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Jun 30, 2022 4:31 PM

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TheMechaManiac said:
JaniSIr said:



I mean, I shouldn't be surprised you saying this in every thread, considering your user name, but you still do say this in every thread.


Yeah I'm kinda adamant about this. Maybe even too adamant. I'm sick of people who only watch Code Geass, Evangelion and Gurren Lagann and claim to have seen everything good the genre has to offer without seeing any other mecha show. Not even one of the more recent Gundam AUs like 00 or IBO which are really accessable. I've got respect for people who tried and just didn't like it. But those casuals? There's a special circle in Hell reserved just for them./s

I don't think I see people being put off as much by any other genres. Hell I'm thinking I see more yaoi fans then mecha fans nowadays. Thus my mission is to continue promoting the genre and stopping the spread of various untrue speculations that got accepted as the "truth" for mecha in the normie community. And that unironically started right here and spread to social media.

Well obviously they should have watched Cross Ange instead of Eva or TTGL.

Plus calling something that I dropped after 3 episodes easily accessible is a bit, "out of touch" is the word for it I guess.
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"Demon Slayer is peak and isn't carried by animation."
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Dubs are just as good or better than the original audio
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JaniSIr said:

Well obviously they should have watched Cross Ange instead of Eva or TTGL.

Plus calling something that I dropped after 3 episodes easily accessible is a bit, "out of touch" is the word for it I guess.


Based Cross Ange enjoyer.

You belong in the category "tried, didn't like it". And that's okay.
What I don't like are people who claim they know mecha yet when actually asked about mecha they turn out to know absolute jack.
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Jun 30, 2022 4:50 PM

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You know what's weird? Mecha totally managed to miss my tastes, despite me being a Warhammer 40k fan.
The mechs need more churches on their backs.
Jun 30, 2022 5:55 PM
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I think there is a problem for newbies, and some "seasoned veterans", but people keep all anime in the same basket, and saying stuff like you should watch very different works and like them all.
These become the:
"Recommend me some must watch anime series"
"Newbie anime watcher here ..."
...
It is like saying because you like books you should like to read self help, sci fi, color books, where is waldo picture books and comics.
Anime is a media. As book media, you explore it on your own and develop a taste. I know the sukikirai (like and dislike) is bad for food, but for media that is not exactly needed. Yes, it is annoying that people slander your favs, but at the same time it is not wrong for them to dislike a genre based on a few works and avoid like plague picking it up.
~~I like my Mecha but I agree that some of them have big problems and mechas lack facial expressions or that it is hard to track who is doing what in non gundam mecha wars~~
I know there is this art mentality that Picasso's art doesn't suck because it was revolutionaire, but I still wouldn't want to look at it my room.
You are not a better anime watcher for liking more genres or forcing yourself to experiment out of your known tastes. It is just a personality trait.
**There is no pleb, no veteran, no competition in watching anime, if you need a badge for completing watching animes you probably should avoid watching them in first place.**

ps: Note all this is different from being curious, I have no problem with people with a browsing media mentality:
I want to get into watching genre x recommend me some anime of it
I don't understand X point
I keep choosing shows with X point, I want to get some anime without it.
Jun 30, 2022 6:09 PM

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Zayvex said:
Code Geass is so underrated , more people should watch it.

This one thing even I thought as a beginner. Even now none of the people I know irl has watched Code Geass.
Now, I have realised it's flaws. I didn't exactly thought of it as underrated but I felt it was underwatched. Later after joining MAL, I got to know that it was a popular thing in the past.
Jun 30, 2022 6:21 PM
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“Man, I don’t want to watch this! The art style looks weird!” or “Why can’t we just watch this in English?”
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"I hate x anime because the MC is not cool"
"*shounen anime here* is the best anime ever"
"This character is dead 😢😭"
"Don't call her as your waifu!! She is still minor!! %^&$#!!"
"x anime is problematic and people shouldn't watch it because *put nonsense explanation here*"
"Ewww weebs are gross 🤢🤮 OMG I love anime!! 😍😍"
Jun 30, 2022 6:23 PM
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D_D_DJ said:
wait what?? pokemon is anime??

who even buys physical copies when you can stream everything?

kimi no na wa is the best movie

evangelion is the best series ever

darling in the franxx had an amazing ending

The Pokémon one is very accurate for me, in addition to DBZ, Yugi-OH, and Sonic X lol
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"Hi, I'm new here, please give me some recommendations" Worst mistake you could make...

You're always better off figuring out your taste for yourself. ALWAYS.
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X(overrated anime) has a better rating than Y(another overrated anime) so X must be better!


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Jul 1, 2022 12:12 AM
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"Shojo/shonen/seinen/josei genre".

"The animation looks too old".

"Mob Psycho 100 has bad animation".

Calling an anime from the 2000s "old school".

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" sub is always better than dub bro " .
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"Insert most recent trending anime" (AOT, Kaguya, Sono Bisque Doll, etc...) is the most epic flawless 10/10 masterpiece, with no plot flaws and if you prefer other anime or have any kind of criticism to my anime then you have an awful taste.
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Jul 1, 2022 2:56 AM

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"you should watch _____, it's so underrated!"

and then it's fking fruits basket.
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Spy x Family is so freaking good. Definitely is AOTS worthy.
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do you ever watch this anime [any popular anime] ?


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CesarMagnan said:
"Insert most recent trending anime" (AOT, Kaguya, Sono Bisque Doll, etc...) is the most epic flawless 10/10 masterpiece, with no plot flaws and if you prefer other anime or have any kind of criticism to my anime then you have an awful taste.


i was going to say exactly this. also "here are list of underrated anime: [insert popular anime of the last decade]"
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Jul 1, 2022 3:50 AM

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There's plenty. I can predict the maximum of completed anime based on what they say. Some obvious sign are these:

"Demon Slayer is carried by animation"

"You have X anime in your favourite. Your opinion is invalid"

"There is no such thing as an overrated anime"

"Can this reach top 1?"

"I make fun of troll" (Where troll is just people with different opinions.)

"Shounen is for kids. I prefer to watch mature series like these seinen: Jojo, Aot, HxH."
Jul 1, 2022 4:02 AM
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"Tokyo ghoul is a masterpiece from start to finish"

I'm saying this cuz a girl recently said this to me and I was like "Tokyo ghoul fans are Real!?!"

Jul 1, 2022 4:06 AM

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How about just saying that anything is a "masterpiece"? Or better yet, saying that one thing is "superior" to another?

I hate the words "masterpiece" and "superior" thanks to the possible literal children who used those words so frivolously.

Jul 1, 2022 4:06 AM
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Here's another one:

"[insert anime] is trash because the guys at Trash Taste say so"

If you're unable to form your own taste and, y'know, rate it yourself then you shouldn't be watching anime.
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Jul 1, 2022 4:07 AM
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I'm like: Watch Kaguya it's really good

"Oh I don't like shoujo"
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Jul 1, 2022 4:20 AM

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TheMechaManiac said:
Here's another one:

"[insert anime] is trash because the guys at Trash Taste say so"

If you're unable to form your own taste and, y'know, rate it yourself then you shouldn't be watching anime.

Seriously. Like, if I got a dollar for every time Gigguk posted a negative review or said something snide words one of my favorite shows... If anyone asks me about one if one of my favorites is "good" or not, I occasionally like to show the person the corresponding Gigguk review just to see how impressionable they are.

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FacelessVixen said:
TheMechaManiac said:
Here's another one:

"[insert anime] is trash because the guys at Trash Taste say so"

If you're unable to form your own taste and, y'know, rate it yourself then you shouldn't be watching anime.

Seriously. Like, if I got a dollar for every time Gigguk posted a negative review or said something snide words one of my favorite shows... If anyone asks me about one if one of my favorites is "good" or not, I occasionally like to show the person the corresponding Gigguk review just to see how impressionable they are.


I still hate Gigguk for those videos where he declared mecha to be "dead". Goddamn e-celeb clickbait. And most of the drones that follow him of course took it as gospel.
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"The anime community is fun and wholesome"

"objectively"





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TheMechaManiac said:
I still hate Gigguk for those videos where he declared mecha to be "dead". Goddamn e-celeb clickbait. And most of the drones that follow him of course took it as gospel.
e-celeb, you say... what a very amusing choice of words you've got there
Jul 1, 2022 10:09 AM

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BerriesSan said:
"Tokyo ghoul is a masterpiece from start to finish"

I'm saying this cuz a girl recently said this to me and I was like "Tokyo ghoul fans are Real!?!"

Declaring something a flawless masterpiece is one thing, but why Tokyo Ghoul of all things?!
Jul 1, 2022 10:48 AM

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FMAB is 10/10 , Eva is deep , one piece is mid ,ds have best plot, rezero is a masterpiece
prolly a 13 year old newanime watcher will say that.

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yoslina said:
“Man, I don’t want to watch this! The art style looks weird!”

Lol that's literally me with like One Piece or some Ghibli stuff.
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Code Geass is the best of political anime. R2 episode 25 is the PEAK of fiction. 😎😎😎

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Probably aot ending isn't that bad.
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"old anime are ugly" makes my soul hurt for some reason
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Anime beginners aren't the on;y people who say this, but "I don't watch anime from before xxxx date, the animation is bad"

like what, there's better animation in Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) than in Seven Deadly Sins S3 (2019) [this is an exaggeration, but still]

If you are so worried about the animation "being bad", watch anything animated by Madhouse pre-2011 lol
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"Why does this have such a low rating?"
*rating is 7.5*
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"One Piece is too long" Ohhh...you said beginner, not stupid..my bad then..Maybe.."Animation>Plot" ?
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I need to watch all the animes my friends recommended.
Land of lustrous kind SoL shitty animes are so aesthetic and visually pleasing
Jul 2, 2022 4:58 AM

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"Dororo is so underrated."
Or calling any seasonal anime that people don't talk about anymore underrated. Obviously people aren't going to talk about a show for 10 years straight.
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"x character can solo x character!!1!1"
Who gives a shit comparing characters from solely different anime universes with different power-style makes no sense. I'd rather watch SoL than a boring character who's able to destroy a country with the snap of a finger anyway.
Jul 2, 2022 6:42 AM

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Calling Hyouka underrated, it's not. You know how many dudes with Oreki Houtarou in their profles I've seen?

Can be applied to several others in top 200 pop/score, but Hyouka is the one I see the most.

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Using the word/phrases goat and peak to describe their taste. Just sounds like you can't think even for yourself.

I love One Piece and I think it's absolutely hilarious when people say it's peak fiction. Maybe it's one of the best ever when it comes to worldbuilding.
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BNHA/Demon Slayer is the best anime ever and yes, it is the only thing I've watched.

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