I'm 24 now any other anon's feel ''too old'' for all this Anime/Otaku culture, now?
Most other fans at past conventions I have been to & met, have all been under 20 years of age.
I've even lost interest in watching it now. Same for most other fans that I've known for years who are getting my age & 25+
>Anyone else feeling too old for this whole
Also as a side note: I recently met a femanon who showed interest in me
>She's 19 & obsessed with anime.
Even though she's a qt, I feel like I'm way too old to hook up with her because her interests in otaku culture now seem kinda immature to me.
Is this what growing up feels like?
Title should read ''Growing out of anime/otaku culture''
Fuck.
Inb4: ''Adults can spell.''
I didn't get too old for animu
Animu changed in the mid 2000's from demon rape to endless piles of moe shit
Got "out" of it 2007, rediscovered it last year and watched more than ever before. I'm 30.
>most other fans at past conventions I have been to & met, have all been under 20
where do you live? I live in the midwest and I have no problems whatsoever meeting people in their mid 20s. I'm also 24 and I'm the youngest person in my small circle of friends who regular cons and meet ups.
the moe shit ruined it for me
I stopped following the new animu shows when I was 26 I think
I still read plenty of mango doe.
>>29396396
Unfortunately, I'm British.
The only thing we have that's popular is MCMLondon & Manchester
>>29396220
Nope.
25 and I love sol anime.
Gochuisa is grate. I'd rank it alongside kinmoza but beneath non non biyouri.
I'm not going to discuss this anywhere but online though. As an adult man I can't really let it be known that I like cartoons of cute girls doing cute things. It'd be too easy to be misunderstood.
I wouldn't be afraid to tell someone I watched opm and JoJos tho. Or kaiji. Seinens you know.
>>29396220
26 and still love anime
>falling for the growing out meme
>>29396506
Would you still have a otaku bedroom at your age?
At 25, I seem to just go deeper down the hole as I age.
OP sounds like a normalfag tbqh
>>29396220
>>29396338
I started getting into it at 29 and am nearly 31.
I did, however, grow out of a whole bunch of other things. Atheism, politics, metal, punk rock, drugs & alcohol, etc. So I sort of get where you're coming from.
>I'm 24
>She's 19
Bro when I was 25 a 16 year old was hooking up with me (which is legal here, thanks) and even though we had some things in common at the end of the day we just wanted to have sex.
On the other hand when I was 20-21 and knew some 17-19 year olds I missed out on potentially great relationships because I was just like OH HOW QUAINT YOU LIKE TO DRINK AND HAVE FUN HAHA I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE LITTLE ONE THAT WAS SO LONG AGO I AM SO MUCH MATURE THAN YOU
>>29396220
Growing out of something is just another way of saying that you want to be mature and cool.
>>29396220
I only watch comfy animu.
But I read fucking manga all the time. Will never stop, it is my hobby. A secret hobby but still my hobby.
why can't you normies go away
>>29396220
24 going on 25. I feel pretty much the same exact way. There are the occasional gems, but for the most part anime is fucking degenerate samey trash.
That's just the way it is though. They have to sell products by marketing to the lowest common denominator.
>>29396220
no I'm 24 and I still watch cartoons but only about 5 a year and when they're not airing. I don't discuss it with anyone either
I've never went to a convention because other anime cartoon watching niggers seem autistic so I guess I dislike the culture/fanbase and like the product?
You will regret this one day.
>>29397064
>I guess I dislike the culture/fanbase and like the product?
Same. I've always been like this though, probably partly to my detriment. I could have had friends in high school if I'd eased up a bit, but I kept to myself.
I loved anime and vidya to obsessive levels, but when people at school mentioned or talked about them, I felt nothing but contempt.
If you think you have to stop doing something you enjoy because of your age, you've not grown up at all.
>>29397223
this
for me whenever I see my interests turn mainstream I hate it.. I'm not sure if Im a hipster or whatever
>>29396220
I only watch about one new anime per season at this point, and that is usually an adaptation of a manga I have already read/am currently reading. Occasionally a series will get an anime greenlit and that will convince me to read the manga (which let's be honest is the main purpose of most anime).
Basically the older I get the more manga I read and less anime I watch. I find myself watching more OVAs and movies than TV series for the better animation quality at this point but I don't watch much of either.
To make matters worse my favourite genre of manga (Yankii/delinquent/bosozoku manga) is well known for having fuck all scans for most of their series.
>>29397064
>>29397223
>>29397284
You sound like insecure about your hobbies, that's why you get so defensive.
You watch too much anime senpai.
Reduce your intake and your interest will return.
>>29397348
this is 100% exactly it now that I think about it desu. wish i'd been more confident. ten years too late to change it now though.
>>29397348
No I'm pretty secure about it. There's nothing worth getting defensive about. I just dislike the culture
>>29397511
>ten years too late to change
You know you can change it if you want.
You have to be honest with yourself and the world and don't give a fuck. Nobody cares if you spend your time reading eroge. And if someone does, it's not worth your time.
>>29396687
Not him but of course not. I think when you people say "growing out" what you mean is "I don't follow the stereotype and group rules anymore" like saying kawaii uguu~~ shit all the time and having your room covered in naked anime girls posters. It's actually a phase for some people, wanting to fit in and be accepted is a strong part of it, whatever others reason they had for getting into it is not going to last if you don't have a genuine love and interest for it.
That said I think it's actually a good thing to "grow out of something" if you were that kind of fan in the first place. Otherwise you just want to seem mature and cool like >>29396876 said.
>>29396818
I've been into metal for all my life, never went through the edgy black-clad phase at all and I don't see the day I get tired of it, still atend some concerts and honestly nobody gives a fuck about how you're dressed or your beliefs. Im 29 btw. If you're in something for the looks, fandom and other retarded shit I can see how you'd eventually see how pointless and stupid it is though. You just thought you looked cool and badass in black amirite?
>>29397064
>so I guess I dislike the culture/fanbase and like the product?
All fanbases are terrible desu familia, posers, idiots and lonely abound. Btw when I browsed /a/ most of them genuinely share your sentiment.
>>29396220
i dunno man
i started really getting into anime hardcore at 19 and i'll be 23 this year
it certainly hasn't improved my life on a social level but i went through my whole teenage years sexless and friendless without the influence of anime
i honestly feel like my love for anime and otaku stuff is what's keeping me alive. without it i'd be lost with nothing to look forward to.
my only regret is that i didn't get into it sooner as i still have so much stuff on my backlog 4 years in
if you honestly feel you have prospects waiting for you such as jobs and potential friends/gfs and anime is the only thing holding you back then go for it but just remember
anime was there for you when nobody else was
>>29398269
>my only regret is that i didn't get into it sooner as i still have so much stuff on my backlog 4 years in
yeah, 19 seems a bit late desu. some of my best anime experiences were when i was 13 - 15 because i could relate more to the high school characters; like ichigo from bleach, or kira from gundam seed. now that shit would just make me cringe if i watched it again, but when i was 15 ichigo was someone i could relate to and imagine being/idolize.
I stopped watching anime for the most part around age 13-14 when I discovered PC vidya. Started really being into it at age 8, went to every convention in my state for like 6 or so years. I never really completely stopped watching it though, I still read manga sometimes and had marathons with friends and the bf but by 15 I was just a casualfag.
I still have a weak spot for figures even being a filthy casual and I still do now at 20.
>>29398394
if we wanted the opinion of a roastie, we would've asked. fuck off back to facebook, whore.
>>29398353
OP here:
Same age for me: watchingthings like death note at age 16 made me think I was light & everything.
Did a cosplay as him in his school uniform and had the gay ass hair & everything.
Watching any anime based in high school would just make me cringe now.
>>29398353
i dropped out of school when i was 13 so i never could relate anyway
when i first started watching i thought holy shit this is what i missed out on in school? but quickly realized real school life is fucking shit compared to anime and that harems don't exist unless you were the school chad
nowadays i mostly try to self insert as the little girls. yuru yuri and ichigo mashimaro are some of my favorite anime
though i started watching initial d the other day and am loving it so far
it gave me >tfw no drivers license
>>2939864
>i dropped out of school when i was 13
Are you black?
>>29398772
nope, just asperger who always had trouble fitting in and grew to violently hate everyone around me to the point i'd randomly attack people
years of social isolation and anime absorbtion however has made me become a much calmer person and i'm capable of going outside in short burst such as to the shops without any problems
I stopped watching anime when I was 18 years old. It was due to my favourite TV channels that emitted anime series, even OVAs and movies. One of them started to decay 'bout a year before its impeding shut down. The other was bought and its new owners pretty much defiled it with shite content, 'til it went belly up two years later if I recall correctly.
The other is still alive, but was never focused on anime, but the series they are emitting either I already saw them or just plain suck.
My internet connection was too shabby and I was generally too lazy in that regard to download anime by myself. I did watch Death Note when it was still in its heyday, more out of curiosity, to see what it was all the fuss about. Tried to watch Bleach, Naruto and One-Piece, but I couldn't watch more than two episodes. I really grew up from that stuff in particular.
I rekindled my interest in watching anime when I was 24, because I made some friends that like anime aswell.
>>29396262
This.............90s and 2000s anime was good shit
>>29396220
I'm 19 and wish I had a 19 year old femanon who's obsessed with anime to talk to, you are very luck anon.
>>29397673
>If you're in something for the looks, fandom and other retarded shit I can see how you'd eventually see how pointless and stupid it is though. You just thought you looked cool and badass in black amirite?
A bit of that, but also because metal is pretty one-dimensional. It's either songs about being angry, songs about Satan, or songs about frostdragons or some shit. Occasionally there might be a meme band that does like "pirate metal" or "beercore". Punk music as well since it's either "Dude Society Sucks" or "I Am Young and No One Understand me"
To be fair, pop music is also pretty one-dimensional since it's all just songs about having a good time with your boyfriend and/or girlfriend & sometimes a break-up song, and rap music is also one-dimensional, and country music is one-dimensional, etc.
Ultimately I just branched out to other genres of music. Metal and punk used to take up 99% of my music collection and now they're probably like 5 or maybe 10% each.
>>29397064
I fucking hate the "culture" around artwork and media these days.
Artists should be sequestered from their audience. They are the elite. They are the creators--not the mouthbreathing hordes.
Drooling retarded fans having access to creators via social media is a nightmare. It's ruining everything.
I want artists to be far off and mysterious and unique again. Fuck social media, fuck cons.
early animes were okay.
something i noticed with weebs is the pedophilia thing, obviously weebs don't like to admit it but something is going on
>>29399325
I've noticed this too, why do they kind Japanese schoolgirls attractive?
They're children.
>>29399325
>>29399357
They're drawings.
>>29396220
defining maturity based on what multimedia you are interested in is extremely childish
that being said yeah anime is simplistic with lots of wish fulfillment which isn't what a lot of people are looking for after a certain age. You start looking for things that are more reflective than indulgent
>>29399357
school girl porn is universally popular, not limited to japanese race/anime. i think it's just biology.
>>29399377
That still makes them a borderline pedo.
>>29396444
basically this, all of this moe shit is pure garbage
The only thing I can watch and enjoy right now is JoJo.
>>29396220
i didnt even know that anime exists before coming here 4 years ago. dont know why i should like it
>>29399325
>>29399357
This, why the obsession with putting miniskirts on every girl no matter her role?
>military girl? dress her like whore
>teacher? dress her like whore
>police? whore again
I'm 32 and still watch it. I definitely feel way too old for this hobby though honestly and ashamed at times. But then I tell myself you only have one life so why not do things you enjoy.
>Too old for anime
Nonsense. You're never too old to enjoy things.I'm actually really a 34 year old woman and I still watch anime.
>>29399473
Because males draw them. Fuck off you dumb feminist cunt.
I could make an entire college major around how stereotypes in 50 Shades of Grey are harmful to fat male losers like myself, but I don't because I'm not a cunt.
Fuck cunts. Leave males alone.
>>29399357
>>29399400
>>29399325
Americans do it too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-u5WLJ9Yk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU9zZxvrAro
Just because a girl is wearing a skirt or school uniform means that she has to be like 5 years old.
>>29399473
Why do you think that miniskirt = whore? Are you from a Muslim country?
I don't watch anime to be social you fucking normalshit
>>29399505
how to enjoy anime? some cartoons are ok but anime just looks shit. maybe its the 2d or something but they all look almost same just with different colors
>>29399508
it's like somewhere in the last 30 years women have lost all grasp of male biology and how men think.
it's telling how different we are by the simple fact that the majority of women prefer literotica to porn, but somehow porn is "degenerate" while simulating sex in their minds is somehow not even questionable.
fucking retarded times my man
>>29397154
this really hurts to read
>>29399633
no it doesn't. it was fucking dumb.
>>29399598
You know I didn't mean actual whore, but there's no reason to make every fucking girl dress like that with "accidental" panty shots all the time.
>>29399508
>makes cunty post regardless
I'm a man and don't draw or design characters all wearing bikini armor or miniskirts because I'm not 13 years old.
>>29399627
i just think the access to sexual reproduction is more rare than it used to be so men adopted ways to get off in different ways
eventually beta's will find ways to completely replace woman
>>29399659
Japan is a very sexually frustrated and deprived nation, so they make do with whatever outlets they can get.
>>29399692
>eventually beta's will find ways to completely replace woman
The ancient Greeks already figured that one out champ.
>>29399674
You could try appreciating it on its own terms.
Think of it as the culture of some native tribe of Congo niggers who rape their babies and sew their daughter's vagina shut as part of their shamanic rituals.
Then you can feel superior and high minded while enjoying the intellectual stimulation of understanding your own cultural relativistic bias.
>>29399737
homosexuality is just natures way to deal with overpopulation
the more people born from the same race the more genetic defects there will be
Why do some people think they have to stop enjoying things as they get older? For me, especially for stuff like anime and games, my interest level has only gotten higher as I got older because I got a fucking job and can now afford all the cool shit that I couldn't as a kid/teen. Hazuki tangentially related.
>>29399772
>You could try appreciating it on its own terms.
but it's still stupid on its own terms, bikini armor is just like what Justin Bieber is for little girls.
>>29399793
>homosexuality is just natures way to deal with overpopulation
It's been doing a really poor job of it senpai since it's been around the times of ancient greece.
you are lucky to get to be part of an otaku community at all.
I go to conventions and meetups and anime clubs, but no one, ever, has been willing to let me into their community. I still rely on meeting new people almost every time.
And when it comes to age, I'm in my mid 20s now. For years, somehow the people I met were always 17 years old, and I felt old, and now it's just getting worse, because not only am I getting older and older, the people I meet seem to be getting younger, lot of 14-15 recently.
It's okay I guess, I get to live good middle school/high school years through them, hearing their experiences, but still it's strange
I used to enjoy it but then this whole new poster generation started to use anime characters as their gay/bi/trans whatever sexual roleplay avatars everywhere.
Not bad in itself, but it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
>>29397391
>You watch too much anime senpai.
>Reduce your intake and your interest will return.
This. There are two ways to kill a hobby, overdoing it and using it for escapism. Like all those nerds complaining about not being able to play vidya anymore.
Not that it's impossible to really get sick of a hobby but it's usually just a burnout unless you found something else to occupy your time.
>>29396220
>Most other fans at past conventions I have been to & met
>fem[...] showed interest in me
if you're that much of a normalfag, then yeah, you'd probably be best off if you allow yourself to get pressured out of your interests and instead do what your clique wants you to
