Sumiru

I wouldn't say that anime changes my lifestyle so to speak, but I have been (heavily) influenced by it.

I'm pretty sure it's normal, but whenever someone's eating in an anime I have an urge to have ramen.

I tried learning go after reading/watching Hikaru no Go, and I'd like to try shugo soon after seeing on a variety of anime.

After watching Whisper of the Heart I wanted to write my own story, and for some reason, it didn't seem right unless I wrote it in a notebook.

Death Note made me get a sudden interest in criminals. I even started to watch some of the crime-dramas on TV.

The only things that have changed my lifestyle, although I'm not sure by how much, was Tokyo Babylon (manga) and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu. Tokyo Babylon made me seriously think about my actions. Suzumiya made me wonder about the world and people's influence on it.

Anime can change you if you allow it to.

I'm with Sumiru on his last point. Anime, like a good book, like a good movie, like a lot of other things, can and will give you some insight into other points of view if you allow it to, and if you are a reflexive person, that can give you some clues as to where to direct your changes.

To put a recent example: I, for one, know that after thinking long and hard about Suzumiya Haruhi and all that surrounded her, am geting quite more direct and carefree, since watching and listening to her and her way of life made me crystallize a little teaching I had always known, but had never acted upon. That is, that being straightforward, willful, even a tinge aggressive, to get your goals, is the only way to succeed, and, especially, to feel alive. To quote the Goddess herself, "You cannot sit down and wait for things to happen." Pretty simple, but when you go around with that thought in mind, it's surprising to realize how much we allow ourselves to "go with the flow". Haruhi's rebellious image is then, for me, a bit of a constant reminder: I should do what I feel is right, not what will net me the most outside appreciation.

So yeah, anime influences my life in the same way any other source could: I analyze it, and take the parts I consider most valuable for myself. After all, our personalities are nothing but puzzles where the jigsaws are mannerisms adopted from a thousand places. I simply try to know and control where they come from ;).

Not really...watching an anime does not affect my life style much...
it will only happen when i love that anime very much...

After watching Samurai X,(the first anime i watched)watching an anime became one of my life\'s greatest joy and i guess it applies to most of you guys too

Hrmm,i dont think so,i still live my normal life after i have discovered the wonder of anime,maybe it does change a bit without knowing myself?Because i already started to drink green tea and loves to eat sushi before i watch anime.But,what i can say is i want to learn japanese language and i feel like want to study in japan after watching the anime,and i like Japan.(one of my favourite country)

Yea a little. i had a routine. everytime i would watch an anime i would have to eat japanese ramen. i was doin this for a good 2 months. i guess it started when i would watch naruto.

Hehe, honestly, yes. I see then eating things and wanting to try them. Or making things they eat, and I often do! I find it a little embarresing, but fun none the less!!

As for me, Not really changed but also greatly influenced.
(most of us might feel the same anyways!XD ) more often than not, I'm more moved about the story, if its upbeat and comedic, then I feel happy, if its drama and sad, I get tears starting to pile up in my eyes.

Well there has been changes since I've started seeing anime! Nothing harmful as yet! It has somehow influenced my determination.. Dunno how though!

It does changes mine a little, makes me happier when i watch an anime, boosts my imagination, got me more interested in the japonese culture also. i've always liked tea and asian food though, so anime didnt really changed that :P

guess it mostly changed my way of thinking, makes me looks at things with another perspective ^^

Nope, I enjoy seeing anime, but it doesn't affect my style, or my way of life...
Only when I cry seeing an anime...jaja

Moogles

When i start watching animes i started to change my life style abit i used to drink coffee alot everytime but now i drinking so much tea because everytime in animes they always drink tea dont you think so people =o? even the chopsticks now now it look easy to do it but i feel it kind of hard abit to use them beucase i been using spoons and stuff it acually better eating with chopsticks for some reason i duuno it just the way it is. So people wat do you think =o?

I sorta have the same effects like the chopstick thing although it actually is easy there's a way to hold it where you'll feel comptorable...and one of the things that anime has changed me in is how I dress for example I can't help but want hats with cat ears on them like Mamimi has from FLCL and I also find myself eating alot of Ramen and wanting to buy Katana's plus I make lots of sarcasms that have to do with Anime...Anime has changed me alot but is that a bad thing?

Only certain animes have changed how I think of life. Like with certain views on things, etc. I would have to say Rurouni Kenshin probably had one of the biggest impacts on my life because I can relate to alot of things Kenshin went through. Bleach has been another anime that's changed alot to with how I look at my friends, and what they mean to me.

No but I think I'm feeling a little bit happier. I don't know what's changed after I watched an anime. Maybe I'm starting to get more informations about the anime that I watch and if there's a time then I'd collect a pictures of that anime

Yh i think parts of anime change my life. like when anime characters talk about life and about people i start to think about that in real life. it's kinda weird and confusing but it still happens.

That sure, it change my life...
that first i little otaku to read and watch anime more than before ^_^
two i learn japanese for listen and read it - -'
and three i try to make wallpaper, avatar or another that make me feel happy ><
wow anime, manga it's great ^_^...