| Hi guys, I know that kids would change their preference once they go through puberty but I'm not talking about that. It's about early 20s young adults that love harem and cliche stuffs and as they grow older maybe mid-20s, suddenly they switch to Slice of Life and Animes that contains family-oriented genre or something like upraising a kid. For example. I was a huge fan of fanservice and harem in my early 20s and now, as I grow older.. (26 atm), I became more aware and lean towards genre like Usagi Drop (funny that I'm now trying to find similar mangas to read, wherein I'm not really a fan of manga). I'm probably worried that once I hit 30, my preference might change again and I wouldn't be able to find any show that suits it. Did you also experience it yourself? Or was it reverse? |
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_xDane_ said: For example. I was a huge fan of fanservice and harem in my early 20s and now, as I grow older.. (26 atm), I became more aware and lean towards genre like Usagi Drop (funny that I'm now trying to find similar mangas to read, wherein I'm not really a fan of manga). this word killed it :/ im 27 and im a huge fan of fanservice, harem, moe and loli , what you tryna say? >.> anyway, no, i always liked the female characters the most therefore has always gravitated towards female oriented anime |
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| It's not that my tastes in anime changes as I grow older. It's just that I prefer to watch a certain something depending on my mood. I sometimes prefer psychologicals, romances, slice of lifes, shonen, and etc. I don't usually care tho, as long as the story is good or if it's entertaining. |
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| My tastes haven't changed. I still like the anime I liked back when I started, I think, I don't rewatch much. The taste may have refined over time as I find new genres, sub-genres and types of anime I enjoy. |
| I still enjoy non-harem battle shounen. For battle harem, I never like it in the first place. So, no. My taste didn't changed. |
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| for me the types i watch changed right now i cant get enough of older shounens :] |
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| I pretty much lost interest in anime entirely, if that counts as a change in taste. |
| I already didn't like ecchi in my early 20s. Back then I was mostly into darker, psychological stuff, or 'battle seinen'. Cool, fast-paced shows with adult characters, action, maybe mystery and sci-fi aspects etc... I still enjoy those shows but my taste has broadened to include almost everything. Romance, shoujo, slice of life, cute girl shows, everything moe, classics from the 70s-90s, cheesy old OVAs, experimental shorts, rom-coms, some kids shows etc... The only genres I somewhat avoid are ecchi, harem, yaoi and mahou shoujo. It used to be more. But some things also don't change. Even before my early 20s I loved battle shounen and sports anime - the longer the better. That still holds true 15 years later and those are two of my favorite genres. So in my experience growing up is not about making a 180 and getting completely different taste but more about growing more curious and willing to try out and appreciate new things outside of your initial comfort zone. But it probably depends on the individual. I definitely have specific shows that I appreciate much less than I did 7 or 10 years ago, but the type of show I used to like, I still like. I just care about different aspects in them. |
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| If anything I've broadened my horizons. I love the anime I used to like but I can find appeal in a lot more intellectual or social anime that would have bored me before. |
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SkyDrop said: Isn't seinen anime made for those aged people viewer? that's for like young adults. Sadly there's no 'Ossan' demographic in anime. |
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| Yeah. I used to think that Date A Live and Highschool DxD were good. |
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| Nope. I was 6 and enjoyed kids anime and now I am 24 and still really do. |
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| Is it just me or I hate CGDCT now? They suck hard... 2deep5me!!!!!! |
EcchiLordMamster said: _xDane_ said: For example. I was a huge fan of fanservice and harem in my early 20s and now, as I grow older.. (26 atm), I became more aware and lean towards genre like Usagi Drop (funny that I'm now trying to find similar mangas to read, wherein I'm not really a fan of manga). this word killed it :/ im 27 and im a huge fan of fanservice, harem, moe and loli , what you tryna say? >.> Haha sorry.. I wasn't trying to invoke something with those words. I was just referring to myself wherein my taste gradually changed to something I would not even consider when I was younger. I guess it's true that your mood would affect the genres you prefer, maybe that's what happening to me right now. I see my friends getting married and having kids and I'm here watching Animes and playing games lol. |
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_xDane_ said: Not to butt in, but I think we as fans are very blessed. People you know might be married and at times it feels like anime is consuming our lives, but are you happy? A lot of people would kill to find a hobby they enjoy so much to invest this much time in. I wake up everyday happy and am living the life I want to live and that is all that matters!EcchiLordMamster said: this word killed it :/ im 27 and im a huge fan of fanservice, harem, moe and loli , what you tryna say? >.> Haha sorry.. I wasn't trying to invoke something with those words. I was just referring to myself wherein my taste gradually changed to something I would not even consider when I was younger. I guess it's true that your mood would affect the genres you prefer, maybe that's what happening to me right now. I see my friends getting married and having kids and I'm here watching Animes and playing games lol. |
KagamiFeb 11, 2017 8:23 PM
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| Reverse is probably inaccurate but it hasn't changed at all. I'm watching and loving pretty much the exact same genres of shows I did as an 8 year old now that I'm 22. Really the only difference was not all genres were available on TV at that age so I've branched out notably more once I was around 16 or 17 when I started streaming. But I still favor generally the same type of shows and no genres have really diminished for me in terms of focus. |
Kagami said: _xDane_ said: Not to butt in, but I think we as fans are very blessed. They might be married and at times it feels like anime is consuming our lives, but are you happy? A lot of people would kill to find a hobby they enjoy so much to invest this much time in. I wake up everyday happy and am living the life I want to live and that is all that matters!Haha sorry.. I wasn't trying to invoke something with those words. I was just referring to myself wherein my taste gradually changed to something I would not even consider when I was younger. I guess it's true that your mood would affect the genres you prefer, maybe that's what happening to me right now. I see my friends getting married and having kids and I'm here watching Animes and playing games lol. No worries I really appreciate it. It's just sometimes, I tend to forgot that I started to watch Anime because I love/enjoy it and not because I have nothing better else to do. Thanks for reminding me :) Now, it's starting to feel that I'm yearning for Animes that would try to teach me something that I may experience some time soon. |
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| No changes related to age, but my tastes changed the more shows I watched because of cliches I don't like to see anymore, etc. |
| When I was in elementary school, I used to watch Yugioh, Pokemon, Do Re Mi (magical girls), Tokyo Mew Mew (transformed girls), Inuyasha, Naruto, etc. Basically what popped up in television. I was very open minded and enjoyed the action and the 'battle style' of those shows (both shounen and shoujo). My first intentional anime is Shakugan no Shana at age 10 (action, romance, fantasy). In my middle school days, however, my brother kept recommending shoujo that he thought I would like Fruit Basket, Ouran High School Host Club, Shugo Chara, Saiunkokou etc. I enjoyed them and wanted more cutesy shows. I remember watching Madoka Magica at 12 because of that search for cute girl shows. I then got really interested in shonen once again, watching Blue Exorcist, Full Metal Alchemist, Fairy Tail, Hunter x Hunter (one of my faves). Once I started watching all the enjoyable anime in shoujo and shounen, I started expanding. I currently love sports anime. I also watch BL occasionally. I even watch a lot of harems! However, I think I'm still rooted to my core interests: action, comedy, romance. I usually stray away from horror, mecha, and millitary. Maybe I'll like those genres and favor josei to shoujo in the future? |
raisa864Feb 11, 2017 9:16 PM
| I only started watching anime four years ago, but I've become less and less tolerant of ecchi... |
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_xDane_ said: Anytime. I just tell you what I tell everybody really. Also, don't fear growing out of your tastes because as long as you like a medium then I think growing out of it won't happen.Kagami said: Not to butt in, but I think we as fans are very blessed. They might be married and at times it feels like anime is consuming our lives, but are you happy? A lot of people would kill to find a hobby they enjoy so much to invest this much time in. I wake up everyday happy and am living the life I want to live and that is all that matters! No worries I really appreciate it. It's just sometimes, I tend to forgot that I started to watch Anime because I love/enjoy it and not because I have nothing better else to do. Thanks for reminding me :) Now, it's starting to feel that I'm yearning for Animes that would try to teach me something that I may experience some time soon. |
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| Well uh, I'm 16 and was a huge fan of ecchi harem romances for about 3 years, but now I'm into stuff like Hellsing Ultimate, Berserk, FMA: Brotherhood, etc.. |
| I feel like the older I get, the less I feel like watching something if there's any possibility I won't like it much or won't enjoy watching it. I don't think my overall interests have changed that much from when I was younger but I am a lot more selective with what I watch now. People are constantly changing though so it's not that unheard of to have your interests shift a bit, it doesn't have to mean that you dislike what you liked before. |
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| Back when I started anime, I liked stuff like Naruto and Attack on Titan, fast forward 2 years, I now fanboy over Rabu Raibu......... I don't regret it one bit. |
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| For myself, at least 3-5 years later my taste are still same because i'm the person who ain't easily to get bored after doing some repetitious things. So my answer is no. |
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| For me not really, no, although I didn't really started watching anime until about 2013-ish, and with the collection/anime I've watched I haven't seen a whole lot the only others I've seen that aren't on my list are pretty much SAO, 7 Deadly Sins and a tad bit of Naruto that's about it. So I can't really be a judge for myself although I like all the same stuff I've always liked. |
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Sterps said: It's not that my tastes in anime changes as I grow older. It's just that I prefer to watch a certain something depending on my mood. I sometimes prefer psychologicals, romances, slice of lifes, shonen, and etc. I don't usually care tho, as long as the story is good or if it's entertaining. Pretty much this. (quoting because I'm too lazy to type :v) |
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Elegade said: Were you a dubbed Narutard too? Smells like me.Back when I started anime, I liked stuff like Naruto and Attack on Titan, fast forward 2 years, I now fanboy over Rabu Raibu......... I don't regret it one bit. |
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| Not really. I had a pretty open mind to all anime as a kid when I first started watching anime. Most of my first anime were on Adult Swim at the time which included Death Note, Trinity Blood, Bleach, and Blood+. Those opened my eyes to various other genres such as romance, harem, magical girl, slice of life, etc. I think as I have grown though, I have begun to watch more complex anime, like Steins Gate because I can fully understand and follow the storyline now that I am older lol. |
_xDane_ said: EcchiLordMamster said: this word killed it :/ im 27 and im a huge fan of fanservice, harem, moe and loli , what you tryna say? >.> Haha sorry.. I wasn't trying to invoke something with those words. I was just referring to myself wherein my taste gradually changed to something I would not even consider when I was younger. I guess it's true that your mood would affect the genres you prefer, maybe that's what happening to me right now. I see my friends getting married and having kids and I'm here watching Animes and playing games lol. i don't think other peoples marriage and having kids is something to be influenced by :/ don't get married and don't have kids always been into cute/sexy anime girls, nothing changed here |
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| I was, like, barely 12 when I've started, and I'm twenty now, so of course it has changed a bit. Not THAT much though, I loved cute shoujo shows and long running shounens back then, and I still do. When I was 14 I was deeply in love with edgy, bloody horror shows, and I still am (maybe for slightly different reasons now). Probably my perspective has changed the most, not the taste. So while I like similar type of shows, I perceive certain cliches or types of stories/characters differently now, but that's mostly because I've grown up and consumed plenty of different works, I suppose. I definitely didn't change into anime hipster who is ashamed of enjoying simple shows like Naruto, and I'm sure I will never go that route. |
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| Well, since I'm already old(23 years old) when I started watching anime.... I can't say but I can say for now that in the 2 years I've been watching it... my tastes became broader than ever. |
| I hate Gintama since 14 yo, so I would say No. But then it took me 10 years to finish Mushishi, and give it a 10... so idk. |
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| So I guess, the amount of Animes you've watched and your current mood are the key factors on how your preference changes over time. I may be dwelling too much on the idea that I might get tired seeing same recycled shows again and again, I just hope more unique shows will come up as the anime industry evolves over time. |
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| I started watching anime about three years ago, so no lol. Maybe in a few years it will? Who knows |
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| I don't know but I think I avoid to watch romance anime (which is my most favourite genre 2 years ago) right now because of unresolved relationship and if you saw my watching list most of them are slice of life and drama. |
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| My taste does not change, however, I may become more open-minded and try to watch new kinds of anime, not because I grew up, but generally because I want to watch more good anime. I mean, I used to like Ecchi and nothing else when I was in middle school, now it's my last high school year and I like almost all kinds of anime, I still like Ecchi as much as I did, but I do watch everything as long as it has good quality. As an example, I used to hate Shoujo because it wasn't my thing, but when I forced myself to watch Nana it turned out to be a pretty good one, and thus I was introduced to many other great Shoujo anime. Also, my sister used to hate Shounen, but when I forced her to watch Hajime no Ippo, it's now one of her top 10 |
KazamiSan said: Also, my sister used to hate Shounen, but when I forced her to watch Hajime no Ippo, it's now one of her top 10 Looks like our imoutos are catching up too with our hobby lol. Anyway I'm just glad she's not into Yaoi, not unless her preference also changes over time like me.. >.< |
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| My tastes have only broadened, but that holds true for about any medium I consume. |
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_xDane_ said: KazamiSan said: Also, my sister used to hate Shounen, but when I forced her to watch Hajime no Ippo, it's now one of her top 10 Looks like our imoutos are catching up too with our hobby lol. Anyway I'm just glad she's not into Yaoi, not unless her preference also changes over time like me.. >.< I've never seen her watch any Yaoi/Shounen-Ai animes, but, who knows? She might does in secret, she's a girl after all xD |
| I used to enjoy ecchi back in the day but I no longer do. I think it has more to do with understanding gender and aesthetics better. Sexy women are awesome and all, but they don't make for great storytelling tools. |
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