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May 14, 2025 11:26 PM

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You don't need a community to become a anime fan I already a fan at the age of 5 we don't have a forums back then is just yourself watching anime for entertainment and fun

This getting ridiculous this stupid community tribal nobody will care what you read watch or listen that why you don't need to impress because don't care about anyway

That why enjoy watching anime feel free to watch old or new just enjoy you hobby you don't a community.
May 15, 2025 12:07 AM

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Anime going fully mainstream was the absolute worst thing that could have happened to the community.
May 15, 2025 12:14 AM

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I think we should respect the classics and we should give them a chance, the classics are like a foundation stone that makes anime like it is today. But nobody should force them to watch older shows, the anime pool is vast and it gets vaster every season. :D

What about the users who watched Madoka Magica, Monogatari, Code Geass, Death Note, FMAB etc.? Are they oldschool now or what? Because they are older than AoT.
May 15, 2025 12:17 AM

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I think we should respect the classics and we should give them a chance, the classics are like a foundation stone that makes anime like it is today. But nobody should force them to watch older shows, the anime pool is vast and it gets vaster every season. :D

What about the users who watched Madoka Magica, Monogatari, Code Geass, Death Note, FMAB etc.? Are they oldschool now or what? Because they are older than AoT.
@TheMinkalex

I was reading the death note manga BEFORE episode 1 came out in Japan lol.

I'm actually on a 2000s anime run. Yes 2000s is not true classics but that's what I grew up on.

I specify AoT. That's when people started to like anime...when years before they sneered at it.


May 15, 2025 12:20 AM

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@TheMinkalex

I was reading the death note manga BEFORE episode 1 came out in Japan lol.

I'm actually on a 2000s anime run. Yes 2000s is not true classics but that's what I grew up on.

I specify AoT. That's when people started to like anime...when years before they sneered at it.
@derangedx29 Okay, I understand. Enjoy your 2000s anime run, they are many great anime there :D
May 15, 2025 12:27 AM

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What's up with all of these nazis in the fanbase anyways? You even see the Kanye/Hitler fans on this site. There's a reason you gatekeep. But sure. I'm the bad guy over the gen z Christian Nazis
derangedx29 said:
But sure. I'm the bad guy over the gen z Christian Nazis

I mean, it doesn’t have to be an “either one or the other” kind of deal. Two things can be true at once.
Both you and those wannabe fascies you mention are assholes… just in different ways from each other.
May 15, 2025 12:57 AM
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What's up with all of these nazis in the fanbase anyways? You even see the Kanye/Hitler fans on this site. There's a reason you gatekeep. But sure. I'm the bad guy over the gen z Christian Nazis
@derangedx29 Ironically enough I'd say this thread is actually a pretty good example of why there are so many nazis in the fanbase. You've already got a group that's highly paranoid of any "outside influence" it doesn't take much for a neo-nazi to infiltrate the space and start suggesting "problem groups" and trying to convince everyone that it's a targeted attack against them and their favourite past-time. The fact that anime is from Japan and thus from one of the old Axis powers and that Japan is a largely homogeneous society is just the cherry on top for them.
May 15, 2025 1:14 AM

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I would prefer the anime community to be bigger. Being stuck in nostalgia is pointless. Anime quality is independent of history. There are many great anime that came out after AOT.
May 15, 2025 1:40 AM

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derangedx29 said:
But sure. I'm the bad guy over the gen z Christian Nazis

I mean, it doesn’t have to be an “either one or the other” kind of deal. Two things can be true at once.
Both you and those wannabe fascies you mention are assholes… just in different ways from each other.
@Orororurando I just don't want you guys watching anime. The other group wants to put Jews in oven chambers.

Are u seriously comparing us


May 15, 2025 1:51 AM

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OP yet again trashing on Christians literally out of nowhere.
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May 15, 2025 2:00 AM

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OP yet again trashing on Christians literally out of nowhere.
@Tropisch Something must have happened to him he is clearly obsessed with Christians to unhealthy degrees
May 15, 2025 2:42 AM

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MAL community size seems fine, neither too big nor too small.
*kappa*
May 15, 2025 2:54 AM
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Yeah. This Gatekeeper mentality is one of the reasons why every normal person is looking at Anime Fans like we're all weirdos xD


Let them all join in! Even if you only liked AoT. Come and enjoy Anime with us.
It's great, imo.
Merve2Love said:
Let them all join in!


if you just "let anyone into" your fandom/hobby, then you DON'T CARE about your hobby/fandom

gatekeeping is about letting people who actually give a shit about the hobby/fandom in, so you don't end up like the current state of most western entertainment

there wouldn't be all these people "leaving western comics/movies/cartoons and moving to manga/anime" if western entertainment hadn't gotten corrupted by those who don't understand what made it special to people


look whats going on in Japan right now... there weren't "nuesance influencers" in the past, that became a thing when THE WRONG PEOPLE started "getting into" all the hype around Japanese culture, or more like, USING IT FOR CLOUT, as if they actually give a shit

i dont' think its crazy to say that you miss when a community was ONLY full of people who ACTUALLY cared for/respected the source

gatekeeping is about NOTHING MORE than keeping what made the medium/hobby special
EcchiGodMamsterMay 15, 2025 6:10 AM
May 15, 2025 3:07 AM

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Merve2Love said:
Let them all join in!


if you just "let anyone into" your fandom/hobby, then you DON'T CARE about your hobby/fandom

gatekeeping is about letting people who actually give a shit about the hobby/fandom in, so you don't end up like the current state of most western entertainment

there wouldn't be all these people "leaving western comics/movies/cartoons and moving to manga/anime" if western entertainment hadn't gotten corrupted by those who don't understand what made it special to people


look whats going on in Japan right now... there weren't "nuesance influencers" in the past, that became a thing when THE WRONG PEOPLE started "getting into" all the hype around Japanese culture, or more like, USING IT FOR CLOUT, as if they actually give a shit

i dont' think its crazy to say that you miss when a community was ONLY full of people who ACTUALLY cared for/respected the source

gatekeeping is about NOTHING MORE than keeping what made the medium/hobby special
@EcchiGodMamster people really don't understand what it's like to be part of a small community that turns big.


May 15, 2025 3:27 AM

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I'm indifferent, I don't mind it being as it is now or smaller.
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May 15, 2025 3:57 AM

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@BilboBaggins365 the long term effects of westerners trying to impose on anime will be far worse than anything you can ever imagine.

Cultural imperialism from deranged feminists and conservative Christians won't look pretty.
@derangedx29 there is no cultural imperialism. It's literally y'all throwing a temper tantrum. Strong women and queer characters have been in anime forever. There's even a few examples of dark skinned characters (Casca and Anthy).
May 15, 2025 4:00 AM

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@derangedx29 there is no cultural imperialism. It's literally y'all throwing a temper tantrum. Strong women and queer characters have been in anime forever. There's even a few examples of dark skinned characters (Casca and Anthy).
@LuxuriousHeart lmao!

You do realize I often use Utena and Graviation to point out anime has had gays BEFORE US media? The Utena movie is literally on my watched list even though I just kinda skimmed through TV series.

Cultural imperialism is when people complain about fanservice. I'm not on the side of right wingers when it comes to anime. But if you complain about fanservice..out!


May 15, 2025 4:31 AM

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Merve2Love said:
Let them all join in!


if you just "let anyone into" your fandom/hobby, then you DON'T CARE about your hobby/fandom

gatekeeping is about letting people who actually give a shit about the hobby/fandom in, so you don't end up like the current state of most western entertainment

there wouldn't be all these people "leaving western comics/movies/cartoons and moving to manga/anime" if western entertainment hadn't gotten corrupted by those who don't understand what made it special to people


look whats going on in Japan right now... there weren't "nuesance influencers" in the past, that became a thing when THE WRONG PEOPLE started "getting into" all the hype around Japanese culture, or more like, USING IT FOR CLOUT, as if they actually give a shit

i dont' think its crazy to say that you miss when a community was ONLY full of people who ACTUALLY cared for/respected the source

gatekeeping is about NOTHING MORE than keeping what made the medium/hobby special
@EcchiGodMamster the corruption is adding dark skinned characters btw.
May 15, 2025 5:05 AM

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it's not 2009 anymore. So no. It's definitely a LOT easier to meet people here than it was back then.

also considering how you act here you are NOT serious.
May 15, 2025 5:17 AM

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EcchiGodMamster said:
Merve2Love said:
Let them all join in!


if you just "let anyone into" your fandom/hobby, then you DON'T CARE about your hobby/fandom

gatekeeping is about letting people who actually give a shit about the hobby/fandom in, so you don't end up like the current state of most western entertainment

there wouldn't be all these people "leaving western comics/movies/cartoons and moving to manga/anime" if western entertainment hadn't gotten corrupted by those who don't understand what made it special to people


look whats going on in Japan right now... there weren't "nuesance influencers" in the past, that because a thing when THE WRONG PEOPLE started "getting into" all the hype around Japanese culture, or more like, USING IT FOR CLOUT, as if they actually give a shit

i dont' think its crazy to say that you miss when a community was ONLY full of people who ACTUALLY cared for/respected the source

gatekeeping is about NOTHING MORE than keeping what made the medium/hobby special

I do care^^

Im just not delusional enough to think that I can tell people what to like and what not to join.

I also don't think about things like "Clout" when interacting with the Anime-Community and I think only very few, deranged individuals do.

The majority of new people here is just interested in finding fresh stuff to watch. They want to talk about Anime with likeminded people and I think that's great :)
May 15, 2025 5:26 AM
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I've been watching it since 2001. I do miss the times when everyone thought of anime as tentacle hentai.
Certain type of Anime have always been mainstream however.
May 15, 2025 5:29 AM

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I am 100% in favor of gatekeeping harmful tourists, but people should not be gatekept based on the time they started watching anime. The tourist invasion started to get really bad around 2019, six years after SnK started airing. Everybody should be given a chance from birth to get into anime, but they can lose that chance. People who complain about ecchi and want anime to be Westernized should be gatekept. The worst tourists are those who bullied us all for liking anime in the past, and then once it became popular to like anime, pretended that they were anime fans all along.
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derangedx29 said:
Yes 2000s is not true classics but that's what I grew up on.

You grew up in the Big 3 era and are calling post-AoT newcomers out lol. That's rich.
May 15, 2025 7:14 AM
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@EcchiGodMamster people really don't understand what it's like to be part of a small community that turns big.
Merve2Love said:
I do care^^


Then you should know that just letting "anyone" in inevitably brings in people who are just there to destroy what made said thing special, whether that be for easy money or pushing whatever politics

LuxuriousHeart said:
@EcchiGodMamster the corruption is adding dark skinned characters btw.


No, the corruption is adding "diversity" to avoid looking racist/phobic, instead of just making what people have always loved, they start doing bullshit like race swapping or making things overly political



derangedx29 said:
@EcchiGodMamster people really don't understand what it's like to be part of a small community that turns big.


Seriously man, it's never the same after that
May 15, 2025 7:14 AM

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Large all the way. The larger the more viewpoints:)
May 15, 2025 8:09 AM

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Yeah. This Gatekeeper mentality is one of the reasons why every normal person is looking at Anime Fans like we're all weirdos xD


Let them all join in! Even if you only liked AoT. Come and enjoy Anime with us.
It's great, imo.
Merve2Love said:
every normal person is looking at Anime Fans like we're all weirdos xD

Anime is for weirdos. Deal with it or get out. Real anime fans don't care what "normal people" think, not one bit.
May 15, 2025 8:11 AM
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Merve2Love said:
every normal person is looking at Anime Fans like we're all weirdos xD

Anime is for weirdos. Deal with it or get out. Real anime fans don't care what "normal people" think, not one bit.
@Lentus1 anime fans doing everything they can to feel special
May 15, 2025 8:15 AM

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This medium is created for the irredeemably dysfunctional people because in Japan millions of people have become shut-in and avoidant of the bothersome human society, if you're not like them at all you don't even deserve to watch anime.
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@Lentus1 anime fans doing everything they can to feel special
@kamonmabase you don't like it? There's the fucking door. You go outside to a pub or whatever you despicable normalfags do. Anime has always been for us. You're not welcome.
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@kamonmabase you don't like it? There's the fucking door. You go outside to a pub or whatever you despicable normalfags do. Anime has always been for us. You're not welcome.
@Lentus1 You're just jealous that I can enjoy all that anime and normal life has to offer simultaneously, smh lmao. I partake in the mundane normal things and the deep niches of anime. Come at me bro
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EcchiGodMamster said:
Merve2Love said:
I do care^^


Then you should know that just letting "anyone" in inevitably brings in people who are just there to destroy what made said thing special, whether that be for easy money or pushing whatever politics

LuxuriousHeart said:
@EcchiGodMamster the corruption is adding dark skinned characters btw.


No, the corruption is adding "diversity" to avoid looking racist/phobic, instead of just making what people have always loved, they start doing bullshit like race swapping or making things overly political



derangedx29 said:
@EcchiGodMamster people really don't understand what it's like to be part of a small community that turns big.


Seriously man, it's never the same after that

Is that a fact?^^
I don't think that's what always happens.

Seems to me like you're only seeing the negative, instead of embracing fresh blood and a different perspective.
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Lentus1 said:
Merve2Love said:
every normal person is looking at Anime Fans like we're all weirdos xD

Anime is for weirdos. Deal with it or get out. Real anime fans don't care what "normal people" think, not one bit.

It's not, tho^^
We live in 2025.

We're past that. Come and join us, angry boy.
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Lentus1 said:
Merve2Love said:
every normal person is looking at Anime Fans like we're all weirdos xD

Anime is for weirdos. Deal with it or get out. Real anime fans don't care what "normal people" think, not one bit.

It's not, tho^^
We live in 2025.

We're past that. Come and join us, angry boy.
Merve2Love said:
We live in 2025.

Umm, sorry but we're always going to be living in "current year," that doesn't make otaku and normalfags compatible.
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Lentus1 said:
Merve2Love said:
We live in 2025.

Umm, sorry but we're always going to be living in "current year," that doesn't make otaku and normalfags compatible.

oof...

You're right. You're not normal.
Anime seems to have nothing to do with it, tho ๐Ÿ˜…
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Lentus1 said:
Umm, sorry but we're always going to be living in "current year," that doesn't make otaku and normalfags compatible.

You being an otaku has nothing to do with you being incompatible with normal people.
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Lentus1 said:
Umm, sorry but we're always going to be living in "current year," that doesn't make otaku and normalfags compatible.

You being an otaku has nothing to do with you being incompatible with normal people.
@kamonmabase tell that to the hikikomori population of Japan, left to rot by normal people.
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@kamonmabase tell that to the hikikomori population of Japan, left to rot by normal people.
@Lentus1 the hikikomori population of japan voluntarily retreated from society. their association with anime is a byproduct of their choice to bail on reality, not the cause.
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EcchiGodMamster said:
Merve2Love said:
I do care^^


Then you should know that just letting "anyone" in inevitably brings in people who are just there to destroy what made said thing special, whether that be for easy money or pushing whatever politics

LuxuriousHeart said:
@EcchiGodMamster the corruption is adding dark skinned characters btw.


No, the corruption is adding "diversity" to avoid looking racist/phobic, instead of just making what people have always loved, they start doing bullshit like race swapping or making things overly political



derangedx29 said:
@EcchiGodMamster people really don't understand what it's like to be part of a small community that turns big.


Seriously man, it's never the same after that

Is that a fact?^^
I don't think that's what always happens.

Seems to me like you're only seeing the negative, instead of embracing fresh blood and a different perspective.
Merve2Love said:
Is that a fact?^^
I don't think that's what always happens.

Seems to me like you're only seeing the negative, instead of embracing fresh blood and a different perspective


No seriously... What rock have you been under?

Comics, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, the mainstream video game market ALL went downhill when they became "cool", when they became "the norm"

When they started trying to make them "for everyone", "all inclusive" or whatever, they started to piss off the core fanbase that was ALWAYS there by making changes that take away from what made them special in the first place

That's how it goes when things become to popular, Anime and manga have just become the next big target

The downfall of pretty much ANYTHING usually starts with said thing blowing up in popularity

If you don't know this has been happening then you're just not paying attention or just don't care

Lentus1 said:
Anime is for weirdos. Deal with it or get out. Real anime fans don't care what "normal people" think, not one bit.


Exactly

But ALL nerd/geek culture is better when only "weirdos" like it, as soon as the "normal" people got into it, it started going downhill

Some people just don't seem to understand that something won't last unless the people who understand it the best run it, which is becoming less and less common nowadays
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EcchiGodMamster said:
When they started trying to make them "for everyone", "all inclusive" or whatever, they started to piss off the core fanbase that was ALWAYS there by making changes that take away from what made them special in the first place

That's how it goes when things become to popular, Anime and manga have just become the next big target


Japan is way too insular to be significantly affected by that in the way western media was. If Japanese media goes that direction, it's because Japan is going that direction by its own free will.
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EcchiGodMamster said:
Merve2Love said:
Is that a fact?^^
I don't think that's what always happens.

Seems to me like you're only seeing the negative, instead of embracing fresh blood and a different perspective


No seriously... What rock have you been under?

Comics, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, the mainstream video game market ALL went downhill when they became "cool", when they became "the norm"

When they started trying to make them "for everyone", "all inclusive" or whatever, they started to piss off the core fanbase that was ALWAYS there by making changes that take away from what made them special in the first place

That's how it goes when things become to popular, Anime and manga have just become the next big target

The downfall of pretty much ANYTHING usually starts with said thing blowing up in popularity

If you don't know this has been happening then you're just not paying attention or just don't care

Lentus1 said:
Anime is for weirdos. Deal with it or get out. Real anime fans don't care what "normal people" think, not one bit.


Exactly

But ALL nerd/geek culture is better when only "weirdos" like it, as soon as the "normal" people got into it, it started going downhill

Some people just don't seem to understand that something won't last unless the people who understand it the best run it, which is becoming less and less common nowadays

That would be (only) the negative side of things, just as I said.

I know I don't care and I live under a Rock and Im probably crazy saying this but:

I thought there was something to be gained from different people all over the World chiming in, rather than a couple of nerds smelling each others farts, isolating from "Normal People", while looking down on them.

Im not talking about changing Anime. Just about being open and social, with Newcomers, to further discourse. I thought that would make sense. That it would make Anime more interesting and relevant.

But...
apperently not^^
My bad. You guys are still the OG-Hardcore Fans, don't worry.
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@BilboBaggins365 the long term effects of westerners trying to impose on anime will be far worse than anything you can ever imagine.

Cultural imperialism from deranged feminists and conservative Christians won't look pretty.
@derangedx29 Bro. You forgot to take your medication, didn't you?
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Merve2Love said:
Is that a fact?^^
I don't think that's what always happens.

Seems to me like you're only seeing the negative, instead of embracing fresh blood and a different perspective


No seriously... What rock have you been under?

Comics, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, the mainstream video game market ALL went downhill when they became "cool", when they became "the norm"

When they started trying to make them "for everyone", "all inclusive" or whatever, they started to piss off the core fanbase that was ALWAYS there by making changes that take away from what made them special in the first place

That's how it goes when things become to popular, Anime and manga have just become the next big target

The downfall of pretty much ANYTHING usually starts with said thing blowing up in popularity

If you don't know this has been happening then you're just not paying attention or just don't care

Lentus1 said:
Anime is for weirdos. Deal with it or get out. Real anime fans don't care what "normal people" think, not one bit.


Exactly

But ALL nerd/geek culture is better when only "weirdos" like it, as soon as the "normal" people got into it, it started going downhill

Some people just don't seem to understand that something won't last unless the people who understand it the best run it, which is becoming less and less common nowadays
@EcchiGodMamster

You do know Disney owns like all of that and is the common denominator, right? That downfall is pretty clearly greed and trying to milk their properties as hard as possible without caring about the actual quality, which ends up boring people after the honeymoon period. Too safe and #woke for the right wingers, but their 1000 First Gay Disney background Characters are so suspiciously easily to edit out for less inclusive markets that the Left is left unimpressed. all while offering absolutely nothing of artistic merit so they can keep churning out more more more more. It's not the masses you should hate, it's the companies trying to chase easy money.
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EcchiGodMamster said:
Merve2Love said:
Is that a fact?^^
I don't think that's what always happens.

Seems to me like you're only seeing the negative, instead of embracing fresh blood and a different perspective


No seriously... What rock have you been under?

Comics, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, the mainstream video game market ALL went downhill when they became "cool", when they became "the norm"

When they started trying to make them "for everyone", "all inclusive" or whatever, they started to piss off the core fanbase that was ALWAYS there by making changes that take away from what made them special in the first place

That's how it goes when things become to popular, Anime and manga have just become the next big target

The downfall of pretty much ANYTHING usually starts with said thing blowing up in popularity

If you don't know this has been happening then you're just not paying attention or just don't care

Lentus1 said:
Anime is for weirdos. Deal with it or get out. Real anime fans don't care what "normal people" think, not one bit.


Exactly

But ALL nerd/geek culture is better when only "weirdos" like it, as soon as the "normal" people got into it, it started going downhill

Some people just don't seem to understand that something won't last unless the people who understand it the best run it, which is becoming less and less common nowadays

That would be (only) the negative side of things, just as I said.

I know I don't care and I live under a Rock and Im probably crazy saying this but:

I thought there was something to be gained from different people all over the World chiming in, rather than a couple of nerds smelling each others farts, isolating from "Normal People", while looking down on them.

Im not talking about changing Anime. Just about being open and social, with Newcomers, to further discourse. I thought that would make sense. That it would make Anime more interesting and relevant.

But...
apperently not^^
My bad. You guys are still the OG-Hardcore Fans, don't worry.
Merve2Love said:
That would be (only) the negative side of things, just as I said.

I know I don't care and I live under a Rock and Im probably crazy saying this but:

I thought there was something to be gained from different people all over the World chiming in, rather than a couple of nerds smelling each others farts, isolating from "Normal People", while looking down on them.

Im not talking about changing Anime. Just about being open and social, with Newcomers, to further discourse. I thought that would make sense. That it would make Anime more interesting and relevant.

But...
apperently not^^
My bad. You guys are still the OG-Hardcore Fans, don't worry


I'd love to live in this "diversity" world but it doesn't work

PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT and cultures have things that make them unique... so a "medium for everyone" is "a medium for no one"

That is the unfortunate reality and I live in reality

Merve2Love said:
a couple of nerds smelling each others farts, isolating from "Normal People",


Sorry, not sorry, but this is FAR MORE APPEALING to actual fans, than a bunch of normal people coming in trying to ride the wave of whatever is currently trendy until its killed off. I mean shit, that's basically the definition of "normie"


kamonmabase said:

Japan is way too insular to be significantly affected by that in the way western media was. If Japanese media goes that direction, it's because Japan is going that direction by its own free will.


This isn't as true as you'd like to believe

With their declining birthrate, they're constantly looking for "outside talent", there's even a news video talking about how they're looking for more overseas artists/mangaka and another article about trying to cater tokusatsu to the west with the declining domestic market. I'm always keeping up with this stuff

It just doesn't seem bad yet because it's only really starting as of recent but it WILL get worse over time
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EcchiGodMamster said:
With their declining birthrate, they're constantly looking for "outside talent", there's even a news video talking about how they're looking for more overseas artists/mangaka and another article about trying to cater tokusatsu to the west with the declining domestic market. I'm always keeping up with this stuff

So, these are problems caused by Western intervention? Because you're making it sound a lot like Japan is choosing to do these things on their own as their saving grace.
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Here's my cutoff. If you only found "currently airing anime" during Attack on Titan or afterwards.

Get out. I would love that even if the anime community is all olds


Attack on Titan literally came out 12 years ago. People who were 15-18 when the show started airing would literally be 27-30 now. Cutting out people from being in the community based on age alone is stupid as fuck. Like an entire decade, seriously!?
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What's up with all of these nazis in the fanbase anyways? You even see the Kanye/Hitler fans on this site. There's a reason you gatekeep. But sure. I'm the bad guy over the gen z Christian Nazis
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I mean its one thing to try and get rid of people who are racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic, etc. to keep a community clean. Its another thing to exclude people based off of immutable qualities like age, race, sexuality, or gender. Insinuating that essentially nobody under 30 should be allowed to be an anime fan is absurd
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@derangedx29
I mean its one thing to try and get rid of people who are racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic, etc. to keep a community clean. Its another thing to exclude people based off of immutable qualities like age, race, sexuality, or gender. Insinuating that essentially nobody under 30 should be allowed to be an anime fan is absurd
@LSSJ_Gaming I don't think OP actually wants to exclude that demographic. It's just easier to target their frustration at that group instead of admitting they were desperate to make anime popular in the past so they could assert themselves as an authority on the matter, but instead when anime got popular they became irrelevant and lost in the crowd.
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Well, I just like reading random posts about various anime shows/mangas. I think this website is fairly good. At least, it is much better than Reddit.
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Communities that are hostile to outsiders aren't better than communities that are more inclusive. Sure, it can be cool to be part of a more niche community, but there's subcommunities within anime. You can still find a smaller group to associate with if anime as a whole has gotten too popular.
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Small community or big community, does not matter.
At leats you will have a community, Then you can make a GUILD
and then goes the cosplay shows, game tournaments and hey its a good start to your cultural upgrade...
you know...
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