Anime has had many a reputation. One of them that has stuck for a long time and is always associated with the genre is that it is something that only nerds are involved in. Even with evidence to the contrary, people who watch anime are always considered nerdish in every way.

That said, is there any truth to such beliefs? Anime fans would definitely protect their reputation and say that they have been much maligned. The general public laugh and ridicule them for their passion in this way, but it is probable that their prejudices are unfounded.

First of all, anime is just another form of entertainment media. It just so happens to be in a form that is often associated with children. However, within the genre itself there are many different types of content matter, many of them which deal with adult issues.

Secondly, anime fans are just people who are passionate about it. Others like to make fun of this passion as a nerdy personality trait. If that is the case, then action movie fans are just as nerdy, even though their genre might involve violence, cars, women and everything else that real men might boast about.

Not everything that is handled in anime series or films are for children. There are many serious series too that explore subject matter more often associated with adults, such as politics, love and even ironic satire. They can be viewed as animated forms of books or documentaries in such genres.

Many also associate nerds with behavior that hints of being someone who has hardly been exposed to the practical world of ours. For those who have had experience interacting and dealing with people working in the anime industry, most of them do not exhibit traits of such form.

Nobody can prevent anybody from having an opinion of their own, even if it is that of anime fans being nerds. It generally speaks of narrow-mindedness and is more common than one thinks. President Obama spent a large part of his career as a professor, but did that mean that he was a nerd who spent most of his time with books?

It is perhaps fortunate that most anime fans do not pay much attention to such prejudice. Instead, many of them are welcoming to those who sincerely wish to learn more about their world. Devoting their time and energy to their passion is what counts in the end.

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