Why Do Hackers Watch Anime?
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It got killed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1801504
So did the question asking for insight as to why it got killed.
<shrug>
I really don't understand HackerNews at times. I watch with decreasing interest to see the fate of this comment.
FWIW - I've never watched Anime. I'd be interested to know how it correlates with people here, but I guess I now won't get any more information about it.
I used to watch a lot of anime while in university because I I wanted to learn japanese and I found the scenarios interesting. Part of what made animes interesting was the novelty and part of it was the fact that a animes tend to have complex stories that are not overly simplified black and white conflicts.
After a couple years of watching around 10 hours a week I got a bit tired of most stories though and once I came to Japan I stopped watching altogether. It was mostly a question of time, I started working full time, didn't have the motivation of watching it to immerse myself in Japanese (since I could hear the language all around me) and I didn't have the time to search for the diamond in the rough among new animes....
EDIT: I said that a lot of animes had complex stories but looking back, I think it's selection bias on my part I only really remember fondly the best series and forgot the other ones...