D. On the other hand, if a person who did understand what I meant would be perfectly justified in politely pointing out the misuse of the term and supplying a better term. I have yet to be supplied with a term I can be any more sure is correct than "anime", though some people have not been particularly annoying in correcting. 95%+ of the time, though, whenever someone does point out such a misuse of the term, it is accompanied by an attitude that is dismissive and derisive ("You don't even know what the term means. How could you possibly know what is good? You should expect to get attacked."). Anime fans have no high ground, whatsoever, when talking about the bad form of those who dislike anime. [/QUOTE]
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