CHAPTER I : REVISION

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Rationale of the Study

Hihara, a Computer Science student of one of the universitiesof Cebu city, had a major exam the very next day. The exam scheduled the following day was a hands-on File Reading exam so Hihara needed to practice coding the night before due to the fact that he was not that good in file reading yet. So he told himself that after eating dinner, he would start studying and coding.

When he arrived from school later that day, he was determined to let nothing distract him from studying. However, when he booted his laptop to open the lecture notes uploaded on the class blog, he saw that the anime he had on torrent for several days had already finished downloading. So then, he thought, "Hm. Okay, Maybe I should rest my mind a bit and watch anime while I eat my dinner. That will help me loosen up and calm my mind."

Satisfied with that, he got up and made dinner. He told himself over and over again that he was only going to watch an episode or two and then he was going to focus on programming and file reading.

Unfortunately, that was not the case. When dinner was ready, he had watched two full episodes of anime. And by the time he was full, he had already finished 4 episodes. The temptation to continue watching was there, even after he had placed his dirty plate in the sink.

He kept telling himself, "Ugh. Okay. I promise. This is the last episode for the night. And I'm going to get some coding down."

Nothing of the sort happened. He spent the whole night watching the anime he had finished downloading and by the time he finally found the nerve to shut the video player off, he was too sleepy to code properly. Nevertheless, he did but it was sloppy and unmotivated. The next day, just before the exam, he found out that some of his classmates who also loved anime experienced the same thing.

Hihara is one of the many second year anime enthusiasts in the University of the Philippines Cebu College who experience the same situations.

Anime is a blanket term, shortened from the word 'animation' and is often used to refer to the animated versions of comics that originated from Japan called "manga". Anime is an increasing world phenomena. More and more Anime series, mangas and movies come out each year and with that, the population of Anime fans around the world keep on increasing as well. The popularity of a particular Anime title that became a hit TV series usually lasts for years. Even though the show has ended on the TV station where it was aired, fans will search for their own copies of the series and watch it over and over.

Many young adults today watch anime and manga. What with its exiting plot lines, action packed scenes and a complexity that draws out a wider range of viewers, anime has taken the world by storm. Many young people claim it to be so addicting that they often neglect their responsibilities and would rather to watch anime and read manga.

So, with Hihara, nstead of studying and reviewing for exams or making projects to meet the deadlines, anime fans like Hihara procrastinate and postpone the tasks they need to do to watch anime and read manga.

Our study aims to find out the effects of watching anime and reading manga onto the study habits of the Second Year College students of the University of the Philippines Cebu College.

Statement of the Problem

This research was conducted to find out how influential anime and manga are on the study habit of the Second Year college students in the University of the Philippines Cebu College during Academic year 2011-2012.

Specifically, this study was attempted to answer the following sub-problems:

1. How much time do the students allot for watching anime and reading manga?

2. How much time do the students spend studying and reviewing?

3. How does watching anime and reading manga affect study group sessions?

4. How does watching anime and reading manga distract students during class

hours?

5. How does watching anime and reading manga interfere with the time used to

complete assignments and projects?

6. Does early exposure to anime and manga affect the students' attitude towards

anime and manga?

Objectives of the Study

The objectives of this study are:

To know the time students allot for watching anime and reading manga.

To determine the time students spend studying and reviewing.

To determine how watching anime and reading manga affects study group sessions.

To assess how watching anime and reading manga distract students during class

hours.

To know how watching anime and reading manga interfere with the time used to

complete assignments and projects.

To determine if early exposure to anime and manga can affect the students' attitude towards anime and manga.

Significance of the Study

This study can benefit the following people:

Parents. Through this study, parents will be made aware of the effects of their children watching anime and reading manga too much during childhood, and so with this, the parents can supervise their children's exposure of these Japanese media.

Students. With this study, they will be aware of the effects of watching too much anime and manga on their studies. With this, they can make necessary measures to limit their addiction.

Teachers. They can be made aware of the hobbies of their students and use these to their advantage. Teachers could make use of anime and/or manga as effective teaching techniques to arouse the interests of their students. (e.g. using characters from Axis Powers Hetalia to teach World History).