We all tend to get a little obsessive about what we love. You don't understand anime or its super-fans, which i'm down with. Me, i don't understand the appeal of NASCAR, or its super-fans, and i'm certain its much the same way elsewhere
When you're stuck with an otaku for a roommate, i could equally understand that you'd get into a wierd, hateful place over that.
Subs succeed because the voices just sound better, even when you have no understanding of the language. The English VAs that are hired often simply can't emote. I've been watching Bleach as it currently airs on Adult Swim, an arc i already watched in Japanese, and the difference is painfully obvious. Basic conversations feel so soft-spoken, when i remember things being significantly louder before.
Another thing that bugs me is the anime elitists, the ones that praise anything that's not mainstream but spit on anything that is. These artsy anime are not inherently better, and some of them tend to be worse off because they get their head stuck up their own ass (Evangelion, i'm looking at you), while a down-and-dirty series (like Queen's Blade) knows exactly what it is and has no pretentions about itself
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
