"wannabes. God, I hate that 
I just used that word twice in a sentence. I 
mean, wasn't that the title of a Spice Girls 
song?"

I don't know about that, but it WAS the title of 
an anime about a female professional wrestling 
tag-team.

I HATE HATE HATE fandom elitism.  This whole "my 
anime is better than your anime" and condecension 
towards newbies.  To be honest, I think the best 
thing you can do as a fan is to promote the anime 
you like best.  So the person you're talking to 
has only seen the dub of DBZ?  "Hey, if you like 
DBZ I bet you'd really enjoy this other anime I 
watch called 'One Piece'.  In fact, the voice 
actor who plays the main character is the same 
person who did Kuririn's voice in the original 
Japanese version of DBZ!  I have a few tapes - 
would you like to borrow them?"  And boom, you 
create a more knowledgable anime fan and spread 
the word at the same time!  Remember, you can 
attract more flies with honey than with vinegar.


Jennifer