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Shadowfaith November 4th, 2008 9:27 AM

"Aren't you too old for this?"

My parents ask me that every time they see me watching a cartoon/anime. It's getting hard to stay calm when answering "There are cartoons for all ages..." ¬_¬

solopy567 November 4th, 2008 11:13 AM

The first time my parents asked me about it, they were like "Aren't these things for little kids?"

Then, I put up the first 7 minutes of Elfen Lied, some killer moments from Higurashi, and some yuri from Strawberry Panic.

And after that my reply is "I'm sure little kids love blood, gore, screaming, and homosexual behaviour in their cartoons."

Jeremy November 4th, 2008 11:57 AM

Well sweeties, when I was living at home the only things that they said that annoyed me were:
"Have you finished your homework?" and trying to have a random conversation with me out of the blue when I'm in the middle of episode. That's about it. XD

fenyx4 November 10th, 2008 9:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gummy (Post 4085376)
"Stop watching that Digimon crap!"

This was years ago, but it still ticks me off when I think about it. To mistake Pokemon for Digimon is unforgivable in my book.

Oh yeah. That just fuels the "Digimon is a ripoff of Pokemon" sentiment, when the only things they share in common are monsters, human-monster interaction, and those same monsters growing to a stronger state. Personally, I regard both franchises as excellently crafted pieces of media, and if one actually took the time to watch each series in-depth separately, they'd see this as well; that the two are very different. I mean, even the art styles differ!!

And Digimon is not crap :cer_pissed:. Anyone who says that has got a bone to pick with me (and needs their brain checked).

ShadowofTime01 November 11th, 2008 3:03 AM

You can't watch the final episode of Outlaw Star (which i had watched every episode in a row on Cartoon Network before that) because I'm watching Monday Night Football...

It wasn't even our team that was playing... You can't just let a kid watch an amazing anime and then not get to see the ending!!!!

Bigdog November 11th, 2008 6:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryuuji (Post 4085129)
"Where is Naruto? Is that the one with the black hair?" When I watched Naruto,

"Who's the Pokemon there?" When I watch Pokemon.

It's really annoying when my parents says "Who this [Insert anime title here]" and I have to explain it. =.=


Never really happaned to me because my parents were both raised with Anime (Kimba, Speed Racer) and Ultraman so they accepted it when me and my sister were into Sailor Moon ,and so forth . The only one would be my grandpa , which is very bigoted about Japanses culture ,so I'm always on the opposite culturally then him. My grandma ,however ,didn't really care ,unless it got in the way of school and such.

diamondpearl876 November 14th, 2008 8:11 PM

Anything they say pertaining to Death Note is annoying. From the moment they heard the name of the anime they were bugging me about it.

That and my step-mom annoys me about still liking pokemon. My dad doesn't care.

Charizard EX November 18th, 2008 1:55 AM

My mom doesn't even know what anime is... She's there are only cartoons in the world, no Japanese cartoons and stuff. She doesn't say anything.

b7astoise November 18th, 2008 2:11 AM

" why are you watching little kid shows" " you're too old to be playing that" " whats with you and this POKEMAN stuff"....theres so much....lmao

Infamous Amos November 18th, 2008 2:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diamondpearl876 (Post 4122239)
Anything they say pertaining to Death Note is annoying. From the moment they heard the name of the anime they were bugging me about it.

That and my step-mom annoys me about still liking pokemon. My dad doesn't care.

Like I said before, my mom loves Death Note. My grandmother is another story altogether... Ugh...

My mom asks me if kids my age still like Pokemon, and I reply "I am not like most kids my age." :P

Moyo-chan November 18th, 2008 1:50 PM

My mom think anime and manga's for little kids and say I'm "too old" to be watching "cartoons" and reading "comic books." My dad doesn't even know what I'm doing in my room half the time LOL
But some/most of these animes that I watch are like rated Teen (16+) and I'm not even 16 yet xD

Deoxys55 November 18th, 2008 3:10 PM

I just get the general "You're obsessed with that, aren't you?" response. Not too bad, I face worse persecutions at school.

Dragonair_Blizzard November 18th, 2008 3:38 PM

It would be, "Shouldn't you be watching english things instead of Japanese?" and "You shouldn't be watching these things," when there was violence.

Azumi November 21st, 2008 9:40 PM

Oh yeah, my mom FORBIDS me from watching Death Note, Jigoku Shojo and all things that relate to hell and all those stuff. She'll yell at me and not let me watch anymore of this, AND because I'm a Christian, I can't watch this. Seriously, who said Christians can't watch these? How many Christians are watching these? I would say more than 50%. This is ANIME, mom. I wouldn't turn away from God just because of this. So yeah, I still watch them, but without my mother at home. She is such a bother.

My dad, well, is another case. He watches Naruto, Death Note (some of it) and some more anime. But for the rest, he looks at the TV for five secs, turns back and says, "After this, switch off the TV." CRUD~! Why can't I watch them? I learn ALL my drawing skills from anime and manga, and NOW you stop me from watching them? HOLY CR- COW!!!

I am offended. VERY offended. AND they pronounce Pokemon wrong! While it should be Poh-keh-mon, they say Poe-kee-mon! ARGH!!!

DonRoyale November 21st, 2008 10:35 PM

"What are you playing? Your Pokeemonz and your Digimons and your YuGiOhs..."

(Po-key-mons)

My dad hates that I'm back into Pokémon. He things I'm in social withdrawl. Shows what he knows. :#

Darklas November 22nd, 2008 4:28 AM

"Stop watching cartoons." Same as everyone else~
This one not the same~ "Go and sleep."
LOL I have to sleep and she calls me in the middle of an episode. I reply with "X minutes"
Although I don't necessarily keep to X.

Wish November 22nd, 2008 6:39 AM

My parents don't like me locked up in my room watching anime the whole weekend. They get suspicious on what I watch, but since it is in Japanese, they can't really yell at me for it since they never look at my monitor.

Although, I hate it when my parents ask me about my anime and all. (I got her to buy 15 volumes of an ecchi manga without her realizing so far, however). They usually ask,

"Are you supposed to be watching this?" - Jigoku Shoujo.
"When are you going to stop watching this!?" - Negima!?/TMOHS
"Isn't this a kids' show?" - Digimon/Pokemon/Sergeant Keroro
"Is that supposed to be a guy?" - OHSHC (Haruhi)

So yeah that's how it goes.

Renneh November 22nd, 2008 8:11 AM

"Stop watching tv for kids"- I hate this so much, I'll watch what I like thanks. Mature themes included.

"What are you playing that pokemon game for, you are 17." seriously. ARRGGHH

They think I'm a bit of a social reject. I suppose I don't go out and get drunk like other 17 years old, not because I can't fit in, it is because I don't want to 'fit in'. I'm happy as I am. =)

Katnip November 23rd, 2008 8:31 AM

"I hate this animation." -I've heard this a thousand times from my dad.
"Why do they make such eerie-looking eyes?" -Again from my dad.
Plus, I have to put up with routine teasing from my mom about my choice of video games (pokemon, of course), which she pronounces entirely wrong.
She usually says it like, "Pokeemons" or "Pokeemans". Seriously, for a woman who spends half her life talking in Spanish to her friends on the phone, she can't even recognize a simple accent mark. Sheesh.

conicteam November 23rd, 2008 5:23 PM

These are quotes I get from my dad whan I watch Naruto and DBZ:
"Nut scented ALIEN!" mocking the Japanese end credit song of DBZ :laugh:.
"You don't have squinchy eyes like me" Giving Rock Lee's master a line to say ( like in MST3K :laugh: .
"He's taking a dump!" DBZ grunts :laugh: . (sometimes I even say it :laugh: )
"Full Bellied ZENKAI POWER!" mocking the DBZ end song (again :\)
"Why are there people with animal heads in this?" DBZ
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When I was watching Death Note this morning, he tells me all this japanese culture stuf (he's a social studies teacher). I'm thinking "I don't care! I just want to watch Death Note!"
Sometimes he points out that a character looks cross eyed by saying "Why are do all anime characters look at their nose?"
He also metions that japanese men are pervs when an anime girl is shown with a short dress. I've learned to live with it :laugh: . He's actually pretty funny.

kohei November 23rd, 2008 7:13 PM

My mom (who is a fujyoshi herself):
"Wow, I need to find doujins of [INSERT MALE CHARACTER NAME] X [INSERT MALE CHARACTER NAME]"

Gets annoying real quick. At least I live away from home now.

LuckyShipper8816 November 23rd, 2008 9:09 PM

Usually, my parents don't watch with me, thank goodness. When they do, however, it's quite annoying.

"See? Now even your sister is watching this," -my grandma (My sister is 3 years old and she watches EVERYTHING with me.)

"What's so funny?" -my dad (I was watching a funny episode of D.Gray-Man and I begged him to at least watch one episode with me. I guess it was a pretty bad idea after all xD)

"Change it to your sister's program NOW!" -my mum (Whenever the ending song starts playing)

"Switch it off please. I want to give your sister a bath." -my mum again (when my sister watches Pokemon with me; it airs at 10 a.m. over here and my sister usually hasn't taken a bath by then)

"Are you doing work or playing?" "What do you do on the computer the whole day?" "Why are you watching a cartoon in Japanese?" -my grandma again (I watch anime on the internet everyday except Saturdays and Sundays.)

My sister LOVES to talk about random things while I'm watching anime. When I watch Pokemon she'll start saying "Pika... CHU!" xD

On top of all that, my cousin loves to play Naruto on his PSP and he pronounces Sasuke as "Sa-su-key", no matter how many times I tell him it's "Sa-su-ke".

ARGH! I'm the only person in my family who watches anime and reads manga, so it's VERY annoying when my parents (and grandma) ask silly questions and tease and nag at me.

digi-kun November 24th, 2008 1:30 AM

hmmm...i'm pretty sure my parents ended up giving up on me watching anime a long time ago...so i don't remember what they said against it. I really don't think they actually did say anything about it now that i remember...i just know they made comments on the stuff i was watching, like noting the obvious. Hey, this has Mahjong (Akagi), hey i remember this stuff from when i was in school (Bamboo Blade). and other stuff like that is generally their comments

Pikalover10 November 25th, 2008 11:11 AM

"Awww. The one with nine tails and white fur is so cute. Who is that.....Togepi?"

SBaby November 26th, 2008 12:12 AM

Oh that's easy.

'Why are you watching these kiddy cartoons?'

And the best part is that it's always during Ghost in the Shell, Fullmetal Alchemist, or one of the other Animes that aren't for kids. I should show them Wind Ninja Chronicles one of these days, and then see if they still think Anime is all kiddy cartoons.


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