Why dont people like anime

I have heard this a lot on forums and irl, but I find it hard to understand. I can see older adults not liking it because they think its a kids' cartoon, but I know teenagers who understand the subject matter and still don't like anime. Disregarding hentai, what are your reasons for not liking anime?

I like anime......even Lucky Star, but thats me

Cause it's all opinions. If people don't like it off the bat they don't always need a definite reason.

People are allowed different tastes.

because its cartoons and some people hate cartoons, I call them terrorists

It's subject to sturgeons law like any other medium...<.< That is 90% of everything is crap... and anime is no exception... though I do enjoy quite a few anime shows myself...<.<

Because other people do, and sometimes people are desperate to be as different as possible from the frighteningly hardcore otaku crowd.

Well, I dont hate it, but I think anime doesnt take itself seriously half the times, with the traditional japanese pervertedness, over the top scenes, hairstyles and 12 year old kids voicing characters that are clearly adults.
But I like a good story, and I dont care if its with real actors or animated ones.

I don't like anime, and it's mainly because I don't watch it. I don't go out of my way to find the mature complex stuff, my only experience with it comes from occasionally stumbling on episodes of Naruto aired on Cartoon Network, I usually watched a minute of it before changing the channel in disgust.

Well, I actually do love anime, but there are certainly some trends in it that I find aggravating. Particularly, the way that anime often treats women (there are exceptions, but I'm talking about the medium as a whole) is often immature. The whole fan service thing, the fact that anime women regularly have breasts so large that any real person would have broken their back carrying them around, the various stereotypical roles that anime women so regularly play. Don't get me wrong, these things don't absolutely ruin anime, but they do make me ashamed to admit that I'm a fan to people whose opinions I don't know on the matter. I can defend anime, intellectually speaking, from a lot of the criticisms that are raised at it, but with that one the only defense that can be raised is "well, there are some exceptions!"

Anime is actually quite popular on this forum. Not my thing but each to their own.

I Guess to some people anime has this weird geeky vibe around it, which is why they don't want to be ascociated with it, which is why they don´t watch, i do watch it though, and read manga, which is even worse (to some people) then anime.

Why do (a lot of) people not like buttsex? just because it's not their thing.

i like it, looking for a new one to watch actually but don't want to do yet another recommendation thread. got one in mind anyway, Kuroshitsuji (AKA Black Butler). anyone seen it? someone mentiioned it a while ago and said they really liked it.

I personally have never gotten into anime but I blame the public perception of cartoons. The common anime on tv isn't exactly good anime (at least sofar as I have hear people talking about good good anime). If I were exposed to different kinds of anime I probably could change my opinion.

I don't hate it at all, but it has been awhile since I watched one. They need to air more on TV. And not the crappy ones.

I guess it's because people see it as just a stupid and childish cartoons. Those people who disregard anime as being immature cartoons are just idiots themselves.

I'm not trying to troll people who don't like it. I'm not complaining that they don't like it. I just want to know if there are any trends that might limit its audience size.

Ah, the main reason is not so much the anime, but what it does to people; aka the problem with anime are the obsessed ones. I understand that there are those obsessed with all sorts of things, but in the end that will be the one standard thing that can be attributed to the downfall of a media or medium: it's audience.

With an avatar like this what do you think? Yeah I like it but I can see where others come from. Something my mate once told me: "Where the men look like women and the women look like whores." I lol'd.

Because we are allowed to have different opinions? Because the few I like such as Cowboy Bebop and Gurren are in a minority? Because most anime are more interested in creating a show about young girls, who are Goddesses, and are in love with awkward young men, who are not having any sex for some brooding reason, while they casually doodle all day long without paying rent or any taxes to the Government? Because most of them don't make sense, even when giant robots are included?

because people are allowed to like whatever they want and maybe its just not their cup of tea. Like I know smart people that dont like video games but I dont go try to convince them that video games are an artistic medium and a lot of really insightful.

Why is it so hard to understand why people don't like anime? Anime is a thing. It exists in reality and thus it's bound by law to split opinions to a lesser or greater extent. Some people like liquorice, some don't Some people like The Escapist, some don't Some people like harmonicas, some don't Some people like porn, some won't admit that they do Some people like anime and some don't.

"Scrawny 90 pound anorexic 12 year-olds out-muscling trained 300 pound muscle-bound wrestlers," to name one reason I dislike anime...out of, like, seven million. But I'm cooking right now and don't have time to list the other six million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine-hundred ninety-nine reasons. Maybe later.

Because I've always preferred Western animation. Called me prejudiced, generalising, whatever you want, the style of anime just annoys me.

I like anime, but to interrest me that's gotta be something that sound really good, because I not gonna waste my time watching every piece of shit that comes out.
And I don't like the ones who are too damn long or that sound that never end just like Naruto or One Piece. I am too selective about it but fuck that i have shit to do...

A vast majority of the ones I saw were awful. The melancholy of haruhi suzumiya ranks at number 1 of the worst animes I've seen.

I don't hate anime. I just like the smell of Manga paper more.

Most people don't get to know really good uncut, nicely subbed or dubbed animes and aren't interested to involve themself into the subject. Thats understandable and absolutly ok of course. I'm just sad that animes have a bad stigma around them and you will be poorly rated by other people if you say you watch them.

People have different tastes.

I'm just not into it. It's not my thing, y'know? The overall style kind of turns me off...

Most people out side of anime think all of it is like the main ones everybody knows like: Naruto, Bleach, Pokemon, FMA, etc. They fail to see the variety and intrest.

Most are stupid. Where a kid can beat well trained adults Usually unfunny and annoying chirpy characters that cause violent outbursts Half the time I find it kinda creepy and it's always so predictable

Because of the different tastes and opinions of the world.

People only know what they see on TV. They may assume that anime (or anything from Japan) is a bunch of weird, random nonsense, and are very closed minded about it and don't want to get involved (This is how I used to be a few years back), or they hate the fanbase for being annoying weeaboos and are afraid of becoming one of them. Or maybe it's just not their thing, which is fine by me.

No one can not like Code Geass if they give it a shot. Other anime on the other hand is probably more open to opinion. But Code Geass is in my opinion, the greatest anime ever made.

The reason some people don't like anime is the same reason some people don't like Lil Wayne, documentaries, Hello Kitty, broccoli, or the color pink. It's just not their thing.

I love it for the most part

The same reason people don't like vegetables, alcohol, dogs, swimming in the ocean, sex, or eating in public: everyone is different.

Depends by what you mean.

Most of the fans are well (im speaking generally for the country im in).... i dont really have a word to describe it which wont cause a flame war, but lets just say you'd want to avoid them at all cost's. predictable half the time (but then again whats not) Japanese references, A LOT of Japanese references in most ive seen, tell me do you understand kanji puns? That puts a lot of people off. laughable duds half the time. Fan Service. Thats all i have to say for that one. Fillers excessive use of fillers. most loose any sence of direction in the middle (at least the ones ive seen) Well you can argue some are manly and all that, but really... no one will believe you, and they in my view are somewhat right in most cases.) because alot of people prefer a different entertainment medium. people don't age half the time, (mabie shes born with it.... mabie its anime.) (ok this point was a nit pick here, but come on look at the moms, and then look at the other characters. they almost always look the same age, regardless of being in the 30's-40's.) ill probably think of some more later.

Its probably because people change and their tastes shift from one thing to another, or that they preferred other stuff from the start. I used to be an obsessive anime fan when I was younger, but I grew out of it when I got seriously into into video games in high school. The only two anime series I still watch are Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop.

People don't like anime? that's the first i've heard, I love Lucky Star and Deathnote

I love anime

I don't hate it but I don't watch it pretty much because of a certain portion of it's fanbase.

closed mindedness. Most of the people who "hate anime" end up diehard fans if you can get them to watch it. At least the ones i know.

I thoroughly enjoy anime, the genre facinates me! I really like Samurai Champloo, DBZ, full metal alchemist, maybe some others that aren't coming to mind.

Aside from the fact that people have different tastes from one another? Well, maybe they've been introduced to anime the wrong way. People often confuse bad anime with all anime. For example; miscellaneous individual see's commercials for (or watches a bit of) something like Naruto or Bleach or DBZ, then they decide that animes such as FLCL or Bokurano are just as silly. I'm sure people who see and hate certain cartoon-network-approved animes have a tendency to use them as an example or excuse to hate on all other anime. A bad first impression can ruin just about anythings reputation with anyone. Plus, from what I hear, the eyes and hair styles are just too absurd and ridiculous for anyone to even want to try and take them seriously, which I can partly understand. And then, since most anime is sci-fi or fantasy based, there will be criticism coming from people are against that as well.

There's a certain flavor that the vast majority of anime has, that a few series like Cowboy Bebop managed to avoid, that just doesn't appeal to very large demographics in the Western world. They're awfully dramatic, even when they're supposed to be comedies, they run like soap operas, often with magic teenagers, and honestly there are people that just like live action better just because they appreciate acting. Many people love it, some people can't even see it on the screen without getting nauseous.

Some people have tastes different than yours. I for one just cannot stand the art style, story-telling, or characters. Get over it.

Because we're in a society thats unknowingly conditioned to consider cartoons childish? Whilst also bieng in a society, there those who don't "connosoir" animation consider anime just to be cartoons from japan. Dispite the differences in writing style, content and subject. When you break down why cartoons are made for kids much more than live-action, its plain to see from what childish live-action there is: MI High bieng a perfect example; child actors hardly ever equal good actors - and to make adults act in a kids thing implys they do the MI High acting - over-the-top, with pauses to scream for 3 whole seconds with a close-up, with adults acting like children (or rather, dumbasses) so no self-respecting actor will dare go near it. With a cartoon you can have older people who can act do the voices of children - which is what they want because kids assosiate with kids (and anthropamorphic animal-people, again a similarity) There is just so much more in kids cartoons than kids get in live action - for good reason, that it is just assumed in the west that if a cartoon is on TV, its probably for children - as Live Action usually isn't.

I don't like it because of it's art style, but obviously I'm pretty alone on that one.

I don't like anime because I haven't found one that had a story that I liked, with good voice actors and good animation. I don't want to watch subs, if I wanted to read, I'd read a book.

Two reasons. 1. Japanese culture is extremely strange and the stories rarely make sense. (This is MY opinion. if you like the stories and the culture, be my guest)

I enjoyed a couple in my life, but in general, I can't get into them. I won't say why, there's a huge variety of them. Too many. I just don't take well to the art style, the stories, and the foreign-ness of it all.

I've given up with anime lately, mostly for these reasons. 1: The manga is often better. I've heard that this is due to the fact that since manga is more accepted than anime in Japan (as anime is seen as the equivalent of cartoons over here, something that you might watch a more mature version of sometimes or see a bit of, but following them after a certain age seems immature) so the animated adaption is aimed towards a younger audience. They also like to cut unnecessary sections as well and if the series isn't a sure fire hit, it will be aimed towards a shorter run. You also then have the problem of adapting anything to another medium as well, with a lot of little things being lost including the stuff you filled in yourself (such as the voices). 2. A lot of it is indeed crap. Popular stuff is popular because it's either safe or it just happens to appeal to a large audience. More niche focused material is almost always going to be better, if only due to the fact that it can focus on it's task rather than pleasing a larger base. However, this runs the risk of not hitting the proper niche during it's run (becoming a cult classic), underperforming (niche being too small), being stuck in a certain rut or risk dying (if you try to expand outwards after you've reached your limits with a certain area, you risk upsetting the original fans, and the original stuff might not appeal to the new fans), etc. 3. It requires a lot of time/money/effort to watch. This is true of any show, but anime in particular. If you decide to watch a single episode, you have to commit half an hour to that, maybe more if you're watching online. Speaking of watching online, assuming you're not watching via hulu or something (where you get the ads as well), you've got to learn to properly read subtitles for a lot of series, wait on loading screens, and find a proper site once you've committed (often you'll hit a lot of ad heavy sites or worse). If you decide to support the official release, well, since you're part of a niche it's gonna cost you a lot more than normal. And then you have to deal with whatever the localization changed as well, in addition to the original changes in the paper to animation transition. 4. I get bored with it. This is mostly the summed up version of all the other points. Often I'll read the manga, and not even really want to buy it to reread, so I don't feel the need to watch either the animated version of it, or the bastardized original story featuring a lot of the elements from there. When I do, it's often one of the much smaller series, which means it's gonna be a lot shorter than the safe shounen series that's running into its triple digits. And then I've got to dedicate half an hour per episode, which I could be using to replay some of my games (several of which are waiting right next to me, stacked in order of want to replay), or do work in the form of studying or writing stories, or starting to watch a movie I like. My days already seem short enough, even with a mild case of insomnia, so I doubt fitting in a series would be an easy task.

I just don't particularly like the art style

I think it has something to do with it not being 'cool' to like. There's probably some anime watchers that won't admit to liking it.

I'm going to simplify my answer. It was going to be I don't like the animation styles (plural because I realize they don't all have the same styles, but I don't like the ones I have seen), dialogue, characters, stories, etc... But I guess I should just be honest: I just don't get Japanese entertainment. Something just gets lost in it all. I guess I can't really say that as a true blanket statement because I enjoy most of the big Nintendo franchises (Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Donkey Kong), but those have clear western influence). I use to watch Digimon when I was a kid and it seemed good to me for a while until I got older, but then a friend of mine a few years who was heavy into anime tried to get me into some things (Dragonball Z, Naruto, others whose names I can't remember). My reaction was largely staring at the screen confused. It could have a lot to do with my nearly complete lack of knowledge of Asian cultures in general.

I love how the anime fans are saying that the reasons for those who don't like anime is cuz haters find cartoons childish. I'm calling shenanigans. I love cartoons. Anime just takes itself too seriously even when the plot is on flippin' crack. Durarara, I'm looking at you.

Half naked girls with ridiculously big breasts. What's not to love?!?

Anime is not a genre, its a medium. It really baffles me when people say they "like" or "hate" anime. Every single person in the world could probably find an anime they really like and one they really hate. I put "Gantz" as one of my favourite TV shows period and I cannot stand a single episode of Pokemon. Anyone who says they hate anime probably just hasn't found the right series yet.

I personally hate anime because I hate the art style. It freaks me the hell out. I just find the huge eyes, small mouths, and crazy hairstyles both annoying and disturbing, and the emotive expressions are just plain horrible (huge angry head with throbbing pulse-point, tears streaming down face, etc.). I'm not even including the irritating, stereotype-clone characters or silly plots. The only one I could ever stomach was Pokemon when I was a little kid, but that's because I grew up with it. Other than that, I find it insufferable.

I like anime because it is like cartoons but more violent, funny, and perverted. It's cartoons for adults.

Most anime tropes. And Sturgeon's Law.

A simple answer would be that too much shit happends at the same time, way too rapidly. Every fightscene is a mishmash of colours and gargantuan swords.

The only explanations I have ever heard are: 1)They are all stupid(wait...what?) 2)They are cartoons so they must be childish(no, no they're not)

It can be hard to keep someone's interest if they don't care about the characters or don't read quickly enought to follow subtitles, but it's just oppinion really, doesn't matter how big a robot you pull out

Not sure why I've turned off it, I did watch quite a bit when I was in my late teens.

Well I like anime, well certain varieties of anime anyway. However for those that don't I imagine it's either that old and very very very incorrect perception that animation is just for kids, and personal preference. Although really I don't really understand how someone can dislike all anime because there's such a wide variety of styles and genres. It's pretty much like saying you don't like movies. Anyone who says they don't like anime obviously hasn't sampled enough of it to find something they like and is too close-minded to give it a chance.

Personal preference. Who would have guessed?

Reasons I don't like Anime: 1. Large number of androgynous characters. 2. Large number of anime feature poor production values, which is marketed as "trademark anime". i.e. same backdrop in mutiple scenes, same corny strobe effect in preparation for action. 3. Same characters making constant appearances. i.e. Pedo-schoolgirl/innocent, long-haired villian, spike haired hero, all three characters are in a large amount of anime, and all three characters are always identical with exception of costume. 4. The "good" anime series almost always have the same storylines. "magic demon/vampire/monster" or "robots". 5. Fans of anime. 6. Alternatives to anime are always better. American cartoons- personally, Venture Bros. and Harvey Birdman. Other foreign animations are better too, i.e. Triplets of Bellville. Virtually everything about anime is shoddy and similar. Claims of it being its own "style" are faulty. If a restuarant had a menu with only three or four items, and the food was always half-rotten, nobody would say it was a "style" of restuarant, with a "unique" selection. It would be considered a shithole. Anime isn't considered a shithole, and it has a fan base,largely because of two primary reasons. 1. People who love Japanese cultural items, regardless of how stupid it may be. 2. People who love "magic demon/vampire/monster" and "robot" stories, regardless of characters, style or lack thereof, and quality. As long as the storyline is in those two catagories, they are almost guaranteed to love it.

Similarity in art styles can make it dificult for outsiders to differentiate between animes and they end up blending together, and make stereotypes easier as one bad anime becomes easier associated with better ones simple by their being an anime.

I always found the art styles to be too detailed or angular for my personal tastes.

To many types

I didn't like anime but then I tried it and now I'm addicted...so I guess some of them just don't watch it but still bash it.

The hardcore fanbase can be annoying as fuck and when you are standing next to them at the mall you cant just mute them like a 12 year old on live.

You might as well ask me the question: why don't I like techno? I'll still give you the same answer as pretty much every other question. 'Because I just don't get it.'

My main issue is repetition. Western animation is diverse whereas anime, regardless of tone is very similar if not outright the same in drawing style.

The voices, art style, tone of story (in general), music, and the fact it is animated.
I may be able to get over a few of those for a great story, but the voices are deadly. The high-pitched Japanese voice actors kill my ears, and the English ones either suck or try to imitate the Japanese ones.

To start off, I love it... But some people don't like it probably because its too different from western animation... The art style can throw off people... like the hair colors, which ties into the whole manga being in black and white deal... or the exaggerated expressions, fully forgetting that western animation has been using exaggerated expressions since the beginning of animation...

Probably been done, but...

Anime is rather simplistic and does usally follow the steryotypes. Even if they're Asian they look Caucasian. EVERY Anime will have porn in it eventually. Usually anyone who deems themselves a Weaboo is into the really creepy stuff such as Loli(in fact, every Weaboo I know is.), and as my final statement, Anime fans are usually like you, OP, because they think it is wonderful and perfect and should be "enjoyed" by everyone.

i like anime ? its alot different from the censored boring stuff from the west.. cmon Highschool of the Dead = awesome ^^

Well, sometimes it's just not some people's thing.

Because I'm not familiar enough with the various genres and the culture from which it emerges, so I cannot appreciate it as much as I should? What other reason is there?

I just don't like the medium, with the exception being Cowboy Bebop, and perhaps other animes that are like Cowboy Bebop (which I haven't seen.)

I personally like anime, but I can easily understand why others don't. Frankly, it's weird and there's always the stigma that all animation has of just being kid's stuff. We've grown used to the absurdities of the Japanese, but it's confusing to newcomers.

ill watch or read anything by shirow and i love the cowboy bebop series and movies as well as akira.

love it and would recommend death note to anyone who hasnt watched it

I find anime riddle with cliches. Maybe I've just watched too much of it and out grown it. I need a really compelling story with great characters. Most of the recommend anime I hear are from 5 or 10 years ago.

I love animation hence I love Japanese animation (Unless it's Haruhi Suzumiya, I hate that *****). Honestly, some of my favourite anime shows are the ones I grew up with, when I was too young to realize they where from Japan in the first place.

I just dont like new anime. The rise of the whiney hero archetype drove me away and there's too much focus on younger characters. Give me characters like Ken, Fist of the North Star or Golgo 13.

People also tend to generalize all anime as being the same. So they see something like DragonBall or Sailor Moon and think that they can apply their opinion to all anime. Then take the fact that most anime dubs are pretty terrible and that most people who don't watch anime (or foreign films) habitually are not very likely to seek out a sub instead. This is sort of a problem when the genre "anime" really refers to the fact that is Animated and from Japan (or at least done in a Japanese animation/art style).

People tend not to like anime because they either haven't seen a good dub (which is hard since you have to look for those outside of the TV scheduale (usually)) or they see the hardcore otaku crowd and want nothing to do with it or think we're all devil worshiping sadists.

It's such a broad term that saying that you 'dislike' anime would be a gross generalization. Like saying you hate games because you played one that sucked once. Most people who do say that they don't like anime don't even have any idea what it is in the first place. Like so:

For the record I don't hate it or not like it, I just have trouble getting into it. Granted I like some anime, but I tend to lean toward older titles (Astro-boy, Gatchaman, Robotech, Speed-Racer and Azu-Manga-Daioh) (I also LOVE Hiayo Mizaki films) and every time I see a new one I really want to watch, well I never have time to hunt it down. I also find it kind of nerve-racking finding the "original version" and usually when I come home I wanna good laugh and sad or serious action oriented stuff just doesn't cut it.

Because anime has niche appeal? Really, even in Japan manga and anime is considered a very different thing; you'd think it'd just be cartoons to them, but it's not, it's something quite else.

Don't much like cartoons (or, indeed, much of any television) in general. As far as anime is concerned, the art style leaves me cold a lot of the time, so I draw my lines at a good few ghibli films (which my ex had to virtually tie me down to watch), say meh to all else and leave it at that.

I've never understood it, but I don't dislike it. Fans, more than anything, irritate the shit out of me and only turn me away. I'm sure its brilliant, I've yet to fully embrace it though.

I don't see the appeal in anime, other than cute girls with cat ears. My two cents.
Also people, he/she's asking why don't you like anime, not "U DON'T LIKE ANIME! U HERETIC MWHWHAHAHAHHA."

I used to hate anime, but that's only because all I saw of it was 4kids' horrible butcherings of great shows.my friend showed me Gantz and I was hooked. oh and if you don't give anime a shot PATTY WILL MURDER YOUR GIRAFFE!!!!!! <youtube=Gp4iHb3QAWs>

It's not bad, i just don't like some of the fans. They the worst sometimes.

The same reason people don't like video games- they're insecure.
Most of the people on this site like anime or give each anime show a fair chance.

I don't mind some of it, in fact, it's never really been anime that's been my problem, it's the majority/most vocal of the god damn fanbase that I loathe. Oddly enough, the biggest problem I have with them is the antithesis of this thread- why don't you give Western animation a chance? It goes both ways, and I really wish that more people would give more Western animation a chance, before it is killed off by lack of interest.

Well, you're demonstrating why I dislike anime nerds. When I tell them I don't like something they like, they somehow think my opinion is mistaken or uninformed. How can so many people interested in one genre of animation not understand difference of opinion? It started as a growing disinterest but after so many shitstormy arguments that I've come to almost hate the genre entirely. Now, there was a time when I did enjoy anime but I grew bored of it when it began to come apparent that intelligent, mature, and genuinely unique stories were the anomaly, not the norm. With many of my friends being into this stuff I see it from time to time and all I see differing from story to story seems to be setting and powers/weapon. Its always the same characters doing the same things with the same cookie cutter personalities and angst, the same childish sense of humor and sexuality. Not to mention the art style is stagnant, bland, and extremely unoriginal (I was into it while they were in this realistic stint in the 80s and 90s, now all i see is BIGGER EYES, MORE GLOSS)and what is the aversion to drawing male characters? Seriously, it seems that nowadays they just draw a bunch of female characters and throw darts to decide which ones are male.

I think the main problem isn't the anime itself but the annoying Japanophile fans who won't shut up about how anime is inherently better than the animation from any other country. They ruin it for everyone.

Because everyone thinks that it's all like Strike Witches and hentai. And everything else is Naruto.
Weeaboos don't help matters either.

I like it, but I haven't seen much, and some animes that I have seen I have consider them wastes of my time. But some others, like NGE, RahXephon, Serial Experiments Lain, Hellsing Ultimate, Elfen Lied, Darker than Black and some others I have really enjoyed, and I am sure there are plenty more. The same can be said about videogames, actually.

Well people usually don't like animé because they just don't like it.

Same reason I hate Conan O'Brian while everyone in my age range seems to idolize the ground he walks on. People are allowed to dislike things for no explainable reason.

I tried to get into it repeatedly, in fact at one point there was a even cute girl involved who really wanted me to like it, but I gave it six attempts and I just couldn't do it.

I'm just too embarrassed to say I actually like anime but alot of the anime is horrible.

I dunno if this has been said before (too many posts for me to do a quick read through) but part of it is probably because people don't understand part of what's going on in most Anime. It's one thing if an anime is set in a completely different world/universe or set in a time in the Past (since important Cultural information and references are usually explained or Set up during the course of the show), but for the ones that take place in a more realistic world (ones that are set in say, a modern High School in Japan, for example) it becomes harder to understand what's going on due to cultural references (FLCL is the perfect example of this because it was literally filled with cultural Jokes). People who watch Anime and Read Manga frequently don't really have this problem because we're used to seeing some of the Cultural Cliche's that are often used in mangas, so I suppose it would also boil down to how much Anime they watched before they declared that they hated all of it.

Because its ugly, voices are annoying, stories are usually retarded. etc etc.

I Rather like it personally

Here are two major reasons why some teens hate anime: 1) Because America royally sucks at dubbing anime about 80-90% of the time. Take a look at One Piece and Naruto, Japan's top two shonen series, and DARE to tell me otherwise.

Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z get a pass due to youth nostalgia. But the other stuff people have thrown at me? I loathed it. I just can't get around the fact that I absolutely hate the general art style.

Theyer joyless husks..... Oh wait. Sorry. Its 1:46 am. Im suppossed to be kind....ish. Because some people, just dont understand what anime is all about. Chances are they never really gave it a chance, and never looked for an anime they would accually enjoy. Alot of people who dont like anime, only watched a few different shows, and then lumped them all together into one group. A person whos serious probably wont like a show like FLCL. A person who enjoys laughing, and random things, probably wouldent like Juuni Kokuki. Most who dont enjoy anime, dont care for animation as a whole.

taste differs between people, are you saying there's not a single genre that you dislike?

ANIME IS NOT SOME KIND OF PERFECT FORCE FROM SOME KIND OF SUPERIOR CONTINE-

Emos, that and the fact that 1 out of 5 is watchable, 1 out of 5 of those are good.

I enjoy anime, with that said i am not a anime freak i enjoy anime sometimes kinda like drinking. I mean anime isnt weed.

ITT: A hundred responses saying "Because they have different tastes." OT: I'm going to assume OP meant why there are people who go beyond just disliking it and down right hating it with a seething passion and getting angry at anyone who claims to enjoy the genre. (I know people like this, it's very annoying.) Honestly, I'm not really sure what goes through their minds when they decide they are going to go on parade about something that doesn't even concern them. The above mentioned people also happen to "dislike" Twilight and go to watch the movie in the theater so they can intentionally be loud, giving off spoilers and ruining the movie for everyone. (BTW, I don't like Twilight either, however I hate it so much I don't go to see the movie.)

I do sometimes, but most anime is completely over the top sexual inuendo type things. (Purely my experienceh here) so I don't care for most of it. The only one I've watched all the way through multiple times was Roshiro vs Vampire (Or something like that). Don't know why, but I loved it.

Every anime I've seen makes me cringe or laugh for the wrong reasons. I've been exposed to the generic children's shows and I've also seen the deadspace anime movie, the latter of which felt it necessary to show a fat man's overgrown crotch. My exposure to these things and the fact that I dislike Japanese culture in general means I have little love for it.

I like some anime, I just dislike many of the hardcore fans and the stigma attached. I've lived in Japan, I speak Japanese, my wifes Japanese (the third point being the reason for the first two). I just get...I guess the best word is embarrassed by North Americans using words like "kawaii", "desu", "konnichiwa" and just butchering the pronunciation. Case in point: I know this guy who called himself a Japanese name (his real name was like Mike or something). He was one of those guys who would hunt down all the Japanese checks and try to impress them with his "Japanese" which consisted of phrases he had learned watching anime. He ended up going to Japan on a workingholiday visa and came back to Canada like 6 months (or possibly less) later. He learned that the culture in Japan does not revolve around anime and chances are if you know a bunch of random obscure anime titles and try to pick up girls like that....you will get the same response there as if you did that here.

Well, I wouldn't know, because I love anime. I only just started watching, I've seen Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and am now a chunk into Texhnolyze. I'm thinking either Ergo Proxy or Hellsing next, but that's probably gonna change at some point. Either way, Higurashi pwns.

Depends on the situation. For the most part, they get turned off by some of the heavy anime-ish scenarios that...is just annoying for alot. They don't get into it because they miss out on some of the cooler animes, or just can't really get into the artwork. It's..just not their thing, really.

well some of it is a bit too sugary sweet to the point my eyes want to puke cotton candy (just look at lucky star) I,m not hating Lucky star but its a bit too sugary sweet for me to enjoy

Anime is, to me, Japanese escapism. I don't get it, I'm not Japanese. I like some of the classical themes and recognise stories like Journey to the West but it's still not really my thing. It's just too weird for me + I'm getting too old for cartoons. I did like it as a kid though but I only saw stuff like DB/DBZ(Cool. Superheroes), Fist of the North Star(Whoa bloody), Akira(Which I will never understand) and Uproar/Havoc in heaven (MONKEY!!). As I got a little older anime just stopped being cool. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

I dont like the way of depiction at all. Which makes it hard to give it even a chance, as soon as i see oversized eyes, way too big swords, screaming girls in front of a flashing backround wit a face like this ^U^ i get disgusted and turn it of. Thats it, plain and easy. Plus most lil anime fans telling me that the crap on tv everyday, way past the 300 episodes is anything near watchable. When i worked in a comic book store about 10 years ago, i quite enjoyed to read the First Dragon Ball comics, still dont like the style, but they were quite funny. The series was butchered to nothing, everything remotly offensive was cut out in the worst way,which leaves behind a bad dubbing and a few pieces of eastern imagery that no one here understands or probably even recognises and the rediculous fighting scenes are pumped up to infinity, so that a regular episodes consists out of 3 spoken sentences (animated with 1-5 pictures) and 20 minutes of boring world explosion. I could enjoy Deathnote to a degree, because of the story, at least up to the point L died, the new "antagonists" were just as bad as i expect from anime. I really like a lot "cartoons for children" and animated movies. But most stuff i get presented from anime is way less believable than everything disney or pixar ever made. If you go way over the top, deep into space of ridicule and sillyness, then dont try to tell me you mean it serious at the same time. Thats the whole problem. If you got 12 year old megaheroes with extreme uberpowers, dont let them try to be toughguys, it just doesnt work. And god dammit start a little bit lower, if you have to give them more power every few episodes, then it wont interest me at all if one blow now explodes 3 planets and not 2 any more. You are just trying way too hard to impress.

I used to like anime, just grew tired of it. Well I mainly read manga, and man were there some good manga out there. But then Tokyo Pop started saturating the marked with so much crap, and I found it hard to find mangas I liked. And well honestly the type of mangas I used to like I sort of grew out of. All of that teenage angst was cool when I was a teenager, and had angst. But now I am 27 and honestly is rather angst free. And the anime department followed down the drain with the manga. I still can watch some if I find something I like, but I don't gobble up everything anymore. Best part about anime vs western live action TV: Anime has a beginning and an end, and is often meant to last 1-2 seasons. Where as western TV lasts for as long as the cow can be milked.

Is it the terrible, formulaic plots? Is it the appalling dialogue? Is it the horrific voice acting? Is it the unlikeable, overdesigned characters? Is the the fact that the fanbase consider it above other cartoons? Is it the stiff, cheap animation? Is it the fact that, as a westerner, any cultural references fall completely flat? Is it the obscene amounts of filler?

Not so much the medium, but the crowd. The really weird crowd. The fat pale ones who speak broken Japanese and cosplay even outside of conventions.

I used to love anime, but my love has grown into disgust. For one, the voices tend to rub me the wrong way--the female voices and children's voices in particular make it feel as though someone's pushing a hot poker into my head. Secondly, I don't want to be associated with the stereotypical "anime fan" culture because it grosses me out.

I thought anime were for kids, until I watched Fullmetal Alchemist & Elfen Lied... that pretty much made me a fan of anime.

I can't believe people are seriously dismissing an entire medium based on a single/few bad anime shows that get shown on western television. That's like reading/watching Twilight and saying all books and movies are bad.

I hate anime series but I like many anime movies... Why I hate anime as series? It is lame, boring, fan service by making girls with massive boobs and making them flash them in every corner (I am male btw, I hate oversexualition of anything...). Stories are dull, characters are mostly dull. Those damm Intro songs that take 1/5th of the episode, stupid midway cuts and after that repeating last scene... And the art quality is... (Because they need to do them fast, yes I know!)

Probably because of opinions or some crazy shit.

Like all other mediums, the majority of products are poor, and it takes effort to find the good stuff. Far more so if you don't automatically get to see the entire palette on TV, cinemas, and the local blockbuster.

Anime is not an medium. It is like saying all cartoons from France are their own medium. Anime is just Japanese animation. It is just a submedium of animation, along with 100% cgi movies in my opinion.

Cant speak for anyone else. Its repetitive Its predictable Its oversaturated It imposes cultural conventions that go against personal ideology (such as how Conformity IE a rag tag group of teens and some anthropomorphic chibi comic relief will always vanquish stronger oppresive overlords who represent individualism, drive and ambition People who love anime seemingly dont get that if you dont love anime you really dont want to listen to someone prattle on endlessly about how awesome one piece is, how deep Deathnote is or how much you spent on getting a naturo headband which you intend to wear to Graduation.

I respect the art but I can't watch it because it makes me feel ill.

This always annoys me, anime is NOT a genre it's a style. It's not like saying you dislike action movies, the content of different anime's varies wildly and while there are genre's within anime which are often formulaic this does not make anime formulaic.

The main thing I hate about anime is that there are only three main art styles: Chibi Triangle Eyes Round Eyes

Honestly, haven't ever read or seen any, unless dragonball stuff is counted as anime . Theres just something about the art style that turns me off it :/

Why don't I like anime? I'm in my 30's. Even the anime that I don't consider to be "kids stuff" will generally put me off with the art style, the voice acting, the storyline etc etc. I rarely watch films or TV anyway so anime is just part of a long list of motion pictures that I don't like. Although I can actually stomach western live action stuff even if I don't actively like it, anime repulses me.

Well, 1. some of the stereotypes of anime puts people off. 2. the 'otaku' stereotypes may also put people. 3. the art style isnt liked my many

probably best you just watch it and figure it out

Well, as a person who cannot watch most Japanese cartoons, I am here to answer your question. Japan is crazy, insane, has unhealthy fixations and even they know it. I do not enjoy stories about high schools (I hated my own high school, why would I want to watch someone else' high school drama?), prepubescent incarnate adolescent power fantasies (seriously, I don't know how much Karate he knows, a ten year old is no match for a grown man), women who act like women act in Japanese cartoons, giant robots (with the possible exception of Battletech, but that's neither here nor there), or people who get special powers by CHANGING CLOTHES (a la Sailor Moon). The whole scene is populated with silly people doing silly things for silly reasons; which would be bad enough, but they appear to want me to take them seriously.

I enjoy a good anime every now and then, but the super-hardcore fans really kill it for me sometimes. Especially the ones that seem to think it's their God-given duty to tell everyone and the mother about how "inferior" Western animation is.

Different strokes for different folks. Some people just can't get past the art style, or the animation design.

Well, i guess there are a lot of reasons that people don't like anime. I don't like anime because i don't like the art style, and the stupid over the top expressions and reactions. Those are the main reasons anyway.

The reasons I don't watch anime any more is because; 1. The fans that admit it are usually obnoxious. (See college students to take japanese language and culture classes and call each other "san" and "chan") Keep in mind this doesn't apply to everyone. I'm a good example of a fairly moderate anime fan. 2. It's expensive. 3. There is a lot of stuff out there to sift through to get to what you're going to like. So, it's hard for me to find new things. Since I don't have a lot of anime fan friends, it's hard to borrow their stuff and I'm not about to endlessly troll the internet for episodes here and there that may or may not have subtitles, be full episodes, etc.

I find it weird, personally, and those who watch that kind of thing are usually the type of people I can't stand.

The more anime I watch, the more I find I dislike the majority of it. If I say 'I like anime' oftentimes people misunderstand me and start blathering on about shows I absolutely abhor. Most of the stories I find good are still not as complex and well thought out as any good book, the voice acting is not always at its best, and the level of creativity is usually low. Character wise. . .finding mature characters with a good degree of characterization is like finding a needle in a hay stack. It rarely happens, and when it does it was probably based off of a manga. Most anime bores me after a few episodes (or partway through a movie) because I do not find the story interesting or engaging enough, and the characters are not relatable (or get mired in needlessly dramatic shenanigans that. . .ugh).

Why dont people like anime

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