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Mar 7, 2015 12:33 PM
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I don't get it. A lot of people refuse to watch anime that's to old and theirs also a handful of people who only watch old anime and don't give anything new a chance. I prefer old but I like new anime as well and heavily reccomend masterpieces like HxH, Monster, and Kaiba.

Also I've noticed that its considered more acceptable to only watch new anime like if you only watch old anime your close minded and nostalgic but if you only watch new anime your normal and your smart for knowing what you like. Seriously we should try to appreciate anime from all eras and quit caring about what's popular and hyped judge stuff based on actual quality instead.
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Mar 7, 2015 12:34 PM
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Haven't you answered your own question already
Mar 7, 2015 12:35 PM
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Roth said:
Haven't you answered your own question already
No?
Mar 7, 2015 12:36 PM
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Get out of here, old man. No one wants to hear about the olden days.
Mar 7, 2015 12:36 PM
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MaskTai87 said:
Because they are filthy filthy casuals, obviously.
Casuals are just elitists who are still maturing.
Mar 7, 2015 12:37 PM
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Can we not? This is just going to be another Old vs New thread.
Mar 7, 2015 12:37 PM
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Cause old anime looks bad and is inherently worse because of that.
Mar 7, 2015 12:37 PM
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There are basically two sides with this issue. On one side you have people who are in love with nostalgia, and on the other you have the iPhone generation who don't want to be bothered with anything that's over a couple of years old. Personally, I don't care about nostalgia or age. A good anime is a good anime no matter when it was released. I've been enjoying Death Parade as much as I enjoyed Akira in the 90s.
Mar 7, 2015 12:37 PM
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IntroverTurtle said:
Get out of here, old man. No one wants to hear about the olden days.
First few posts always consist of trolling.
Mar 7, 2015 12:39 PM

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The irony it's strong in this one
Mar 7, 2015 12:39 PM

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Feaor said:
Can we not? This is just going to be another Old vs New thread.
No its not. It has nothing to with one being better than the other.

aikaflip said:
There are basically two sides with this issue. On one side you have people who are in love with nostalgia, and on the other you have the iPhone generation who don't want to be bothered with anything that's over a couple of years old. Personally, I don't care about nostalgia or age. A good anime is a good anime no matter when it was released. I've been enjoying Death Parade as much as I enjoyed Akira in the 90s.


Seriously though how can I be nostalgic for Ashita no Joe when I finished it less than a year ago?
Mar 7, 2015 12:39 PM

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Waifu_Strangler said:
I don't get it. A lot of people refuse to watch anime that's to old and theirs also a handful of people who only watch old anime and don't give anything new a chance. I prefer old but I like new anime as well and heavily reccomend masterpieces like HxH, Monster, and Kaiba.

Also I've noticed that its considered more acceptable to only watch new anime like if you only watch old anime your close minded and nostalgic but if you only watch new anime your normal and your smart for knowing what you like. Seriously we should try to appreciate anime from all eras and quit caring about what's popular and hyped judge stuff based on actual quality instead.


i think it's the opposite actually
those who only like old stuff try to look smart with elitist taste and will bash the filthy weebs who only likes new animus
Mar 7, 2015 12:39 PM

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Praland said:
The irony it's strong in this one
Explain yourself.
Mar 7, 2015 12:40 PM

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I don't refuse to watch anime by age itself but I do pick new anime most of the time. they just look better.
Mar 7, 2015 12:41 PM

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kawaii-despair said:
Waifu_Strangler said:
I don't get it. A lot of people refuse to watch anime that's to old and theirs also a handful of people who only watch old anime and don't give anything new a chance. I prefer old but I like new anime as well and heavily reccomend masterpieces like HxH, Monster, and Kaiba.

Also I've noticed that its considered more acceptable to only watch new anime like if you only watch old anime your close minded and nostalgic but if you only watch new anime your normal and your smart for knowing what you like. Seriously we should try to appreciate anime from all eras and quit caring about what's popular and hyped judge stuff based on actual quality instead.


i think it's the opposite actually
those who only like old stuff try to look smart with elitist taste and will bash the filthy weebs who only likes new animus


You have those people too yeah but on a lesser scale because less people here watch old anime but point taken.
Mar 7, 2015 12:42 PM

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I watch whatever I feel like
Mar 7, 2015 12:43 PM

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Waifu_Strangler said:
aikaflip said:
There are basically two sides with this issue. On one side you have people who are in love with nostalgia, and on the other you have the iPhone generation who don't want to be bothered with anything that's over a couple of years old. Personally, I don't care about nostalgia or age. A good anime is a good anime no matter when it was released. I've been enjoying Death Parade as much as I enjoyed Akira in the 90s.

Seriously though how can I be nostalgic for Ashita no Joe when I finished it less than a year ago?

I'm talking about in general. Some people love old stuff simply because it's old.
Mar 7, 2015 12:43 PM

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In general old anime sounds like it was recorded with tin cans and may of them have subpar transfers. On average digital age anime has higher production quality. I don't discriminate based on age by I vastly prefer Digital over traditional Cel animation because of sharper picture quality, larger color palettes, and the fact that Cels animation often looks washed out due to poor transfers.
Mar 7, 2015 12:44 PM

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Waifu_Strangler said:
Praland said:
The irony it's strong in this one
Explain yourself.

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a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
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Socratic irony.
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dramatic irony.
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an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
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the incongruity of this.
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Mar 7, 2015 12:44 PM

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I watch whatever I feel like
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Mar 7, 2015 12:44 PM

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aikaflip said:
Waifu_Strangler said:

Seriously though how can I be nostalgic for Ashita no Joe when I finished it less than a year ago?

I'm talking about in general. Some people love old stuff simply because it's old.
Oh well then fuck those people lol. I consider nostalgia being blind towards the things you loved from your own past.
Mar 7, 2015 12:46 PM

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I watch both. I prefer older Anime, but there's still plenty of good new stuff(like the Precure series.)

But it's true. The majority of people who post prolifically on the main part of this forum are Newfags, and Newfags are a cancer.

Mar 7, 2015 12:47 PM

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MaskTai87 said:
Feaor said:
In general old anime sounds like it was recorded with tin cans and may of them have subpar transfers. On average digital age anime has higher production quality. I don't discriminate based on age by I vastly prefer Digital over traditional Cel animation because of sharper picture quality, larger color palettes, and the fact that Cels animation often looks washed out due to poor transfers.


True HD cel animation looks wonderful though.


Honestly I never cared about things being HD or having super great quality.
Mar 7, 2015 12:50 PM

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Never ending discussion about old vs new. I have seen only couple of anime from the last 3 years but most of them were rather disappointing. I prefer older anime (80's and older) and I really like those old short movies from 20's-60's too.

I still have many series from 70's-90's I want to watch and once I'm done with them I will probably watch some anime from recent years.
Mar 7, 2015 12:53 PM

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MaskTai87 said:
Waifu_Strangler said:


Honestly I never cared about things being HD or having super great quality.


I do because the difference is amazing. Seriously, compare old dvd rips of something to BD 1080p that isn't upscaled.


I watch my anime on a tablet. Clearly cture quality isn't much of an issue at all.
Mar 7, 2015 12:59 PM

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I don't watch many old anime for convenience mainly.

Anime is good, fucking deal with it.
Mar 7, 2015 1:01 PM

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black1blade said:
I don't watch many old anime for convenience mainly.
How is it convenient?
Mar 7, 2015 1:03 PM

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Waifu_Strangler said:
black1blade said:
I don't watch many old anime for convenience mainly.
How is it convenient?
Its certainly less convenient, AnJ 2 is like 35 years old and it was only subbed in its entirety very recently.
Mar 7, 2015 1:05 PM

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Yeah it is really inconvenient with old anime to find downloads/streams with half decent quality.

Anime is good, fucking deal with it.
Mar 7, 2015 1:05 PM

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Because some people think that old = bad
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Mar 7, 2015 1:05 PM

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Feaor said:
Waifu_Strangler said:
How is it convenient?
Its certainly less convenient, AnJ 2 is like 35 years old and it was only subbed in its entirety very recently.
I don't see how that makes it less convenient when you can easily go on Kiss anime and watch the whole thing like you would anything else.
Mar 7, 2015 1:09 PM

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Waifu_Strangler said:
I don't see how that makes it less convenient when you can easily go on Kiss anime and watch the whole thing like you would anything else.
Well there are boat loads of stuff which hasn't been subbed, also I'm very picky about quality which is why the bad audio quality of some 70's and 80's anime is a huge turn off to me. I can get through it but it does hurt my enjoyability to an extent.
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yeah old stuff on kiss anime looks like shit!

Anime is good, fucking deal with it.
Mar 7, 2015 1:11 PM

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Feaor said:
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I don't see how that makes it less convenient when you can easily go on Kiss anime and watch the whole thing like you would anything else.
Well there are boat loads of stuff which hasn't been subbed, also I'm very picky about quality which is why the bad audio quality of some 70's and 80's anime is a huge turn off to me. I can get through it but it does hurt my enjoyability to an extent.


Bad audio quality? What's next, are you going to complain about Anime that's in a 4:3 aspect ratio too?

Mar 7, 2015 1:13 PM

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Feaor said:
Well there are boat loads of stuff which hasn't been subbed, also I'm very picky about quality which is why the bad audio quality of some 70's and 80's anime is a huge turn off to me. I can get through it but it does hurt my enjoyability to an extent.


Bad audio quality? What's next, are you going to complain about Anime that's in a 4:3 aspect ratio too?

The problem is that a lot of older anime don't have blu ray rips. Often the rips are really bad quality too. I watched eva on kiss anime and I know the pain of 360p. 4:3 aspect ratio is fine though. As far as audio I rarely notice higher audio quality but when stuff is bad quality it is horrible watching it.

Anime is good, fucking deal with it.
Mar 7, 2015 1:14 PM

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One reason is because they aren't exactly talked about any more, but more than that I'd say it's because the aesthetics are pretty old and often aren't preferred over the aesthetics of Anime today. That's what puts me off when going to watch old Anime anyway. Of course I still give them a chance regardless and some of my favourite Anime are super old (Ranma 1/2 anyone?)

But yeah, I'd say that about sums it up.


Edit - Oh, and becasue there were far less dubs back then (and their quality was questionably worse, unfortunately).
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Working_Designs said:
Feaor said:
Well there are boat loads of stuff which hasn't been subbed, also I'm very picky about quality which is why the bad audio quality of some 70's and 80's anime is a huge turn off to me. I can get through it but it does hurt my enjoyability to an extent.


Bad audio quality? What's next, are you going to complain about Anime that's in a 4:3 aspect ratio too?
I prefer 16:9 because I'm watching on a 16:9 monitor or a 16:9 TV so 4:3 has black bars but that's not a big deal. Audio quality is an issue that is harder to deal with, even in remasters its still not great, its echo-y and fuzzy.
Mar 7, 2015 1:29 PM

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Audio quality is an issue that is harder to deal with, even in remasters its still not great, its echo-y and fuzzy.

Again, this can be solved a lot of the time by investing in good equipment. A good, analogue receiver with cabinet speakers makes a world of difference for old mono tracks.
I mean I guess throwing money at the problem would solve it but I don't have the space currently for any sort of home theater set up and likely won't for the foreseeable future.
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Feaor said:
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Again, this can be solved a lot of the time by investing in good equipment. A good, analogue receiver with cabinet speakers makes a world of difference for old mono tracks.
I mean I guess throwing money at the problem would solve it but I don't have the space currently for any sort of home theater set up and likely won't for the foreseeable future.


No room for 2 speakers?

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>Why do so many people refuse to watch anime based on age?
possible reasons:
things that were popular back then are not popular now
nobody really talks about these series anymore
super different art style
newfags get confused when they don't know in how many p's (720 peas, 1080 peas,..) they're watching their anime on

>Do you do this?
maybe :-"

>Also I've noticed that its considered more acceptable to only watch new anime like if you only watch old anime your close minded and nostalgic
well ,-, if you really "only watch old anime" then yeah

>but if you only watch new anime your normal and your smart for knowing what you like.
literally never heard this

>Seriously we should try to appreciate anime from all eras and quit caring about what's popular and hyped judge stuff based on actual quality instead.
kek@actual quality
gotta be up to date with the latest chinese cartoons to discuss with my fellow anime quality inspectors
Mar 7, 2015 1:46 PM

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Feaor said:
Can we not?
Is this becoming MAL's new catchphrase? Literally seen it at the start of 5 threads today.
Mar 7, 2015 1:52 PM

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Can we not?
Is this becoming MAL's new catchphrase? Literally seen it at the start of 5 threads today.

I started it.
Mar 7, 2015 1:53 PM

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No.

I generally prefer newer anime because of the quality, but I won't go so far as to avoid an old series and potentially miss out on a great plot.
Mar 7, 2015 2:19 PM

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I'm gonna add that most anime watchers as casual watchers. There's nothing wrong with that. It's like me watching Hollywood movies and only watching a few from the 2013-2014 selection since I'm not gonna bother searching through every era to find something that interests me, if I'm not interested in the medium. Now, I have watched a few older movies (namely Clue and Battle Royale in the past) but that was because I was really into movies are one point.

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Feaor said:
Its certainly less convenient, AnJ 2 is like 35 years old and it was only subbed in its entirety very recently.
I don't see how that makes it less convenient when you can easily go on Kiss anime and watch the whole thing like you would anything else.

I prefer to batch download from small encode sites and then watch it on VLC so I can have full control over speed, colours, subtitles, everything. Kissanime's file sizes are too big for me on the most part. It's encoded rather inefficiently, from a video editor's perspective.
Mar 7, 2015 2:26 PM

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I prefer the newer anime style, and usually the newer anime have better animation (I'm a sucker for, in my opinion, good art and good animation)
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Ratohnhaketon said:
Feaor said:
Can we not?
Is this becoming MAL's new catchphrase? Literally seen it at the start of 5 threads today.

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Ratohnhaketon said:
Is this becoming MAL's new catchphrase? Literally seen it at the start of 5 threads today.

I started it.


Can we not "Can we not"?
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JohnnyBme said:
Ratohnhaketon said:
Is this becoming MAL's new catchphrase? Literally seen it at the start of 5 threads today.

mayukachan said:

I started it.


Can we not "Can we not"?


Can we not "Can we not "Can we not"?"?
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retrogamer32x said:
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I prefer the newer anime style, and usually the newer anime have better animation (I'm a sucker for, in my opinion, good art and good animation)

I wish people would say "digital" instead of good, because if you're talking about traditional cel animation, it's apples to oranges. Ah well.
But cell animation can be good as well, for example Redline. And what I said was that newer anime usually have better animation, Better --> Good.
Mar 7, 2015 2:44 PM

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Old anime had their prime all old things should die out and give newer things a chance #GETTHEATTITUDEOUT
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Milk_is_Special said:
retrogamer32x said:

I wish people would say "digital" instead of good, because if you're talking about traditional cel animation, it's apples to oranges. Ah well.
But cell animation can be good as well, for example Redline. And what I said was that newer anime usually have better animation, Better --> Good.


Redline isn't done on cels. It's digitally colored.
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