Subject: Too MUCH ANIME When: (Update: Tuesday, March 2, 1992) TXT You Know You've Been DOING Too Much Anime When: (Tuesday March 2, 1993) chaprac@ucsu.colorado.edu the close captioned Star Trek comes on and you follow the story from the subtitles rather than by listening to what is said. you look at people funny because their eyes are so small. you are hard pressed to picture your story characters in a live context. They all are animated. you can speak the Japanese dialog you don't understand without the movie playing in the background. gainax@venice.mps.ohio-state.edu you start falling for an anime character. dhiga@aludra.usc.edu you have a Kyoko Otonashi shrine on your computer. djohnson@sc.ucsd.edu you argue about who is worthy enough to put in a signature. gokuu@gnu.ai.mit.edu seeing tentacles of any type give you Wandering Kid flashbacks. conty@cbnewsl.att.com you start using Japanese in normal conversations, like "Nani?", "Iie", "Ja ne", and so on. you end rhetorical questions with "ne?" you start humming musics from anime while you walk from point A to point B. you watch a subtitled film, and you forget that the characters AREN'T speaking Japanese. you can recognize various Japanese accents, even if you don't understand the language. when your car is about to crash and the first words that comes to your lips is "KUSO!!!!" Japanese pop starts to sound good to you. chrismg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu you turn on I Dream of Jeannie and your brain insists you're watching live-action Urusei Yatsura. you sit down to watch an unsubtitled feature and you completely failed to understand the first 30 seconds of dialogue because you were trying to understand the Japanese and it's dubbed in English. wolfone@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu you name your cat Mughi. you watch a space battle in Star Wars or Star Trek and you wonder why there are so few missiles being fired. you start driving like Lupin III or Sanson. you wish you had a giant wooden mallet to attack people who insult you. you confuse Major Kira from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with a certain 3WA Trouble Consultant. you cringe at any Streamline dubbed film because you remember what the original dialogue sounded like. ken@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu you start looking for subtitles while watching animation in English. sazan@hounix.org a bunch of your friends, along with yourself, start an anime sub-titling company. sfac@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu you start trying to find the transform button on your Schwinn. nsq!alexhl@uunet.uu.net after zapping yourself at work, you awake saying, "I'll get you Lum, I'll get you!" in the arms of some guy. tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu startled, you reply in Japanese (ie. teacher calls on you and you reply "Nani?"). thmartin@romulus.rutgers.edu you yell impolite Japanese words for "you" at cars that cut you off on the freeway. you consider getting a pet piglet instead of a puppy, kitty or birdie. you hold up your palms and fold down your middle and ring finger when surprised. you sing your favorite anime theme song perfectly even though you don't know what any of the words mean. you don't recognize any of the Top 40 because all you listen to is tapes of anime songs. you make sounds effects under your breath when you blink. you practice doing the Lum dance and WAY too much when you can do it. dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com your roommate and girlfriend burst into the Ranma 1/2 first opening credits on their own accord, even though they are not anime fans, singing "Yapapa yapapa..." your girlfriend makes the blinking noises herself, because she's trying to figure out what endears you to Lum. you register a star with the International Star Registry (800 282-3333) and call it, "Uru", in the hope that its system is inhabited with obnoxious people. seawasp@vm2.cis.pitt.edu your Fantasy Role-Playing starts to incorporate parts of your favorite series. you start using Japanese words in the middle of English conversations. your whole gaming group listens to anime theme songs. you know every step of the Patalliro! Mockingbird Dance. you shout out strange trademark attack names when practicing with your swords. you find yourself about to call up a local radio station and request "Pegasus Fantasy." michael@izumi.dialix.oz.au you give your car a name and give it personalized plates indicating its "model". you give your machine's network name an anime character's name. You Know You've Been READING Too Many Anime Magazines/Mangas When: michael@izumi.dialix.oz.au you read a normal magazine and only halfway through did you realize you started at the wrong end. *** IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SITUATION YOU WANT TO SEE ADDED, PLEASE EMAIL ME *** *** highway@wam.umd.edu or briareos@u.washington.edu *** -- highway: the snuggly & cuddly care bear Phone: (301) 948-5174 124 Englefield Drive Bitnet: tcwu@umdd.bitnet Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Internet: highway@wam.umd.edu Univ of MD in College Park | Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity * In LF&S