I was at my Dad's place a few weeks ago for the Holidays, and was watching an episode of Ghost in the Shell 2nd Gig (on a freaking 100" High-def set with high-end surround sound!!! WOOT!! [sorry, I geek out about that kind of thing
]), with my younger brother-in-law-in-all-but-name. It's late at night, and my dear Father came down to wish me goodnight. He sees the intro to the show (in all it's hardcore techno glory!), and says, "Oh, so you're watching some of your cartoons". A little part of me dies inside, and I say "yup". He then sees about 1 minute of the show (I think there was a 1-minute philosophical discussion, followed by this guys head getting graphically blown to smithereens). He shrugged a little, then walked upstairs to sleep without saying a word.
I'm not exactly sure what went through his head. He knows the stuff I watch isn't meant for 10-year-olds (despite my younger brother-in-law-in-all-but-name watching it with me
), but neither did he really show any interest in it. Maybe it's just because he doesn't like violent shows.
Oh! The worst question I've ever heard was when a buddy of me asked, "So, what's the storyline of animes?", as if all animes were a genre, as opposed to a medium (anime is an animation style, right? The awesome subject matter are all a result of the minds of Japan, right?). He also said, "Dang, why are 90% of anime characters females with huge breasts?" Couldn't argue with him about that.
But I guess anime isn't for everyone, the same way reality-tv shows aren't for everyone (reality tv?
Gross!!!).
I'm not exactly sure what went through his head. He knows the stuff I watch isn't meant for 10-year-olds (despite my younger brother-in-law-in-all-but-name watching it with me
Oh! The worst question I've ever heard was when a buddy of me asked, "So, what's the storyline of animes?", as if all animes were a genre, as opposed to a medium (anime is an animation style, right? The awesome subject matter are all a result of the minds of Japan, right?). He also said, "Dang, why are 90% of anime characters females with huge breasts?" Couldn't argue with him about that.
But I guess anime isn't for everyone, the same way reality-tv shows aren't for everyone (reality tv?