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Any other fans of Naruto?

I've been involved in online fandoms since I became a Star Wars fan a decade ago (goodness, it's really been that long?). I've also gone to a few comic and/or anime cons. I'm so accustomed to the stuff that happens in fandoms, the sharing of fanfiction, videos, and fanart as well as the types of conversations that take place and the drama that takes place, that I forget that we often look kinda strange to outsiders.
And since a huge portion of fandoms are not made up of Christians, they're of course going to do stuff that Christians are not always going to like. But there are also people who you can only reach through similar interests. Are they gonna listen to the Christians picketing outside conventions? Probably not.

And there are always going to be different views on where to draw the line. I grew up with children whose parents wouldn't let them watch '60s Scooby Doo--one of the most innocent cartoons you could pick out.
Naruto is actually one of the more tame animes. Unlike some other series, there's actually a censored version with no swearing and the like, since it aired on Cartoon Network's daytime block
 
questdriven said:
I've been involved in online fandoms since I became a Star Wars fan a decade ago (goodness, it's really been that long?). I've also gone to a few comic and/or anime cons. I'm so accustomed to the stuff that happens in fandoms, the sharing of fanfiction, videos, and fanart as well as the types of conversations that take place and the drama that takes place, that I forget that we often look kinda strange to outsiders.
And since a huge portion of fandoms are not made up of Christians, they're of course going to do stuff that Christians are not always going to like. But there are also people who you can only reach through similar interests. Are they gonna listen to the Christians picketing outside conventions? Probably not.

And there are always going to be different views on where to draw the line. I grew up with children whose parents wouldn't let them watch '60s Scooby Doo--one of the most innocent cartoons you could pick out.
Naruto is actually one of the more tame animes. Unlike some other series, there's actually a censored version with no swearing and the like, since it aired on Cartoon Network's daytime block
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Oh I remember that! It was on some special program call Toon something?? That's where I first saw it. As I said before, my fiancée (who is also a Christian) first introduced me to it back when we were in high school together so,.. well,.. it's sort of our thing that we do together. I also love Scooby-Doo and I honestly can't believe that parents would forbid that television show. Scooby-Dooby-Doo!!! (the CGI films were pretty good as well, at least the ones with Freddie Prince Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar :))



 
I haven't listened to the others yet, I'm still in the process of doing it, but I love the Fighting Dreamer song! :) This is still one of my favorites though.



 
By the way, I think there's more Christians in Japan than one percent,.. it's just not a huge thing in that country.
 
I don't remember the precise percentage, but I know Shinto is the majority. It doesn't have too much actual belief to it in my understanding. Followers participate mainly by visiting shrines to pray for fortune and the like on certain occasions, otherwise they don't give it much thought. I'm subscribed to a Japanese YouTuber who has a video about it, but since he swears a lot I'd have to review the video before posting here.
 
HeIsRisen2018 said:
Oh I remember that! It was on some special program call Toon something?? That's where I first saw it. As I said before, my fiancée (who is also a Christian) first introduced me to it back when we were in high school together so,.. well,.. it's sort of our thing that we do together. I also love Scooby-Doo and I honestly can't believe that parents would forbid that television show. Scooby-Dooby-Doo!!! (the CGI films were pretty good as well, at least the ones with Freddie Prince Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar :))



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Toonami
 
questdriven said:
I don't remember the precise percentage, but I know Shinto is the majority. It doesn't have too much actual belief to it in my understanding. Followers participate mainly by visiting shrines to pray for fortune and the like on certain occasions, otherwise they don't give it much thought. I'm subscribed to a Japanese YouTuber who has a video about it, but since he swears a lot I'd have to review the video before posting here.
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Yeah, I didn't know the exact percentage either it's just that one percent seems kind of low especially when a lot of them celebrate Christmas over there. It might just be the Santa Claus part, all I know is that I've seen pictures of Japan at Christmastime and it looks very pretty.




jasonc said:
Toonami
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Yeah! That's it! Thanks for reminding me. Anyway, here's another Naruto music video that I really like.



 
HeIsRisen2018 said:
Yeah, I didn't know the exact percentage either it's just that one percent seems kind of low especially when a lot of them celebrate Christmas over there. It might just be the Santa Claus part, all I know is that I've seen pictures of Japan at Christmastime and it looks very pretty.











Yeah! That's it! Thanks for reminding me. Anyway, here's another Naruto music video that I really like.



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I've heard that over there it's a Christmas tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner

Not a bad tradition tbh, at least so far as eating fried chicken
 
They actually watch a lot of Western (like Western hemisphere) movies, too. I was surprised to hear that they know what How to Train Your Dragon is
 
questdriven said:
They actually watch a lot of Western (like Western hemisphere) movies, too. I was surprised to hear that they know what How to Train Your Dragon is
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Really?? I love those movies! There's going to be a third one coming out in like a few years or something? How did you find that part out about them?
 
HeIsRisen2018 said:
Really?? I love those movies! There's going to be a third one coming out in like a few years or something? How did you find that part out about them?
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I don't entirely remember, different places. There are some Japanese YouTubers, and the Naruto forums I used to frequent had some Japanese dwelling members who spoke very good English.
I think I might have learned it from reading interviews with manga authors though, where they talked about their favorite movies.
 
HeIsRisen2018 said:
I don't even know what that is, but I can't believe that you can say that about KFC. :mouthdrop
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Look,a smaller chain has better chicken ,is cheaper aND sells,gizzards,chicken hearts,and more.

Soon I shall have two hens ,cheap and eggs from them.
 
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