Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-5787825-20140609092317/@comment-30602727-20140814183527

Double posting because change of subject.

Basically, I have never before met anyone (in person) who outright hated anime or is too damn ignorant to even know more about it.

What happened was, in English class, my English teacher was talking about movie reviews and how movies can sometimes relate to real world stuff, including anime and manga. He likes anime and manga, he appreciates Japanese culture (not just the media, I promise you) as a whole and there's things he likes about them.

I don't remember what he asked, but it's kind of like, "Anybody know how anime can relate to the real world?" or something along these lines.

There's an older woman in my class who's probably like, in her 40s-50s, who said, "Oh, that's that Japanese or Chinese porno stuff"

........ I'm not even the only Asian in the room, first off, there's another woman (who didn't pay attention to what the other one said) and the girl across from me was like... shaking her head all pissy and muttering how rude that statement was and was looking at me, because I was Asian and she knew I'd be offended. I kept my mouth shut, because you know what? It's not worth an argument.

First of all, we all know anime is famous in JAPAN, not China. Second of all, not all anime is porn and not everything that Japanese people do involve porn. Third of all, that was rude and ignorant, pretty much anyone would be angry about that (the girl across from me, for example). Hell, I'm not even Japanese (I'm Chinese), but even if I was any other Asian besides those two cultures, I'm pretty sure I'd be damn offended. What's even worse, she brings her like 14 yr old daughter to class with her because she has nowhere to put her during the time she's at school, and she can hear all of that crap coming out of her mouth.

The teacher was like, "....... Nnnno." Because the guy likes Japanese culture okay? We all know he does. He talks about Japanese related things all the time, like straw men and stuff of the sort. He knows his shizz nuggets. Hell, a little while later, he's trying to remember the name of Astro Boy, because he kept wanting to say "Atom Boy" (which, if I'm not mistaken, his original name was "Mighty Atom" or something along these lines) and I helped correct him. And of course, I got stares because you know, people who like anime and manga are apparently dorks who don't "belong in society", which, isn't even the case because I don't care for anime. Astro Boy is classic, I never even seen the original and I know of it because it was popular or promoted very well. But whatever, goes to show how ignorant and idiotic some people can be. =3= If you have nothing nice to say about it, keep it to yourself, and save yourself from looking like a total racist or ignorant moron who doesn't know what they're talking about.