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Done with Anime?
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I felt like this around 14 or 16.
I was just not feeling most of it anymore.
Before i enjoyed even stuff like Trigun, now i don't think i could enjoy a full marathon of Cowboy Bebop, even.
I still watch and enjoy selected anime films though (GitS, Ghibli's, Akira and so on).
Not for some sort of high horse mentality, btw, just tastes changing i guess.
I was just not feeling most of it anymore.
Before i enjoyed even stuff like Trigun, now i don't think i could enjoy a full marathon of Cowboy Bebop, even.
I still watch and enjoy selected anime films though (GitS, Ghibli's, Akira and so on).
Not for some sort of high horse mentality, btw, just tastes changing i guess.
viewtifulsub
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Your judgement on anime is based on otaku pandering and shounen shows .
You need some Monster, Legend of the Galatic Heroes, and Gungrave in your life.
You need some Monster, Legend of the Galatic Heroes, and Gungrave in your life.
Trent Strong
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Anime isn't comparable to other mediums like movies or books, because 99% of anime is aimed at children or, at best, teens. A far higher percentage of movies, books and TV shows are aimed at adults. There's noting in anime that is in the same league, or even the same universe, as something like The Wire or The Sopranos. Anime and comic books are not a legit medium.
The other kids in my 5th grade class made fun of me for still liking Transformers at ripe old age of 11. ;_;
Wiktor
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I'm sorry, but Grave of fireflies is in entirely different league than Sopranos. It's not even remotely close.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Shots fired.
I think you're right about that 99% percent of adolescence, but I do think that anime has attempted real art before so I disagree your last statement.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Why is this always the answer to every anime thread?
If you approach anime more as a culture to breathe in rather than just another artform with pros and cons, then of course it'll dry up and you'll lose interest and never get back to it again. Most anime has never been very goodat most, just goodso it's better to treat the wide library of shows and movies out there with the same respect as TV series and films. As for it being made for children, shit, what's wrong with that? Animation makes me feel like a child better than any other artform I know of. Blissful, ridiculous animation has its place in our lives.
This post makes no sense at all. It makes it sound like you, somehow, were forced into a particular community, and forced to consume what they consume.
What does the community have to do with the enjoyment of the medium? I'm sure it was a hard struggle to escape your prison camp or whatever.
Tropey and cardboard cutout bullshit in animes based on shounen jump　(so aimed at little kids) manga? How surprising.
Not really.
It's like judging the entirety of the film medium based on Hollywood action movies or something.
Oh you have to be trolling, oh you just have to be.
Forget anime for a moment.
Comics aren't a legit medium? Are you actually serious?
There are so many great comic book series, both now and in the past.
You have basically insulted a whole industry of professionals.
My God the ignorance.
it's the one true universal solution, ofc
That's the dumbest fucking shit I've ever heard.
Trent Strong
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I haven't seen Grave of the Fireflies, so I have nothing to base this on...but I find your post hard to believe.
I'm sure you're right, there's probably some really good, high art stuff out there, but I just think the percentage of good stuff in anime is way lower than other mediums.
Dragoon En Regalia
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We can also use House for the movie folk, unless you think Kenya Boy is better.
That's because there's stuff just as good out there, like Gauche the Cellist and Angel's Egg, or Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise and Night on the Galactic Railroad.
Chuck Norris
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I used to be quite into it. All I have time for now is my weekly One Piece chapter and whenever Hajime no Ippo gets updated
Oh and monthly DBZ Abridged if that counts
Oh and monthly DBZ Abridged if that counts
Trent Strong
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Well, what percentage of anime is meant for adults?
Chuck Norris
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Monster is the closest thing I can think of. It felt like a high quality TV show, but even then it would not approach HBO's best.
BocoDragon
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Probably so for fiction mediums.
It's probably the same ratio of crap:good for rap music ;P
Are you even looking for a straight answer to this? It's a stupid question. What percentage of X is aimed at Y? Give me the real numbers, I want the total amount of X and the total amount that appeals to Y.
I think both are pretty good, but man... Kenya Boy is something. I don't remember who said it in the anime thread but it really is like being the primates in 2001 and Kenya Boy is the monolith.We can also use House for the movie folk, unless you think Kenya Boy is better.
I'll tell you once I finish tallying every anime ever made.
monster is pretty bad
anime isn't a medium. They're cartoons (a medium) from Japan.
I sorta feel the same was as OP, since it doesn't seem like any Japanese animation studios are offering anything new or something that catches my interests.
Then there's the whole fad of making nearly every anime starring underaged girls right now. Even stuff like Ghost in the Shell, one of my favorite series, has Kusanagi de-aged to look like a chit, just because they need to pander to the type of people who like that. It's very offputting, especially when you know why they do that.
Am i still looking forward to the new GitS even with that new design? Yes, but now I'm worried about its content.
Also, OP sounds like he's grown out of liking cartoons aimed at boys.
I haven't, which is why i still like stuff like Adventure Time and enjoyed Young Justice. I've never been much a fan of shonen though, because each episode is like one of those quest cartoons. Every episode (or every dozen) the main characters gain a new power or levels up to defeat the new baddie of the day and that just doesn't interest me, especially when they take multiple episodes to defeat that baddie.
C'mon son.
Hours Left
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First post had it right.
By writing off an entire medium, you are only only denying yourself the possibility to find something you'll enjoy.
Basileus777
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I don't think you understand the demographics and economics behind late night anime if you think children or teens are the target audience.
You're probably right to a degree but I think there is more good stuffs out there than people think. People just don't know about it because that's not the kind of stuff that becomes popular like the teen stuff does. So it's much harder to find/get on the this side of the pond.
Dragoon En Regalia
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That's actually El Cantare's films you're referring to, Pizza.
chicagocubsfan
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I am actually enjoying anime more now than when I was younger. There are a lot more series that I missed or didn't watch growing up, and there are still some ones that are good coming out now. I also hope that HBO picks up Monster as a series.
Too cool for school this guy.
I'm slowly approaching this. I definitely pay attention to A LOT fewer anime now than in years past because of moe. Every time I look at an anime season list 95 percent of the shows look like moe high school drama.
I MIGHT check out Attack on Titan or Psycho Pass when I get a minute but I know nothing about those shows so far.
Shit like this these days will come out once every five years or so. The last new anime show I saw that I really liked the same way was Michiko to Hatchin from back in 2008, and I can't wait until the Blu-Rays come out.
Another problem though is just me not being able to afford all the new Blu-Rays coming out: Lain, Hellsing 5-8, the Patlabor OVA, etc. Can't wait for the Roberta's Blood Trail dub.
I MIGHT check out Attack on Titan or Psycho Pass when I get a minute but I know nothing about those shows so far.
Shit like this these days will come out once every five years or so. The last new anime show I saw that I really liked the same way was Michiko to Hatchin from back in 2008, and I can't wait until the Blu-Rays come out.
Another problem though is just me not being able to afford all the new Blu-Rays coming out: Lain, Hellsing 5-8, the Patlabor OVA, etc. Can't wait for the Roberta's Blood Trail dub.
How about you give me a comparable metric for TV, radio, movies and books just so I know what I'm shooting for here.
PeakPointMatrix
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What is your take on American Animation then, or animation in general.
This is where a lot of the stuff I have enjoyed is at. Anyone who is "tired of kiddy otaku pandering shit" should at least try to look through some stuff that falls under the Seinen category before giving up completely.
teruterubozu
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Anime was on the verge of mass acceptance, but it stumbled hard back into the sweaty otaku realm. I don't know if it can rise up again anymore.
The OP and other's disillusioned with the medium should check out the currently airing Aku no Hana.
oh and kenya boy ofc
oh and kenya boy ofc
The Happy Science cult movies are one (amazing) thing but Kenya Boy's on a whole nother level. I mean, it's directed by the guy that did HOUSE ffs!
Wiktor
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Sopranos is mostly entertainment. A great one, but it hardly aspires to anything beyond that. Grave of fireflies has much bigger aspirations and it succeeds in them.
Psycho Pass blows. It's basically an anime for "deep" teenagers, down to goofy pseudo-intellectual quoting of Nietzsche and the like.
If you want something good, watch Hyouka, Tsuritama, Humanity Has Declined, Tamako Market, or Aku no Hana -- from recent times.
Need to watch those.
I question whether it was supposed to reach mainstream acceptance. Part of the problem with the anime boom of the early 00s was that the Region-1 side of the industry vastly overreached with what it could market. Anime shelves at stores were filled with stuff that would never sell very much outside of Japan. They should've focused on fewer core shows that were actually marketable to western audiences.
I just looked at the posters of all those shows and they look like exactly the stuff I've gotten tired of.
Sounds like a problem with your taste then. Can't be helped.
Might get back into Jormungand. I think I stopped at the end of season one. OP might want to check that out. It's basically a lightweight Black Lagoon.
I just don't have the time for straight-up drama, with the sole exception of Kids on the Slope because Watanabe was involved, and even that was basically just a distraction.
I just don't have the time for straight-up drama, with the sole exception of Kids on the Slope because Watanabe was involved, and even that was basically just a distraction.
teruterubozu
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I should have said "wider audience" because it was moving in that direction where the nerd stigma was fading, but I think it's taken several steps back and it's right back in the uncomfortable/awkward realm.
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