Older Otakus and the effect on their children!

seraphic_guardian · Yari Ashigaru Joined: Dec 12, 2004 Posts: 230

for me it's the opposite, i've gotten my mom interested in watching anime. now my mom, sister, and i all watch anime together. i think when i have kids, i'll definetly try to pass along all my hobbies to them, including anime.

aoiartemis · newbie! Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 11

my big brother likes anime, and in turn, so do me and my little brother. but we're not otakus.......

Xtatic · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 57

When I get a kid I will ban it from the house if it watches western cartoons and not japanese anime Smile

-Kai- · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:07 am Post subject:

That is kind of wierd...but you are a COOL PARENT

Tex_Arcana · Conscript Joined: Dec 30, 2005 Posts: 105

I still suspect that I am probably the oldest otaku here. If not the oldest then at 47 I'm way up close to the top. Yeah, I used to watch RoboTech and Capt. Harlock and all those old Harmony Gold anime when they were first syndicated to the local UHF stations. I don't have any kids but I did convert my wife. "Watch the Anime, dear. Resistance is futile."

Cheapdates · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Jun 07, 2005 Posts: 51

It seemed that anime just snuck up on me... It was like Ninja on my ass.... Flaming ninjas... with swords that rained pain and spending of money...

LiLiachencko · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject:

Anime...Anime...Anime...Anime...
I swear I'm not a drone.

The parents don't seem too taken with the concept of anime,
then again,

they really didn't need a Japanese product subtitled into English...when it's not even their first language.

Lost in translation...

But, if there's older otakus,

there are only a few.

Anime hasn't come out but for several decades, after all.

redwoodtreesprite · newbie! Joined: Jan 31, 2006 Posts: 5

pnayako · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:09 am Post subject:

My dad watches anime, my mum, well she only watches ABC shows such as In Justice, Jeopardy, 20/20 and Grey's Anatomy. She hates cartoons, all kinds of them. My brother who died from the war in Iraq was the one who taught me how to watch animes, brought me to Japan and all that stuff.
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neutral · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 51

its a good thing it just open more ways of communication between the parent and the children....

kord2k2 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Feb 13, 2006 Posts: 51

Effect? none what so ever. Generally kids just seem to view it as another cartoon. It's only when they get older do they realize just what it is, and if introduced at this point, they seem less likely to take to it.