Do you partake in Unashamed Animation Watching?

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a cartoon fan. Heck, the majority of my DVD collection consists of animation/anime. I'll probably be watching cartoons until the day I die or the end of time, whichever comes first.

If some people have problems with me watching cartoons, well.... screw them!
 
I watch cartoon with great pride whether it's something for all ages like Chowder or something a little more grown up like something that would air on Adult Swim, I don't make excuses and I am very open about my cartoon watching habbits. You know what really bugs me? I have friends who hide behind their cartoon watching by saying stuff such as that "they don't watch cartoons, they watch anime", but it's all one in the same and I always make sure I never forget to remind them. :p

Why should someone have to hide behind their hobbies? Everyone has a hobby of some kind and just because it may be something like watching cartoons, collecting toys, building models, reading comics or following sports does not mean that your strange, it means you have a passion and it shouldn't be hidden.
 
I'm forced to hide most of my anime cartoon watching. I like some anime, but not a ton. My Dad, sister, and (I'm guessing, but it's confidently), my Mom all hate anime. I'm sure my Dad and sister know I like some anime. However, my sister has made fun of some of the anime I watched, so now I have to hide it. My Dad thinks that the anime I like is only Pokemon and/or Digimon, because those were the ones I watched when I was little (although, I still watch Pokemon from time to time). My cousin is the only other person in my family, that I know of, that likes anime. One day, we were driving home from a family get-together and my Dad and sister complained on how much they hated anime.

For cartoons, I still watch them, although I have to watch them in my room, alone. I'm also stuck changing the channel when someone walks in. (My Dad's very nosy).

I wish I could be more open about it, but I'm worried my Dad would be disappointed in me for liking something he hates so much. :crying:
 
I used to be kind of embarrassed about it when I first started getting into animation, but now I really don't care as much. I don't exactly go around telling every person I encounter "I LOOOOVVVVE CARTOONS!", but if someone asked I don't think I'd have too much trouble telling them my favorite shows. xD
 
It depends on who I'm talking too, my parents understand and so do my two closest friends but outside of them I get a bit self conscious about watching cartoons and talking about them.

I do know someone that's still stuck in the idea of "Cartoons and comic books are for children." I just kind of sit and seethe whenever I'm forced to hang with him which only makes me feel more childish.
 
I'm fairly open about my liking cartoons and comics. I camp, I was made fun of for it, though I didn't care. Of course, 80% of the kids who made fun of me also loved comics and borrowed them from me while asking me not to tell anyone. And quite a number of guys in my class, even in 12th grade were openly DCAU and Ducktales fans as well as Disney and Pixar movie fans. It was only at home I really faced any opposition, only from my mother though. My dad enjoys the occasional Disney, Pixar, or Dreamworks movie, though he usually hides it from my mother as well.
 
Everyone I know watches animation at least sometimes, even if it's just at the movies. So I don't feel I need to apologize for my animation habit. :anime:
 
It really depends. I talk about anime around my friends and family. I'm not afraid to gush about Pixar, and on occasion DreamWorks and other companies', films with people who I'm not really close to. Criteria is that they also have to gush--if not, regular conversation about it will do. However, plenty of us admit to crying at these films, and they carry a universal appeal. I don't hear that many people sticking the "Children Only" label on 'em. So it's not live talking about Flapjack and such in that respect.

Other than that, I don't talk about watching cartoon programming primarily aimed at kids, even with my friends. I think most people still watch Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network at some point, but they don't go anywhere past a Spongebob and FOP joke. I know two years back, a few of us in Science class hopped on the computer and looked up the openings to our favorite cartoons from childhood, though. But no real casual conversation with classmates about current shows.

My parents, on the other hand, know of my love for cartoons. My dad doesn't like them and never has, even as a child, but my mom loves a great show. We watch Penguins of Madagascar and Flapjack together when they happen to be on. :D
 
Well, it depends. I'm quite open with my love of various cartoon shows to my parents, my brother and a good friend of mine. My parents know some of the shows I watch and have no problem with me still watching cartoons at twenty-one.

My dad loves a lot of comedy cartoons like Anamanics, Pinky and the Brain and even kind of like Phineas and Ferb from time to time. My mom gets confused with most television programs, but she doesn't mind it at all. My brother likes some of the anime that I like, especially One Piece, and we actually watched some of the DVDs I have a few months ago. My friends like both Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I think she's a bit of a bigger Yu-Gi-Oh! fan than I am. That would actually make me more of the opposite since I'm a bigger Pokemon fan than I am for Yu-Gi-Oh!. Anyway, we talk about cartoons and video games every weekend.

I just don't feel comfortable with expressing my interests and hobbies to other people that I'm not familiar with. I probably shouldn't, but after years of people making fun of me due to my interests, especially Peanuts and Pokemon, I'm just too nervous that I would give people the chance to make fun of me again. If people were talking about Pokemon games or the show, then I would probably jump into the discussion, depending on the situation, but other than that, I just talk about my interests to people I feel comfortable sharing that information with.
 
My friends and I are all big animation lovers. We're also all in college.

We believe animation is an art form and just because something is animated doesn't make it kiddy. Nope, no shame over here.
 
Well I don't shove the shows I like in people's faces, but I don't hide what I like really.

Except from my parents. They know I like anime, (The only stuff I'll show them is Miyazaki :sweat: ) but I don't let them see what I like. I don't really know why, but I'm just paranoid about them thinking I'm some freak. :sweat:

With my close friends, they all know about the cartoons and anime I like. I talk to them sometimes about it, or show them pictures.

I've definitely changed from a few years ago, though. I used to be such a closeted fan. >.>
 
Like I said in my earlier post, I don't hide the fact that I am an avid cartoon watcher and most likely always will be, but I do agree with those that I don't exactly broadcast my cartoon watching habit's over the loud speaker for all to hear. I keep my DVD's out in the open so when someone comes over they can plainly see that I watch cartoons, I don't usually bring it up unless they do though. When someone I know or just met ask's me about my hobbies and what I like to do, I do mention that I am a huge fan of animation, but I don't come out and tell them that I watch cartoons all day.

Say I'm in a situation when a friend comes over and brings chinese food with him/her and we are kicking around the apartment and not doing a whole lot, I will still put it on one of the different channels that play cartoons if something that I have been waiting to see is coming on, I don't shy away from it just because someone is visiting or anything like that. All my close friends and immediate family basicly know of my cartoon watching, nothing wrong with that and nobody seems to care, I like what I like and if they have a problem with that then they have a problem with me.

Life is too short to hide you're passions, like what you like and if someone else has an issue with it then let them deal with their own insecurities, because in the end thier hatred for your hobby really isn't you're problem afterall. ;)
 
I agree. I don't know. It might be due to the only anime he's ever seen was when I was watching Pokemon and Digimon when I was a kid. That might be why he hates anime. He seems to think they are all for kids, I guess.

He does like Toy Story and seems to compare any animated film to it. He says, "It's not as good as Toy Story." Sometimes, I wished he'd keep an open mind on some animated films and quit comparing it to Toy Story. Then again, it leads to me wishing he'd be more open to any animated thing, especially my secret love for it. It's just that his job's very stressful, so coming out and telling him, might not be the best thing. Unless, someone could help me on how I can approach/tell him.

I also don't know how my sister would act, because she made fun of me, a few years ago, for liking an animated show.
 
Always have. Cartoons are one of those few things that I haven't found myself ever having to explain my love for, except maybe to young kids who think they're supposed to grow out of it at a certain age. No matter where I've dealt with people, I seem to run into someone that enjoys or enjoyed at least one cartoon that I like as well.
 
I'm kind of midrange. At this point, I can only watch TV at the dialysis clinic, and there's one TV per two patients (fortunately, my adjacent patient sleeps the whole time so I have the TV all to myself). I have no problems watching action shows like TMNT, Generator Rex, or Ben 10 while people may observe it, but if I'm watching a more comedic or generally weird show like Codename: Kids Next Door, I tend to lean on the channel return button and check out SportsCenter.
 
I'm almost 30 and I'm still an avid cartoon and anime watcher. If anyone starts getting snide to me and say "Cartoons are for children/that's so childish." I say : a) "Yes, and Betty Boop is so age appropriate for young children, right?" b) "Here, let's have the kids watch Grave of the Fireflies." c) "You do know that Maleficient says 'hell' in the Sleeping Beauty movie, right?"
 
With me carrying my DVD wallet (that holds 500 discs, about 300 of them being cartoons, the rest being MSt3k episodes and B-monster movies) whenever I go most of the time, it's hard to keep it secret that I still watch cartoons. So, I don't bother caring. Really, in real life, people remember the fact that I'm a cartoon geek better than they remember how to pronounce my own name... And I include family members in this statement. >>
 
I really wish I could say I did, but I don't. I feel embarassed to talk about it with anybody buy my friends. I felt really awkward seeing The Princess and the Frog, How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After, and Despicable Me in theatres. (Toy Story 3, not so much. A good deal of the audience was adults). I guess I'm too self-concious.
 
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