Easy solution is to not saturate yourself in any one type of media you'll be burned out fast especially if your hanging out with people who talk like that in your OP. That sounds annoying to me as well but wouldn't stop me from enjoying a medium altogether. Just look at the vast amount of annoying hipsters in the music and movie genres. Just be yourself enjoy what you feel like.
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Done with Anime?
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Last anime I watched was BECK.
You know, even with the broken English and some stuff about it, it wasn't silly (not intentional silly or whatever) nor stupid, I truly loved it.
Nowadays...man, I can't like anime. Wasn't that big on it back in the day but thought I'd give Bleach a chance to see what's the fuss about it. Just nope. Couldn't endure more than five minutes of it.
You know, even with the broken English and some stuff about it, it wasn't silly (not intentional silly or whatever) nor stupid, I truly loved it.
Nowadays...man, I can't like anime. Wasn't that big on it back in the day but thought I'd give Bleach a chance to see what's the fuss about it. Just nope. Couldn't endure more than five minutes of it.
Well Bleach is bad so you shouldn't have wasted those 5 minutes on it.
Have you checked out Nana or Kids on the Slope? If you liked Beck these two anime seem more suited than Bleach.
I can't get into any of the stuff like Naruto, Bleach etc. Not dogging it just not my thing but anime is like movies so many choices something is bound to wet your whistle.
Googled both shows on google images and liked what I saw right from the start, will look them up, thanks for the recommendation.
You're right, thing is, most of the popular or recommended anime I keep seeing it's mostly shonen/moe and whatnot, my ship sailed long ago from those genres, but the above recommendation is something I would dig.
CornBurrito
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Yeah you should definitely judge an entire medium based on Bleach.
You're right, thing is, most of the popular or recommended anime I keep seeing it's mostly shonen/moe and whatnot, my ship sailed long ago from those genres, but the above recommendation is something I would dig.
It is pretty easy to avoid shounen action shows. Avoiding "moe" is harder since everyone seems to have a different definition of it but it mostly seems to boil down to people disliking a specific art style.
Fate/Zero, Aku no Hana, Tsuritama. Go. Watch them.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yup, this is where I was about four years ago. But then I did watch a couple truly excellent anime, and so I still really enjoy some of what the medium produces, but anime has lost any "intrinsic value" it once had for me
Vampire On Titus
Member
... Seriously? People still have this ignorant point of view?
CornBurrito
Member
That's bullshit. One Piece is the most popular manga series in Japan IIRC.
Manga never really peaked in the 90s. There are still some amazing stuff that came out over the past 10 years.
Typhoon_Ex
Member
I unplugged a while ago, last thing I really watched was Bleach, but after the Aizen arc they should have just canned it.
Still nothing will ever come close to the greatness of Cowboy Bebop and GitS SAC and to a lesser extent Samurai Champloo.
I watch Dragon Ball/Z from time to time for nostalgia reasons and of course am a rabbid Ghibli follower.
Still nothing will ever come close to the greatness of Cowboy Bebop and GitS SAC and to a lesser extent Samurai Champloo.
I watch Dragon Ball/Z from time to time for nostalgia reasons and of course am a rabbid Ghibli follower.
Yup, dropped everything the beginning of last year. I'm very picky with anime so after every season the series that they would offer eventually didn't appeal to me. Not saying that there isn't any good anime out there now, but the genre as a whole just died for me. I'll only watch Gintama from time to time or if a series I really liked got a reboot/new season/etc.
FallingEdge
Member
I have no idea of the newer stuff out there but I just started watching Monster.
Fantastic so far.
Fantastic so far.
Jex
Member
This is the kind of thread you get when box the main anime thread over in community!
In all seriousness, you should always be selective about the type of material you consume. Anime works, on a whole, aren't substantially worse then they were a few years ago, you just happen to be watching shows that aren't very good.
There are plenty of excellent titles to watch, you just have to ask around and most people in these kinds of threads are happy to hand out advice about what you should check out.
In all seriousness, you should always be selective about the type of material you consume. Anime works, on a whole, aren't substantially worse then they were a few years ago, you just happen to be watching shows that aren't very good.
There are plenty of excellent titles to watch, you just have to ask around and most people in these kinds of threads are happy to hand out advice about what you should check out.
Lord Ghirahim
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Valvrave is love. Valvrave is life.
Valvrave.
Valvrave.
I'm not sure if he is trolling or not but I'd say a lot of people still have this view. Pretty close minded if you ask me but hey to each their own.
Yeah this too great show just watched the first episode last week.
Host Samurai
Member
This is what I miss most. Full featured dark and gritty anime movies. Now everything is a series.
CornBurrito
Member
Hmm I'd have to say Valvrave is not for anyone who dislikes anime. The show borders on "so ridiculous it is good" and seems almost like a parody anime of past Sunrise series.
Amazing show though.
stufte
Member
I haven't watched anime or read comics regularly in almost 20 years, but your opinion is bad. Just because something is predominantly aimed at children or teens doesn't, in any way/shape/form mean that it isn't a legitimate medium. Sure there's some AWFUL shit, but there's awful shit in every medium. I'd say that there are more than enough examples (of which I won't bother listing here) to prove you wrong 100x over.
Jex
Member
There's no need to attempt to follow everything that's coming out, especially because most of it isn't going to be particularly good. That would be akin to watching every single TV show in a given season. It's a fools game.
stufte
Member
for children!
Good man.
more people should "watch" Onepunch-man imo
RoboGeorgeForeman
Banned
I stopped watching anime for a while cause I had this mindset too, but then I started watching stuff like Gintama, JoJo, and Psycho Pass and somehow found myself getting back into it. Then I tried watching
and while the fanservice and cuteness were... a thing, I found myself more bored by the lack of depth in the shows than by some weird aversion to cuteness.
Vividred and Senran Kagura
The EXTREME over-reliance on digital coloring (I know, all series do this now but in anime it's especially bad), the really bad animation (3 frames for talking, open mouth/closemouth/half openclosemouth, jerky motions that just scream corner cutting). The constant tropes (tsundere, harem, moe). The really bad storytelling (telling vs showing). The -kun -chan -all other things that are tagged on to the end of every name and every sentence (yeah, I know, a language thing but it's gotten to the point that I just can't stand it anymore).
I was done with it like 8 years ago. But then, I had a VERY early exposure to anime thanks to my uncle. I was a kid in the 80s, and the stuff I saw back then blew my goddamn mind (VHD, Akira, etc).
I was done with it like 8 years ago. But then, I had a VERY early exposure to anime thanks to my uncle. I was a kid in the 80s, and the stuff I saw back then blew my goddamn mind (VHD, Akira, etc).
CornBurrito
Member
lol.
Wow. This would be like a Japanese person complaining about English tv shows always using words like "the, of, a, an"
Jesus christ...
The problem isn't anime or the Japanese language at that point.
Silent_Bomber
Banned
Just take a break for a while.
Seriously, when I get fed up with Anime and Manga I go back to reading 2000ad, when I'm fed up with 2000ad I go back to reading US comics, when I get fed up with that I go back to Manga. The cycle stops me overdosing on any one thing.
Seriously, when I get fed up with Anime and Manga I go back to reading 2000ad, when I'm fed up with 2000ad I go back to reading US comics, when I get fed up with that I go back to Manga. The cycle stops me overdosing on any one thing.
Solanin
Goodnight Punpun
Takemitsu Zamurai
Music of Marie
I am Hero
A Bride's Story
Saturn Apartments
Ooku: Inner Chambers
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
Children of the Sea
Kinderbook
A Drifting Life
To name some.
It's for children and manchildren
Seriously, 99% of anime is embarrassing, save for a few exceptions. People actually like it that way. You can indeed generalize a medium when the generalizations are in fact true for the large majority of it.
MisterLuffy
Member
more people should "watch" Onepunch-man imo
Nice.
My brothers felt this way, his favorite animes are Death Note, Monster, and Code Geass. They don't like animes that are moe or cute. And there aren't any animes as of now they wanted to watch.
Walter Matthau
Member
I'm sure there's still great anime out there, but it's buried. Last year I had downloaded the Crunchyroll app for Roku & iPad expecting to find all these great new series to enjoy. I ended up watching Kids on the Slope because of the director's past works and it was ok, but I couldn't get further than 1 episode on any other new series I tried. Everything seems really cookie cutter. At least there's always Studio Ghibli.
Jim E. Rossler
Banned
Don't let the door hit you on the way out
and don't come shitting up threads with that stale '80s anime wus da best, so machur n deep nowadays its all moe moe kyun uguu shit liek dis post if u agree evertim'
and don't come shitting up threads with that stale '80s anime wus da best, so machur n deep nowadays its all moe moe kyun uguu shit liek dis post if u agree evertim'
Dark Octave
Banned
I've always been a casual anime fan so I never had to deal with the waifu bs.
It's all new and good to me.
It's all new and good to me.
Someone post the other One-punch man gifs because I can't find them.
You're my hero, by the way, Icarus.
Not to mention that a good amount of the so-called,"Moe this, kawaii, that, waifu this, smut shit that," talk is pretty much said in a joking and/or derisive manner (at least in the manga thread; unless its Cajun). Even if there are people who are talking about it seriously; who gives a flying fuck? Honestly. It's not like they're harming you nor is it like they're the only ones in the thread. The threads are hardly dominated by it. It's mostly reviews of the most recent episodes or chapters (and how shit they are).
You're my hero, by the way, Icarus.
Kaiji, Mirai Nikki
I'd recommend avoiding Mirai Nikki.
You forgot Boys on the Run though!
Damn, this is a real good list.
You forgot Boys on the Run though!
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