Robin Williams is an anime fan?

Postby **Jeikobu** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:49 pm

Cool, I never knew about this until I read it at ANN today.

Q: Did you always like cartoons?

A: I was always a hard-core Warner Bros. fan. Elmer and Daffy and (animator) Tex Avery. I collect a lot of Japanese anime. I am waiting to see "Steamboy." The Japanese are very aware that animation isn't just for kids to the point of making pornography. They make deeply dark movies, science-fiction movies.

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Postby **VioletEyedCat** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:56 pm

AHHHHH! That's crazy awesome!!! Robin Williams can sometimes be a little R-rated when it comes to his stand-up, but overall, I think he is one of the most hilarious men on the planet!! AND he watches anime! That's supercool, right there.

Postby **Debitt** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:01 pm

Wow, whooda thunk it. xD;

Postby **Joshua Christopher** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:05 pm

VioletEyedCat wrote:AHHHHH! That's crazy awesome!!! Robin Williams can sometimes be a little R-rated when it comes to his stand-up, but overall, I think he is one of the most hilarious men on the planet!! AND he watches anime! That's supercool, right there.

I love his line at the end of Good Will Hunting, but I shan't repeat it here.

Postby **Hitokiri** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:09 pm

My fav movie of his is "Dead Poets Society". That's pretty cool though could of done without the pornography comment. How is that good? :eyebrow:

Website · Postby **enishi** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:13 pm

!! thats so awesome. i wonder if he got excited when they were shooting 'one hour photo' when they were shooting the part where hes trying to win the kid over by giving him that mass production model. i know i stood up in the movie theater and started freaking out ^_^

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:51 pm

Steamboy looks good.I've seen the ads on tv.

Postby **CDLviking** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:01 pm

Hitokiri wrote:My fav movie of his is "Dead Poets Society". That's pretty cool though could of done without the pornography comment. How is that good?

I think he was making the point about animation not just being for kids. But yeah, I coulda done without that too.

Postby **Hitokiri** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:13 pm

CDLviking wrote:I think he was making the point about animation not just being for kids. But yeah, I coulda done without that too.

True but a bad example to use. That's why most of the non-anime people think anime is just "cartoon porn".

Postby **dragonshimmer** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:08 pm

O_O I knew I was a fan of his for a reason...that's just one more to add to the list

Postby **Anison Twilight** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:14 pm

Coincidentally...I have the same birthday as Robin Williams.

Postby **starwarsboy90** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:26 pm

same here, as in Robin Williams being my favorite actor, and that he likes anime.

Postby **termyt** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:08 am

Hitokiri wrote:My fav movie of his is "Dead Poets Society". That's pretty cool though could of done without the pornography comment. How is that good?

Perhaps, but is important that we understand that that is out there, too. If we just ignore it, it will come back to bite us.

Postby **Mangafanatic** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:02 am

Hitokiri wrote: That's pretty cool though could of done without the pornography comment.

Indeed. The world already knows that the Japanese create porn anime.

Postby **Rogie** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:07 am

Well, I guess the writers of "Robots" (the new CG movie) knew that when they gave Robin Williams' character the line, "Give me big anime eyes!" when he was taking photographs of the main character.

Oh, and yeah, that toy in "One Hour Photo" probably played into that, too. (But I hated that movie when it got filthy toward the end.)

Postby **Ichigo_89** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:12 am

bad Robin, BAD! But I did enjoy the movie. Very funny and VERY creative.

Postby **Rev. Doc** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:01 pm

Don't know if I should be impressed or question my choice of hobbies.

Postby **Godly Paladin** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:55 pm

I'm feeling something along the same lines, Rev. Doc.

Postby **aule1701** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:14 pm

gotta love robin williams love him he could just take it down a little bitt in the cursing department but he is cool he goes to iraq to see the troops and hes an anime fan so he is cool in my book

Postby **Ashley** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:23 pm

While I was mildly suprised to hear Williams say it, I'm glad he mentioned the pornography bit. Notice how he worded it : "to the point of"--makes a HUGE difference. Osaka's right, if we ignore it or try to downplay that fact, it'll just bite us. But I think if we're honest that yes, that trash exists, it makes us look more informed and in turn informs the uneducated public.

Postby **TrigunX89** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:16 am

Yeah, I was pretty excited to hear this. Apparently he also likes video games. I remember hearing him talk about playing Half-Life 2 and something else in an interview on a show called The Screen Savers. He also mentioned waiting to see Steamboy then, though I think he called it a Miyazaki film, which sorta confused me...

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