| It's an unfortunately common sentiment that Mecha is "dead" because it's no longer a massive force for the industry (Despite high quality showings every year or two), but in the long history of anime, there are certainly other genres that were once massive waves for the fandom writ large, but nowadays don't see such privilege or prestige. For me, I think... Moe blobs kinda disappeared? I mean, CGDCT definitely still has industry power, but shows like Lucky Star definitely don't appear the way they did in the past. |
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| >Fantasy: I mean pure fantasy, none of this Isekai spam that have the fantasy. >Sci-fi: There's not much anymore, and when there is, it's just them using futuristic weapons, not an actual sci-fi setting. >Mystery: Most of the ones we get now are just highschool kids solving basic mysteries, not stuff with a big plot or makes you question what's going on. |
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>Fantasy: I mean pure fantasy, none of this Isekai spam that have the fantasy.
>Sci-fi: There's not much anymore, and when there is, it's just them using futuristic weapons, not an actual sci-fi setting.
>Mystery: Most of the ones we get now are just highschool kids solving basic mysteries, not stuff with a big plot or makes you question what's going on.
>Sci-fi: There's not much anymore, and when there is, it's just them using futuristic weapons, not an actual sci-fi setting.
>Mystery: Most of the ones we get now are just highschool kids solving basic mysteries, not stuff with a big plot or makes you question what's going on.
| @Tropisch I think Fantasy might be in something of a resurgence, what with Friren and Dungeon Meshi, but I also have a similar talking point about Mecha, so who knows? |
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| Psychological anime have been way less common this decade and there's basically no huge psychological anime so far other than sequels. |
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| moe blobs are way past their expiration date |
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| I agree about moe blob CGDCT, when I was rewatching School Live it really made me remember the time it came out in that they would be somewhat "parodying" (idk what you would call what Gakkou is doing, poking fun at? Using to its advantage? It's definitely intentional). Back in 2015 and the few years before it seemed overwhelming the amount of CGDCT shows that were releasing, I hated seasonals back then. That's how I felt then anyway. |
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| I agree. CGDCT has seen its best days. It's kinda dying theme nowadays. |
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| Sci-fi is so dead. Even the one's that are still being made go under the radar and are just not worth watching most of the time. Normal fantasy's seen better days, but Frieren's probably gonna have some major impact for the genre, hopefully. |
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| I know it's still going strong in the industry, but I'm gonna dare to say: isekai/reincarnation. Literally nothing they release from this point on can possibly be something of notable worth. Because it has been done so so so many times before, any attempt at originality or creativity will be [and has been] overpowered by the repetitive nature of the genre. Or idk maybe it's just wishful thinking, bc I'm sick of it. |
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| Mecha and Magical Girls are basically on life suport at this point. |
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This dance is the pinnacle of human achievement. |
| Mecha certainly fell off hard from where it was. |
| I guess the mahou shoujo genre isn't as popular as before. I remember Madoka Magica being hyped, but now it seems to have died down. Or maybe I am completely wrong, and the genre is still alive and well. |
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| science fiction is not as popular today as fantasy samurai 8 and edens zero flop so hard |
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I guess the mahou shoujo genre isn't as popular as before. I remember Madoka Magica being hyped, but now it seems to have died down. Or maybe I am completely wrong, and the genre is still alive and well.
| @Mayahuel There's still that 4th Madoka movie and the 2nd season of Mahouiku to come out, but pure mahou shoujo without dark fantasy attached is pretty much dead. |
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| I'm more interested in genres that have gone past their barley, wheat, and straw days. |
| But moe blobs are still everywhere. Supernatural school dramas, a trademark of anime from 00s. From Kanon/Clannad to Natsu no Arashi and Sola, there were tons of them. I don't think there are many of them nowadays. This type of shows surely got old. Also, there is not enough GAR. Yes, there are Jojo, Baki, Kengan Ashura and a few more. But they are too few. Today's anime watchers have degraded and become miserable pansies. All they want to watch is some dumb girls to objectify and pathetic wimps to self-insert. Sadly, manly men are not popular anymore. |
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| Ultra violent sci-fi series were a little pile of gem that existed in the 90s, they weren't a thing before then, and haven't been a thing since then, but it was nice while it lasted |
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@Mayahuel There's still that 4th Madoka movie and the 2nd season of Mahouiku to come out, but pure mahou shoujo without dark fantasy attached is pretty much dead.
| @Tropisch I haven't watched any Madoka Magica, but I vaguely remember that people didn't like the side story spinoff. |
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| Every genre is good in its own right. |
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@Tropisch I haven't watched any Madoka Magica, but I vaguely remember that people didn't like the side story spinoff.
| @Mayahuel They didn't, it was adapted from a gacha game lol. |
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| @Tropisch My memory is bad then. I didn't know it's a gacha game turned into an anime adaptation. |
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| Space Westerns. All the ones I can think of are before the 2000's: Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Space Adventure Cobra and Outlaw Star. A shame really, it's one of my favorite genres. |
| Weird experimental shorts (Dementia's i think they're called) seem mostly gone. Cyberpunk GITS type anime are mostly gone. I haven't seen a Ghost in the Shell/Ergo Proxy type anime in a long time The Ah My Goddess style magical girlfriend genre is sadly gone. i miss the days of DearS and Girls Bravo. Pokemon clones are mostly done |
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I guess the mahou shoujo genre isn't as popular as before. I remember Madoka Magica being hyped, but now it seems to have died down. Or maybe I am completely wrong, and the genre is still alive and well.
| @Mayahuel Sailor Moon still gets things every once in a while, and Precure is still going pretty strong last I saw |
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| Maid-based anime had their time in the sun in the early/mid-2000s, but aren't much of a force anymore. Though there were some late stragglers like And Yet the Town Moves and Blend-S. The "Sad Girls in Snow" visual novel adaptation -- very plentiful in the 2000s with the Key stuff (ONE/Air/Kanon/Clannad/Little Busters) and others like Da Capo, Gift ~ Eternal Rainbow, We Without Wings, Ef, H2O, Wind ~ A Breath of Heart, and Rumbling Hearts -- is long past its prime. If any VNs get adaptations these days, they're ones with time-travel/sci-fi elements like Steins;Gate, ISLAND, and Yu-No. |
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