| Which decade is the Golden Age of Anime? Objectively: 2000s Subjectively: 2000s Therefore, 2000s is the only correct answer Disclaimer: I'm a person of GREAT TASTE, if your pick isn't on here then it just means it's trash |
DragevardNov 10, 2021 6:20 PM
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| For me it is my childhood,man watching to see a new gadget from Doraemon pocket,eager to watch new race from idatten jump,hyped up for gym battle in Pokemon,when dk about the dragging of dragon Ball fights but imo was nothing.Ya that was the golden age |
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| These types of threads are pointless since you can't expect anything else than the 2010s always winning given the clear dominating generation of current MAL's active userbase. |
Dragevard said: SoldierDream said: These types of threads are pointless since you can't expect anything else than the 2010s always winning given the clear dominating generation of current MAL's active userbase. We'll see in 24hrs on whether or not current MAL users have good taste or not you're playing a losing battle, half of the users registered in the last 2 years and they refuse to watch anything made before 2015. |
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| I’d probably go with the 2010s in my opinion |
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| This shouldn't even be really a debate since it's been established that the 1980's was the actual anime boom and has been coined for decades as the "Golden Age" of Anime. It was once a Jeopardy question. Maybe too many users online are to young to understand and this fact is not just out of nostalgia. https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3822/what-factors-contributed-to-the-golden-age-of-anime |
ColourWheelNov 10, 2021 7:38 PM
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Nurguburu said: nyugvo6 said: you're playing a losing battle, half of the users registered in the last 2 years and they refuse to watch anything made before 2015. That meme isn't real. What are you saying? would it be better if I said this week or yesterday? it was a hyperbole. the point is that a large number of users only started out in recent years, and they're not watching older shows. |
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| The 21st century really sucks. Tons of overrated anime that really don't deserve attention and praise. And of course in every decade there must be anime that are above average and below average |
Nurguburu said: ColourWheel said: This shouldn't even be really a debate since it's been established that the 1980's was the actual anime boom and has been coined for decades as the "Golden Age" of Anime. It was once a Jeopardy question. Maybe too many users online are to young to understand and this fact is not just out of nostalgia. But despite the anime boom, anime was still niché until mid-late 2010s. People are assuming 80s was the "Golden Age of Anime" due some popular shows and subjective reasoning. Popularity is a big impact for anime. It doesn't matter if it was "niché" until mid-late 2010. The "Golden Age" of Comic books started in the 1938. This form of media was considered "niché" back then too. Just because users in this community didn't live through something doesn't mean they can try to rewrite history because of how they personally feel about it. |
ColourWheelNov 10, 2021 7:54 PM
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| Anime has been pretty consistent in quality throughout the decades. I don’t really think you could describe any one period of time as a golden age. If we’re talking in terms of popularity then I’d agree with you about the 2000s. That was about when anime pretty much became mainstream in most western countries. With a combination of rising internet usage anime become very accessible and easy to watch. Another time period would probably be the 80s as to my knowledge that is when anime exploded in popularity in Japan. |
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Nurguburu said: But despite the anime boom, anime was still niché until mid-late 2010s. Anime has been mainstream for decades. Just ask @petran79 |
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Nurguburu said: ColourWheel said: It doesn't matter if it was "niché" until mid-late 2010. The "Golden Age" of Comic books started in the 1938. This form of media was considered "niché" back then too. Just because users in this community didn't live through something doesn't mean they can try to rewrite history because of how they personally feel about it. Just because i didn't exist when the boom started, it doesn't mean I'm wrong. If we follow your logic, 1960s was the Golden Age of Anime due Astro Boy made a huge impact in Japan and is one of the most successful manga and anime franchises in the world. You can't deny 2010s and especially 2020s made a huge impact to Anime, much more than before. We have sequels eveywhere, new shounen more popular than DBZ, better animation, more classics, new trends, new talents. If they aren't enough arguments for a Golden Age for you, then I don't know what to say. Now you can easily access to everything, something that it was harder during the 2000s and practically impossible during the 80s and 90s. Definitely, we're living in the Golden Age of Anime. Also that link is a bit outdated, it was asked in 2013. Check this thread, its more recent https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1969746&show=0 With respect, I don't want to argue with you about this if you "feel" everything you said suddenly should change history then just believe it. Maybe start a campaign to re-write since you seem so passionate about your reasonings. But for the world the rest of the world the "Golden Age" of anime has always been the 1980's despite any impact other decades have had on the industry. All one has to really do is google search themselves and they can find their answer a lot easier then trailing down any argument being made in a community forum. |
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| I’d say 2000s by a decent margin. I wish I had been watching anime at that time, I imagine it would have been even better to watch it as it was coming out week to week |
| My nostalgia bias tells me 2000's, since those are the anime I grew up with. Also I've only seen the most popular 90's anime (to see what the damn fuss was about) and don't know shit about anything before that. However, my favorites tell me I lean a little more towards the 2010's, which again means nothing since I haven't seen enough older series to compare those to..Also because bias. |
FanofActionNov 10, 2021 8:47 PM
| @Nurguburu Back in 1992 I remember reading an issue of "Anime UK". There was a long article about the the begining of the "Golden Age" of Anime almost pinpoint to the arguments to the links talking about "Mobile Suit Gundam" and "Space Battleship Yamato". In the late 90's before the existence of social media and wide use of internet forums there were TV shows highlighting the popularity of anime talking with people in the industry and even documentaries showcasing anime go right back to the 80's talking about "Mobile Suit Gundam" and "Space Battleship Yamato". Even back in 2006 when Anime was considered at it's peak, people would still claim the golden Age of anime all started in the 1980's. Randomly once watching TV before I had to go to work back around 2010 I was watching an episode of Jeopardy and one of the questions came up asking "The anime boom of the 1980's has been commonly coined this." The answer... "What was the Golden Age of anime?" The contestant didn't suddenly start arguing with Alex Trebek over the answer. I know all my examples you have to take my word on them since I can't justify them with any solid evidence since they happened so long ago. If you are trying to justify simply because you feel the impact has been greater in the last decade then previous ones, then it could be argued that 2010+ is more of the beginning of the Silver Age. Since the Silver Age of Comic books started when they became more accessible with artistic advancements and widespread commercial success in the mainstream. But believe what you want. I honestly don't really care that much. I just always thought it has been a known as fact for Decades that the 1980's was when the Golden Age of anime started. In fact I could be totally wrong this entire time the world around me has just been deceiving me for the past 3 decades. |
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| it has to be between the 00s and the 10s for me. Though I'm leaning a little towards the 10s just because of some of my favorites |
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| 2000s atw but more specifically i'd say from 1995 to early 2010s was the Golden Age with 2006-07 as its peak. I mean that period literally had Evangelion and fmab in between which ended in mid 2010 so yeah. ColourWheel said: that boom was more in terms of popularity tho not the anime themselves. Sure it was great but not the best imo.This shouldn't even be really a debate since it's been established that the 1980's was the actual anime boom and has been coined for decades as the "Golden Age" of Anime. It was once a Jeopardy question. Maybe too many users online are to young to understand and this fact is not just out of nostalgia. https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3822/what-factors-contributed-to-the-golden-age-of-anime |
TRC_RandyNov 11, 2021 1:44 AM
| Apologies in advance if this comes off sounding too pretentious. So here is just a bit of comical irony about this whole debate. I don't know how old everyone is but one day your going to have kids who watch anime just like mine do now. They will eventually have kids too and if they happen to have children who grow up watching anime as well, their generation will likely claim a different decade as the start of the Golden Age of Anime because that's how they feel about it. Pointing at specific titles during the time they grew up and explaining to you how much of a huge impact this time period has had in the industry, telling you that you can't deny it. |
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nyugvo6 said: Dang I feel sorry for such people. They're missing out on a Lot of potentially great series.you're playing a losing battle, half of the users registered in the last 2 years and they refuse to watch anything made before 2015. |
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ColourWheel said: doesn't automatically mean they're right.Apologies in advance if this comes off sounding too pretentious. So here is just a bit of comical irony about this whole debate. I don't know how old everyone is but one day your going to have kids who watch anime just like mine do now. They will eventually have kids too and if they happen to have children who grow up watching anime as well, their generation will likely claim a different decade as the start of the Golden Age of Anime because that's how they feel about it. ColourWheel said: oof they're elitists then.Pointing at specific titles during the time they grew up and explaining to you how much of a huge impact this time period has had in the industry, telling you that you can't deny it. I'm joking btw. |
| First time agreeing with OP. Especially, mid-2000 was the peak of anime. |
| 1980s. Because it was the golden of age of Weekly Shonen Jump. Examples of WSJ adaptations: Dragon Ball Saint Seiya Space Cobra Hokuto no Ken Captain Tsubasa Other adaptations: Ashita no Joe 2 Attacker You! LOGH Original anime: Macross Votoms Ulysses 31 Zeta Gundam Movies: Akira Grave of fireflies Laputa Nausicaa Vampire Hunter D Golgo 13 |
VolKur said: All the 2000s, just how can we forget one piece yu yu Hakusho, HxH, evangelino, and DBZ(father of shounen anime's). Evangelion run: 1995 to 1996 DBZ run: 1989 to 1996 YYH run: 1992 to 1995 |
| from the 00's till now we've had a golden age. confining it to a decade is dumb. anime just keeps getting better |
RIBRA9 said: I'm not saying that every anime past the golden age can't compete with 'the golden age' anime. Hell, I will even said the opposite. The golden age is a period of great growth, experimentation and change of a certain industry. This is very true. Many will misunderstand the meaning of "golden age", like many would be surprised to learn the golden age of Disney was from 1937 to 1942. |
| The 2000s is considered the Golden Age of Anime for a reason. |
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Dragevard said: Which decade is the Golden Age of Anime? Objectively: 2000s Subjectively: 2000s Therefore, 2000s is the only correct answer Disclaimer: I'm a person of GREAT TASTE, if your pick isn't on here then it just means it's trash Yes I agree 2000s the best era of anime |
ColourWheel said: I don't know how old everyone is but one day your going to have kids who watch anime just like mine do now. They will eventually have kids too and if they happen to have children who grow up watching anime as well, their generation will likely claim a different decade as the start of the Golden Age of Anime because that's how they feel about it. Pointing at specific titles during the time they grew up and explaining to you how much of a huge impact this time period has had in the industry, telling you that you can't deny it. I don’t have kids, but even I can see this happening around me. I’ve known since I myself was a kid, when grownups would tell me how much better entertainment was back in their day. |
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