How demanding are you when it comes to new anime?

Not very demanding, give me some good animation a decent story and a little bit of fan service and i'm set.

Demanding? No. Brutally honest? Yes

If i think something's great i'll say it's great, if i think something's shit i'll say it's shit, if i think something's just ok i'll say it's ok


To answer this question i'll devide the seasonals i followed from 2021-now in categories shit - ok - rave-worthy


Ok i think i made that super long list more for me out of curiousity so i dumped it in a spoiler button

Generally i don't go into an anime with really high expectations, so i wouldn't say it's hard to surpass those expectation and impress me, there are 2 exeptions to this though... sequels and adaptations of manga i've read, this is when expectations or hope are thru the roof, and it'll either be fulfilled (ex: Blue Exorcist s3, Zom 100, Demon Slayer s2 & 3) or get the agonizing response of "WTF did i just watch??" (ex: COTE s3, Chainsaw Man, JJK s2)

@DigiCat Did you still like the new season of The Exorcist?

@RobertBobert ?? I listed Blue Exorcist as one of the examples of sequels done well xD

Actually s3 has been the best so far, i found the pace of the first 2 seasons a bit slow, the only thind i'd say i like a bit less in s3 is the change in animation style, but it's still really good animation and nothing to complain about

@DigiCat This was more of a rhetorical question, since this franchise was very popular at the time I was in college, but it was only relatively recently that I watched the first season for the first time.

I'm not gonna lie, new releases rarely surprise or impress me anymore. You could say I'm harder to crack in that sense.

I suppose that's just one of the drawbacks of following anime long enough. I feel I've touched every inch and corner of the medium to the point that I already know everything that has or could be done. Perhaps I know too much for my own good. Such as seeing the wizard behind the curtain has made me jaded. I realize that's a cynical way to look at things, which I honestly don't like. A part of me wishes to be brand new and impressionable again like when I was younger. That feeling of wonder and euphoria was much easier to come by. I remember when I could watch anime purely for enjoyment, and not think in critical aspects. I'm always chasing that feeling in hope, but I can't seem to grasp it with the majority of present-day titles. More often than not, I have to look to the past to get that feeling.

Some newer fans might not realize the recurrent nature of anime. There's always been a degree of copying even in the earlier decades, but it's considerably more noticeable today. Now, more than ever, anime is inspired primarily by just other anime. That's not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. It surely limits creativity and innovation when done superficially, though. The lack of risk-taking and frequency for derivative, self-referential, and even pandering expression for ease of profit are conspicuous. I've said this before, but I'll reiterate because I still believe it's true. Many new seasonals are akin to taking an old car and putting a new coat of paint on it. It may look different on the outside, but the frame and core are the same. Seeing the exact same formula, ideas, tropes, structure, and themes repeatedly gets monotonous eventually. If you've seen a certain amount of a particular genre, it's almost as if you've seen them all. There are exceptions, of course. I'm mainly referring to the bigger picture of the landscape that is anime.

@RobertBobert Yeah it did seem to've been forgotten for a while, the announcement of s3 was a very welcome surprise

What you think of the series so far?