Hi!
Footkerchief: Your reply does not make much sense.
Since I quoted your comment about how most anime sucks except for a few exceptions, I think we were talking about the original material, that is animated movies and series created in Japan. How you can then use my statements about my avatar to answer the question of definition is kind of confusing, since I am not part of the anime business, so I can't really represent them.
And even if you wanted to criticize the fandom, your quote was then poorly chosen. For what do my points boil down to?
1. I picked about the best drawing I have created for my avatar. Is that something weird? Should I use a shoddy sketch I don't like myself in a week's time for an avatar? Or rather, is this attitude to go for the best thing for my avatar something specific to anime fans, while everyone else does not bother to think about whether their avatar picture is well-done?
2. I picked an image that has a meaning for me, an image that I can relate to. Again, is that something specific to anime fans? Is it required for people to be normal to pick random images for their avatars without any meaning for them, not relating in any way to them? And the relationship I chose was one of love - is that what you find peculiar? Are people not allowed to have avatars they relate to positively? Do people normally pick things they hate for their avatars (if they make a choice on how they relate to things in the first place)?
3. One of my pastimes is doing some simple drawings, and because of that, I picked one of those drawings for my avatar. Should we not do that? Is it bad for an amateur to do some drawings of their own (then you better get support to shut down the fanart thread here on the forums....)? Or is it bad for a person to use their own drawings for their own avatar? Or rather, are you suggesting that normal people don't draw pictures and even if they did, they would just hide them and not use them at an appropriate opportunity?
I am sorry, but I can't find any logic in how you quoted me to answer a question not really related to my own attitudes.
As it stands, you have still not answered why you generalize about anime as a whole in your previous statement.
Deathworks