Why the tendency for aspies and auties to like anime?

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i have no hypothesis on the matter because i do not believe it to be true.

i do not have one iota of interest in anime. to me it is a waste of time to even engage in speculation as to it's possible merits.

since you have concluded that it is true that AS people all like anime, i guess you will also conclude that because i do not then i am not AS.

Have you done a properly designed survey or poll to establish your hypothesis? If not, you are presuming a great deal which is not in evidence.

ruveyn

I really don't get why aspies/auties like it. I think anime is too cutesy and shallow for the most part.

I apologize for my ambiguous statement. I didn't wish to imply that all aspies like anime, I just meant that from my observations, I've seen a significantly larger amount of aspies who watch anime or read manga than I've observed in a regular setting. I didn't mean that the majority of aspies necessarily likes anime either, since I know many aspies who do not. But for example, I went to a private school consisting entirely of aspies. In my class there were about 8 or 9 students. In total, 4 of them watched anime or read manga on a regular basis. I also once joined an anime club at a public high school that had about 30 members. I didn't talk to all of them of course, but out of 15 people or so I have observed or spoken to, at least 5 of them had multiple common AS traits. That means that probably at least 1 out of 6 of them had aspergers. Comparing that to the known statistic for autism (about 1 in 150, was it?) my observation shows an apparent correlation between AS and Anime club membership as opposed to NTs with Anime Club membership. I have also asked this to speech teachers, social skills teachers, and the like, and many of them also say they have noticed a tendency for aspies to read manga and watch anime. I assumed that others may have observed this correlation, and was curious about the opinions of those who have as to why they believe it seems to exist. Lastly, the reason I called it a hypothesis is because it is essentially true to the definition of a hypothesis: a guess based on an observation made, not necessarily with data to back it up yet. If I had data with a strong correlation it would be a theory. Again, I do not think that all aspies watch anime, and again I am truly sorry for being unclear and for offending those I have offended.

On a side note, I'm wondering why it came across that I was implying that all aspies like anime. Perhaps because I said "and some auties"? If so, again I'm sorry.

I always hated animae because it was okay for everyone to like that and be genuinaly obsessed with it but if people found out about my meerkat and Lion King obsessions I was treated like a freak.

I think that it's because anime signifies an escape to younger and happier days, for a lot of us.

Well, I'm a little befuddled by all the posts re hypothesis's and who said what, so here's my own view sitting all by itself ...
I think that the ratio of people who are anime fans amongst NT and those with Autism and AS will be pretty much similar. There's a huge "cult" out there into them, and I guess maybe more Aspies know about it ( and not necessarily be fans) as we spend more time being "antisocial" and browsing the net etc etc.

I personally despise anime, hehe!

Although this can not be counted towards any statistics or evidence for the so called hypothesis because am not yet diagnosed with AS.
But I will say that anyone I personally know with AS ( five, so not that many!) is not a fan.
And a couple of other NT people I am friendly with are pretty hard core fans regarding anime

I don't like anime/manga. I had a boyfriend who liked it, he tried to get me into and I just couldn't get interested.

My love for anime has been killed off by morons of racial profiling. Apparently if you're a white male who's into anime it's normal and cool but if you're a half-Asian girl who likes anime, you're a Asian stereotype. Plus it didnt help that I stood out too much in the anime club I was in for being an attractive Asian girl. I felt excluded and quite uncomfortable alot in that club just for that.

Plus the anime that's on these days is just not all that interesting. Good anime is a rarity to find and I just stick to watching them on Youtube but I cant even do that anymore without cringing.

Well, I`m not saying that all Aspies like anime, but when I went to my psychologist, he had told me that in all his time practicing psychology (about 8 years) that he`d only ever worked with three girls (me included) that were into anime, and they were all somewhere on the autism spectrum.

I myself like the detail of the drawings and the artwork have in them. Some of the artistry is amazing.