Are you losing interest in anime? Were you enjoying too much in the past but you barely finish anything now?
Well that's how I feel although I love the artstyle and will always try to find something to watch, most of the time I don't finish it.
What's your theory on this if you're feeling it too?
Mine is your life is probably getting better. You want to enjoy it and nothing tops it but your quality of life and objectives are high enough for your hobby to take less place in your time.
Other one, a controversial one, anime is actually becoming more shit every season, you don't want to give up on it but you still don't feel interested. Hence why you try to watch some more but never finish it. Basically it's the only hobby you have but it's becoming worse
Alternative one. You're growing up. You find most stories obnoxious or not interesting but you still like the artstyle. Only things that changed are your expectations and your standards are extremely high now but your hobby never changed. The moeshit doesn't please you. SoL doesn't entertain you. Action anime is too generic with messages like friendship gives power, morales you don't need. Romance anime is too simplistic or the girl is too generic. Comedy rare to find your kind of humor. Etc
What do you think?
>>134452845
>What do you think?
I switch between anime, video games and visual novels and it works nice.
Talking to people that similar stuff helped as well, they can get you to hype a show or game.
>>134452971
>switch
Traitor
I lost interest about 2.5 years ago. Honestly it feels like groundhog day with a lot of series.
I've probably completed about 2 or 3 new series in the past 2 years and have more or less stopped browsing /a/.
I buy figurines and take pictures of cosplayers when I'm bored of anime pretty much
>>134453026
Doesn't that make you feel sad?
>>134453321
Not really. I was getting bored of anime for a while then I got a job. I have less time now to fuck around and anime ended up being the first thing I got rid of more or less.
Anime became shit, that's the right one, fuck you moe faggot lovers for ruining it, assholes
>>134453366
Should have bought more BDs you whiny faggot. Blame yourself
Its a lot of things. Though I do think the industry as a whole is pretty awful. its always bad, but the last good year in recent memory was 2011. lots of good things both mainstream and niche. lately we get maybe 1 good niche show per year and one decent mainstream show every other year.
>>134452845
anime is getting progressively worse in all but art, sfx, and VAs. i do not plan on picking up art so i don't pay much attention to the finer details. i come for the story and character development with a mix of good music. so it's fairly obvious why my interest is dwindling. also, anime has a very narrow and low ceiling of subject matter which doesn't help.
>>134453360
I actually find it really depressing when people move on things they used to like, I guess that's just me and it's my reason I don't want to give up on it.
>>134452845
I haven't watched nearly enough to be getting jaded or running out of the good stuff, and I have plenty of free time and fewer other hobbies than ever. I'm just older, have a shorter attention span, and /a/ distracts me.
>>134453383
Fuck off, I'm a NEET, I can't buy things. Besides look at /a/'s threads, everything is moe, fuck you anons, fuck you.
>>134453419
getting over loss is part of growing up.
>>134452845
The last "recent" anime I watched from start to finish was Kill la Kill, and only because /a/ was making such a big deal out of it. I try to watch other shows now and then but a lot of it feels like the Same Old Thing and I stop watching after the first four episodes.
I only come on here for manga discussions (I do read a lot of manga) and farming pics of cute girls from shows I haven't watched.
>>134453453
idk i see more one punch man threads than anything else. Internets changed, for sure tho. /a/ suffered a lot, but i dont blame moefags for that. the good posters just moved on.
>>134453395
>i come for the story and character development
You picked the wrong hobby bud
>>134453488
Why can't it be 2006 forever? I missed the Haruhi threads. The good shows, the real fun, as a NEET it just gives me nothing else to have fun with.
>>134453026
It might not just be yourself. The last 2-3 years have been pretty poor objectively.Who knows if it'll ever get better.
There are some seasons from further back with 3 or more great series airing at the time (like 8+/10 if you want to rate them), but nowadays I feel lucky if I find just one per season.
>>134453489
He really did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8
>>134453489
not really. there is a handful with these qualities. it's faggots like you who think anime shouldn't have these that is the cancer killing my hobby.
>>134452845
At first you're into it, you enjoy your entry level bullshit, watch recommendations from friends, and eventually cover the classics.
Then you begin to develop your own tastes. You follow some of the recent season and binge on your favorite genre. You feel embarassed about your past shows and want to tote around your tastes with an air of superiority.
Your standards progressively increase until you can't really enjoy anything anymore, and you bitch about how recent stuff is shit and that the industry is kill.
Eventually you drop your bullshit standards and start to like most shows for what they are. You expand your horizons and begin to have fun again. You learn to have fun again.
>>134452845
To get that tired my friend, first you need to start it off.
>>134453521
Maybe. There have been some announcements for older series that have piqued my interest.
>>134453512
Me too. Kyoani has lost their way.
But whatever I'm just nostalgiaing.
>>134453527
> there is a handful with these qualities
Yes, and they were never the majority.
>>134453527
What's really killing this hobby is the fact studios think EVERYONE likes SoL anime with no efforts whatsoever in story or character development, that is the real issue and someone needs to go Japan punch them for this.
>>134453590
>the majority of anime is shit. therefore i shouldn't start an anime hobby.
retard.
>>134452845
>Are you losing interest in anime? Were you enjoying too much in the past but you barely finish anything now?
No, actually. A while back I began watching a lot ofolder series I wanted to rewatch or missed out entirely. I did this bystreaming the series onlineand have been enjoying it more ever sinceI decided to watch the dub whenever possible.
I'm currently just four episodes away from finishingGundam 0079 dubbed.
>>134453645
>dubbed
Why are you alive?
>>134453645
I'm triggered
leave please
>>134453561
>friends
Man, I stopped reading there, I will die alone with my shit hobby, fuck anime, just give me friends.
>>134453640
Fuck off, my point is that picking a hobby for something niche and then losing interest because it's niche is very predictable and isn't really anyone's fault but your own. And with idiots like >>134453638 in this thread who barely look at what's coming out before condemning it and rushing to shitpost on /a/, I'm giving everyone short thrift.
Manga all day, every day.
>>134453561
>Your standards progressively increase
>>134453561
Actually, that's the reason these anons are having issues liking anime.
>>134453561
>Eventually you drop your bullshit standards
If it was like that, less people would continue bitching for years. Completely false. Once your standards go up, you'll never have fun again, trust me. It only gets worse.
Such kind of thread only attracts obvious falseflags and minor or extripfags, made by the same ones as well.
>>134452845
Having the problem but not because of a lack of time, but more like an inability to enjoy it properly. The state of mind for enjoyment used to be a natural thing for me way back when as in I never realized that there was a proper state in the first place.
I don't really know how to describe this properly. It is sort of like how gag manga is more enjoyable reading as you are about to go to sleep I remember from one of Kumeta's works.
>>134453889
You just need to get depressed again and everything that distracts you will be fun yet again, follow the advice of your friendly anon.
>>134452845
Sometimes you are just burned out, then just go do something else in your life.
Your life isn't just anime.
>>134452845
Am I the only one who fucking hates these whiny blog threads?
I've been at this for many years and for the longest time just watch anime mostly on the weekends besides a couple of shows I actually like enough to follow on the day they air. There are plenty of enjoyable shows in recent years.
You faggots taking this medium too seriously need to stop. If you don't like the fact that the medium doesn't take itself seriously 90% of the time and can't enjoy what it does best, that is light ultra-fun fun, i.e you can't enjoy moe SoLs or comedies or various combinations of that mixed with other stuff (for example magical girls), you aren't doing it right.
Also you don't "grow out" of anime when you get a good career going either if you truly like what it has to offer. If years later after starting you're still trying to force anime to fit a mold in your mind that plainly doesn't match up to reality then you've never gone beyond a casual's scope of understanding of the medium, and I suspect this is what drives a lot of the whiny mopey faggots in threads like these.
>>134453946
also typo, won't delete because fuck waiting a few minutes
>light ultra-fun fun
light ultra-cute fun.
>>134453946
>plenty of enjoyable shows
Spotted the moe lover, go fuck yourself Non Non Biyori fanboy. Eat a dick for ruining this hobby for everyone else who can't stand retarded autistic girls drinking tea in every fucking release.
>>134453366
>hates moe
>posts moe
Jesus christ. Average moe hater, guys. Can't even stand the fact people can enjoy cuteness, get out you edge lord
>>134454008
Yeah man, right on.
>>134454092
>>134454008
>doesn't like a show
>MOE DID IT I TELL YOU
How can people like you even be real? You're the minority, anime IS moe. Don't like it? Don't watch.
>>134453730
>losing interest because it's niche is very predictable
no it's not. niche areas can grow and even become entirely new things, just like most everything else. it's horrible people like you who think things won't and can't change that results in just that.
>>134453946
Logic, finally. As a functional human who has watched anime for at least a decade it's reliving to see this. Anime fans are why no one tolerates this shit. It's the same as fucking normal tv or movies except I like the art and story presentation way more. Some months I watch nothing, some I binge anytime I am not working/partying, other shows as stated get followed (monogatari-fag reporting in) on release cause it's a fun treat to be up to date.
Fans are the cancer. Hell you fuckers are worse than the moeflood
>>134453730
>very predictable and isn't really anyone's fault but your own
You got me, should I feel bad about this?
>>134453946
taking anything non-seriously is the cancer killing society. how you can enjoy living like that is beyond me. i bet you think you can't even be serious about having "ultra-fun fun".
>>134454267
>monogatari
Man, I just want to tell you something, you didn't watch shit, monogatari is an audiobook, like for real I don't mean to offend you but I'm trying to power through it right now because my friend likes it too much and I'm afraid to tell him this is garbage because all they do is talk
>>134454167
>anime IS moe
At this point I'm starting to hate /a/.
>>134454167
>anime IS moe
>>134454397
Hate the player, not the game
>>134454397
What? You're a delusional, anime changes over decades, look at all the moe shows, edgy faggotry is becoming scarce every year and I like it this way. Get out, grandpa, go rewatch astroboy this isn't for you.
>>134454374
>OH GOD PEOPLE TALKING NOT ENOUGH EXPLOSIONS FOR MY HYPERACTIVE 12 YEAR OLD SELF GAISE
>>134454465
No. Honestly, look at this >>134454506
How is this even a reply.
>>134453946
This.
Also, it's perfectly normal to get tired of any interest. Anybody here still playing with toy trucks and making "vroom vroom" sounds while doing it? Yeah, I'm sure there's some modelfags here, and more power to you if you still enjoy that, but most people do tend to tire of it when they get older.
To me, tiring of watching anime isn't any different from realizing that all "CSI:" shows are the same, and basically shit unless you happen to like the characters and writing in a particular incarnation.
>>134454590
I have the same issue and I could watch Love Live fine, Monogatari just doesn't even have enough backgrounds per episode, sorry.
>>134454626
i don't use physical toys but i still do my equivalent of 'vroom vroom' with plenty of things. on a daily. basis.
>>134454659
God fucking dammit man you sound pretty gay.
>>134454659
Ha! Aren't you a character! Tell me, anon, what's your favorite anime?
Tfw moe will never disappear.
>>134453427
>/a/ distracts me
I didn't watch a single episode since 6 months, I just come here to bitch
>>134454714
>>134454731
i'm also 28
>>134454820
>/a/ with manchildren
How unexpected
>>134454838
>i don't understand it therefore it's le culturally unacceptable.
>>134454868
>le
Kill yourself.
>>134454868
>If you don't understand manchildren you are oppressing me
>>134454883
>Kill yourself.
rude.
>>134454868
>le
>28 years old
Huh
>>134454895
no one said anything about oppression. is it so hard to follow a coherent argument for more than two posts?
>>134454934
Maybe I would if you didn't make vroom vroom with freaking objects you manchild
>>134454933
le is used to idicate french. IOW, assholery. why is that an age thing?
>>134454953
you miss the part where I said my own equivalent? adding sound effects isn't a child-only occupation. this is /a/ isn't it? your anime has sound effects and some people specialize in those. what do you think they do with most of their time? try spending a few seconds thinking before you reply.
It takes too much time. Much as I would like to watch and download all the shows I want, I want to do other things. Like go to the park or get ice cream. Three episodes are an hour, and I have a very narrow margin of leaving the house or not.
I haven't watched an anime in a good two years. First I just became sort of busy (school), and then even with time I just never got back into it.
I would say I have outgrown it. A lot of it is just so dumb and don't feel it's worth my time. I do miss the time back when I would spend all day on /a/ talking about it though.
I can confidently say anime has gotten worse though. It was ruined by light novels more than anything.
waifu fags killed it
>>134455100
As always, I'll point out that light novel adaptations have been a small fraction of anime made in the last several years, but as always you won't care.
>>134452845
>>134453026
Learn to categorize your entertainment.
I watch a slice of life when I want a relaxing show to put on while I often do something else (two monitors helps), it's episodic and It doesn't matter if I see it all.
Same for comedy. again it doesn't matter if I finish all of it, I'm watching it to laugh not get in to dynamic characters, art and story.
Then you get your actual interesting series where you may have less trouble if you waited for them to finish and just watched it all at once. it's easier to stay excited about something for like 3 days vs 3months.
Also learn to enjoy shows that aren't pretentious or amazing.
Sword art online is definitely not a good show but it's an entertaining show much like most action movies.
But enjoying action for the sake of action aint gonna stop me from loving Makoto Shinkai and Masaaki yuasa shows and movies actually it probably makes me appreciate their quality even more.
Also like >>134452971 said
It really helps to have a group of people that enjoy stuff with you.
Finally, really it's up to you.
I fuckin love anime.
>>134452845
It happens to me. I'm still watching right now, but I have stop watching 2deep4u anime. Usually they try to hard to be deep and i used to like them but now I can see that it's usually very bad. I still enjoy anime made purely for entertainment, so comedy or action.
>>134455227
Light novels and novels make up for most of the best adaptations though...
Manga feels like I might as well read the manga
90% of VNs just no.
and games well fuck I'll just play the game.
Anime originals and Light novels and novels tend to be the best.
>>134454374
>like for real
No wonder you can't tolerate words, you have a chimp brain.
I just started dropping more shows. I'll still start a season watching 10+ shows, but by the end I'm watching about half. Winter was a record low, I was only watching 3 shows.
>>134455447
Light novel adaptations are garbage because light novels are garbage. Light novels all have this shitty arc-based set-up because they're written to last forever, and this is on top of terrible, unimaginative content because they're written by people who write only because they can't draw.
>losing interest
I've never picked up much, most everything appears to be otaku pandering garbage. Even 10 years ago we were pretty deep into the late night programming block era.
I watch what I feel like which is usually a couple shows a season. If you're picking up like a dozen shows a season, or if you ever were, something's fucking wrong with your brain.
>>134452845
Don't really care for your blog.
>>134452845
There are TONS of old excellent anime you can discover. If you don't like what Japan does recently, that's the solution.
Yeh F.A.M. i just shitpost on /A/ en shit
Anime is like totes for loosers u kno t.b.h (desu)
>>134452845
I'm not going to switch to chink or gook shit, if that's what you mean.
>>134455569
The problem is a lot of people watch individual anime not because they enjoy it but because they want to discuss it. And in the MAL era you have lots of people watching everything just so they can add to their e-peen. It's easy to get burnt out on anime that way. I'm glad I've gotten past that phase in my life.
>>134452845
My interest did wane for a short period year before last but now it's back.
I've started routing through the archives to watch older shows I missed more often though, I only watch about 2-3 new shows each season.
Old shows are pretty much 10/10
>>134452845
Nope. Rewatching Nichijou right now and loving it.
>>134455657
lol
>>>/ar/
>>134453889
Almost this. Carrying in the same perspective because the thread is still getting replies and I feel like it shouldn't hurt. Stopping being able to comes with the natural immersive "enjoyment" because, in any way or another, we get things to do or mostly seeks for it, can't really just sit and relax to go through and give it the time needed. It's more a act to protect our hobby by not overloading ourselves instead of usual said negative things in the OP, likely giving it the respect that it deserves and doing it for its sake.
>>134455565
You're only saying that because the only LNs you know about are the ones that get anime adaptations, and most of the ones that get anime adaptations are from the same few publishers.
>>134455696
Please don't be mean to old shows before you try them
>>134453561
You just described my life perfectly. This anon speaks the truth
>>134454895
Are we seriously bashing manchildren right now? I thought we were all manchildren here, I thought we were in the same boat anons :(
>>134455800
>men
yuck. We're all little girls, remember?
>>134452845
I already lost interest once, to the point I watched no anime and read no manga for over a year. Only came back to it because a friend reccomended Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun to me.And it was fun
>>134453803
Once your standards go up you eventually realize that 99% of the writing in the anime industry is completely awful.
>>134455905
>a friend reccomended Gekkan Shoujo
Mark is that you?
>>134453561
I'm so glad I skipped the latter half of the third line. Saved so much frustration and probably kept me coming back after a few burn outs over the years.
>>134452845
Anime isn't becoming shit. It's always been the same stuff. I've almost always noticed this. I've seen maybe 300 shows but from memory could only name a couple that I enjoyed and have/plan to rewatch.
There is however worth in every show for the artstyles so even if I don't necessarily enjoy your seasonal harem itself entirely, the artstyle saves it for me to enjoy it at least once.
>>134455719
*by the OP
>>134455630
I guess these people plays and watch more streamers rather than they'd watch anime.
>>134453803
my standards never dropped. but i didn't really have a conventional entry level period since i grew up watching anime with my dad since i was like seven. fucker raised me on escaflowne, terminator, and lord of the rings. imagine watching evangelion with your pops.
that said i got pretty sick of anime a couple years ago. i had already watched everything that interested me, and everything new coming out wasn't exactly up my alley so i just gave it up for a while. ended up losing my job a couple months ago and started rewatching old favorites. still in progress, but trying to mix in some newer stuff as well.
my advice? if you're bored, don't force yourself. watching anime isn't your life's workalthough i'm sure some memetic autist is going to come crashing out of the woodwork to try to convince me otherwise. expand your horizons. try developing an appreciation for actual literature. there's too much creative shit floating around to limit yourself to anime just because you've adopted it as a core facet of your persona.
just my two cents. there are a bunch of pretty well-written posts in this thread so i figured i'd chime in
>>134456091
>watching anime isn't your life's work
I was going to bitch at you then I read the spoiler. Fuck you man, fuck you for making me realize I have autism.
>>134455630
I think you're probably right. Lots of people treat anime as a job, with a quota of mediocre shows each season they feel the need to slog through, whether its because they want to discuss it, its the meme show of the season, they want more numbers on their MAL or whatever. But whatever the reason doing so will always burn you out super quick.
That said, I'm pretty guilty of picking up too many shows each season, anime seems to have the luxury of having so much content pushed out constantly that there always seems to be a bunch of stuff that at least have an interesting enough premise for me to watch a few episodes.
Never. Anime has clean cute girls with thin shoulders/waists, soft hair and reserved but colorful personalities. 0 chance of finding that in real life.
>>134455747
I can tell you that the 80s were a time when people with no business being in creative control were given blank checks to make anime. So, no, they're not all 10/10 series.
>>134456191
>0 chance of finding that in real life
just don't wake up 30 years from now wishing you'd tried
>>134455937
Sadly not, Bob.
>>134456186
>Lots of people treat anime as a job
This is sadly true, for me at least. Can anyone explain do I treat anime like it's a career? Did I fail at life?
When i started going to college. All my friends who like anime are spread across the country and i barely get the chance to talk to them.
And college taking up so much time i barely have time to watch while series.
>>134456294
Explain why do I treat*
Sorry for typo.
>>134456223
We'll see. Just six more years and it'll be pretty much confirmed.
>>134456313
thinking about 30 is small time. think about 54. life keeps going after 30trust me
>>134454092
a lot of older series are boring as shit like DTB
if you truly enjoy stuff like Texhnolyze (which I think is a gem, but still boring as shit) then should just get Netflix and watch Western series. it is okay once in a while in anime, but I watch anime to be entertained, not to fucking ponder.
>>134456338
>life keeps going after 30
Not for me.
>>134456346
>I think is a gem, but still boring as shit
I will never understand you people
>>134456223
that's what ERP is for
lol it's like you people don't even know how to live
>>134456356
Sorry Hisao, we'll always remember you
>>134456356
you'll come around. i have faith in you, anon
>>134455719
You summed it up pretty well actually.
>>134453026
>>134453321
>>134453360
>>134452845
Anime always tended to portray things with cliches, but that's not the point. There's a general quality drop in every aspect of visual media. SoL is dead, fantasy genre is now only limited to SoA derivatives, 80% of the season shows are harem, unfunny moe garbage, etc because otaku sperglords want it that way. It was always horrible, but you're starting to understand it after you've tired of eating the same shit for years. Welcome to the real world.
And there are people who never get tired of eating that shit, you can see them on Idolmaster threads.
>>134456383
>ERP
Anon lemme be honest with you, the only way to erp without killing yourself is to give up on your dignity
I love animu. It's still as great as it was when I started watching season-to-season over a decade ago.
This particular season is pretty lacking in variety, but there are still a few fun shows.
>>134452845
I went through that phase.
After years of watching anime, I went on a break where I'd come on /a/ as always do, but couldn't bring myself to follow any of the airing shows or look up anything past to watch. Eventually my life just moved on itself, programming job + my own place and.. I found myself drawn to anime again. I realized the things I love are truly special to me, and I love who I am for liking games and anime and being immersed in "my own world". So in a while I was back to following a few airing shows, and on some free nights I'd download an entire season and finish it up in one go with drinks + food.
It was fun. You realize you can keep your life going while doing the things you live, and maybe even find someone to share this joy with. If you can't bring yourself to watch anime now, don't sweat it, give it a break, and maybe in time you'll feel like going back to that habit again.
An actually good show only appears maybe every 2-3 years. At least that's been my experience. Any season 2 to a good series ALWAYS is shit nowadays. Didn't used to be that way, you had a 50/50 chance. I very tired of high school themed shows. Especially the "emoe" ones. I do still like a show that is purely fanservice however, just for the mindless entertainment.
>>134456459
I was always worried I'll lose interest forever in anime when I grow to be honest, I'm 18 so I see it as something young adults and teens watch, glad to hear people could get careers and still have fun with it.
>>134456519
You lose interest after you realise how much it consumes time, than you start to read manga.
>>134456459
Th...This is me right now... Tell me it gets better after i get that programming job after college...
>>134456583
>read manga
The only better manga than its anime version is OPM.
>>134456459
Pretty much how I am now and will be after graduating next year. Casually watching Anime, playing mmos, and chatting with a few friends is too comfy.
>>134456459
This post made me feel good about myself, thanks anon.
>>134456510
>Any season 2 to a good series ALWAYS is shit nowadays
>Haruhi S2
>Aldnoah S2
>Love Live S2
Nigga get your shit together
>>134456519
I'm 52 and still watch anime. But yeah, I need to take breaks from it. It's suppose to be relaxing mindless entertainment. I have pull back when starts to piss me off. And I've learned to avoid most of the shows that piss me off. I used to watch everything. EVERYTHING. And that was burning me out.
>>134452845
>Were you enjoying too much in the pas
Had more free time and higher tolerance to bullshit then. Didn't enjoy shit more, just ate it silently since I had the time.
>>134456662
Haruhi is old shit anon. Not "nowadays". The other 2 are...you guessed it. Shit.
>>134456614
>The only better manga than its anime version is OPM
I really don't get why everyone choose to watch 25 minutes of the same story when they can read the actual thing on 5 minutes? People really don't tend to take care of their time.
>>134455447
Nah, the average light novel adaptation is shit. The only decent one I can think of this year is Rokka, and before that probably Tokyo Ravens or something.
But anon,I'm losing interest in life, but it's too much of a hassle to kill myselfdesu senpai~
>>134456677
>I used to watch everything. EVERYTHING.
2012, 2013, 2014 were all years I watched absolutely at lest 3 episodes of what was released from every anime, was I insane? I feel like a retard right now. I actually watched shows I KNEW I will hate. Someone please kill me.
>>134456677
>I'm 52 and still watch anime
What the fuck? Do you have kids and still watch this shit?
>>134456713
The people who browse /a/ are mostly shut-in's or have shitty jobs so they don't have to manage their time.
>>134456713
>I really don't get why everyone choose to watch 25 minutes of the same story when they can read the actual thing on 5 minutes?
You do know there is more to anime than just the story right? People might be interested in the animation of the animated series perhaps?
>>134456757
I don't understand why people are always surprised whenever someone above twenty-five watches anime. Do you think everyone making this shit is a bored college student? Mahouka's author is pushing sixty. The Concrete Girl mangaka is married. Adults with or without families have some juvenile interests, too.
>>134452845
Most anime these days isn't for stories and just for pathetic shits to self insert into. I still linger in the hopes I'll see something amazing again.
>>134456896
>People might be interested in the animation of the animated series perhaps
What's there to enjoy it? It's often the same techical computer-mix stuff, stop pretending like you're watching Glassy Ocean.
>>134456902
Sadly most people see animation as a lesser medium of expression, suitable only for childish interests.
>>134456798
That's me. I'm gonna get some programming job that I can work from home so I can work in-between episodes. This is my ideal right now.
>>134452845
Not anime specifically, I barely enjoy anything I used to love doing and I have no motivation to finish anything.
>>134457011
I hope you're not actually saying that all animation looks the same and there's nothing to enjoy.
>>134457032
It is, but I still have a lot of kid in me. Shit, I don't even look 52. I'm still active as hell.
>>134457057
There are several ways to find interest in life again, not that I should preach since I suffer from your exact problems, just wanted you to to know that there is hope
>>134452845
Yes, last 2 years only anime i've touched is Hibike and opm. Too much sameshit and crap these days.
And more more it's getting harder for me to give a shit about TV anime.
I've started going through the OVAs and Movies in more or less chronological order and it's a level of quality that's just incomparable.
I'll give an example. Yesterday I watched the first movie of Goku Midnight Eye. It was better put together (directing, pacing, art, music, scene composition, more interesting, and just more fun than anything I've seen this year.
Seriously, TV anime is only the most base level of entertainment. Sure there are some masterpieces such as Utena but the vast, vast majority is just going to be fluff. You could probably not watch any seasonal anime for a whole year and you wouldn't miss a single 'must see'. That isn't to say the moe-blob stuff is bad (on the contrary I think it's the best type of TV anime, it's the only type of anime that is handled better on TV than in movies and OVAs. In contrast something like action shows are handled terribly on TV due to weak budgets and poor pacing).
To use a nutrition. OVA's and Movies are the protein and fat in your diet. It's what fills you, makes you feel satisfied, and complete. It's also essential to a healthy diet. TV anime is starch of your diet. It's not essential for your health and you can spend all day consuming it and you won't feel full. It's a side dish or treat.
If you want to get a taste of a proper diet of anime watch Robot Carnival. It's probably my favorite anime movie of all time.
To consume anime in the best possible way trim your seasonal watch list. Don't be afraid to go a whole season not watching anything, watch only the absolute best, if it's mediocre don't even bother. Substitute the time you would spend watching movies and OVAs from all the 80s to present day.
Also if your list of favorite anime does not consist of at least 75% (I'm being generous here, with this number) movies and OVAs it's almost certainty shit taste.
>>134457154
GTFO weeaboo. This is an anime forum.
>>134454626
>Anybody here still playing with toy trucks and making "vroom vroom" sounds while doing it?
I actually do, when playing with my hotwheel cars21
>>134452845
>anime is actually becoming more shit every season
>Basically it's the only hobby you have but it's becoming worse
When you're sitting on your ass and twiddling your thumbs waiting for the next, great anime every season, you're basically setting yourself up for disappointment and, eventually, burnout. A consumerist activity such as watching anime is not prime material for a hobby anyway.
Do something creative, take inspiration from anime. Watch a show or two. Never mind if it's shit so long as you're enjoying it or learning from it.
>>134457294
>OVA's and Movies are the protein and fat in your diet.
Except for the fact that those formats have just as much shit in them as TV anime. Anyone that's plumbed the depths of the 80s can tell you that.
>learning from anime
Don't do this. You will learn nothing valuable and probably look like an idiot if you repeat any cartoon character lessons IRL.
>>134457392
Clannad has a pretty good message.
>>134457392
I guess maybe you just aren't smart or mature enough to differentiate what's appropriate to apply in life and whats not. Anime as a medium, like any other, can indeed teach you valuable lessons.
Whether those lessons are stupid or not is for you to decide, Anon.
I think the main problem is people on /a/ are more focused on watching stuff that is airing, instead of watching stuff they enjoy.
When a new season chart comes out, I'll mark the series that look appealing to me. If there's none, that's fine, so I'll go looking for a different series that has already aired. Also, I think a big reason that anime hasn't gotten stale to me is that I don't only watch anime, I have a variety of hobbies. Reading, guitar, video games, movies, TV shows, self improvement, cooking, etc. I don't focus on anime all year long, so when I do come back to the medium, it feels really fresh to me.
Think of it like this: You pick out a show that you think looks very good, but you're so busy with work that you can't watch it, yet, so it sits in your downloads folder. Finally, the weekend comes and you're free. You sit down with a nice big bowl of popcorn and watch the anime all weekend. You're actually having fun because you've been excited about watching the series all week. If the next weekend comes and you still haven't found the anime that you want to watch, then you focus on one of your many other hobbies.
What I'm trying to say is, I enjoy anime because I pick shows that I'll actually enjoy and don't bother watching it 24/7. A lot of people on /a/ are NEETS, so they'll stick to anime all day and eventually get burned out. There's more to life than just anime, and if you don't believe me, then that's the reason you hate it so much.
You may look at the hobbies I mentioned and say that they're "normie" hobbies, but that's why you're miserable. You hold yourself to these imaginary ideals that 4chan has set up to you, and all that leads to is you as an individual having a miserable life and doing nothing all day except watch anime you don't like. And when you aren't watching the anime you hate, you're on /a/, arguing with anonymous people (which makes you hate the medium even more). Sorry for blogging.
>>134457462
Only if you are a very very young child who has no parents and can't read.
Its sad to see how many people think becoming mature means stop doing the things you like.
>>134457460
Yeah, don't do heroine.
>>134457507
This. I still pee in the yard.
>>134453527
>it's faggots like you who think anime shouldn't have these that is the cancer killing my hobby.
I don't see how people treating entertainment as entertainment is killing an industry. If you want something with a compelling story and characters, pick up a book you dumb nigger. That shit was never going to be the majority in entertainment
I've gotten the impression that a lot of anime just serve to promote the sales of other things instead of being made to stand on their own. Is this a thing or am I stupid?
>>134457483
I think you are a huge normalfag for having hobby's like "self improvement", and i'm doing just fine.
>>134457564
>books aren't entertainment
>>134457569
It's the cold hard reality. That's why it's on TV for free.
>>134457569
This is a thing for about half the anime in any given season. Just don't watch that shit.
I dunno. I actually watch not only less anime, but movies as well (never really watched much TV, so I don't count shows) and seem to get bored of them easier.
On the other hand, I don't have this with manga or books/comics. Maybe I just prefer to read than watch?
>>134457569
It's mostly ads for the superior manga.
>>134452845
>Are you losing interest in anime?
Even working for 12 hours a day I still make time to keep up with current series I like and catch up on older series when I have the odd day off.
So no, after a decade I haven't lost interest.
>>134452845
i'm probably at the mid tier range of anime viewers (90's to today sporadically, but easily over 100 series completed) and I still manage to find good shows to watch. Do something productive with your life, and STOP FUCKING BINGE WATCHING. This is literally the only step you need to take. DO NOT BINGE WATCH ANIME. It WILL burn you out. Like i said, i've watched and completed well over 100 series, but i've spread that over nearly 17 years, so you can see why it still interests me. I've felt what you've felt, taken a break, and come back. I'm now at the "fuck me this season sucks shit except OPM" stage. Kinda sucks knowing nothing serious (and decent) is out at the moment, only harem, idol, SoL and a couple of generic action series.
If you don't feel like it's worth continuing after a break, drop it and pick up kayaking or some shit. Who gives a fuck.
Found the thread for jaded /v/ crossboarders.
>>134457574
I like how you had to validate yourself by replying to my post with that comment. I can tell how insecure you are.
>>134457487
>parents
So.. a medium.
>Read
So.. another medium.
Like I said, anime is fine, and the lessons from it aren't all without value. The reason for this is because to teach "life" itself, is a combination of experience and knowledge.. they're not simple facts laid out in front of you or guidelines to follow.
I remember one of my teachers in high school telling me "To me a sign of maturity is a person who can make the right decision at the right time". And I just couldn't agree with him more, that given the right situation we'll be able or forced to make choices that we either believe are right, or believe are the only/best option even if they're not necessarily the right one.
This is just what I believe in because I have a very strong sense of morality.. and growing up I've always questioned my parents to the point they despise me "oh you think you're always so right" lol. People are pathetic, you just take the best you can from anything or anyone and be the best you can be.
If there would come a time where anime could never, EVER teach anything to anyone. Then so would books, movies, art, music, etc;But I can understand where a child with no guidance at all, focused only on anime, would turn out to be "delusional". Everything in life has to have a balance. Everything.
>anime is worse now than it used to be
Dat nostalgia tho
Recent years have had far more series per season than of yesteryear, on top of that when most watch a series of the past it's usually from a list/infographic of the good stuff and not the mass amounts of shit that aired with it.
I still like /a/, but my interest in /a/ is at some sort of all-time low.
>>134457662
>insecure
So countering your normalfag propaganda is now considered "insecure"? Good goy.
>>134457701
like anime*
>>134457569
That's how it is. Most of these companies are payed in advance to make the anime as a glorified commercial. That covers the production cost and the DVD sales are their profit. With this pattern they can continue making anime indefinitely no matter how weak their sales are. This isn't just the shows for toys but also shows that are advertisements for the manga. Another aspect to is the merchandise sale where products are put at insane prices (they could charge 2-3 times less and still make a profit) and the anime is just a way to get people buy the merchandise.
Managing to pull a profit off pure DVD sales is actually pretty rare and very few publishers are willing to risk it. That's why we get almost no original anymore or if we do it's never high enough budget to care about.
Again this is why I found my home in OVAs and Moviess rather than tv anime. They are better because they have to to be, OVAs were a rental market and Movies are about ticket sales. If they don't pull sales, which means making a good product, than the company dies.
This thread again? Jesus fucking christ. I bet more than half of the people here just post whatever biggest falseflag they can think of to bait idiots. "Anime is dying, dead, and being kicked by a zombie horse." "You always grow out of it because only manchildren enjoy beyond insert age here." "Let me give out sweeping generalizations about every new season and the industry." "Moeshit moeshit moeshit." "I've grown to be more mature as I state this arbitrary reason of whatever." etc. etc. etc. I know I do it from time to time.Sage for circlejerky blogshit that probably won't get deleted because fuck the mods.
It's ok.
>>134457590
They are but the only thing fiction has to get you to read it is with compelling characters and story. Novels don't have pretty pictures for you to look at
When I get tired of the currently airing shows, visiting my stash works wonders.
Got a good buy of a Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust a long way back, and every once in a long while, watching it excites me more than the currently airing shows.
Same goes for old series. I wonder if I can find good copies of MK Rayearth, or some other stuff in the 90's...
Look at all these "mature" people in this thread. I liked anime but then i became a grown up,now i work 60 hrs a week and god damn do i feel great.
>>134457610
>>134457611
>>134457627
>>134457728
So I'm not stupid, then. These "is anime worse now" discussions seem to pop up now and then on /a/ and a lot of it just seems to turn into shit about how it looks worse now or how the writing always sucks etc.
Kinda like this guy put it
>>134457734
Isn't the problem mostly that stuff like what I just referred to is going on as well as the working conditions for those who make anime seems to be pretty shit.
Makes you wonder what the future of the industry is going to be like.But maybe that's obvious, I might be a bit behind the times
>>134452845
I haven't fully finished an anime in years, I watched the first half of SAO 2 with a buddy and since then it's been one or two episodes of shinsekai yori every 3-4 months. Anime doesn't really grab me like it used to.
I still read a fuck ton of manga though, finished ashita no joe in 3 days and now i'm reading Kyou kara Ore wa.
>>134457728
>That's why we get almost no original anymore
There are tons of originals this season, not even counting shorts. Don't blame the budget when they suck.
Anime is fine. I'ts just that /v/ posters can't appreciated anything aside form DBZ clones.
>>134457835
I'm the guy who made the post about how OVAs and Movies are better than TV shows.
And you completly missed the message. It's not "anime back than was better" I even speficially mentioned people should watch modern movies and OVAs.
The point is that TV shows are on average much worst in pretty much any category you can judge a show by: compisition, camera work, writing, pacing, art, etc.
>>134457922
>Muh /v/ crossboarders with shit taste
Jokes on you, i'm >>134457902 and I browse /v/ way more than /a/
Anime is great, I haven't gotten bored of it once in the past 6 years, I got bored of videogames though since they pander to dull normalfags, thank god that will never ever happen with anime.
>>134457984
>that taste
Not that anon, but I'm not surprised.
No. Because I had the stick shoved up my ass get surgically removed almost a decade ago.
>>134457984
You just confirmed my comment.
>>134457904
Origenal shows are usually
a) Shorts, often targeted at very young children.
b) Played safe, being a moe comedy, harem, or reverse harem indistinguishable from the others this season.
It's almost a miracle if we get something like Kill La Kill or Ping Pong which is not only original but distinguishes itself from other anime (it's even more if they are distinct in style and not just plot which is why Ping Pong and Kill La Kill were so memorable).
>>134457483
Nice assumptions, faggot. Watching anime is much more fun and makes me feel much better about myself than trying to fill my life with bullshit I'm not interested in just because "that's what people do, anon, there's more to life than anime, get some variety." Don't come onto a site for people who like anime and tell them they shouldn't watch it so much and should enjoy it in your specific normalfag, every-so-often sort of way.
>>134458003
Hey man SAO 2 is a mediocre but fun show for the first 12 episodes, a kinda "it's so bad it's good" scenario. after the 12 episodes it becomes unwatchable filler though.
>>134458045
>Ashita no joe
>shinsekai yori
>Kyou kara ore wa
>Shit
>>134456713
Because the music, voice acting and animation enhances the whole experience. If I want only story I read books.
>>134457994
I try any game the normalfag parade rave about,but they mostly turn out to be exactly the same with slightly better graphics.
>>134457934
"anime back than was better" wasn't something I was trying to say.
>>134458050
>we get almost no originals
>yes we do
>Oh, yeah, well, they're all garbage, except for these shitposting favorites
You showed your hand way too much, 2/8.
>>134458050
>Origenal shows are usually
>b) Played safe, being a moe comedy, harem, or reverse harem indistinguishable from the others this season.
You are a fucking idiot.
>>134458065
>highly popular, accessible stuff
>evidence of good taste
>>134458056
>Don't come onto a site for people who like anime and tell them they shouldn't watch it so much and should enjoy it in your specific normalfag, every-so-often sort of way.
I didn't. I came into a thread filled with people saying they don't like currently airing anime and gave my reasons for why I think that's the problem.
>>134458050
>Ping Pong
>original
What's it like being literally retarded?
>>134458087
Your reading comprehension sucks. Did I say Kill La Kill or Ping Pong were good? No, I said they were memorable and I explained why. Do you know what the word 'memorable' means?
>anime is dying
>its shit like moeshits fault
Who has the screencaps for usenet logs of people saying the exact same thing in the early 90's?
>>134452845
I lost interest when I didn't have the time to watch or read shit because I became a wage slave. After settling back again a few years back and handling my time better, I realized that you never really grow out of being a pitiful manchild who will always have substandard taste and thoroughly enjoy every bit of shit offered to him every season.God I love it.
>>134452845
For me, I used to love anime, but as I grew up I started noticed that entertainment was using it as subtle indoctrination and funny enough all of it is some kind of liberal propaganda.
And no, it's not something in my mind or whatever you apologist say to discredit anyone that disagrees with you.
>>134458210
I'm curious. How much do you pick up every season?
>>134458199
So in response to the argument over whether we got any originals in a thread about whether people enjoy anime less recently, you flung out some random shit about how memorable you thought one original shitposting favorite and one adaptation shitposting favorite were? What are you even getting at?
>>134452845
>Are you losing interest in anime? Were you enjoying too much in the past but you barely finish anything now?
I think this does happen with just about any hobby you dump time into though, you will lose interest and burn out. If, like you guys are saying, the quality has been slowly dropping too and we're getting more SoL and moeshit than that would only make the burn outs worse.
Having said that, I only got into anime within the last year or two and only within the last couple months really started to binge on everything I could get my hands on. Sucks to be you'swould Toradora! be considered a _good_ SoL? I'm not really sure what /a/ considers good yet but it's the only SoL I've enjoyed and I have no idea where to go next
>>134458125
>If it's accessible it's bad
I'm not going to get into a pissing match about who has a the better taste, even though in the end it's mostly subjective. Are you saying if I like some sort of obscure and hard to find manga or anime it would give my taste more credibility? That's honestly some of the stupidest shit I've ever heard, to actually judge someones taste/the work they refer to based on something like that.
I would understand if you called me shit because of the works themselves, but really it's just you being an elitist faggot.
When I was younger I was rabidly consuming as many series as possible. As I've gotten older, I'm much more picky about what I watch. I still love anime, I just know what I like now.
>>134458274
I'm saying that if you really want to flaunt certain series as evidence that you have good taste and aren't a crossboarder, choosing shit that crossboarders could and do commonly find and enjoy is stupid.
>>134458209
>>134458263
Toradora is great and /a/ loves it, there's a stream of it and golden time every year in December.
>>134458274
He is saying that a newfag watching the most acclaimed good anime is not a indicator of taste.
>>134458247
Between 18-31 shows. I've been picking up around that many shows since 2009. Before I'd just go around and watch maybe 7 shows per season while ticking off older shit in my backlog.
Checking this season's notepad file I have here, I'm watching 24 shows.
I'm curious, why do people come to /a/. What do you get out of discussing anime with people?
>>134458274
It's not bad if it's accessible, but you don't pull out big names that everyone knows and loves and say "haha, look at how good my taste is, bet you can't believe I don't come here much!" like a fucking retard.
>>134458309
>Toradora is great and /a/ loves it
excellent. I don't suppose you'd have any suggestions for shows I could jump straight from that into? I finished it like 2 hours ago and I'm kind of lost and want more.
>>134458367
>I'm curious, why do people watch anime. What do you get out of watching bland entertainment?
It's enjoyable thats why nigga
>>134458250
Going back to that thing you are struggling with called definitions why don't you think about what "original" means.
It's almost pointless to have an original show if it is indistinguishable from the other stuff. People will be talking about Kill La Kill in 5 years because it had a visual style that was "original" and if you know shit about movies and tv you'd know visuals represent 75% of what matters (and yes even story telling is 75% visual).
Fucking illiterate.
>>134458367
It's a social activity. I get the same things out of it you get from talking casually to anyone.
>>134458335
>18-31 shows
Fucking how? Why haven't you died from cancer yet?
>>134458367
I barely discuss shit here. I mostly visit for MOGRA, r/a/dio, translations and other streams.
>>134458411
>People will be talking about Kill La Kill in 5 years because it had a visual style that was "original"
It really won't be. If anything, if its still being talked about in 5 years, it'll be because of anime tiddies
>>134458411
>Going back to that thing you are struggling with called definitions why don't you think about what "original" means.
It means not adapted from an existing property, don't try to start semantics bullshit because it's a homonym. The rest of your post is disregarded because I'm not putting up with this idiocy.
>>134458335
I envy your ability to enjoy everything. Do you drop a significant portion?
>>134458423
Because I manage my time properly?
Because I have shit taste and derive enjoyment from whatever drivel I'm subjected to?
Because the moment you let other people influence or dictate the way you enjoy something is the moment you lose at life?
Because it's fun?
>>134452971
Seeing someone get obnoxiously hyped about some shit is just a major turn-off for me. And hype is only the base for disappointment.
>>134458303
I'm not flaunting anything, those titles are just shit I've read/watched recently.
>>134458369
So to prove how great my taste is I should just give my most obscure titles? Why would I go out of my way to look for some obscure title and not know if it's any good when I can read or watch from a list that I know is good? I'm not even trying to brag about my "incredible" taste. I was just saying that not all crossboarders are fucking idiots who only enjoy some flavor of the month show or very casual show. Honestly the reason I don't come here often is because this board and anime in general is stagnate as fuck.
>>134452845
>only watching a few weekly shows this season
>try getting into Monogatari series again
>end up watching all of Bakemonogatari, Nekomonogatari and majority of Nisemonogatari in less than 2 days
I feel young again. I miss marathoning shows.
>>134458525
Nigga, get on that neko, hana and season 2. gotta catch up for kizu.
>>134458520
> not all crossboarders are fucking idiots who only enjoy some flavor of the month show or very casual show
> So to prove how great my taste is I should just give my most obscure titles?
How can you write these two things and not get it? If you're trying to show that crossboarders aren't all casuals, listing popular shows that casuals can easily enjoy is not going to help your cause. What is difficult about this?
>>134452845
It's both a a you grew up and there are many better things available and are much more easily accessible also most seasonal anime is just plain crap especially light novel ones.
Anime and animation in general has always been a fairly weak medium, I love it but there's a reason only a few old ones are actually remembered. They have always been made for children and in some cases like anime for teenagers, you grew up and your tastes changed maybe you wanted more mature story telling or higher production values.
There's also the case of other shit getting better. You can say most video games released these days are shit but find one you like and it will drain days off of your schedule. In the past there were only a handful of good TV shows that actually tried to tell a cohesive story and if you didn't like one then your choices were cut by a large margin. Now there's tons of decent live action tv shows since movie producers and artists decided to dabble in television while TV people moved on to movies, its a symbiotic relationship.
Then there's the really big one which is accessibility. Anime has always been supported by fans by ways of fan subs, forums and other shit, if I wanted to watch Ranma I could scour the internet for low qual episodes, if I wanted to watch an episode of Sopranos I missed then Im shit out of luck and hope HBO plays it again, if I wanted warcraft3 I had to go out and buy from a store.
These days anime is also much more accessible but so too is most tv shows, movies and video games, literally a few clicks away from watching or playing anything legally or illegally.
>>134458500
Only when they get very grating to watch or it's an adaptation of shit I've already read that doesn't merit me watching any more of it. Also whether its otomeshit or fujoshit or kiddie/toy advertisement shit. At most from what I can remember, I've dropped around 8 shows and that was during Winter 2014.
That being said here's what I've dropped this season:
>Subete
>Comet Lucifer
>Young Black Jack
>JK Meshi
>>134458411
Buddy, maybe you should go check which shows this season are original. Then come back and explain what makes them derivative or how they're "moe comedy, harem, or reverse harem".
>>134458641
>JK Meshi
You're missing out.
>>134458569
Because a casual is not going to fucking read ashita no joe you autist, why would a casual read a 20 volume manga published in 1968? I've also seen angels egg and texhnolyze of course I'm sure those are also to casual to prove that I'm worthy enough to post with you main board pure breeds
>Hey, he likes something that is fairly popular and liked by /a/
>what a shit taste crossboarder
>>134458443
>it'll be because of anime tiddies
Do you think the Harem anime that is airing today will be talked about for 10+ years? They also have anime tits? There are battle-ecchi shows made every season and the vast majority are completely forgotten after they finish airing.
Of course you don't. What sets Kill La Kill apart was it's style. Like the anime or not that is why it will continue to be remembered while the other battle-ecchi shows will be something no one can even recall after half a year.
This is just facts about how art works.
>>134458676
>why would a casual read a 20 volume manga published in 1968
Because it's a fucking famous classic that comes up in all sorts of discussion, other shows, and lists?
> I've also seen angels egg and texhnolyze
Texhnolzye was one of the first things I watched on recommendation from /a/ when I showed up with twenty shows under my belt. Again, you're naming popular shit and acting like it proves crossboarders aren't casual, and you keep obsessing over "shit taste," even though I've never said or implied that.
>>134458676
>Because a casual is not going to fucking read ashita no joe
This is how we know you ARE a casual. Joe is one every damn rec chart out there.
>>134458722
>Do you think the Harem anime that is airing today will be talked about for 10+ years?
Yes, at the very least it will be on /a/ because of Stella shitposters.
And no, KLK won't be remembered because of its style, it'll be fucking remembered because Trigger saved anime you retard. Trigger has gainax staff on it and that is the reason why it was hyped and it'll be remembered for that.
>>134458676
Is this Bear with his trip off or something?
