Why do you watch anime/read manga?

[Hokage Sharingan Kakashi]

The thing about anime for me is that once the show/episode ends everything thing doesn't restart again, the following episode moves on to something new (more adventurous + entertaining). Unlike Family Guy or The Simpsona in Naruto characters actually grow up, they show/have emotions, go through moments of feeling alone, etc., etc. I like anime because there's life beyond just comedy and typical everyday problems that's usually solved fairly easily in english cartoons. Lol Simpsons been around for years yet Bart and Lisa are still the same age doing the same old same stuff. Hell even Maggie hasn't aged, she's been an infant for about two decades now. Basicly there's alot more feel and depth in Japanese anime than regular english cartoons. English cartoons is really just based on one platform and nothing more.

 

[JojocIaw]

It's because of the unique experience to be a part of a different culture, if only by reading. It is through artists work that we have the chance to be an audience to someones hopes and dreams. Though this may be too much for some to swallow, Kishi is letting us know his fears, worries, hopes, and dreams through this manga. Why? It parallels his real life. For example, the episodes surrounding Minato and Kushina was a way for Kishi to speak to his children in the future when words might escape his grasp. In fact, Kishi never meant to really flesh out Minato. But when he had a son he thought more deeply to express a fathers and a mothers struggle and sacrifice to protect their children. Which is lost to some who don't have kids or take care of kids. We can see similar themes throughout the series.

In other words, (sorry >_<) I watch anime because it is a story about a culture unlike our own (if you aren't Japanese or related). This link of cultures to connect us to similar themes is what drives me to read more..at least with mangas. xD

 

[Retsu]

I remember the first time I saw an anime, it was around 1998, and it was vampire hunter D. Cartoon network was doing this weird little special called the anime film festival. They showed all kinds of animes like the three 9 and Birdy the mighty, needless to say, after watching cartoons like bugs bunny, flintstones, and xmen, Anime was something new and exhilarating. I had always wanted a few of those saturday morning cartoons to take it to the next level like movies and they never did, no body dies, but vampire hunter D had more gore than some movies at the time.

From then on I have been hooked to anime like crack cocaine, and I like all types of anime, Gundam wing and Dragon ball were just amazing, and yuyu hakusho was the shit. I can't picture my life without anime, it's just better than its western counterparts. 80's animes are still better than the majority of anything coming out today on the western hemisphere, fist of the northstar and the like. I <3 Anime

 

[JojocIaw]

I remember the first time I saw an anime, it was around 1998, and it was vampire hunter D. Cartoon network was doing this weird little special called the anime film festival. They showed all kinds of animes like the three 9 and Birdy the mighty, needless to say, after watching cartoons like bugs bunny, flintstones, and xmen, Anime was something new and exhilarating. I had always wanted a few of those saturday morning cartoons to take it to the next level like movies and they never did, no body dies, but vampire hunter D had more gore than some movies at the time.

From then on I have been hooked to anime like crack cocaine, and I like all types of anime, Gundam wing and Dragon ball were just amazing, and yuyu hakusho was the shit. I can't picture my life without anime, it's just better than its western counterparts. 80's animes are still better than the majority of anything coming out today on the western hemisphere, fist of the northstar and the like. I <3 Anime

I like your response. ^__^

 

[Retsu]

I like your response. ^__^

Thx, it's from the heart, I meant every word

 

[Sasunarufan13]

I've always liked to read. I tried to read European comics like Spike and Suzy (I like the Dutch title of that comic more now I know the English version of it) and a few others and while they were nice to read, I like manga more because the plots are more interesting for me than the ones of the comics; their drawing style is more appealing to me.
I can't explain it well, but reading manga relaxes me more than a comic for some reason ^^;

 

[SasukeUchiha910]

cuz i be sometimes bored

 

[Totsuka No Tsurugi]

because i like it, that's all there is to it

 

[OneMellowGuy]

I'm a fan of animation in general.

 

[Nonomi]

because i like it, that's all there is to it

<3 it c0mes pretty down to this <3

 

[Venus]

It's something else to do. If you get into anime then come on here, it's almost like a social hangout place.

 

[supino]

it's a hobby, i see manga as simply another category of books. anime like another type of series or movies. regarding european comics i do like the french school very much and particularly the works of Thierry Labrosse (eg ab irato)

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Alejandro Jodorowsky (The Sagaof the Metabarons- illustrated by Juan Gimenez)

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and others, just mentioning some from the top of my head