| You know what I mean. Fans that became fans when anime started exploding recently in the west past few years. Like sports fans, they become "fans" of the best team, lots of people hate them.(was a Lakers fan since 2005 to) I can proudly say I was a fan since I was like 12 in like 2004. Back then they even had a anime channel on cable you can sub to. |
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| It’s great because it expands the industry more but at the same time bad because more haters come. |
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| I think they are completely fine, as, at the end of the day, the more anime fans there are, the more revenue anime generates, and hence more the anime (and potentially higher quality anime) that can be produced. If there were no 'anime bandwagon fans,' anime would be substantially less popular, and there would hence be less of them (smaller target market). Looking down on them would simply mean having a superiority complex, and is therefore pretty pitiful imo. |
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| Don't really have an opinion. I'm more concerned about bigoted Nazis who fetishize Japan so much they think they hold authority over who gets to experience their country and products or interact with their people. That is really unhealthy. This thing callled bandwagon anime fan is just an overblown meme. As if there is "right way" when and how to get into anime. And even if you want to take it serious, as in some people genuinely only get into it to seem cool, the anime community itself is at fault for idolizing people (including themselves) who are into anime. Absolutely simping over any celebrity when they express interest in anime, no matter how little. |
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| I for one became an anime fan last year, but not because people were saying "this is the next best thing" or because it got popular. I never really paid attention to anything anime related. I thought it was weird until I watched it and realized it was good. If you consider a bandwagon anime fan anyone who started watching recently, then that would put me in the group. I like myself so I gotta say bandwagoner's are great. |
| I gave up on character of the week since it takes too much thinking. I'll just change my forum pfp to whoever I want every week lol. |
| i've been watching anime since '95 but there are others who have been watching way before that. everyone has to start at some point. not fair to assume they joined the bandwagon. |
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| I feel like you have to improve your definition of anime bandwagonner. I'm a 2000 kid, and in France where I was born, anime already had a mainstream popularity in the 90s so I technically qualify as a bandwagonner because when I started watching anime, everyone in school knew about Pokemon, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Fairy Tail, Bleach, One Piece and many more. However, if we talk about those who pretend to be fans of a certain anime only to complain about fanservice, sexualization of the female characters and send death threats to the author/staff when something happens that they don't like, then yeah those guys are annoying. |
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| I think it sucks in a way, but I don't really care about it. On the other hand, I think it's a good phenomena because from a bunch of bandwagon fans, a couple can turn into real fans and follow the scene even after an eventual trend has passed. |
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| You guys associate every bad problem with just new fans when I have seen plenty of toxicity from even the Toonami generation. Honestly we were also "bandwagon fans" coming in when Naruto was hot an on TV/internet compared to the dudes having to browse for a knock off DB VHS. It just died off again and restarted. |
| Annoying they usually have dogshit opionions on everything and think watching the entirety of naruto makes them knowledgeable on anything |
BilboBaggins365 said: You guys associate every bad problem with just new fans when I have seen plenty of toxicity from even the Toonami generation. Honestly we were also "bandwagon fans" coming in when Naruto was hot an on TV/internet compared to the dudes having to browse for a knock off DB VHS. It just died off again and restarted. This doesn't count as the toonami generation. https://youtu.be/YHfJiZTtGEA |
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Kayle_x_Morgana said: So you are claiming you are an elite, and recent anime watchers are trend-fags. Hence, you are another one of toxic elite-fags.You know what I mean. Fans that became fans when anime started exploding recently in the west past few years. Like sports fans, they become "fans" of the best team, lots of people hate them.(was a Lakers fan since 2005 to) I can proudly say I was a fan since I was like 12 in like 2004. Back then they even had a anime channel on cable you can sub to. |
Kayle_x_Morgana said: BilboBaggins365 said: You guys associate every bad problem with just new fans when I have seen plenty of toxicity from even the Toonami generation. Honestly we were also "bandwagon fans" coming in when Naruto was hot an on TV/internet compared to the dudes having to browse for a knock off DB VHS. It just died off again and restarted. This doesn't count as the toonami generation. https://youtu.be/YHfJiZTtGEA Yeah it does lol the only people who even bother to watch Toonami are those that grew up on it. The average new zoomer gets into anime through streaming. I guarantee if you go to most of them they don't know what it is. Hey I only knew about it through talking to others about when they first got into anime and because I follow some older fans. |
| I think it's beautiful they're finding something enjoyable to them they wouldn't of otherwise known about. People that gatekeep are far worse |
| Pride of older anime fans on this site is way too much. Gatekeeping anime is the new trend I guess, but then again it's just this puny minority like the op and everyone else who agreed. |
You know what I mean. Fans that became fans when anime started exploding recently in the west past few years. that's not......bandwagoning though? Bandwagon is when you go into something specifically only to fit in/be accepted despite having no interest in the actual thing. Or, when you show support/following only when something is being successful (as is the case with sports) Becoming a fan of anime because it gained popularity in the west isn't necessarily bandwagoning lmao. wtf is this asinine elitist gatekeeping shit lol? |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| As far as I'm concerned the bandwagon has been going strong for about 20-25 years and growing into a full-size train over that time period. At least since Dragon Ball and Pokemon and Spirited Away winning an Oscar. I just happened to be born early enough to get in on it at the start. But it's the same train no matter when you got on. Anime 'exploding recently' is just a result of literally everything 'exploding' because of the internet. Any hobby or interest you had before that will seem like it 'exploded' during that time period because of how much the internet accelerated and multiplied exposure and interactions in almost every domain. Younger Fans didn't choose to be born during that era so it's silly to resent them for it. It just is what it is. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| "Bandwagonning" is a bit unwarranted, don't you think? Not like you can be "too late" to get into anime because its popularity may be increasing. My beef is with "fans" (some of which might be new) that only start drama and label people with "-ist" or "-phobe" words. |
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| I believe they are rather limiting themselves to newer anime series rather than watching a variety of series, especially the older series most anime fans tend to forget. I like watching more obscure series, it is more interesting than just following the crowd and watching what THEY want you to watch! |
| And? What's so bad about that...? It means there's more people who like the same thing you do. Since it's more popular now, esp with the younger folks, kids and teens don't get bullied as much for liking anime. Idk about you, but I'm glad that less people will deal with the same harassment I did at their age. |
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| Can we stop with this bullshit. So what, are you better than the people who came after you? Stop this stupid mentality and let people join the fucking fandom. "Bro, your so fucking inferior to me, you joined in the last few years...what a fucking degenerate you are, get the fuck out." Don't get me wrong it's cool that you've been in this fandom for such a long time. Actually it's even more depressing to see this thread come from someone like you. Instead of pushing people to come to the fandom and see what it can bring to the table, being "happy" with "new blood" joining, you're just gatekeeping and saying that they are fake... |
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| I've been watching anime since the 80's I don't feel more superior to those who started later. . But honestly does it matter if people are new to anime as long as they enjoy it? |
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| Ive been watching anime since the early 90's so in a sense I could consider you to be a bandwagon fan. I dont care if you've been watching anime for years or months, as long as you accept the medium as it is and dont whine about how this is "problematic or how blah blah offends me and should be changed new fans are fine in my book. But if you're gonna come in to our world and demand it change to fit your world view well the people like that can just blank right off |
| What's wrong with being a bandwagon fan?I admit that I'm a bandwagon fan myself.I also watch anime that gets less attention but they are very less compared to popular ones. |
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| I mean, they have to start somewhere, right? |
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| Eh, I don't care much, everyone is new at some moment. If they were dicks in the past towards the medium and its fans but now are part of it then perhaps they changed for good? I mean, what would they gain for pretending to like anime? Nothing What bothers me is newer fans acting like they know better than older fans and making fun of them, but it happens both ways so what |
| I don't really think of newer fans like this in the first place. As anime became more mainstream and popular, and much more easily accessible, it's natural that more and more people started to take notice of it. I think lot of these newer fans just never really noticed anime before, or they never thought to check it out, but once they actually did, they found that they liked it. It's as simple as that. I think the ones who got into it just because they wanted to jump on the bandwagon are a minority. And even IF that's why they originally started watching anime, they stuck around because they genuinely enjoyed it. Otherwise, they would have lost interest by now. Thinking about it, when I was new to the fandom in the late 90s, I'm sure some of the long-time fans in the anime forums and chat rooms I frequented, who had been watching anime on blurry 3rd and 4th generation VHS fansubs since the 80s, saw ME as a "bandwagon fan," since I was part of a huge influx of new fans into the community in the late 90s who had just discovered anime through Toonami on US TV. We all have to start somewhere, and we were all new to this once, so I don't understand why anyone would look down on newer fans. Things like this are all kind of up to chance. If I didn't happen see that episode of Sailor Moon that day, maybe I wouldn't have noticed anime until much later, if at all. I'm not going to take credit for being born earlier, for having cable TV, for having decent internet in the early 2000s that allowed me to download fansubs when they started moving to online distribution, etc... I was lucky, that's all. I don't think I'm more special than someone who was bored last year and decided to check out anime on Netflix for the first time on a whim. |
palm-treeMar 24, 2021 1:37 PM
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| could not care less. if they want to watch anime go ahead. |
| "不幸だ!" - Kamijou Touma Check out my anime list by clicking here (it's public now).  |
| I feel great about new fans. Bandwagon or not, anime getting attention makes it more normalized which means more people will get access to anime. That's a win for everyone. |
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| Am I a bandwagoner for entering the anime community 9 months ago? Because it's not fair to judge people on how long they've watched anime for, because it's still the exact same shows even though you watched it at different times. |
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SoulResonanceMAL said: Well to a certain extent, you're not wrong. Most people usually give leeway to shows that are critically acclaimed esp the ones that "get better the further you watch"Let us be real - Almost ALL fans are pretty much Bandwagoning... I mean let us face it, Most of y'all are or were only into certain anime not because it's good but because someone before the first episode was even released told you that "this Anime" was the hype. |
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| I honestly don't care about when or why they're here, no. There have been times when accounts made in 2020 with sub-300 posts have tried telling me how this community really works, but it's only when people with ultra young accounts like that try acting like authorities over what happens on MAL that I get judgemental towards them for being new. That is a very specific scenario, too, that almost never happens. I will hate them for being here, though, unless they're ecchi fans. Fuck this community and fuck you for being a part of it. |
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| I think it's fine, more people watching content they enjoy is good. The only gripe I really have is that they don't branch out a whole lot and stay fixated on certain shows, which I get annoyed about. |
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| As long as they can appreciate art, that's fine by me! There will always be trolls and haters in everything. You enjoy what you enjoy and we just hope for more great content in the future! |
| its okay to be "in" on something just because its becoming popular. but if you watch snk s4 without watching the previous seasons then wtf are you doing. seriously though I see people on social media like that lmao. I mean I don't particularly care but still kinda weird champ. |
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| *stops his bandwagon in the middle of the road* Who? Me? But I'm a GREAT guy. (With a total of 3 friends on here) Yay for anime! |
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dompsterfire said: but if you watch snk s4 without watching the previous seasons then wtf are you doing. seriously though I see people on social media like that lmao. I mean I don't particularly care but still kinda weird champ. PREACH,especially if you know it in internet,might aswell watch the s4 because reiner is the new protag rather than eren |
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| Don’t care. Everyone one gets into anime at different points, there’s nothing wrong with being a new or casual fan. |
| I would be glad if they genuinely like anime instead of bullying it like they did back in the day |
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Crow_Black said: Toxic or not, popularity is popularity, man.Judevin said: I feel great about new fans. Bandwagon or not, anime getting attention makes it more normalized which means more people will get access to anime. That's a win for everyone. Not necessarily as the bigger the fandom gets the more toxic assholes appear. If a show trends on twitter, or any other social media, it increases the eyes that it has on it. A boost in popularity means an increase in sales, and if sales increase, then access increases. Because then countries that don't have access to anime but have people that keep tweeting about it will realize that they can capitalize on it. So yes, toxic fans will appear I don't deny that, you have toxic fans even in the most niche communities, but at least bandwagons bring more popularity and access to everyone. |
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