I saw some thread, some people have mentioned wapanese. What is wapanese anywhere?

japanese wannabes.

And I'm talking about those anime fan idiots, people with japanese name as their nickname, and more.

Thanks!

ummm I have great respect for ALL asian cultures but i don't "wanna be" asian. Im perfectly happy with who I am.
i would say that my name describes me and not just some random anime character.
hell, i barely watch anime.

It's kind of dumb. Wiggers, Wapanese....etc. I don't mind if anyone is interested in the asian culture. But some people don't like it when people get tatooes of asian letters they can't read or when they get into bad anime and stuff. I can see why they resent them sometimes but who cares???

He asked a question, and I answered it. Don't smilie at me if you have problem with my previous reply. By the way, no one asked you about your wpanese type of name.

Yeap, i just wanted to know what's a wapanese is that's all...

i feel sorry for some wapanese people... they try to speak japanese...and it sounds very americanized in pronounciation...they shouldn't even try unless they get the pronounciation right... it's annoying.

LoL! sorry for them? we need to insult them.

Honestly I don't like anime at all. Or any Japanese cartoon. Do a search at the internet and you can see all these Japanese cartoon sex. So disgusting!

How can they make cartoon which do sex. Cartoon are for kids...

Anime in Japan is certainly not just for kids. It's not a cartoon, it's anime. There's a difference. :genius: As for hentai, I have no opinion on that. You like it or you don't. Maybe it's a fetish thing?

Oh, i thought anime are for kids... Now I understand.
One more question. Why did the Japanese like to create all these cartoon sex thing. It is disgusting...

I never look at Anime for kids, I look at them as Cartoon Soap Opera.
Hehhe a few of them have the same story line, guy try to get girl, but she popular, and then she like him, blah blah blah.
Why do ppl keep making porns in the first place??? Cause it sell..
so why not?? money is money, don't matter where you get it from.(I personally wouldn't do anything to get money, just showing you what ppl thinking.)

I agree Kambolizhuz. Money is money.

It'll sound weird that animated entertainment isn't just for children over in Japan unless you understand the culture behind it. Maybe someone will explain it. I'm too lazy to do it myself.

I think thats a really fked up opinion. Its great that people are learning and trying to get into other cultures outside their own! This is what the world needs, people who can pass cultural borders and accept people, can see humans as humans, not asian, or african, or caucasian. If some white boy wants to learn japanese, kudos to him! If some black kid wants to eat with chopsticks kudos to him! Really...

In Japan, anime or cartoons are not just limited to tv shows and comic books for children, it's actually a way of spreading around information of all types in any kind of media. It's a medium they use to teach people about either current events to family values (if you watch anime, there are plenty that teach you certain values about self esteem and how to treat others). Japanese also dig the "very cute", as it is a marketing tool that sells widely around Asia. Hence why the likes of Hello Kitty are an unbelievable phenomenon because many girls (of all ages really) simply love her because she's cute.

One thing people don't seem to understand is that anime is not a genre but a medium, with many genres of its own: robot, samurai, romance, and yes, even hentai.

The problem with Western perceptions of anime is that they equate it with cartoons, and in the West, cartoons are a genre, and for kids mainly. Therefore, when they see real anime, they think it is supposed to target kids, when the producers have no such intentions. It's really exasperating to try and make any sense of this to a person of Western culture or even many non-Japanese cultures whose only experience with animation is Disney and such.

Anime, like live-action movies, is a medium to express all kinds of genres, not a genre in and of itself. There is no reason to be any more "disgusted" at non-G-rated anime, which usually contains as much sexual and violent content as the average hollywood movie.

I am part black and part chinese so people ,if they find out about it, tend to say they understand my interest into the chinese culture. I actually want to speak japanese. Do I get another label for that? Maybe I should go find something "black" to do........

Lol. I think the only thing that makes people dislike "wapanese" is when they misrepresent asian culture. Other than that I agree that I encourage the interest. An example of a "Wapanese" person misrepresenting (real story): :genius:

Wapanese:"Man! I love anime!"
Art teacher:"What's the difference between anime and cartoons?"
Wapanese:"It's hard to explain. HUm..Let me see. It's like, when a character moves really fast, they do it so fast you can't see them. they have, like, lines instead"

AHAHAHA!! He was refering to Dragon Ball Z of coarse. And I personally do not like it when if they are asked to give an example of anime, they ONLY mention such things as Dragonball Z or, worse, Pokemon.

If you want to see a good anime, watch Cowboy Bebop. Good dub in English. And many anime's are very violent, thus not really for little sheltered kids such as here with all these rating systems. Take BERSERK for example, and even some moments in Samurai X. As for Hentai, you've been explained the reasons for it. And maybe hentai is more "safe" than real porno here in America so which is worse? Lol. Huaren, you don't watch anime, do you?

oooo am I supposed to be intimidated by you?

get over yourself kid.

would this refer to me too? im filippino but im like hella into japan stuff! so would i be a wapanese if im asian??? and btw im learning japanese to so now would it make me wapanese?

Congratulation, you can call yourself a wapanese now!

Your Prize: Win a free ticket to wapanese arena.

do i fu-king care...?

just shut up f00l

allright you 2 put the handbags down i think its good how people are starting to learn about other peoples cultures from anime all the way to religion cultures shudnt be tied down to one race but to be learnt by all so we can understand each other better

watch ure language.

as for wappanese. there should be a difference between some1 who is a wannabe, and some1 who is interested in the culture and would like to learn about it.

Wappanese i believe is some1 who tries to immitate Japanese culture without knowing what it truly is.
thus causing great annoyance because they missrepresent japanese culture.

as for anime DaMo said it best.

Definitely watch your language. Warning given.

hey no harm on my end.

im saying dont make generalization when you have no idea WHO has an actual genuine interest in the culture.

Personally, Anime was NOT how I was introduced to asian cultures. It was from history books and encyclopedias. unlike the average 12 year old american kid, I realizes there is more the japanese culture than Green-haired kids in downtown tokyo on sunday.

my interest was piqued the first time I saw an a temple with apple blossoms surrounding it and the first time I saw Mt. Fuji in a photo, i knew i had to learn more about this culture and where it stems from...but hey, thats just me. :genius:

tell someone who cares

that attitude aint needed man. we all come her to express our opinions on subject matters and topics. If u dont care dont post, if someone post RESPECT THEIR POST. "tell some1 who cares" is not nessicary or wanted on this forum.

Agreed,


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I never was against it or anything but all I said was that they shouldn't even try until they get the pronounciation right.

ANYWAYS

I read someones post saying "It's not cartoon, It's anime" Well, you are completely wrong. ANIME just means ANIMATION and CARTOON means ANIMATION. It's jsut called Anime now because that is what the Japanese called it. It's basically cartoon to japanese people.

Does that apply to everything else? Don't try to do dishes unless you know the proper chemistry behind it? Don't try to promote Linux if you're a newcomer and don't fully understand how it actually works? Or is it only when people try to learn a language much different than their own, that they shouldn't even try to speak it unless they somehow got it right in their heads and without feedback from others? How are you supposed to learn how to pronounce words unless you train it again and again? It has to start somehow... Just not around you or anybody else who thinks it's annoying.

I agree with your anime vs. animated cartoon statement. Also, it's common that young people in Japan do not watch animated cartoons. Don't run around believing that they know more than the average "anime leecher". Most of them don't.

well i think your talking only about hentai [sex stuff in anime] or yoai maybe even yuri [gay or lesbian anime]. but anime is not all about that. there are plenty of anime with great plots and have a very meaningful story to it. i guess your just looking in the wrong places. besides i'm a big anime fan but i have no interest in hentai, yaoi, or yuri what so ever. each person have there own perference. no matter anime lovers or just plain movie watchers. it depends on each individual not a whole group. i think its just wrong to think all anime sucks just because a section of it is perverted. i myself hate hentai and all that stuff but i can still love shonen and shojo anime.

but i think wapanese are people who are hopelessly obsess with japanese stuff but they are "hopeless". and yes i agree it's stupid to call yourself a japanese lover when you cant even pronounce the simpliest word right. i find it pathetic. but if a person can properly be a japanese stuff lover it's okay. as long as they are not retardedly pathetic with the culture itself.

besides this board is getting a little too out of hand.

It seems there are obviously an diverse number of opinions, both positive and negative about the perceptions of western culture and various cultures around the world embracing Japan or aspects of it. I am quite sure there are those who take things to the extreme in their pursuit of embracing something new but not all of us are fanatics about it and hold a deep respect for other cultures and or the beliefs associated with a particular culture. As a child, I knew very little of Japan and I'm not ashamed to admit that my first glimpse of Japan in my early teens was through what little anime made its way into the United States. I can honestly say that rather than consider anime a singular and definitive contribution to the world and the only thing worth noticing about Japan; I chose to treat it as a stepping stone to expanding my intellect and understanding of the world and continue to do so today in my intellectual curiosity about ways of life that may be different from my own. In short, my learning of anime opened a door to my mind and helped me to be open-minded to wanting to learn more about the world and not just Japan. In conclusion, if it is that upsetting that a particular language is being mangled by these *wapanese* then why not endeavor to look past any anger or frustration and perhaps consider correcting or helping them overcome their limited knowledge of a particular culture?

KPJOON, I wrote that. Anime is a word to distinguish the HUGE differences in styles of animation. You seem to think I don't know that ANIME is shortened for ANIMATION. And you also assume that I don't know that ANIMATION is a form of CARTOON. And you continue to assume that anime and cartoon are identical words. You don't really go,"I watched some cartoons the other day" when you were watching some anime, do you? Personally, as half Japanese and half Chinese, I wouldn't want anyone to catagorize something like Cowboy Bebop as some cartoon like Looney Tunes. So when someone says,"It's not cartoon, it's anime," you don't have to be such a party popper and say that I am completely wrong. That's like saying,"I am an artist because I can throw paint on canvas randomly like a damn elephant can do!" People like me who actually appreciate and do art would classify them as pop artists, not some mastermind like Rimbrant. I prefer to sub catagorize things because it is necessary to do so. I am not completely wrong. Unless you assume that I thought anime was not animation.

Personally, I feel flattered if someone else find my language and culture interesting and will do what I can to help.
There's nothing wrong with that as I myself are interested in other cultures
and languages and always appreciate any help given.
It's when people are interested in my culture for the wrong reasons that
I get irritated.
These are people who tell me that they are interested in Japanese culture because Japanese guys/gals are so cute and Japanese fashion is so cool.
(Will they be as interested in Japanese culture if Japan is a third world country and not as modern?)
And those who know only a few simple Japanese words like 'kawaii' and think that it's cool to include these words into their conversations all the time.
They try to dress and act like Japanese and get very flattered if someone mistake
them for one.(They think that it's 'great' to be Japanese)
Some even give themselves Japanese names and try to hide the fact that they are not Japanese.
And now with Korean drama and culture growing popular, there are many 'fake' Koreans out there too.(people who lie that they are Korean because they think that being Korean is cool)
To these people, all I can say is 'Get a life'

Wapanese... non-Japanese, usually Americans that have a bit too keen an interest into Japanese cultures; obsession with Japanese culture.


-Norm

wapanese are bunch retarded fags. And I know there are some of you here in this forum. Be glad what you are already and stop try to act like Japanese, you fools.

he said nothing about what you do or do not know
he simply pointed out that "cartoon" and "anime" have the same meaning
and, yes, I do tell friends that "I watched some cartoons the other day", b/c a lot of them don't know what "anime" means, and I don't see the point of using the Japanese word when we already have the same word in English

and as far as styles and sub-styles, "hentai" "yaoi" and "yuri" are all "anime", to me
yet, I don't watch any of those three
just like "Simpsons" "Looney Tunes" and parts of "Kill Bill" are all cartoons
even though there are huge style differences between the three

I guess what I'm saying here is, why fight over words?



I can see what you're saying...
I deal with a lot of immigrants on a daily basis
and they have the worst English accents
it can make it really hard to understand them
and I'm not only talking about Asians (mainly Cantonese and Korean, here), but French and German immigrants as well
but, that is no reason for me to tell them "Stop speaking English, you're annoying me!"
if you never try, you'll never get better
and accents are very hard to adapt to

I went to Japan (years ago), and I found that alot of people spoke English very well there (I homestayed in Hitachi)
however, most people would not speak English to me until after I had spoken to them in Japanese
I am told Japanese people are afraid of embarassing themselves, so they simply won't try
I think it is better to speak poorly with a heavy accent, than to understand a language, and be able to speak it, but to never use it out of fear of embarassment

P.S. sorry for the long post... didn't mean to take up this much space, but I don't think either point would make sense without an example

Yes.. Yes i'm a wapanese (sobs) and i'm damn proud of it lol

then go shoot yourself

shut up @$$hole

didn't you two spam enough in the 'language' thread?
is this really necessary?

to each their own, I guess...

YES i hate nazis, damn racist punks,

and I hate you kind asians b!tching and more b!tching. Annyoing race.

whoop dee doo. some how i gave you the assumption that we all cared

hahaha SS, it just amuses me how Nazis are so obsessed with their " master race " theory. Race does not define the quality of a group of people. Superiority is determined only by cultural achievements. The fact is, your 'Aryan' was first influenced by barbaric pseudo-neanderthal cavemen pattern ( not even a culture), and then by an equally barbaric Romans, then Vikings, Semites, Latins, Slavs..... they didn't really have this so called "originality" and I believe their lack of brain development limited their intelligence.

Then why do you even come to this forum? If you don't like to here then just leave.





That comment wasn't necessary.

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