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INTEREST: Milky Holmes Cast to Voice My Little Pony in Japan

If you want to know why anime fans are sick of MLP, I present soundmonkey44 as exhibit "a". At the time of this post the thread had exactly 100 posts, of those just under TWENTY PERCENT are from soundmonkey44. If you tell me something you love is awesome, fine. If you're my friend and you talk about it often, ok. But if you're someone I know and you're CONSTANTLY in my face ranting about the amazingness of something it's only going to tick me off and turn me AGAINST the show that makes you so annoying. (if you think I'm an anime weaboo, fans of: Utena, Trigun and (to an extent) Cowboy Bebop have ALL managed the exact same feat)

You know what's really annoying and stupid? When college kids were tromping around in Akatsuki robes at say school or in the mall and screaming lines from the show. You know what's JUST AS ANNOYING 20-30 somethings (male or female) continuously shoving neon horses in my face. If the show is as good as you say, it can stand on its own and doesn't NEED constant defense (or evangelism). State your point, and then let others decide.

You know what's really annoying and stupid? When college kids were tromping around in Akatsuki robes at say school or in the mall and screaming lines from the show. You know what's JUST AS ANNOYING 20-30 somethings (male or female) continuously shoving neon horses in my face. If the show is as good as you say, it can stand on its own and doesn't NEED constant defense (or evangelism). State your point, and then let others decide.

I don't know, I find this thread kind of amusing. This is my first encounter with that unique species of nerd known as Brony.

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I had the misfortune of actually seeing one of these in public. I don't have much experience with the brony culture but I do get that that evangelism feel from them when I do see them. It's really bad how there's so many groups of them who video tape themselves going through public places like schools, malls, or restaurants with a sound device blaring music and singing along in a group.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvd6XuB_gGI

I get that you might like the show but that is really nothing more than being disruptive and rude to everyone around you. If it's your house that's fine but it's a public place that is really borderline criminal in disturbing the peace or whatever and annoying to us. I think you give up any rights to not be judged if you do stuff like that and not to mention it's a terrible way to represent your fandom. I have to agree with that top Youtube comment in that it really seems like a need for attention by saying how you're better than someone because you like a show for little girls.

I don't see how this is any more annoying than any other niche fandom.

The Hub plays Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: TAS and Batman Beyond, so it's got my love even if I'm not a fan of its original shows. I wonder what's holding them from getting Justice League and Justice League: Unlimited, though. I missed those shows when they first aired and I'd love to see 'em.

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I don't see how this is any more annoying than any other niche fandom. The Hub plays Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: TAS and Batman Beyond, so it's got my love even if I'm not a fan of its original shows. I wonder what's holding them from getting Justice League and Justice League: Unlimited, though. I missed those shows when they first aired and I'd love to see 'em.

I make fun (or used to make fun - it's pretty passe now) of Bronies all the time on Twitter but that's mostly because they're easy targets and I'm kind of a dick - not really stemming from any particular hatred for the show.

The only thing I'd say about Bronies that makes them a bit worse than your average obsessed fan is that they've completely co-opted the show's presence, fanbase and visibility on the internet. The problem here is that the show was designed for little girls, and is still primarily sold to little girls (with some pandering thrown in to make the Bronies happy and thus keep their wallets open). So if your 6-year old goes on, say, Youtube and types in 'My Little Pony' they're going to pretty readily be exposed to just how corrupt and often disgusting Brony culture can be. Hell, the show's Reddit community shows up on the first page of Google results, and I can tell you if I had a daughter who liked the show I sure as hell wouldn't want her anywhere near the Brony community.

I get that it's the parent's job to be vigilant about what their kids see online, but that this thing that was intended to (and any rational person looking at it would conclude it certainly is) be for small children, and that typing it into any search engine gets you a mountain of Brony perversion is depressing and must be frustrating for parents out there.

And lets be honest, before the latest incarnation, not even little girls or Hasbro cared that much about the franchise, Not saying Bronies revived it by any means, no that was Lauren Faust & her amazing crew. But for quite awhile there Ponies were considered a cheapo toy/gift, little girls would much rather have Barbies, Bratz, or heck even Littlest Pet Shop Pets. Now the franchise has been revived and is even doing better in sales then the original did in the 80's not just because of Bronies, but because the intended demo is getting back into it as well.to cling on to a cute little cartoon that brings us such happiness!?

To wish for a pony when you live in an apartment just isn't something that happens in a country where a huge percentage of people can't even have dogs.

Neat. Hope that they get someone cool for Discord (thinking in the Takehito Koyasu / Norio Wakamoto stable of VA) and that it doesn't spawn a million awful images on Pixiv.