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*** Where are these people who willingly call themselves "Fan-tards"? Because I've never seen people like that. |
*** Where are these people who willingly call themselves "Fan-tards"? Because I've never seen people like that. |
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** Because people don't care and things are different in other countries? Seriously, what is an insult in one country can obviously mean something totally different in another. |
** Because people don't care and things are different in other countries? Seriously, what is an insult in one country can obviously mean something totally different in another. |
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** [[wikipedia:Availability heuristic|Availability heuristic.]] |
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** It's basically a loanword, much like many words in the anime fandom. In Japan, anime means all animation, in America, it means Japanese animation. In Japan, hentai means pervert, in America, it means pornographic anime. When fans use words like anime, manga, hentai, or otaku in English, they aren't so much using [[Gratuitous Japanese]], they're using English words based on Japanese words. |
** It's basically a loanword, much like many words in the anime fandom. In Japan, anime means all animation, in America, it means Japanese animation. In Japan, hentai means pervert, in America, it means pornographic anime. When fans use words like anime, manga, hentai, or otaku in English, they aren't so much using [[Gratuitous Japanese]], they're using English words based on Japanese words. |
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** Actually, Otaku is not an insult, though it can be considered insulting to be called one, Japan specially is divided with this, some consider these people immature while others proudly bare the name and the fame it gives the country, even the former prime minister Taro Aso openly claimed to be an otaku, there is even Akihabara, a complete town just dedicated to manga, electronics, etc. where otaku like to gather. The fact that many people are otaku and still very successful have decreased the bad view by the Japanese people. |
** Actually, Otaku is not an insult, though it can be considered insulting to be called one, Japan specially is divided with this, some consider these people immature while others proudly bare the name and the fame it gives the country, even the former prime minister Taro Aso openly claimed to be an otaku, there is even Akihabara, a complete town just dedicated to manga, electronics, etc. where otaku like to gather. The fact that many people are otaku and still very successful have decreased the bad view by the Japanese people. |
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* Er, I was wondering about the term "fujoshi". It doesn't bug me, but I'm genuinely curious as to what exactly it means. People say that it's a pun on "rotten girl" or that it loosely translates to "rotten girl", but nobody ever bothers to actually fully explain it, as far as I've seen. Does anybody actually know, does it just mean "rotten girl" and some people don't know that, or have the people who brought the term over never bothered to explain?... |
* Er, I was wondering about the term "fujoshi". It doesn't bug me, but I'm genuinely curious as to what exactly it means. People say that it's a pun on "rotten girl" or that it loosely translates to "rotten girl", but nobody ever bothers to actually fully explain it, as far as I've seen. Does anybody actually know, does it just mean "rotten girl" and some people don't know that, or have the people who brought the term over never bothered to explain?... |
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** 婦女子 = fujoshi = "respectable/ married woman", a term of respect (somewhat like "otaku", in fact). 腐女子 = fujoshi = [[Yaoi Fangirl]] changes the first kanji in the word from "married/ lady" to "rotten", so 腐女子 means "rotten girl". See [ |
** 婦女子 = fujoshi = "respectable/ married woman", a term of respect (somewhat like "otaku", in fact). 腐女子 = fujoshi = [[Yaoi Fangirl]] changes the first kanji in the word from "married/ lady" to "rotten", so 腐女子 means "rotten girl". See [[wikipedia:Yaoi fandom#Fujoshi|Wikipedia]] for more. |
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* What exactly happened to Anime being broadcast on American television? During the last decade, quite a few networks showcased anime. ''Toonami'' and ''Adult Swim'' stoodout, but there was also ''Pokemon'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' on ''The WB'', FOX would show ''Digimon'' and ''Medabots'' on Saturday mornings, a couple other channels here and there. But now, there's very little left. [[Adult Swim]] barely shows anything anymore, ''Toonami'' is dead, 4kids shows a bit on [[The CW]] on saturday mornings... What happend? Was it just simultaneous [[Network Decay]] or was there something else at play? |
* What exactly happened to Anime being broadcast on American television? During the last decade, quite a few networks showcased anime. ''Toonami'' and ''Adult Swim'' stoodout, but there was also ''Pokemon'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' on ''The WB'', FOX would show ''Digimon'' and ''Medabots'' on Saturday mornings, a couple other channels here and there. But now, there's very little left. [[Adult Swim]] barely shows anything anymore, ''Toonami'' is dead, 4kids shows a bit on [[The CW]] on saturday mornings... What happend? Was it just simultaneous [[Network Decay]] or was there something else at play? |
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