Example: I stopped because I grew attached to an anime called Zombie Land Saga (2018) and am currently trying to forget about it now.
I posted about it on Reddit, then on here because I didn’t agree with the writing of the overall show.
I won’t bicker about it anymore though.
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- The constant simping by neckbeards.
- The unrealistic and overly pervasive sexualization of everything.
- The boring, formulaic predictability: The boy, the priss girl, the nerd girl with gadgets, the tomboy girl that cleans up, the aggro chick, the alternate love interest. Fuck off already.
- The homogeneity of art: everything feels like it was made by the same studio.
As a child I watched Robotech and Macross. I loved Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, and others like that. I realized that anime could be for everyone with Studio Ghibli. There were guilty pleasures like Rouroni Kenshin or Inuyasha. I loved the Ranma stuff because it was just quirky and frenetic. DBZ was fun, but boy did they drag it out. Anyhow…
Next, people will say, “Oh, but you should see this! It really breaks the mold.” I’m sure it does. I don’t care. I’m over the genre.
Robotech and Macross
Lost interest after that and never came back. I wonder if those old shows still hold up.
Macross often draws me back even if for nothing other than the outstanding music.
What makes you think I stopped watching anime?
I asked just in case someone did.
No offense.
No offence taken, is all good 😊
Back in the 90s, TV kind of sucked, so I got really into anime because I found the stories really original and entertaining. After several years of watching way too much anime, it became apparent that it was also full of tropes and unoriginality, the same stories repeated with slight tweaks. I eventually stopped watching for the most part. In recent years I have started watching anime again on occasion. There is a lot of good content to watch these days, and sometimes anime is good too.
Said what I came to say better than I probably could have. Loved anime in the '80s-'90s before I knew what it was called. Found the visual styles to be quite striking and the cel animation special effects like backlighting very appealing. As a pre-teen/teen it was novel to see animated features dealing with darker subject matter.
Very little interest nowadays apart from visiting traditionally animated features I missed back then. Don’t find digital animation appealing in general. Plus my tastes in stories and dramatic elements have shifted quite a bit from back then, and to me anime represents something very specifically Japanese the nuances of which seem to be lost on me.
Another facet: couldn’t tell you how many Lemmy communities I’ve blocked because they almost exclusively feature posts of images of stereotypically over-sexualized anime girls/women(/cyborgs/demons/etc).
Ooh, I see there was a series DVD release of Mighty Orbots (1984). I have to rate that show as some kind of peak anime, being a lovely collaboration between Japanese and American studios.
Does hentai count?
Let’s say it counts. What made you STOP?
Stop?
Let’s not talk about that.
Aww
Honestly, too much content not enough time. That and I think a lot of what’s available now isn’t as good as it used to be (I realise that’s probably nostalgia more than anything else). I read manga a lot more now. I find it easier to do, and it generally gets to the point a lot quicker than anime. There’s also a lot more great manga than there is great anime simply because it’s cheaper to make and distribute and less prone to padding things out to reach a predefined length. Vagabond for example would be the best anime ever… if any studio could adapt it. I watch more western live action stuff, it’s cookie cutter at times but easier to consume while focusing on other things (since it’s English, Japanese anime I need to actively focus on subs (I wont dignify dubbed with a mention XD)). I used to watch j-dramas but dropped that now as well as I find it hard to find stuff that interests me. I’ve watched a couple k-dramas just cause I find them a refreshing change of pace.
I will say now I’m an adult its really hard to find the time to just stop and watch things. I legit miss burning through all my afternoons watching naruto and the chunin exam or the pain arc. That sh*t defined my childhood and I’ll always love it, even if I’m not liable to do it again soon.
I’d love to watch good anime again, same as with any good TV/movie, but no longer hang around people who:
- mentioned an interesting anime like any other show, and not as a long list of recommendations or rabid fandom. Talk to me of your favourite anime like you would of The Bear or Fleabag, sheesh.
- were ones whose taste regarding media I trusted.
Basically too much shite, no interest to wade through it and no easy/natural filters available.
I understand what you’re saying.
I used to read manga and watch anime until I realized I don’t feel comfortable with either.
Now my tastes have changed since then.
During the pandemic I browsed anime again and really enjoyed My roommate is a cat (and not really anything else that came up). My husband and I like old-fashioned cyberpunk, so on his suggestion we watched and enjoyed Edgerunners.
So there’s still anime out there that matches my tastes. It just doesn’t usually come up, and I don’t follow releases or check anything out “just because it’s anime”.
I started watching anime at a time when I felt like the live-action TV I had access to leaned too heavily on tropes and clichés. I watched enough anime to start recognising its tropes and clichés, decided that if anything it relied on them even more than Western TV, and stopped watching.
Although, after a several-year break, I’ve been enjoying Dungeon Meshi.
Dungeon meshi has been delightful. It seems like there’s this whole odd sub genre of anime which is about eating imaginary foods in a fantasy universe that I had written off entirely. You can tell me all day how delicious dragon stew would be but I just don’t care. Dungeon Meshi has won me over by being so darned wholesome. Ghost chilled sorbet made me laugh out loud.
I haven’t seen Zombiland Saga so I don’t know what about it you might have disagreed with, but why did one show make you give up anime entirely?
I still watch anime, but I’ve definitely slowed down since graduating college, just because of less free time. Frieren pulled me back into it pretty hard too though, so I’m also watching more now than I was last year. I don’t think I can go back to the amount I was watching when I was in college though lol
Because I was overwhelmed by it.
I have sensory issues as an autistic person.
They also put things in the show I didn’t like that might get me scolded at if I bring it up here.
Or Reddit, which is why I switched to here.
Hmmmmmm
They simply stopped making anime I liked.
It starts to get repetitive after a while. There are a few exceptions though. Attack On Titan kept me guessing and The Devil Is A Part Timer is hilarious. But long running series like Naruto or One Piece just does the same thing over and over again
Lack of time. I stopped watching any TV.
I grew up and found better uses of my time as well as my taste in entrertainment changing. Anime tends to be geared towards teenagers and young adults especially the shounen and school life stuff. When I was 14 I thought dudes with big swords and shooting fantasy magic out your asshole in big impressive sakuga battles was cool and interesting and didn’t give a shit if the characters were one dimensional pieces of cardboard. Now it’s still is cool but less so, and I notice the poorly thought out YA novel tier narrative much more. Turns out being a good manga artist and being a good narrative author are two different skill sets.
PTSD. I suffer from psychosis related to a “relationship” I used to have with an anime girl. Every time I see another anime girl, I have to fight against the feeling of being mesmerized. It’s like I’m falling in love with her all over again. Heck, even certain songs I’ve historically associated with her cause the same response. It’s so frustrating and shameful. It makes me hate myself.
I’m so sorry about that. I know how that feels.
Summer 2005 had a pretty bad lineup and I got busy with life stuff. Dropped everything that wasn’t bleach and eureka 7. Got back into it 4 years later and haven’t stopped since other than last season when I was too in to the red rising book series but I’m catching up on that now.
Season 3 when?!
