How does anime make you feel? [Archive]

Tank

03-21-2004, 08:28 PM

Anime makes me feel very relaxed and feel at ease with myself. A good example of this was just last week. We lost to West Memphis, the worst team in our conference, and coach promised us that we were gonna have an extra long practice with lots of running, so to get my mind off of the eventual punishment, I just popped in some DVDs and my mind was worry free. We eventually got our punishment, but at least I didnt worry myself to death over it thanks to anime.

Illjwamh

03-21-2004, 08:56 PM

I wouldn't watch it if I wasn't entertained.

Lavi

03-21-2004, 09:11 PM

Originally posted by Illjwamh
I wouldn't watch it if I wasn't entertained.

same here

shinigamikender

03-22-2004, 03:40 AM

Anime makes me happy. Just generally bouncy and smiley, or peaceful.

PassiveObserver

03-22-2004, 04:10 AM

Anime makes me feel lots of things happy, sad, energetic basically all emotions and such. Overall anime makes me feel entertained which is always a good thing.

I_am_I

03-22-2004, 12:08 PM

Anime generally entertains me, but on rare occasions a series or movie will provoke me more than amuse me. Those series are the types I value.

Leonef

03-22-2004, 12:23 PM

Depends on the anime, if I feel like I just want a good laugh, or for something to pass the time, or if I'm in the mood to be just plain freaked out by something...

Plus, there ain't really many programs on TV that you to think about for a while afterwards just to make sense of the proceedings....

Zero

03-22-2004, 12:29 PM

Anime entertains me. Period. Doesn't take Freudian Psychology to figure that out. :D

ninja velmor

03-22-2004, 12:30 PM

entertained, relaxed, and in a good mood

Phelddagrif

03-22-2004, 12:31 PM

I feel like watching mmore and more and more and...yeah

As in emotions, after watching an anime I feel good, happy, all is well with the world, etc.

AlterGenesis-X

03-22-2004, 12:35 PM

Anime gets my mind off the rest of the problems of life. It is an escape for reality. Therefore, I'm always relaxed when I'm watching whatever the Anime might be.

Togusa

03-22-2004, 12:59 PM

I just you can kind of say anime is like a drug (for me that is). People use drugs to escape from reality, well I use anime to enter a better reality.

Bane the ECF

03-22-2004, 01:24 PM

It's a little time off to escape from the boundaries of reality.

Bane

Taleweaver

03-22-2004, 01:54 PM

It's impossible to tell how I'm feeling after watching anime since anime is so diverse it can evoke ALL kinds of feeling in me. (You wouldn't have wanted to be near me when I finished watching the "Wolf's Rain" OVAs...)

Leonef

03-22-2004, 02:05 PM

Hmm, yes, I guess even anime can illicit some negative responses from the viewer, especially after a notoriously worthless 'last episode'.

Hmm, I've spent 6 and a bit hours my life waiting for things to get wrapped up nicely, and this is all I get in return?

jeanpaul

03-22-2004, 02:59 PM

Depends on the anime.
Grave of the Fireflys - depressed
.Hack//sign - confussed
Noir - strange
Tenchi Muyo - content
Robotech - glad the singing is done
Sakura Wars - happy

HanssoN

03-22-2004, 04:01 PM

Happy & cheerful most of the time...

I sometimes feel happy and sad at the same time, but this only occurs occasionally when I've seen something really beautiful.

(The end of the final Kenshin OAV springs to mind as well as the ending of NGE Death and Rebirth... (I just love the music, Canon by Pachelbel, it suits the mood wonderfully.)

servant_jaken

03-22-2004, 10:08 PM

well, fooly cooly makes me feel like im in love. weird. huh. makes me feel weird. thats why i like it.

Zirilan

03-22-2004, 11:20 PM

As you said it varies from anime to anime, but it generally makes me feel happy. Anime also makes me think quite often. I'm with AlterGeneis-X, it gets my mind off life.

Senshi

03-23-2004, 12:18 AM

Generally... I cannot express the joy that anime brings me in mere words... its not just the emotions I get when I watch it, because those can vary... its the joy that it brings me afterwards that I find so incredible...

watching anime... thinking about anime... drawing anime... all of these things bring me joy and relaxation...

Here is my 1-minute anime Haiku (dont have time to think of a good one my Ramen water is boiling...):

Anime and Life,
It is not how we see it,
but how it shows us.

Wrap your mind around that one...

shewolf

03-23-2004, 01:05 AM

well watching anime makes me find my inner peace...its my refuge from the harsh dissapointments in life ;)

animeantoinette

03-23-2004, 07:52 AM

Originally posted by servant_jaken
well, fooly cooly makes me feel like im in love. weird. huh. makes me feel weird. thats why i like it.

That's not wierd at all. I feel that way to after watching it. I am in love with, well the show itself. Also the characters. I really think that Naota is very cute. Not to mention he is surrounded by hot chicks. I have to 2nd that. I feel that way to.

dark fuma

03-23-2004, 11:12 AM

Overall it makes me fulfulled, happy, and sad.

otaku527

03-23-2004, 12:31 PM

it really depends on what type of anime I am watching the anime could make me fell "funny" or hyper and make me have a rush

Psycho fangirl

03-23-2004, 01:08 PM

I'm with anyone who says it helps them to escape into a better reality...

AlterGenesis-X

03-23-2004, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by Psycho fangirl
I'm with anyone who says it helps them to escape into a better reality...

Oh, your my kind of Anime watcher, that is exactly how I feel...;)

Tamashii

03-23-2004, 04:20 PM

I agree with most people who posted, that anime can inflict many various feelings. The first and most common feeling I notice is Enjoyment. But there are cases where it's more like Fear or Self-Hatred for watching such crap (Tekken, DBZ, the list goes on). Other feelings would follow enjoyment such as sadness, annoyance, grief, and confusion. Feelings usually generate while we are watching anime, but it also occurs after you've finished, of course.

Prettypetal916

03-30-2004, 07:14 PM

It usually makes me feel happy.

Haruki

03-30-2004, 07:33 PM

It putts me in a good mood to see some good anime.

Mizuki Rainko

03-30-2004, 09:38 PM

Can't really explain it, but I do get a good feeling inside, unless it was a horrible episode.

JaQuais J.

03-30-2004, 10:02 PM

Well....it makes me feel diffrent since im the only one I no that knows what or likes anime. (besides little Yu-gi-oh brats)

animeantoinette

03-31-2004, 08:30 AM

Originally posted by JaQuais J.
Well....it makes me feel diffrent since im the only one I no that knows what or likes anime. (besides little Yu-gi-oh brats)

Hehe. *giggle* Yu-gi-oh.... I dont' like that show very much. But man do I love that kids hair. How neat is that.

Peba

03-31-2004, 01:59 PM

It does either of two things.

I feel really good and go and draw for a few hours because I have suddenly become more creative than ever.

I feel dissatisfied because
(A) the anime was terrible
(B) I can't be cool like that.

Dark Awakenings

03-31-2004, 06:27 PM

It makes me feel sane again. Seriously, it inspires me. I don't just watch anime, I study it.

animeantoinette

04-01-2004, 07:37 AM

Originally posted by Dark Awakenings
It makes me feel sane again. Seriously, it inspires me. I don't just watch anime, I study it.

Nice, I am still learning new stuff about anime, and do everyday. I bet I do not study it like you though. I just study it to yet have a better understanding of what anime is, and where it came from, as well as the progression. So anime makes me feel good. A nice break, from the real world.

Drseuss

08-29-2006, 12:57 PM

It makes me feel at ease with myself, also, anime helps bring out all other artistic ideas that i have.

Grasshopper

08-29-2006, 01:19 PM

NausicaaBoy

08-29-2006, 06:45 PM

anime like any other artistic medium is capable of inspiring various emotions inside of the viewer. It truly depends on the episode and/or series. Whichever emotion anime invokes in me I enjoy the experience and come away with a kind of content feeling. However, my watching is more of a study, I am not calling myself a scholor, however, I do find a certain pleasure with analyzing and comparing

kobi666

08-29-2006, 06:57 PM

when i watch anime (still differs from each...) i learn a lot...
cuz what i love in anime is that words have a lot of weight and they react by the same path to that statment. they say a lot of different things and keep me intrested with new angles about things in my life, it makes me wiser, i think...

jetfire

08-29-2006, 07:18 PM

Watching anime usually makes me feel cheerful to be diving into a new world (yes, I know it's fictional), to experience a lot of situations that I would never be able to experience in real life. It's just a fun form of entertainment that can invoke many different moods from me (excitement, sadness, laughter, etc...). Plus, there are some good traits in characters or overall themes in some shows which give you a better perspective/view on life.

Dark Lord

08-29-2006, 07:26 PM

I'm a generally a person who hates life and wonders if its pointless and all... But whenever I watch anime... I get all cheerful and hyper... Its probably the only thing that cheers me up... It makes me wonder if my life can be as unconventional and mysterious as an anime series... I know I'm dreaming but... I can still hope...

animanic_critic

08-29-2006, 07:27 PM

How does anime make me feel? Well, that depends but like jetfire put it, it usually lightens me up. There are anime that cheers me up, usually comedies like Azumanga Daioh and Cromartie High School; while there are depressing ones, such as Rurouni Kenshin: Seisouhen and Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. One thing's for sure: I feel very, very glad if I managed to watch an anime that has some morals to its story and advertantly (or inadvertantly) teaches me something important in the aspects of life. Here's a quote from Now and Then, Here and There that I'll hold deep in my heart on life (just a rough intepretation):

Final Episode: When Sis was about to die, she uttered to Sala, "You may hate the father, you may hate this world, but don't ever hate your baby. No one is born guilty; every child is born innocent"

ant

08-29-2006, 07:33 PM

Makes me want to take a bite out of a York peppermint patty!

aeroshadow

08-29-2006, 07:35 PM

It makes me feel tired. I don't really know why.

LadyYuina

08-30-2006, 11:25 AM

Depending on the anime I can feel whatever emotion the anime is trying to convey. If it's a sad anime I will feel sad if it effects me in some way that is, happy, then I'll feel happy.

Suta

09-09-2006, 10:33 AM

I used to feel happy, lost in the world itslef, but recently I have felt as though Anime is a waste of my time. I can watch a series I have seen over and over but it's very difficult for me to get into a new series for some reason. I don't want to feel this way because I love anime. I just need to find a new found love for it I guess.

Dark Lord

09-10-2006, 03:16 AM

That's easy!!! I immediately fall in love... as long as the anime is worth my time... But I hope you don't misunderstand my feelings... Because one might think I'm sick for falling in love with an anime... Its just that it's the only thing that makes me truly happy anymore...

CRASH

09-10-2006, 06:31 AM

It makes me feel great. I forget about all the crap that’s going on in my life. I get lost in the series or movie and its like I am in a whole different world. I really wish I had some when I was in Iraq. It really would of helped but I will bring some next time.

NausicaaBoy

09-10-2006, 09:06 AM

It obviously depends on the anime but most anime leaves me with a good satisfied feeling. I usually watch anime alone though because I don't have many friends that are anime fans as well. Because of this it also makes me feel lonely because I have no one to enjoy it with.

im lucky in that I have a cousin who likes anime...but after that im on my own...to bad we dont have those special girls who does watch eh?

L-sama

09-10-2006, 10:37 AM

Anime makes me feel great. I'm not sure why, but regardless of the title or the genre, anime always seems to lift me up if I'm in a bad mood.

Phate

09-10-2006, 12:06 PM

It makes me feel an insufferable bulge in my pants that I must quickly rectify.

Dirty Harry

09-10-2006, 12:08 PM

Good anime makes me feel great.

Bad anime makes me feel awful.

Stupid threads like this make me feel like I'm wasting my time.

Milkymagic

09-10-2006, 06:00 PM

Golden Boy makes me want to study, Evangelion makes me want to cut myself, Macross makes me want to be a pilot, Only Yesterday makes me want to go to the country, Lupin III makes me want to be a thief, Fist of the North Star makes me want to workout, Di Gi Charat makes me want to work at Gamers, and MD Geist reminds me I wasn't a failure in life (yet...)

Ok, I'll stop it! lol! j/k!

zarahf

09-09-2008, 11:50 AM

A poster on Slashdot.org recently made reference to Tolkien's primary and secondary realities in a discussion on the definition of gaming addiction. This prompted a discussion between me and another about this being the very reason I love anime as I do...and uh I do. Many, though gawd knows not all, highlight those virtues we appreciate in life...you know loyalty, fealty, bravery, honor, dedication, sharp wit, heroism, etc. So it shouldn't be surprising that the answer to "how does anime make you feel" is GOOD, of course. If it didn't provide an enjoyment factor of some sort I can't imagine many of us would return to it as often as we do. But I've also found that this good feeling lasts longer than the good feeling of some other media's. If I go to the cinema I might enjoy a movie. But more often than not I have forgotten it by the time I get home. Not some with anime. Perhaps partially due to the need to slow down and watch it in episodes or perhaps because it is often of better quality (more depth etc). Is this a comment on the good aspects of anime or the dire circumstances of Hollywood? My point is that I tend to find myself considering the events and outcomes of an anime over a length of time and thereby not only feel good about it, but feel good for an extended period of time.

ProfessorWashu

09-09-2008, 11:59 AM

In general anime makes me feel fulfilled, like I have at least one thing I can always count on to bring me joy.

Yes, even Evangelion can bring me great joy (even if it is MEGA depressing). Anime such as One Piece and Shaman King inspire me, making me feel like even just one person can make a difference in this world if they try hard enough. Naruto makes me feel the same way. I adore Magical Girl anime, though I can't really put into words why or what it makes me feel. I just know that it's good. Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, etc. just drive me wild! (Though I feel a little embarrassed when someone watches them with me.)

Sae

09-09-2008, 03:50 PM

A-R@D

09-09-2008, 04:55 PM

It makes me want to kill my father and have sex with my mothe...
Wait! I mean...
...nevermind

ERZUE7

09-09-2008, 05:23 PM

like you say it varys from moive to moive and it depens on what i am waching ill feel good, happy,said and or angery.

Shadowmage

09-09-2008, 09:09 PM

Most anime are neutral stimuli to me. I watch for those moments that are either mindblowing, riduculously epic or genuinely heartfelt.

If all else fails, I go to youtube to watch fancreations of previous memories like Shining fingaaaaaa! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MwTJBX1XV38&feature=related)

animanic_critic

09-10-2008, 07:20 AM

Most anime make me go "Meh..." or "Sigh...", and I watch these anime as a last resort to pass the time (if I have any lately). It's those special anime like Mushishi or Monster that make my passion for it keep burning. I hope it still is before the mediocre anime puts it out.

Risen Hell Fire

09-10-2008, 08:44 AM

Depends on what I'm watching. A good sad Anime may make me feel sad my self. A bad Anime will make me wonder why I just watch that.

ProfessorWashu

09-10-2008, 07:29 PM

She just summed up anything I could have possibly said. (I too get embarrassed when people watch them with me since im literally like an anime character and well answer the TV at times <///<......>///>)

lol You answer the TV sometimes too, eh? That's part of how anime makes folks like us feel, I guess. It thrills us to the point that we are totally enthralled and become one with the show.

wheelman286

09-11-2008, 05:39 PM

I feel ecstatic when I press play, happy during the show, and lost/accompished after it's over

I often finish watching a really good anime and I think "How am I ever going to find another good anime after that one?"... but I always find one.

Syaoran009

09-11-2008, 10:46 PM

It is an escape, something which I actually enjoy because many of the series that I watch are either Thought provoking, or I find similarites between myself and a character in a show

Temari Sagara

09-12-2008, 04:18 PM

it makes me feel like if i have lived in a world were nothing gose wrong all u do is watch anime

laffinizluv

09-17-2008, 10:34 PM

Hmmm, it honestly depends on what I'm watching.

If it's up-beat, the said show will generally put me in a good mood. If it's somewhat dramatic, slow-paced, sad, etc. I'll be put in a more subdued mood.

Anime is really just a way that I like to release myself from my surroundings and delve into a fantasy (cartoon) world for a minute. So in a way, it has a slight feeling of escapism associated with it too.