How has anime effected you life?

Yes I agree shipouden has good qualities. Naruto always had heart. Just saying the manga is drawn out as it is. I do like the extra scenes they added here n there, albeit not all of them but enough. I just wish it didnt have to resort to "the final battle" after dragging out the ninja war for so long and giving us stale cookie cutter villains. Theres moments when I see a battle in shipouden and I just switch my mind off asking what im still doing watching it. That never happened with part one. Maybe durring the naruto bridge arc with zabuza and haku (honestly didnt think it would take 20 episodes but thats just me) The finale to the small arc was fantastic though. Dont get me wrong, its not that I cant let go, I just like to nitpick.

Great example of a touching moment in shipouden: naruto meets his mom when trying to contain the ninetails. I actually cried. Even when I read it in the manga It was beautiful and the anime handled that scene perfectly.

I would say anime has had a good effect and a bad effect on my life: The good: spiritual fulfillment and greater sense of self The bad: let's just say I'm no Casanova

Well, the anime I got into is One Piece because of my Japanese friend. Basically, it's gotten me to get better at my Japanese cause I usually only read it in Japanese. (Translated scans get confusing sometimes) And it's made me many new friends especially lately when I started cosplaying genderbent Sabo. It has such a large community and as long as you are open-minded to other's opinions you can learn a lot from other fans. I'm one of those fans that will kind of break down everything that happened into little bits and state the facts then start speculating with other fans what will happen next. It's really exciting, and because if I see the raw version of something I can translate it probably better than some of these guys, I end up helping the fans out. I have a lot of fun with that. It's also gotten me to meet other fans, and even got me interested in this place where I've made some friends and learned about the whole anime fandom a bit. I don't know if it's really an obstacle I've overcome, but I am more open to different people and more aware of different cultures because I used to just be focused on my life here, and going to Japan someday when there is a whole world of other people out there to meet and other countries where they too love the same things as me. It has caused me to widen my horizons and embrace my geekiness, it's also made my world a little smaller and make international connections. The bad for me is I tend to talk about One Piece with my One Piece fans- actually no, any of my good friends for no reason, at random times, and if my favorite character gets killed I get really upset and have to invite all my friends to breakfast so I can grieve with my friends over tea. If my friends at work ask me what's wrong I have to tell them "I don't want to talk about it." because how do you tell someone you are overcome with grief over the loss of a fictional character?! Also, I tend to look for the weirdest One Piece stuff to buy. While I regard plastic statues and figurines a knick-knack type things. There is a whole world of random (EXPENSIVE) One Piece stuff out there that has some sort of purpose, like a One Piece car seat cover, a One Piece mat for the dash board, One Piece lunch box, One Piece car air freshener, One Piece washcloths, One Piece travel kit, One Piece jewelry box, One Piece Mirror, One Piece iphone case, Chopper house slippers... you get the picture. lol

anime has affected my life in a positive way if i didnt have anime i seriously dont know how i could have made it so far

Hmmm..... Anime helped me beat depression. (Yes.... It sounds crazy, but it's true) But despite that, I am treated like an outcast at home because I'm an otaku. So I guess you could say it's been both good and bad, but I would say the good out weighs the bad, especially since I've met so many wonderful people here :)

I think it made me kinda antisocial. And I got worse in school. Drastically. But I think I remained happy. Not sure waht wouldve happened if I didnt start it. Maybe nothing <.<

Gundams and Dual had the most effect on me. I always adore those Mecha anime. Even back then. My mother would worried that I might turn tomboy because of all the boys stuff Anime I watch. She was surprise to see me grow up as a fine lady thought. lol And Anime help me alot to open up and stop being shy. I'm mostly a shy person before even as a child. So I was so thankful for Anime. And because of anime that I began to be a cosplayer. XD I'm happy thought, helped a few new comer of cosplayer whose only just going to start cosplaying and giving them tips on how to be a cosplayer (Even made friend). My mom kind of somewhat happy since I began to so socialize with others people, even thought those others people are people who like anime, cosplay. I guess she just thankful that Anime exist too, if it wasn't for anime I probably would still be the same kid who is anti-social and only liked locking herself up in her room doing nothing but staring at the window or so like before when I was 8-9 years old. :v

anime is the reason why I do drug, have sex and live in my mom's basement due to me not having any money cause I spend whatever i have on drugs, sex and anime.