Parents, Anime, and you!
 

After a little chat with my friend....I thought why not bring back this thread. I did a search and found nothing....So hopefuly...no one posted it before. Anyway....what do your parents or imeditate family members think of anime? Do they think it's all animated porn, bad for your health, just a hobby, or what?

Personaly my parents don't mind....even though they split up, they still don't mind. My mom lets me watch whatever I want unless its really, really exsplisit (not that I watch that stuff anyway), and likes some of the series...and my dad was into Akira so he doesn't mind. All and all they don't care really.

I started reading Ranma 1/2 back when I was in 6th grade when Viz first started distributing it. Had a few shots of female Ranma as well as Akane topless at scenes. They saw this and made a slight mention of it to me that they were a little risque. Still, I got the books. I had a weird phase where I wanted them to listen to JPOP which, looking back now, was very embarassing ;__; So. Ever since about Sophomore year of high school, I've been very secretive about it. Around Senior year of high school, I started downloading almost all the manga/anime I take in. So it went from a ridiculously expensive hobby to one of little-to-no-cost. Blade of the Immortal is the only graphic novel I still buy these days.

And if Gunsmith Cats sequel series gets released here, I might do the same. I have much respect for Darkhorse. Can't say as much for SOME companies **eyes Viz**.

Anyhow, they don't even know about my continuing love of anime. They probably think it was a phase that has left. I'm still carrying it through though~

I guess this sorta runs in the family but back in the days, My father loved watching Astro Boy. When he encountered me watching Akira (an old tape and one of the first few animes i started to watch), he always told me to be an artist and go to college to increase my skills. My mother doesn't mind at all. She also thinks i should just continue to draw and what not but she sees me more on the computer and would rather have me do art in the computer. So pretty much, when I watch anime, read manga, or do something interesting in photoshop that would have a anime character in the front..It all connects to college(not this year) and what not. In short, they dont mind whatever i watch. They did see a lil bit of Cowboy Bebop and said "Wtf" when they saw Faye Valentine's clothes XD.

My family has just a generic disdain for pretty much all anime and manga. Naturally, they all got their opinions about what anime is like through pokemon, since it is, after all, THE authoritative source for information on anime. ;_;

Also, a lot of my friends hold to the same opinion. And, because they had already decided all anime is shit even before getting a fair sampling, every time I try to expose them to any bit of anime, they all hate it anyways.

Unfortunately, it doesn't help that there are true otakus amongst some of my friends groups, and they don't do any justice to Japanese culture either, with their inferior grooming habits, awkward speech characteristics, and pathetic senses of humor.

My parents don't care, as long as I keep it to myself and they don't see me watching it a lot. They really have this problem where if they see me watching anime a couple instances in a row, they'll automatically assume that I do nothing but watch it and that I'm completely obsessed with it. :p And that, of course, isn't true! It just so happens that, whenever I watch anime, they happen to be around. So, as long as I make sure that they won't see me watching anime whenever they happen to enter the room, they don't care.

In fact, my mom and dad were rather "intrigued" by Monster. I think they secretly enjoy anime, but aren't willing to admit it. ;) They don't know about the Hentai...and other related things...but this isn't a problem, since that's not quite my cup of tea anyways. Actually, my mom did have a problem with Bleach, mentioning something about Death Gods, but she didn't say anything else.

And as a little sidenote, my friends generally hate anime--with a passion, and that's mostly because the only anime they were ever exposed to were Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh.

The people who do like it aren't within my close circle of friends, as they're mostly acquaintances that I'd probably never hang out with. I might also add that they're rather annoying. I mean, you don't have to recite fanart comics over and over, laughing each time like it was something completely new. "Ah hahaha! Shippo! Foxfire! BOOM!" "Ooooh, he's dead!" "Haha, he killed Naraku. Yadadadada." "HAHAH!" Rinse and repeat. Harh. They also drool over anything Cartoon Network puts in front of them, and that's about it. :( Ok, well, I guess I do know some decent anime fans in real life, but I'm starting to lose hope.

This was my exact relationship with my mother, why do parents assume so much?

Anyway, aside from that, my mother never cared what I watched at all, unless it was porn, at which point she'd go bananas if she even thought I was within one mile of porn. Kind of weird.

My parents never really had a problem with anime. In fact, my father got himself quite in Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. Although my father considers the manga I read (DearS and I's) softcore porn.

My mom never cared much. She knew I watched Pokemon, Dragonball Z, some of the animes shown on TV, anyway.

My dad on the other hand, well, he just put anything animated in one catagory; childish.

I got a lock put on my door about six months ago. At that time, I didn't have any wall scrolls. Now I have six wall scrolls, and a bunch of figures of various characters from anime and video games. She saw my room about a week ago and later asked what was with all the "naked women" in my room. (I almost replied with, "What!? Naked women!? This never happens! I wanna see!")

My mom seems to think all anime/manga is soft porn, and my dad probably thinks that just what I watch and read of it is. Of course, I do own some H, but they don't know that. My dad watched a bit of Spirited Away and told me it was stupid. He probably won't touch any other anime again just because he didn't like the thirty-or-so minutes he watched.

Because everything manga-style is the same. Right? (o.O)

My father actually watches anime. I think the last two were Ghost in the Shell (huge fan of the series) and Maburaho. He also thinks Hentai is the weirdest/funniest thing ever and got a few laughs out of it when he asked me what it was.

Fjodor: :( That's sad man. More people should at least try to be open to it. Don't have to love it but damn.

Really now, my parents don't care what I watch (okay, if they see some animated porn, then ?_? is gonna happen), but usually as long as I'm done my chores and homework or whatever for the day. Usually it's chores they bug me about. I don't know what they think of anime, but most likely they'll think it's naive watching material. Hey, personally I think it's better than most of the shit I see on TV nowadays.

My family doesn't like anime or cartoons, for that matter. I think it's only because they think I'm too old to be watching "cartoons". I gave up on trying to get them to understand the difference between the two.

Anime = Cartoons. Really.

I don't even bother getting into huge debates and arguements when either friends or even their parents (believe it or not) want to prove that the two live in entirely seperate universes.

If your folks think anime/manga is childish, show 'em a chapter or two of Berserk or Hellsing. That'll set 'em straight... =p

I don't think my parents would be giving me approving looks after seeing the opening sequence of Elfen Lied.

*Rolling Rolling Rolling......*

Rolling heads, that is.

But then again, it's at least somewhat nice that they treat a 21 year old with some adult-like freedom. Hello???

My mom really doesn't care about me watching anime in any way whatsoever, just as she doesn't care about anything else I watch. About the only time she voices any dislike of it is when she is complaining about how much money I spend on it.

Usually it's not the anime that's costly for me, it's all those damned plastic kits based off an anime series (GUNDAM, Patlabor, Macross etc) I like. That's when my mom throws shit around. $$$ for those ...those ...THOSE TOYS?!!?!!?!?!?!?

My dad, being a Jap-hater, blows up whenever my brother and I "support" anything Japanese. Even playing DS and GCN or even PS2 infuriates him...

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THESE PEOPLE KILLED A BILLION CHINESE PEOPLE, SAY THAT IT WAS TO LIBERATE THE COUNTRY AND YOU TWO SUPPORT THEM BY BUYING/WATCHING PRODUCTS THAT COME OUT OF THAT EVIL COUNTRY?"

Mum on the other hand doesn't mind as long as we do what we're supposed to do (study, housework etc.)

Yeah, but I don't have a job or anything, and I usually spend whatever money I do manage to get on anime and games and stuff. She says I should be spending it on something else (what, I don't know, as she never tells me) or saving it, but I have nothing else to spend it on or nothing to save for.

Ouch, especially attacking anything that has assocation with Japan. It seems you've got the sharpest end of the stick, seeing that most other posts usually deal with the parents seeing anime as child-like. It seems my parents don't really have anything against Japanese-made stuff and they rather me to sit in my room studying Japanese rather than playing PS2.

Thank god he's usually working though, no matter how tight that may sound coming from me...

We usually just resort to internet surfing when he comes home. Or manga reading (on our laptops, that is).

i've been watching anime for about 3 years. My parents don't and never will know i watch it. If they walk in the room i turn it off. It's more trouble then its worth if they found out.

I hate when people blame the current generation for the past generations mistakes. Happens all the time in america with certain minorities saying i owe them something. I don't owe a damn thing god dammit. My ancestors mistakes arn't mine to fix.

I praticaly got anime fed to me - watched nothing but Doremon, Dr. Slump and Ghlibi films all dubed in chinese ever since I could retain the attention to watch something for 15+ mins :D

My dad was convinced it would improve my chinese (and perhaps it did).

My parents don't mind me watching anime these days... unless we're not doing our homework and stuff over it though (but any parent would anyways even if it's not anime in particular)

Are you by chance of Korean lineage?

I've watched a number of shows with my dad, and he liked quite a few of them. In fact, he even bought a couple of them for himself (Akira, Berserk, Hellsing, Outlaw Star, Trigun, and the Vampire Hunter D flicks).

He doesn't seem to like the style of anime comedies, so we haven't watched many of them (I think they remind him of Astro Boy or something, since he watched it when he was a kid.)

My mom couldn't care less. She doesn't like anything animated, calling it all kiddie (She doesn't even like The Simpsons!), but she doesn't disapprove it.

My older brothers are the reason I watch animé, they introduced me to most of my favourite series. My dad doesn't care for it but my mother wants to know more about it. In fact, she proposed that we have an animé day together where we watch all my favourite episodes. The only thing she doesn't like is the animation style, she thinks it's wooden and choppy.

I first watched anime about seven years ago. When I began following more than one title, my parents just assumed that it was a hobby in addition to playing video games.

Even when I did live at home, I had control over how much anime I would watch, so my parents never had to set any limits. My mother once watched the AMG movie with me some years ago and enjoyed it.

The only comment I received from my immediate family involved the issue of watching the anime with Japanese audio and English subtitles. They wondered why the anime wasn't in English, and if it was difficult to read subtitles each time I watched an episode.

My dad disappoves of anime, to him any show that is animated is for kiddies, no exceptions, which is why I don't watch when hes around, its not worth the hassle. My mom however isn't as condescending about anime, but shes more interested in the music than the anime itself.

My parents don't really care that i watch it that much. They however seem to think that it's just a phase i've been going through and that's it's all a wasye of money and hard drive space. They also think it's really kiddy and it's all for little children. My Dad likes to take the piss whenever i'm watching it by making some comment about the Japanese which irritates me. My mates all think i'm a bit sad as well for watching it but personaly, i don't care what they think.

My parents have never really cared. They just don't understand why I watch cartoons. Meh. It doesn't bother me.

Just because there's BLOOD and DARK VAMPIRES doesn't automatically mean it's not childish.

Eh, my mother doesn't care. With the stuff I buy she's like: okay. The stuff I download, she's like: see if you can transfer it onto a disc before it becomes licensed. She'll maybe see something risqué and give it a curious glance for more than a couple of seconds. As far as hentai goes, well...she wanted me to help her find stuff on that. She devised this moneymaking scheme that was something like an affiliate program. Her reactions to the stuff were anywhere from 'kinda sick', to 'why do people look at this stuff'. Father, don't know him, don't care. My friend's parents will range anywhere from tolerant, to 'tries too hard to fit in', to 'isn't that for adults?'.

Likewise. :/ I ask her in response if she'd rather have me doing drugs and she shuts up real fast.

I had pretty much gotten my parents to understand anime only a few months after I saw my first anime ever:

Yes anime are cartoons, but they can actually be very mature.

oh my mom loves anime now
we watched the miyazaki thrusdays amc showings together
but in the beginning she was like "this shit is crazy" :lolsign:

My mom doesn't dislike it, she says that it just doesn't interest her. As for my dad, he doesn't care, as long as it's not porn. :D

My mom thinks that is like... all about sex and satan worship.
my dad, who isnt racist (he hates everyone equally), gets really pissed when i watch an anime, or read a manga, or have a wallscroll in my room. his excuse is "its all shit they copy from us, then give it a shitty story and make it perverted"

right...

just like how japan only has technology because they copyed what we made.

because the USA is the best country in the world, right?

edit~
that too.

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im sorry.

If anything my family couldn't care less, and my dad is showing some interest into it...my mother won't watch it...and I can't be bothered showing it to my sisters...

My parents really do not mind anime. In fact they support my hobby, but at time s question me to no end. My mother, asks me why anime is so violent or sad. My father just makes his own "commentary" and basicaly Mystery Sciene Theater the series/episodes I am watching. The one he actually took seriously was Angel Sanctuary.