In where I live, Pokemons are just child's play. People think, that when I'm using Pikachu-keykeeper, it's a joke. Well, partly it is, but Pikachu was a great chunk of my totally childhood and Pikachu looks so funny. xD And even in Sakuracon, I wandered around my Pikachu-plushie on my head (eh, it's five years old? o_o; I don't anymore buy those things, I just use olds again) and people was looking me weirdly. Perhaps it was that, that someone was wandering around with plushie... Or with Pikachu, zomgrei. :o
I'm 14 in summer, and I like playing pokemon, and I like those characters, however haven't watch anime in few years or so. But I like it, and if I say it people thinks I'm nuts... But, they think it usually too, but liking Pokemon is REALLY encouraging (or whatever) here. So I don't talk very much about it, just places like this. :3