This questions is for Japanese pop culture fans of all kinds:
I was wondering how the people around you perceive your hobby/passion? How do you think Anime/Manga/Vocaloid/J-music fans are treated in general?
My family has a very neutral attitude towards my obsession for Miku. Same goes with my friends, they're not interested in knowing more, but no one has condemned my hobby either. I also don't like to bring out my love for Vocaloid too much, so most of my workmates and not-so-close friends don't even know.
In general, I think that being into J-culture is quite widely accepted among teens and young adults nowadays, although some still think that anime is for kids and stuff like that. Sure J-culture fandom is seen as nerdy, but at least nowadays it's not considered to be such as eccentric hobby as it used to be, and it's okay to like those things. Of course some people, especially among the older generations, seem to think it's weird if an adult likes those "childrens' cartoons", and see anime and manga fans as childish nerds or just plain weirdos.
The Vocaloid fandom in Finland exists, but it's relatively small and Finnish fans are either "silent" fans or active only in international online communities (such as me...) So I can't say anything about Vocaloid fans in particular.
Also you sometimes see this strange, unexplained hate towards J-culture fans online. Some of it is probably just trolling, but some seem serious, and I can't understand the reason behind such hate.
I was wondering how the people around you perceive your hobby/passion? How do you think Anime/Manga/Vocaloid/J-music fans are treated in general?
My family has a very neutral attitude towards my obsession for Miku. Same goes with my friends, they're not interested in knowing more, but no one has condemned my hobby either. I also don't like to bring out my love for Vocaloid too much, so most of my workmates and not-so-close friends don't even know.
In general, I think that being into J-culture is quite widely accepted among teens and young adults nowadays, although some still think that anime is for kids and stuff like that. Sure J-culture fandom is seen as nerdy, but at least nowadays it's not considered to be such as eccentric hobby as it used to be, and it's okay to like those things. Of course some people, especially among the older generations, seem to think it's weird if an adult likes those "childrens' cartoons", and see anime and manga fans as childish nerds or just plain weirdos.
The Vocaloid fandom in Finland exists, but it's relatively small and Finnish fans are either "silent" fans or active only in international online communities (such as me...) So I can't say anything about Vocaloid fans in particular.
Also you sometimes see this strange, unexplained hate towards J-culture fans online. Some of it is probably just trolling, but some seem serious, and I can't understand the reason behind such hate.