Writing a paper about the anime subculture...

glimmer77 · Post by **glimmer77** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:26 am

If you have the time, I'd like to ask you a few questions about your personal experiences. Please PM me.

Thanks!

glimmer

miz ducky · Post by **miz ducky** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:14 am

Do you have any "standard questions" that you will ask everyone?

That would be a good start, people could PM you with the answers.

glimmer77 · Post by **glimmer77** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:06 pm

Okay, here it goes. Please answer as many questions as you wish. Any help you can give me will be much appreciated.

Your age?
Gender?
Ethnicity?

How did you get into anime?
How long have you been a fan?
What attracted you to anime?
What are your favorite genres?
How do you interact with other anime fans you consider friends?
Do you consider yourself different from non-anime fans, and if so, how?
What kinds of anime-related activities/hobbies do you partake in?
What do you do at anime conventions?
Where do you get most of your anime, manga, and other anime-related goods?
How do you keep current with the goings-on of the anime-fan community?

ginga123 · Post by **ginga123** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:26 pm

Sounds Interesting!

I'll send you a PM.

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:53 pm

PM sent

Belldandy16 · Post by **Belldandy16** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:43 pm

PM sent.
good luck!

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:52 pm

As long as the answers stay private, I'll help out. I don't need all my craziness spread all over the www . Most people already know I'm crazy. I just don't need it publicized.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:52 pm

What do you need?

darksuzaku · Post by **darksuzaku** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:39 am

Here go my answers, they are not that personal so i can share with everybody.

Your age? Look at my profile
Gender? Look at my profile
Ethnicity? Won't asnwer this but my profile will give you an idea

How did you get into anime? Watching TV when i was younger
How long have you been a fan? Probably since i was 12-13 years old. I mean, since the TV on my country started airing them, and with this i don't mean the typical dragon ball series.
What attracted you to anime? It was way much more interesting than the typical US/European cartoons at the time. Basically Anime doesn't always have the premise of "Animation is for children" that becomes very usual in western countries. Anime also allows many things that would be difficult or impossible to make in live action.
What are your favorite genres? Many types, Romantic (but not too girly), medieval, action (but not the gundam style). I have many really. I'm not ussually picky. I prefer series with well thought plots, that's why i ussually tend to enjoy more series based on novels than series that are based on original scripts or mangas (although there are good ones here too). Character development is always nice but now series are ussually shorter, and it's more difficult to find it.
How do you interact with other anime fans you consider friends? The same as other people. Never considered "Anime people" any different from normal people. With "Anime people" i can just share my hobbies, but nothing that special.
Do you consider yourself different from non-anime fans, and if so, how? Not at all. See previous answer. I mean, i don't like rock or jazz while many of my friends do like them, but that doesn't make me feel different from them.
What kinds of anime-related activities/hobbies do you partake in? Not that many. I collect cels from very few series and get the dvds from series i like most. For music i mostly download it.
What do you do at anime conventions? There are not many of those in my country but in the few i used to attend i went to spend my money, collect my goods and leave. Yes, conventions used to be for me just a big shop (wal-mart) for anime. Now internet "takes care" of me.

Where do you get most of your anime, manga, and other anime-related goods? Online. Auctions, Amazon, Right-Stuff and similar.
How do you keep current with the goings-on of the anime-fan community? Basically from what I read on forums. I don't ussually go after the source. If some new series is released and i have not read about it on any forum i'll probably see it in torrent sites.

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:41 am

PM sent

glimmer77 · Post by **glimmer77** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:49 pm

Your responses have been awesome, thanks! Keep 'em comin'! What I'm really trying to get out is what attracts people to this subcuture and how people emersed in it are different from others who are not.

ginga123 · Post by **ginga123** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:35 pm

have you finished your paper yet?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:35 pm

I think I have finished your paper.

glimmer77 · Post by **glimmer77** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:26 am

I've been pulling my hair out cramming for exams and thinking about this paper and I've decided to shift the focus more on cel collecting. Yay! If you've got the time,

Please give me a few reason WHY you collect cels. Is it the beauty, the storyline, the characters, SD moments, etc. What is it about these things that attract you to it?

Thanks!!!
glimmer77

Belldandy16 · Post by **Belldandy16** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:59 am

PM sent.

good luck!