| Since I'm quite positive right now and filled with joy, moving aside the degenerate talk Has there been a time, at least once, you thought, "I'm glad I got into this medium" or "Anime has entertained for the longest time"? If so, why did you think of this? I'm all butterflies and rainbows right now. |
 ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ซ' ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฑ ______________________ |
-Lofn- said: I'm all butterflies and rainbows right now. ใๅฎ็ฃใงใใใงใจใใใใใพใใ |
man_of_culture said: -Lofn- said: I'm all butterflies and rainbows right now. ใๅฎ็ฃใงใใใงใจใใใใใพใใ Wow he gave birth? @-Lofn- congratulations. Is it a boy or a girl? Ot- anime like Death Note and Yosuga no Sora. No other medium does things like those two anime. |
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man_of_culture said: I'm a mother? Oh my, I didn't know I had it in me.-Lofn- said: I'm all butterflies and rainbows right now. ใๅฎ็ฃใงใใใงใจใใใใใพใใ |
๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ซ' ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฑ ______________________ |
| Watching Aikatsu! reminded me why I watch Anime, and showed me that there's no limit to how fun and inspiring anime can get. |
  Ascended Taste I only came back to this site for the forum sets and to promote my RYM list... Anilist ftw still :dab: |
| Too bad this wasn't posted on MD, because I'm definitely in the mood of writing yet another essay on my favourite manga. You dodged a bullet there! Kaiji and Nichijou made me feel like this. Both these two (three if counting Kaiji's two seasons separately) anime thoroughly entertained me. The former was just extremely interesting and made me want to watch episode after episode, so it was a true delight. The latter on the other hand was the right kind of comedy for me. I love randomness in an ordinary setting. |
| I do honestly like the medium. I just don't fangirl over the bad things. |
| See any of my favorites. And you bet I'll be feeling that appreciation again if one of my favorite manga or novels ever miraculously get adapted. |
RedKitten13 said: Basically this for me too, except that I'm not really into manga or VN much.While I'm not an over-the-top "fangirl" of the medium, I'm certainly glad I got into the medium, for sure. Especially when an interesting VN, manga, original piece of work, et cetera, catches my interest, so. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| I'm actually really thankful to Anime, It made me meet my soulmate Makishima. Someone I can look up to and say one day to my children, Look son...this is my hero. |
| When I go through an awful day and have everyone go up against me I am always grateful I have anime that can ease the discomfort. |
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| No. It took me about a decade to finally enjoy anything in it minus a couple scattered examples. I'm too much of a filthy casual and too picky to be like "whoa, im super glad I did this". Sure I've enjoyed stuff but I've never praised the medium itself like a beacon of light. Its just something else to do when I'm not writing, driving, or playing games. |
| All the time, especially since most of the other shows I like either ended, got canceled, are taking a really long break, or are currently in limbo. |
| When I finished Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, and subsequently sobbed for 30 minutes or so, I was quite appreciative of the medium for being able to tell such a story. Then I cursed it vehemently for breaking my heart and stealing the 2D light of my life. Ah, memories~ |
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| Nowadays it's just a fact of life to me, I'm just happy about discovering individual shows or by them being unexpectedly awesome, being glad I watch anime would seem like a normal person being glad they watch Hollywood. But I remember when I discovered my university had an anime club and attending for the first time, with very limited experience of the medium. And seeing episodes of six things, of which both Excel Saga and Nadesico delighted me in ways I was completely surprised by, while Lain just blew my mind completely. That was one of the best nights of my life, the feeling of a whole new world opening up in front of me. I also felt kind of like that the first time I watched KareKano, and CCS. Because those were things totally unlike anything I'd ever enjoyed before, in genres I had automatically dismissed, and yet, here was anime, making them enjoyable. And not just enjoyable, actually pretty great. |
| Yeah, multiple times already since I've first started. I appreciate anime because it's given me another form of entertainment to fill my life. Not only that, but the shows produced have given me an array of topics to ponder about which I wasn't aware before, introducing me to many characters, soundtracks, art styles and animations that I've enjoyed watching. I like how this fictional medium can play around with my emotions, creating happiness, sadness or even anger. It's all the things that made me appreciate anime. Of course through anime, I've also seen many cool people who are passionate about anime too. |
My Anime List < Have a good day! > My Manga List |
| yes when i disscussed shows with good people and found it is not bad after all |
| I constantly feel glad I got into anime. For the last 4 years now, anime has been my addiction/compulsion. There are far worse and/or more expensive things to be addicted to. I don't have to wait 1 hour for every episode of anime I watch, before I can legally drive. I don't have the State telling me it's ok while the Feds are telling me anime is illegal. I don't have to compete with bids in excess of $50k for a rare anime at an auction. Yeah, I appreciate anime. |
 You're never too old to watch anime. If I ever stop watching anime, check my pulse I'm likely dead. I wake up with coffee & anime, I go to sleep with coffee & anime. Sorry if my sarcasm is bad, it's not my first language. |
A_NoticingSenpai said: @Older_than_dirt Since you've been watching for a very long time, how would you describe the shifts in anime and its trends over the past 20-30 years I haven't been watching for "a very long time". There was roughly a 20 year span that I don't think I even watched a single anime. (approx 1992-2012) As for shifts and trends of anime... With a higher volume of source materials out there, there's more to choose from, but there's also often less material to adapt for each, thus a higher count of shorter series vs long-runners. Trends seem to be shifting from adapting well-established stories, to adapting the latest hype. So for many studios now, every show or season is becoming more of a gamble that could bankrupt them if it flops, as opposed to in the past when studios seemed to be able to survive a couple series with poor sales. I won't pretend like I'm an expert on this, so I won't try to say that these changes & shifts are good or bad, they're just different. |
| You're never too old to watch anime. If I ever stop watching anime, check my pulse I'm likely dead. I wake up with coffee & anime, I go to sleep with coffee & anime. Sorry if my sarcasm is bad, it's not my first language. |
A_NoticingSenpai said: An influx of new studies also means going for the safe adaptation, as you said with no assurance of profit after paying all the dues. It does suck in the end when there are great stories that the big boys could adapt but won't Who knows what the future holds though, Game of Thrones was niche until HBO took it on and exploded its popularity to staggering heights. I'm uncertain as to how much the studios play a part in deciding what to adapt as opposed to being hired to adapt something by a committee. If they're just getting hired, then it can't be said they're only going for the "safe" stories to adapt. No matter who is doing the choosing, your point is valid that "safe" stories seem to be the trend, which is to ride the coat tails of stories or formulas that have been successful. GoT wasn't really "niche", I'm sure people that are avid readers of that genre knew about it. It's popularity soared because HBO adapted something with gratuitous nudity, murder, and offensive language. People were more willing to set aside 1 hour per week to watch it, rather than set aside time to read a book. In today's society of political correctness, GoT sorta shocked some people into remembering "hey, I actually like this sort of stuff". I wonder if anime today is anywhere close to what people back in the 70's or 80's imagined it might be like "in the future". |
| You're never too old to watch anime. If I ever stop watching anime, check my pulse I'm likely dead. I wake up with coffee & anime, I go to sleep with coffee & anime. Sorry if my sarcasm is bad, it's not my first language. |
| The toothbrush scene of Nisemonogatari episode 8. It was then when I felt true rejoice for making anime my hobby. I have no regrets. |
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| Sword Art Online is always the answer. |
 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ Let him be accursed O Lord, Amen! |
| Watching my favorites upon rewatch and realizing the deep intricacy for the writing and character detail, even references I didn't catch the first time around. Makes me appreciate the animated story telling because it's hardly out there outside of anime. |
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| I'm not sure if I'm filling with joy because I got into anime, but it definetly gave me something to do when I'm bored. |
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| Sometimes I wonder what would I do if not anime and often end up thinking that I would probably watch series and movie with real people which I haven't done in years and dislike that idea because "real" shows are more limited than anime, some things are just impossible to show and they all "look" the same - there are no different art styles because it's just filmed. I like books, manga and anime but anime is my favorite because you can hear the characters, see them moving and as it may not be anything special for many people because "you can always imagine these things while reading manga / books" I'm still happy that they're there as they can make a scene more emotional than it was in the original or make the action more intense. I also got to know some people thanks to anime so yeah, I'm glad that I got into this wonderful world of imagination. |
 I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes. Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that. It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers. Thought: How many people sparked H. Charlotta just for blue pot? |
| Hmmm, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 94. My life essentially crashed and burned. A massive dose of depression and a desire to just die. I lost the ability to cry and to feel. Basically emotionally dead. Anime gave me the ability to cry again. Simple, and silly and funny. I watched it mainly so I could experience crying. Sappy relationship driven shows. Emotional content. Air TV is a good example. So yeah, anime has given to me in ways hard to really describe. |
| Just living the life of an anime princess. |
| When looking back at the anime I watched that got me back into the medium; Monster, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Berserk, etc. |
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| I feel that pretty often. Especially when I rewatch my favourites. It's my most beloved medium even if there's a lot of trash out there. |
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| Whenever I start watching a new show that I really enjoy and it reminds me of how anime is capable of so much. I enjoy Western cartoons and live-action TV as well, but I feel like anime is the medium that truly takes advantage of everything animation has to offer. There's so much more opportunity for interesting symbolism and imagery, creative settings, character designs, storytelling methods, etc, which live action simply isn't capable of doing (and which Western cartoons could do, but often choose not to). So, whenever I see directors like Akiyuki Shinbou, Kunihiko Ikuhara, and Shinichiro Watanabe (among others) push the limits and take full advantage of what they can do within the realm of animation, it makes me really glad that I got into anime. |
| I'm glad I got into this medium because there are wonderful people like op. |
| I was glad i got to read TLR and TLRD manga...... |
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| Many times, have I felt that feeling. Whenever I finish an anime I really liked, I remain happy for the rest of the day/night and then, I’ll wake up early the next day... strange phenomenon that happens once in a while. |
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