People who have Over-Obsession's to Anime.

[Arvidius]

Hmm... it seems that the only associated problems with "overly obsessing" on anime is 1) not being able to communicate with said person and 2) that person believing they are in fact the character (DnD style). Therefore let's apply an insurance test where we compare obsessions and role play as an insurance agent to see who you'd give coverage to.

1st Contestant: Mr. Overly Obsessed with Explosives
Pros: His hefty six figure salary as a demolitions expert and chemist due to his IQ of 165 and degree from MIT.
Cons: Seems to keep mostly to himself and scrawls angry sounding letters about "the singularity." Also there have been"misfires" and "civilian collateral damage"
Coverage: DENIED

2nd Contestant: Mr. Overly Obsessed with Dieting
Pros: His enormous self esteem due to "fitting into those jeans from high school."
Cons: Due to his lifetime membership to the vomitorium, his esophogeal lining has completely eroded.
Coverage: DENIED

3rd Contestant: Ms. Overly Obsessed with Religion
Pros: She knows where she's going when she dies.
Cons: Unfortunately, she's going there by strapping a bomb around her waist and setting it off.
Coverage: DENIED

4th Contestant: Mr. Overly Obsessed with Cocaine
Pros: He went to college.
Cons: His purchasing power is due to the fact he dropped out of college after a semester, spent his tuition money on coke, and crashes with a friend from his old fraternity who unbeknownst to him is sleeping with his girlfriend.
Coverage: DENIED

5th Contestant: Ms. Overly Obsessed with Anime
Pros: She's has an amusing command of some Japanese words which are badly mispronounced.
Cons: She thinks she's a magical girl and speaks with the pitch and conviction of a toddler.
Coverage: GRANTED



Seems pretty benign. And for the record, I find people overly obsessed with football just as socially awkward as people overly obsessed with anime. I have little tolerance for either.

Honestly, I have not really seen anime in my life except for a few instances when I humored my girlfriend by watching Sailor Moon. You can imagine my surprise when I joined this site where 85% of the work involves some sort of fandub for an anime, or abridging an anime. Not saying that's good or bad--just surprising.

[Nazo Rae]

I agree what Arvidius said. :I

I like anime, yeah. And it's a hobby of mine. I draw, animate, watch, and read anime and manga. I listen to Vocaloid music, and artists that have made OPs for anime or game OSTs. I RP characters I like and play fighting games for the moe. I make animu references all the time to the people who will understand them. Yes, I even have a seiyuu I nearly worship. (This is a voice acting forum- so... yeah.) I've been learning Japanese and talking with people overseas on skype to get the accent. I think it's a generally beautiful language. (I also listen to K-pop becasue of how fun most of the music is.)
This doesn't mean I don't have a social life, annoy people with my hobby, or, god forbid, get in trouble with it. I don't buy body pillows depicting my favorite character in a provocative manner or buy food I can't even pronounce because my waifu likes it. I have friends who barely even know what anime and manga is, and I get along with them perfectly fine. I have an indie alt. music taste along with my Vocaloid. (Really, I'd rather listen to Arctic Monkys or Miike Snow most of the time) I read books that aren't manga. I like shows aside from anime- (The Big Bang Theory, Dr. Who, Adventure Time, etc) ... The list goes on and on.

It depends on the person.

And for the record, I find people overly obsessed with football just as socially awkward as people overly obsessed with anime. I have little tolerance for either.

^That.
Some people just have those types of personalities. If I meet another Narutard that ends every sentence with desu, saying how 'kawaii' Japan is.... #$%$%^&*
And honestly... I don't think I would want to live in Japan... The culture is just not my cup to tea... :/

[jvonm]

Honestly, I have not really seen anime in my life except for a few instances when I humored my girlfriend by watching Sailor Moon. You can imagine my surprise when I joined this site where 85% of the work involves some sort of fandub for an anime, or abridging an anime. Not saying that's good or bad--just surprising.

That pretty much sums how I feel about it, too. ...Except I've never had to watch Sailor Moon. Should I count myself fortunate?

[mippa]

Man, a flood of feelings and thoughts came to me when reading this thread. I'm thinking I should just list them out...

I've definitely been there.
I could've been as bad as some of these people, but I had parental intervention.
I'm an obsessive personality by nature, so it could've been anything, not just anime.
An obsession with anything or anyone tends to be indicative of a void in that person's life.
I'm still very much into Japanese culture (and to an extent, other Asian cultures) but it's definitely not my only interest.
As long as it's not a prerequisite for your daily interactions and you're not neglecting responsibilities, who cares how 'into' something you are?

[Capo Mezzoforte]

Obsession isn't solely related to anime, obsession can be anything that a person considers highly important. On to my point, I think that the term weeaboo is highly overused, and somewhat insulting towards the weeaboo group. as previously posted, its their way of life, so why should we insult them for being different for being obsessed with anime/manga? seems like various historical examples seem to pop into mind. So why should other anime/manga fans insult other anime/manga fans who fall into the weeaboo archetype?

[Xephon0930]

Obsession isn't solely related to anime, obsession can be anything that a person considers highly important. On to my point, I think that the term weeaboo is highly overused, and somewhat insulting towards the weeaboo group. as previously posted, its their way of life, so why should we insult them for being different for being obsessed with anime/manga? seems like various historical examples seem to pop into mind. So why should other anime/manga fans insult other anime/manga fans who fall into the weeaboo archetype?

That and well I'm tired of net terminology and how people on the net usually run towards said terminology in their debates/arguments. Not only does using terms like "weeaboo" makes you look like every other possibly uneducated jackass in the internet,a lot of a person's credibility is gone automatically even if the said was otherwise,rather intelligent or articulated. To me,it only helps to ruin an image of anyone who can be very well informed and diplomatic.

[Scented Pliers]

I'm obsessed with an anime most Western people haven't even heard of. Because I am a weeaboo hipster that likes baby cartoons.

All joking aside, yeahhh, the extreme lovers can be pretty freaky, but, eh. So what. Let them live their sad, obsessed lives if they enjoy them. I'll just steer clear of them. If they do become a danger to other people (such as, what, reinacting a fight scene because they believe that they should or something?), help is probably the best thing you can gave them.

And a room in a psychiatric ward.

[NekoLuca]

I eat food that has Japanese Kanji on it because it tastes nice, not because I saw it in Azumangadioh or whatever. I can understand some Kanji on the packets anyway. I'm taking Japanese in university because I enjoy Japanese Culture and want to translate or teach English there, not through obsession with anime.

And I'm a hardcore Cosplayer

But yeah, there's levels of obsession and I guess some things don't point to obsession where some things do.