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Meson



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:57 am Reply with quote
It's true, and here's the report:

http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=1382

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Well of course anime is better than sex… at least, according to online web-analysis portal Compete.com. In a blog article published in recent days on the website, it was documented that web browsers making use of the all-subject encompassing online encyclopedia Wikipedia apparently have as large, if not larger interest in Japanese animation as they do in human anatomy. The popularity of Japanese animation ("anime") and of Japanese comics/graphic novels ("manga") has ebbed and flowed with the rising interest television advertisers have in late night cable in addition to domestic and international investment endeavors in regional title distributors. Now, with sporadic theatrical releases and merchandising efforts working in conjunction with cable television deals and annual fan conventions that soar into the dozens of thousands, what was once an underground interest seems to have grown quite a sizeable, searchable community.


Let's all celebrate... with some hentai!
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the Rancorous



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:08 am Reply with quote
Meson wrote:
It's true, and here's the report:

http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=1382

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Well of course anime is better than sex… at least, according to online web-analysis portal Compete.com. In a blog article published in recent days on the website, it was documented that web browsers making use of the all-subject encompassing online encyclopedia Wikipedia apparently have as large, if not larger interest in Japanese animation as they do in human anatomy.


they must have dated my ex-girlfriend Twisted Evil
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Moros



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:08 am Reply with quote
{User banned following massive 'vandalism' of own past posts -- abunai}

Last edited by Moros on Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:29 am; edited 2 times in total
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Deltakiral



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:14 am Reply with quote
the Rancorous wrote:
they must have dated my ex-girlfriend Twisted Evil
.

Ouch that is damn cold.

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Anime is better than sex


False. Or they've never left the basement.

P.S. All generalizations are false. Wink


Last edited by Deltakiral on Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:19 am; edited 1 time in total
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Steventheeunuch





PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:14 am Reply with quote
hahahahahahah

aaaaaaaahahahaha

hahaha



hahaha


aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhaah

The internet never ceases to amuse me.
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PantsGoblin
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:22 am Reply with quote
This thread reminded me of this ytmnd. It's still rated higher than sex on LiveJournal (higher than it was before actually...). Hmm, I feel like watching Ninja Nonsense now...
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Abarenbo Shogun



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:29 am Reply with quote
Moros wrote:
Wikipedia is good, but it is not entirely reliable!
[citation needed]

(Sorry, bad Wikipedia joke. Laughing )
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Redbeard 101
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:31 am Reply with quote
For starters, if I'm reading this right, this is based on people searching Wiki, and not the entire web. Given that the results don't surprise me at all. Who looks for sex online at an encyclopedia? Come on now. Rolling Eyes If you expand that statistic to the entire web...well....you'll have a vastly different result. There's a little video online about that too. "Shift happens" I think, or maybe that's a different video. Either way I wouldn't pay much attention to this little "research."

Oh, and for the record anime is not better then sex and anyone that seriously thinks it is needs help that only a baseball bat or my friend Peppermint can provide (yes I have a female friend who strips to pay for college, and yes that's her stage name).
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Steventheeunuch





PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:31 am Reply with quote
Between this and KyuuA4 still being alive I think it's a good sign that everything but the retail, talkback, and encyclopedia forums should be closed and thrown out and dead and stuff.

End of forums.
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Eruanna



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:33 am Reply with quote
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What’s interesting about the top sex related terms on Wikipedia is that they do not appear to have gratuitous intent. The top terms include very straightforward inquiries on human reproductive ‘parts’ and basic concepts of what sex is and how it is performed. It appears many people are learning about what sex is and how to have it by referencing Wikipedia.


That... really cracks me up.
"Honey, are we ready to... you know...?"
"Sure um... how does it work?"
"Umm... Im not sure.."
"Hold on, Ill look it up on wikipedia!"

What a strange world we live in.


....oh, sorry. Was I supposed to comment on the anime related part of that article?
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ANN_Bamboo
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:36 am Reply with quote
They neglected to take into account the fact that people interested in having sex were likely *doing* it, rather than surfing Wikipedia. ; )
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KyuuA4



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:41 am Reply with quote
Meson wrote:
Let's all celebrate... with some hentai!


OH lawd. As much as I adore the plethora of anime chicks -- and react to them in a male perverted manner -- I refuse to think anime is better than sex. OMG. Laughing

Steventheeunuch wrote:
Between this and KyuuA4 still being alive I think it's a good sign that everything but the retail, talkback, and encyclopedia forums should be closed and thrown out and dead and stuff.

End of forums.


Holy WTF. LOL.

Three words: Japanese Lap Pillow Laughing
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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:47 am Reply with quote
pfft. Not to generalize but lets face facts. Most Anime fans who voted on this though process:

"Hmm...Well I know Anime is great. As for sex...well I've heard good things about it but..."

Hence the results of this.
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Deltakiral



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:07 am Reply with quote
Abarenbo Shogun wrote:
Moros wrote:
Wikipedia is good, but it is not entirely reliable!
[citation needed]

(Sorry, bad Wikipedia joke. Laughing )


SakechanBD wrote:
They neglected to take into account the fact that people interested in having sex were likely *doing* it, rather than surfing Wikipedia. ; )


Well it's official, the funniest things I've ever read....we might as well close this whole internet thing down seeing as how no one is going to top those answers. Laughing
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SS_Vegeta



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:58 am Reply with quote
If this isn't a joke I wouldn't understand how it's possible. Although I have seen hentai, and to be honest, some of the animation is insanely good. One thing that bothers me, and after doing some research, is that hentai has been known to carry child pornography and incest. I know there's some flexibility with animation, but why get off on that?
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