"Those Anime Dolls"- Does the connection bother you?

me too lol

 

I'll agree with Half.Jak that's quite annoying. I've understant, that bjd are great models for cosplays, but that's the reason why people always was and will be connecting with anime. A lot of my friends aren't into m&a, so I've understand that.

 

BJDs originated in Japan, and the first company (Volks) was an anime doll company before they started making BJDs. Many dolls continue to be styled in distinctly anime-like styles, and even the more realistic ones usually (not always) look very much like realistic or semi-realistic anime figures.

There is a lot of crossover in the fan bases, BJDs are good for cosplay etc, but this all stems from the origins of the hobby.

 

Absolutely no offense taken. I don't feel like fangirl is a dirty word? I feel like sometimes fans -whether girls or boys- give their hobbies a bad rap when they behave poorly online and have no social aptitude in person but that applies to everyone whether they have dorky interests or not, right? I used to work in video games with online communities so I completely understand where you are coming from with the original statement. It's communities like DoA that fosters fans to show their good side and not indulge defensive, flaming, raging, poor behavior (thanks mods!). Just take a look at anything that mentions 'console wars' as it pertains to video games to see an example of horrific behavior in the comments section.

I also found BJDs through my many nerd interests and the people I know online who are into them. Many of us go to similar conventions and there are ABJD panels at many large anime conventions. On the flip side, I have noticed there are tons of collectors who are 'straight up' doll collectors without any times to anime, manga, etc.

BTW I am a total nerd and fangirl of many, many things. I can only be me.

*sigh*

At least I am not alone, right? ^___^

 

I love anime, I think it's fun if some owner do cosplay with theyre dolls.But it kind of anoying when people say my doll is Sailor Moon, just because her hair is blond and wear bun..I admit i was a fan of sailor moon, when I was a child..But I had no intention to make my Leah look like her.(And I didn't thought of it when i bought her).And Sailor Moon don't even wear a Ballerina Dress..

 

It doesn't bug me at all, lol. I love anime too but in my opinion, I think BJD's look more like CG, like they came out of a role-playing game or something ;D !!

 

Nothing is bothering me. I've no idea what other people call my dolls and frankly, I don't care.

 

i hate it when people call them anime dolls!but it wouldn't bother me if they were talking about the dollfie dreams,because i totally understand why the would call them that.but with any other doll (in the words of kanaria) "it just makes my blood boil"!

 

pretty much, yeah.
doll owners are considered as WEEABOS.
and then i'm like : dude, how can this doll make me a weaboo? its from KOREA and he doesnt have a japanese name or style so SHUDDUP D8<
my dolls really arent like anime characters and ALOT of dolls, i'd even say MOST dolls dont look like anime character and not all dolls owner are even in anime

for those who dont know what a weaboo is --> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Weaboo

 

Not really, Talk about being overly sensitive. Most of the people (in the world) are not familiar with exactly what a BJD is. If anime is the only (slowly becoming a tini bit more mainstream) connection they can make to understand it then isn't that an ok place to start? First off, if it's some random person, then who cares what they really think about it anyway? And, if it's someone who's opinion matters to you then you have a starting point to try to explain. But you really can't expect a very large percent of the general population o really "Get it" right off.

 

Yeah the connection does annoy me, probably because I don't understand people who watch anime. Many of which are children's cartoons, people already find this hobby nerdy and I think the fact that anime is linked into it contributes to that.
I think many of the people who say they don't care are probably adults who really have stopped giving a crap about what people think, it's a bit harder when you're a teen and this whole hobby is tied in with something that has such a stigma attatched. I think with this hobby originating in japan you have to be prepared for anime fangirls to surround it and that little tag to be given to it.
Doesn't stop the connection of anime to these dolls annoying me.

 

The subcultures are often associated, because many people are interested in both. However, you do not, by any means , have to like anime if you like BJD's, and vice versa. Also, many brands' dolls have a similar aesthetic to anime characters (i.e. perfect skin, large, beautiful eyes, extravagant clothing and hair, and well developed backstories).

 

Beki.cookie: First off, most anime was not designed for children. Second off, I think this hobby would be nerdy/geeky with or without the anime association, because it can take so much energy and deviates from the norm.

Third, the association with anime isn't just because BJDs started in Japan. Even the more realistic BJDs still usually look like hyper-realistic/CG anime, and a lot of them look a lot more stylized, so even someone who knows nothing about them or their history could easily make the connection.

 

To me, some BJDs look like they've jumped right out of a manga, so no, the connection does not bother me in the slightest.
DD look more like the 'old-fashioned' manga characters to me. BJDs tend to look like the 'modern' manga styles I see a lot these days. Big round eyes for girls and girly boys. And the more mature they are the smaller the eyes get. So to me, the connection isn't wrong, I actually agree with them.

 

Roeleines, exactly

You can be bothered by it if you don't want the connection, but people have to understand that it isn't some random association.

 

Hey now, if people are bothered by it there's no need to "correct" them / complain about them... It doesn't bother me simply because I've never encountered it personally. But I don't like anime, and if someone assumed that I must because I like dolls, that would annoy me. As far as the connection between the dolls themselves and anime, I guess it all comes back to that elusive "Asian aesthetic."

 

Im not bothered by the term at all. Honestly there are more offensive terms that people can call my dolls.

 

I actually found anime and BJDs separately. Anime was introduced to me by my otaku cousin when I was 6. And my friend in Japan introduced me to BJDs when we were 13. Personally, I separate the two hobbies from one another. I know a lot about both, am very interested in both... but I am not a screaming fangirl or a raving otaku. Nowadays, 'anime' takes on a negative connotation to many people. And while it disappoints me, I would not like to associate BJDs with anime as the same trend because I'm more protective of my BJD hobby.

 

I am not into anime or all things Japanese, but it doesn't bother me that there is that association. Now if BJD's only came in anime style, then I wouldn't be involved with them, because it's just not my thing.

 

I have to agree with Ballet_AG , Roeleines & foxdragon . There are some sculpts out there that have an undeniable Anime & / or Manga flavour to them... even without the various types of "anime eyes" out on the market.
Personally, I came to BJDs through a love of art dolls and a fascination with traditional antique French ball jointed dolls and jointed wooden puppets as a means of thinking structurally about posable figurative sculpture and sculptural illustration through photography...plus a love of doll and automata history. However, I'm also a fan of certain Anime and Manga aesthetics, + "big Eye Art" and can definitely see where many ABJDs get these associations attached to them in this respect. To deny the connection in this sense is simply to deny the obvious. However, there are definitely those dolls out there which completely deviate from these aesthetics and become either more fantasy figurative, hyper-realistic figurative or semi-realistic poseable sculpture, or simply just "dolly dolly" dolls. There is such wonderful variety in this hobby. Hence, you could choose to become annoyed if association with one cultural genre or another is not to your taste, or you could use it as an opportunity to educate the uninitiated who only see that singular connection into the extremely wide and diverse world of BJDs and / or ABJDs...or simply put it down to ignorance. The choice is yours.