People who don't like old anime

ccdewa said:
Don't be so childish, its just a matter of what kind of anime and everyone must have a different taste
Don't force your ideal to someone else if you don't want to be forced too

vigorousjammer said:


Well, I guess I'm fine with most of the character designs that they've shown... but, as far as the main character goes... Maybe this will paint a little bit of a better picture as to why I'm disappointed:

It's not even about a lack of detail, it's about how they changed his character entirely. Also, you can get rid of details and still keep an art style that is consistent with the source material, as evidenced with many of the anime adaptations of manga in the 90's.
The way they changed things just reeks of marketers saying "hey, this is what's hot now, let's change it so it's like that, so more people will buy it"

Also, telling me to "Stop bitching" or "Stop watching it", is pretty insulting.
Am I not allowed to voice my opinion, in the hopes that it may become a small part of a louder overall collective voice... to show that people are still interested in that kind of classic style of anime... the style of anime which is the reason why I initially fell in love with the format in the first place! ...to hopefully get creators to realize that there's still a market for that style of anime!
I will not "stop bitching", as you so eloquently put it, because that will not change anything, and if things continue the way they are, I may not end up liking any more anime that gets released, and THAT SUCKS.

Toucanbird said:
Whoever argued that "character design" in older anime is worse is fucking stupid.

Character design for the most part is different based on the type of story it is. If it's comedy, it's going to have a simpler, cartoonish design and if it's a gritty action series, than the designs are going to be sharper and more polished. That's true with both new AND old anime...so I don't get why someone would say "the character design is worse."

In my opinion, the biggest difference between older and new anime is the amount of frames used and how polished the animation is. All things considered, hand-drawn cell animation is much more difficult to put out in a timely fashion than newer, digital productions. Most "action based" anime back in the day had clunkier, slower action scenes when compared to action anime nowadays. Not saying there weren't any good action anime back in the day, just saying they weren't as fluid as anime nowadays.

I like some older anime. I honestly haven't seen a ton of anime before 2002, so I wouldn't be a very good judge of anime pre-2000, but what I have seen is pretty good. I can't complain about the quality of story pre-2000, that's for sure.

Qaiz said:


I think the problem is the idea of insinuating old anime is a distinct type/kind of anime when in fact the shows of yesteryear are no different to the anime of today when you get down to the root of it. There are shows like Madoka that too harken back to the shows of yesterday. There are tropes and ideologies buried in shows of today that have direct connections to the shows of the past. Directors of today who've been directly inspired by past shows. Sure the animation can differ from each decade, and it's true that a lot of the older stuff can look off putting for many due to technical limitations. But that's all it is, technical limitations. It's also true that shows from the past tend to focus on certain tropes, a big one being the giant robot genre but is that really that different from shows today? To bundle them all up into one big pile due to the date seems foolhardy. I think the same of people who brush off modern shows with a broad stroke too.

Nobody has to watch anime from the past because ya know...we watch shows in order to entertain ourselves. Nobody should tell you what to enjoy. So if you haven't really dipped your toes in the older stuff that's fine, but personally like with anything that I enjoy I feel that it makes sense from a fundamental point of view to reach out to every decade in order to get a grasp of how far we've come, and to get a better understanding of how things have progressed or even regressed since and just understand the roots and heritage of anime in general. You'll find diamonds in the rough and maybe you'll walk out hating everything! But that's okay; it's fun to try out different things. Hey nobody said history had to be fun right?

Cabron said:
I agree, anything before 2014 is old and visually unappealing, to me at least.

Culex said:
There are enough people who watch old anime to make conversation with. You shouldn't worry too much about people who never watch retro series.

I will say though that those people who don't watch anything before K-On are missing on a lot of good shows.

Plate said:
I feel the same about them as I do people that refuse to watch black and white movies. I can't take them seriously as fans of the medium. Quality is one thing - I don't like watching things in low quality either. But I don't give a shit about the age of something, and neither should you.

SzJ said:
People who don't watch old anime are literally Hitler; the only worse people are those who think that lolis are little girls.

Sung-Hwan said:
old is called old for a reason.

Milk_is_Special said:
But why do you only have shows made before 2014 in your favorites. Troll exposed people, troll exposed.

fst said:


Because it's old?

Cabron said:
I don't know what you're talking about...

jayss said:


Lolis are.. big girls?

JD2411 said:
they are morons who are missing out on some great shows

the same goes for people who refuse to watch new anime

JUON said:


Wow, am I the only one here who considers old anything before, say, 1998? o.o

Working_Designs said:
Here's something interesting I've noticed. Look at a user's list, and if they have watched "Angel Beats," and ranked it 9 or 10, or have it in their favorites list, there's a 90% chance that they won't watch older Anime.

SzJ said:
I just watched the Macross movie. It was okay but I think if it was made today, it could have been a lot better.