Any parents who watch anime?

[Mikimir]

My dad watched Neon Genesis Evengelion long ago and nowadays he watches anime I recommend from time to time. He likes mecha anime so I recommended him Aldnoah. Zero and Date a Live but he wasn't very fond of the latter. I wonder why.

 

Other than that, he watches Kiseijuu and Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works now.

 

So what about you folks?

[Monmon]

my parents watch Gintama with me when we got stuck in traffic jam back in my hometown.

And they love how cute Kagura is. But i think only that, but if u count hayao miyazaki's film as anime then they watch some of em too.

[Sargon]

My dad watched Neon Genesis Evengelion long ago and nowadays he watches anime I recommend from time to time. He likes mecha anime so I recommended him Aldnoah. Zero and Date a Live but he wasn't very fond of the latter. I wonder why.

 

Other than that, he watches Kiseijuu and Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works now.

 

So what about you folks?

[solidbatman]

My dad watches more anime than I do, plays more games than I do, and cooks better than I do. 

[Andreas]

I recently got my mother to watch Death Note with me, then Shakugan no Shana, and currently we are watching Code Geass. She really seems to be enjoying it, and often she is the one asking me if we can watch.

I tried getting her to watch Little Busters some months ago, but she didn't like it  .

[solidbatman]

I recently got my mother to watch Death Note with me, then Shakugan no Shana, and currently we are watching Code Geass. She really seems to be enjoying it, and often she is the one asking me if we can watch.

I tried getting her to watch Little Busters some months ago, but she didn't like it  .

[Andreas]

Sounds like someone actually has taste in your family

[salmon_samurai]

My pops used to watch DBZ with my brother and I. He was also a huge fan of Miyazaki.

[kyrt]

I thought this thread was asking if anyone was a parent that watches anime...

 

My mother is very well religious (on an almost zealous level) and I once tried to get her to watch anime and we managed to get through 24 episodes of Kanon...although she seemed to like it she was worried because she somehow thought I only liked depressing anime. She also was under the impression that it was all porn before that (in large part to her finding a volume of love hina ages ago when I first started buying manga) but I think she realizes that it isn't all porn and that's as much as I can hope. She bought me Last Exile for Xmas last year so she might be warming up a bit.

 

My father on the other hand while also very religious is a bit more open. We've watched trigun (only first episode), all of code geass, all of baccano, and a few lupin the 3rd movies. He seemed to like lupin the 3rd and seemed confused by baccano. Code Geass he watched but I can't tell if he liked it or tolerated it. He never really said anything while watching it so I'm going to assume he just sat through it because he was being a father. I also got him to watch a few episodes of LotGH and he seemed to enjoy it but then I went off to college and well haven't reall tried watching anything else with him. 

 

Words of advice make sure the anime you may watch with a parent is not going to offend them or make them question your social habits. Find something easy to get into. I have noticed that generally people prefer to watch anime based on age. Older people tend to like anime with older characters whereas younger people tend to prefer stuff with kids or teens. So biggest part of advice make sure nothing is in it that will offend, make sure it is easy to follow, and try to stay with an anime with adult characters. 

 

As for being a parent and watching anime I do not have a child but the experiment with old video games that a father recently did seems interesting and I might have to do the same to my eventual child. Start them off on older anime and slowly gradually get to the modern day anime in order breathe interest into older and newer shows alike...if it works. would be interesting to see. 

[crunchytaco]

I used to watch Dragonball Z on saturday mornings with my parents in their bedroom. They would call me Gohan because I was about his age (around 7).

[yashasupercow]

have to admit,i don't have that kind of childhood

[suikashoujo]

My dad used to sit and watch some stuff with me from time to time, but he wasn't really into it.

There was a time a couple of summers ago where my mom texted me asking for recommendations of a manga she could try reading, for... some reason. She got through a volume apiece of Madoka and Kimi ni Todoke and about half of the Air anime before giving up, though, and she hasn't tried any since then. So I guess you could say she wasn't into it.

[Down]

Some animation movies with my mom. That's about it. Never really tried to make them watch stuff though.

 

My dad watches more anime than I do, plays more games than I do, and cooks better than I do. 

[Mikimir]

Aldnoah Zero is garbage, Date a Live is full of panty shots, anyone who almost never watched anime would feel disgusted

Cowboy Bebop, Crest of the Stars, Code Geass, Black Lagoon, Katanagatari, Mushishi.

I was being sarcastic... He doesn't like Code Geass though

[Lambda]

Anime movies, and then my dad's watched episodes of Darker than Black and Full Metal Panic! because I was watching them in the family room on the big tv. I kinda want him to watch more of FMP!... he was in the army, he might find it even more amusing? Anyway, he didn't finish either of them. Darker than Black left him with the deep impression "anime is complicated"....

[Sargon]

I was being sarcastic... He doesn't like Code Geass though

[RinXD]

Honestly 90% of the issue with anime during their generation and our is the fanservice our generations anime is full of fan service some to the extent that it ruins the plot also your dad would probably enjoy Seinen anime over shounen since seinen is geared toward males over 25

[Tatsujin]

my parents watch Gintama with me when we got stuck in traffic jam back in my hometown.

And they love how cute Kagura is. But i think only that, but if u count hayao miyazaki's film as anime then they watch some of em too.

[Mikimir]

Man Cowboy Bebop is a masterpiece, Kyrt Gave some good advices, dont make your pops watch shit made only because some studio had to make off some easy money,

Sunrise has some pretty good series, J.C.STAFF and Kyoto Ani

Since i dont live with my dad and my mother works her ass off they never watched anything with me .

[Sargon]

Yoo I don't encourage my dad to watch shitty anime he just watch whatever he wants. He hates the art style of Code Geass and thinks Steins:Gate is boring. He finds Magi interesting though. Date a Live was just a joke.

[RinXD]

Yoo I don't encourage my dad to watch shitty anime he just watch whatever he wants. He hates the art style of Code Geass and thinks Steins:Gate is boring. He finds Magi interesting though. Date a Live was just a joke.

[Mikimir]

English is my second, i don't get some jokes . If you make him watch Zero no Tsukaima he will lose it .

Oh hell no

I got cancer after watching that anime

Just not my type