Only anime your dad will watch

[macchinainterna]

Think I hit a raw nerve here

Anyway, yeah. No dad, but my mom tends to watch anime every now and then. She doesn't consider herself a fan, but is more than willing to give anime a chance, provided the series isn't heavy on teen angst or fanservice. Among her favorites are Witch Hunter Robin, Escaflowne, pretty much everything Hayao Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon have put out, Black Lagoon (much to my surprise <.<), Last Exile, and Mushishi.

Now father figures I can talk about. Well only one in general. My best friend's dad, Willie, is a big fan of anime. In fact when I was staying with him and his family, it was Willie who introduced me to Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue, as well as Slayers. I tend to loan him my box sets whenever I see a series I think he'd get a kick out of. Right now we're all eagerly awaiting S3 of Black Lagoon 8D

[Thepooh]

H Anime with incest plot...

(probably something like : Akira / Miyazaki's works...)

[Silent]

Dragon Ball Z & Boondocks!

[MycathatesyouAMV]

My mom watches yaoi.

[OtakuGray]

As an anime fan, how do your parents feel about your otakuhood?

They are fine with it.

Do they think you're a total nerd, or do they welcome their child's interest in a very foreign and very unique style of entertainment with open arms?

They definitely think im a total nerd. But, not in a bad way :3 They even know about my amvs, and my mom used to be my beta tester...although now that ive been using vegas and after effects she isn't at a level to critique them anymore.

I want to know how you're parents feel about having a basement-dwelling nerdchild who likes making edited-together music videos from clips of their favorite anime, and secretly touches himself to two-dimensional Japanese pornography.

THATS ONLY ON TUESDAYS

For me, that would be Death Note. For a while my dad refused to endorse my brother and I's anime watching. He was certainly okay with it, but whenever he was watching Football and I turned the anime on, he'd leave the room. When he saw me and my brother watching Death Note, though, he completely changed. He fell in love with the show, I was actually kind of scared. Now, my dad is not afraid to drive us to Otakon each year, because he knows that his children fit right in with the 20,000+ anime nerds who go each year. It just warms my heart.

Can my dad meet ur dad at Otakon 2010 so they can blab about death note all day?

[SovietJedi]

He would definitely not be bored if you did that. I can talk to him about whatever anime I happen to be watching all the time and he'll listen to me. I think that after he saw Death Note, he kind of recognized anime as a respectable art form capable of exploring deep and philosophical ideas, not just random nonsense we see in today's childrens cartoons. He usually seems genuinely interested when I'm explaining to him the events of the last episode I watched or whatever.

[OtakuGray]

He would definitely not be bored if you did that. I can talk to him about whatever anime I happen to be watching all the time and he'll listen to me. I think that after he saw Death Note, he kind of recognized anime as a respectable art form capable of exploring deep and philosophical ideas, not just random nonsense we see in today's childrens cartoons. He usually seems genuinely interested when I'm explaining to him the events of the last episode I watched or whatever.

My dad listens too. :3 I'm thankful i have someone to talk too...otherwise id prob die from keeping so much shit inside XD

Anime is a respectable art form capable of exploring deep and philosophical ideas, not just random nonsense we see in today's childrens cartoons.

OMG SOMEONE THINKS THE SAME AS ME