The General Anime Thread...

[kennylmao]

holy shimapan !!

EDIT:

 

[Sephy]

Okay so we're moving on I guess. Dem striped panties


And kenny out of nowhere dismissing our conversation.

 

[dice1998]

 

[kennylmao]

Okay so we're moving on I guess. Dem striped panties

And kenny out of nowhere dismissing our conversation.

sorry, I do this a lot... there still are conversations I haven't got back to in months...

See, I don't see a difference between buying a figure or buying a pillow. To me it's just merchandise. Compare it to sports fanatics. If I were to buy a bobble head of my favorite player or a pillow of my favorite team, no one cares. But switch it to anime, and oh my god, it's creepy as hell. No it isn't. And to sane collectors there is absolutely no difference. Buy what you want and don't fear judgement. You know what you like and you can still be a normal and functional member of society without being some weird creep. Such an odd stigma that definitely shouldn't be an issue in a thread like this which is geared to anime fans.

Yeah, I agree, it's just merchandise. But having a dakimakura and using it the way it was intended to be used is weird to me because I (and I think most people) still have that perception, that you are somehow replacing the need for a real human with a pillow depicting a fictional character. In a sense, it's logical. Far less investment goes into a pillow compared to a real person. Both financial and emotional investment. But then you become full blown otaku, hikkikomori, no life, etc. That's the perception anyways. They're also a rather expensive merchandise so I wouldn't wanna put them to use and possible risk getting them dirty.

I think as we grow older we get more mature and gain more of an acceptance towards certain things. I'll get a dakimakura soon, maybe, but I'll still won't sleep with it.

And as odd as this stigma might seem to be present in a thread like this, this isn't a hardcore anime forum. It's a Gran Turismo forum after all, where not all are anime fans. Even the few that venture in here are more of the casual type, I assume. So, I guess can look pass that.

Also, a Vice video about a Miku fan:

This guy is a passionate person. 👍 At some points, I think he's even more in touch with reality than I am. Also, I spot GT5 on his shelf!

Which reminds me, anyone here slightly bummed out that the BMW Z4 GT3 announced for GT6 does not include the Hatsune Miku Z4 GT3? I'm not a vocaloid fan but Hatsune Miku is cool and that Z4 is super cool. I am sad that this car isn't in GT6. Sigh.

 

[Imari]

。。。that you are somehow replacing the need for a real human with a pillow depicting a fictional character.

You're not the only one with this sentiment, but why does the pillow replace a real girl (or boy)?

Pillow is nice to cuddle with, but it's lacking at the very least a few key anatomical features and it's conversational ability is shocking. The amount of beer I have to drink in order to have a good conversation with my pillow is prohibitively expensive, I just can't afford that much booze every day.

On the other hand, if you have pillow and girl, what's not to like? Best of both worlds, imo. Sleeping with girl and pillow is like a threesome without the drama.

Does anyone really dump their girlfriend just because now they can afford a pillow?

 

[kennylmao]

You're not the only one with this sentiment, but why does the pillow replace a real girl (or boy)?

Pillow is nice to cuddle with, but it's lacking at the very least a few key anatomical features and it's conversational ability is shocking. The amount of beer I have to drink in order to have a good conversation with my pillow is prohibitively expensive, I just can't afford that much booze every day.

Interesting question. Maybe it's caused by a general assumption that, you're either this or that. You either have a girlfriend or you don't and have a body pillow to make up for your lack of girlfriend.

On the other hand, if you have pillow and girl, what's not to like? Best of both worlds, imo. Sleeping with girl and pillow is like a threesome without the drama.

Also, how many girls can you find that are okay with their boyfriends having a body pillow, honestly? Maybe in the western world where people are more open, you might find a few, but I doubt you'll find any in places where things are more traditional such as Asia. (I am sad )

Does anyone really dump their girlfriend just because now they can afford a pillow?

Most probably not. But I did not get a girlfriend because I can't afford one. (Financially speaking, I don't see them as items) I can barely support myself. Instead I might get something to make up for it, like a body pillow.

 

[Imari]

Also, how many girls can you find that are okay with their boyfriends having a body pillow, honestly? Maybe in the western world where people are more open, you might find a few, but I doubt you'll find any in places where things are more traditional such as Asia. (I am sad )

I would have said the opposite. My European girlfriends would have probably gone with it but looked at me very funny. My Asian girlfriends would have shrugged and carried on (and probably asked me to get them one too, actually).

Just comparing Australia and Japan, the two places I've lived the longest, Australians are WAY more uptight about anything even moderately sexual than the Japanese. It's basically Victorian era England over here, except with beach girls in bikinis. Which is so backwards I don't even know where to start.

But I did not get a girlfriend because I can't afford one.

How does that work? "I think you're really nice and I'd love to go out with you, but I just can't afford it"? This has to be a culture thing, right?

 

[Techy]

^
A body pillow is something nice to cuddle, but really it shouldn't replace a human being.

So don't judge me as some sort of weird pervert when I have a clear distinction between fantasy and reality. Thank you. And the reason I didn't engage in the last in depth multi-page discussion you guys had is because it has been had time and time again but I felt this was something that needed an actual response to.

Also I may make posts about Asuka that seem weird but they are for laughs. Remember some of us are here to just have fun and goof off.

EDIT: Words are hard

Sorry about that. I was pretty tired when I wrote it. I meant that anyone can dream (well, apart from the disorderly), in this case fantasies, so I don't understand what @AOS- meant by his response a few posts up.

Alright, gotcha. Especially the bold part. That sentence actually is the reason why I'm alarmed about having a body pillow: whether or not you know that. It's probably easy to remember, but sometimes it can be quite tempting for some people to do much more than having it as merchandise.

 

[Imari]

^
A body pillow is something nice to cuddle, but really it shouldn't replace a human being.

And so my question was, why would anyone think that it did?

It's probably easy to remember, but sometimes it can be quite tempting for some people to do much more than having it as merchandise.

Is there something wrong with that? It's their money, in their house. What's it to you what people do with their stuff?

Would you be happier if they'd just bought a sex toy?

 

[kennylmao]

I would have said the opposite. My European girlfriends would have probably gone with it but looked at me very funny. My Asian girlfriends would have shrugged and carried on (and probably asked me to get them one too, actually).

Just comparing Australia and Japan, the two places I've lived the longest, Australians are WAY more uptight about anything even moderately sexual than the Japanese. It's basically Victorian era England over here, except with beach girls in bikinis. Which is so backwards I don't even know where to start.

Shocking.

How does that work? "I think you're really nice and I'd love to go out with you, but I just can't afford it"? This has to be a culture thing, right?

Not like how you put it, lol. I don't even think of having a girlfriend because I don't have the disposable income to go out, shopping, eating out, the usual stuff. Or rather my priorities are messed up. It's family > hobby > self > others for me.

Like Tony Montana once said, "First you get teh monies. Then you get teh power. Then you get teh women."

I guess you're right, it's a culture thing.

EDIT: I'm not Cuban.

 

[Techy]

And so my question was, why would anyone think that it did?

Is there something wrong with that? It's their money, in their house. Whats it to you what people do with their stuff?

Would you be happier if they'd just bought a sex toy?

I'm not sure about that. Maybe some are a bit desperate? I guess it's just fulfilling their pleasures that's more convenient than a real person.

Yeah, that's understandable.

 

[Imari]

I'm not sure about that. Maybe some are a bit desperate? I guess it's just fulfilling their pleasures that's more convenient than a real person.

Yeah, that's understandable.

You persist on trying to make out like it's the person buying the pillow whose perceptions are warped.

I'm talking about YOUR perceptions. Why would YOU think that it would replace a girlfriend, because we've got no evidence that owners think it does (well, not the sane ones anyway) and a whole lot that YOU do.

 

[Techy]

You persist on trying to make out like it's the person buying the pillow whose perceptions are warped.

I'm talking about YOUR perceptions. Why would YOU think that it would replace a girlfriend, because we've got no evidence that owners think it does (well, not the sane ones anyway) and a whole lot that YOU do.

Well, I don't own a body pillow but I would have the same reason I said earlier. I don't get what you're asking

 

[nk4e]

I never into Turn A Gundam.

 

[MHPALA]

I think I've read an article somewhere (or was it a video?) of a dude marrying his, uh... anime character thing, I can't remember. But hey, whatever floats your boat.

This guy (I think): https://encyclopediadramatica.es/MadThad0890

I posted about him in this thread before. This guy, I tell you.

 

[AOS-]

you can still be a normal and functional member of society without being some weird creep. Such an odd stigma that definitely shouldn't be an issue in a thread like this which is geared to anime fans.

I know it doesn't apply to everybody, but it has shown that "creeps" are generally lonesome and get pillows and other anime merch containing sexualized women for companionship. It certainly doesn't help break the image when these people continually support their own stigma. All it does is strengthen the negative image, and that's where I think it is most difficult for individuals - who don't share the same lifestyle - to break free from it.

 

[MHPALA]

Its a movie! A damn movie! (facepalm)

http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-12-11/film/the-trouble-with-the-wind-rises/

 

[nk4e]

People are still sensitive, including Japanese people.

 

[C-ZETA]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Aya as herself. That's a waifu there.

 

[Kent]

the Japanese military and medical institutions’ greatest evils, like the orchestration of mass rape, the use of slave labor, and experimentation on live and conscious human beings, remain absent from school textbooks.

Hmmm...
I don't see how that's much different from today being that people still don't learn about those events unless they pursue history as a higher level degree or personal enrichment.

The Wind Rises is just one film, but it echoes an entire country’s obsession with misremembering a deeply painful and extraordinarily violent past. Japan’s wartime victimhood is a convenient lie its citizens have told themselves for decades. That the aging Miyazaki has misguidedly lent a patina of wistful beauty to that lie is a shame. The Wind Rises ends the illustrious career of a treasured visionary on a repellent, disgraceful note.

Perfectly said.
/End Miyazaki Career.

 

[Sephy]

I never into Turn A Gundam.

But dat Loran, though.

 

[AOS-]

Turned some cardboard into some things.

Boxes were already that height. Just having a little fun before they get tossed.

 

[nk4e]

I thought it was a table

 

[Sephy]

Nice, Andy! You should paint them and place them around town.

 

[MHPALA]

I spy Gundam X and Gundam Wing . Them Frost brothers, I tell you. They are a force to be reckon with. Hope they make appearances in the upcoming Shin Muso game. I swear they give them no love .

 

[jacnob]

Daisuki, why must you be behind on English subs?

EDIT: I changed my school laptop's backgrounds to cycle between these:

 

[Roger the Horse]

My desktop is just a huge picture of Norio Wakamoto.

 

[Imari]

Well, I don't own a body pillow but I would have the same reason I said earlier. I don't get what you're asking

I'm trying to point out that there's nothing wrong with the people that buy body pillows, they know what they want and go out and buy it. It then theirs to use however they want.

There's everything wrong with the people who judge them for what they buy for personal use and how they think they might be using it in the privacy of their own homes. You.

If someone wants to buy a giant Yoko pillow and take it home to have pretend sex with it, what is your problem exactly?

 

[nk4e]

 

[Techy]

I'm trying to point out that there's nothing wrong with the people that buy body pillows, they know what they want and go out and buy it. It then theirs to use however they want.

There's everything wrong with the people who judge them for what they buy for personal use and how they think they might be using it in the privacy of their own homes. You.

If someone wants to buy a giant Yoko pillow and take it home to have pretend sex with it, what is your problem exactly?

Alright, I got it. As I said earlier, I'm not prejudiced so it doesn't matter what one does in private to me.