| Hey all. Once upon a time, I was introduced to anime. It began with Sailor Moon, Ranma, Urusei Yatsura, Slayers and a lot of others too. I watched and downloaded a massive dose of anime once upon a time. Then life got interesting. Oh, you have no idea :) So I have this large gap, well I suppose it can be called a large gap. That's complicated too. And I have no idea what is currently 'cool'. Right now I'm binge watching Sailor Moon. Not the new stuff, yet. Pop and chips and well that's my New Year's activity I guess. I'm here watching anime with my teddy bear. I have no idea what is considered 'the thing' for anime. Totally out of the loop. But I own something like 5TB of anime. It's hard to care what is 'new'. |
| Just living the life of an anime princess. |
| Just care about it when you feel like it. You don't have to force yourself. |
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| Some people are the opposite of this, they only watch seasonal anime and are forever stuck in a loop of catching up |
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| The usual question is the older anime. Cause, I mean, there is a big reason why anime became popular around 2012, cause new anime and more fans that was brought in. |
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| I feel the same, I don't really care about keeping up with seasonal anime (the only shows I've watched from this year are Teekyuu 9 and the Yuyushiki OVA) and I think it's fine to be out of the loop. There are a bunch of shows I want to watch that I've heard great things about like Made in Abyss, Owarimonogatari 2nd Season and Natsume Yuuchinjou: Roku, but as Orange said I didn't want to force myself just so I could be in the loop and discuss them. |
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| Of course i do, my drop list need to eat sometimes too. |
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| Just the good ones I do care about, yes. |
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| I like both newer shows and older shows. And I watch both whenever I feel like it. Most of the time, when I watch seasonal shows I watch them weekly and fit other anime I want to watch in between. |
| not much but i like new art so usually pick up some new series when it finish airing, no idea whats popular tho |
| Yeah definitely i do , there r many genres that r still lacking variety, quality and quantity so i do care |
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| I stopped caring about anime months and months ago. |
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| Don't force yourself if you don't enjoy it. For the last couple of years I've seen about 10-15 new anime per year. Many of them sequels to shows I liked. I don't care about peer pressure that much, I only watch what I think it's interesting. |
| Always remember seasonal watchers are degenerate filth. |
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| for me the past few seasons were a total disappointment so i just stick to older stuff |
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| Only about sequels to my favorite ones. |
| I only care about the ones that interest me. |
 One man is no more than another, if he do no more than what another does. |
| Lately about 2/3 of the anime I watch is newer stuff. I tend to rate older stuff higher but I enjoy staying up to date on anime, it's just a different part of the hobby. When I was first getting back into anime after a 4 year gap, I was almost exclusively watching older anime and gradually caught up to the present day in the areas that interested me. Just watch what sounds interesting to you, but try not to dismiss stuff just because it's new. In my opinion the current magical girl genre is phenomenal, from the new originals to the classic reboots. But again, if you're totally disinterested in something then don't bother and focus on stuff you enjoy. |
| I definitely overdid it with seasonal anime this season. Fell behind on everything halfway through the season. I'm gonna watch a few shows next season but otherwise I'm gonna go for stuff that's finished airing. Plus I want my list of "pre-2000 completed shows" to look less pathetic so I'm gonna watch a fuckton of old shoujo. |
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| most anime from the last 3 or so years consist of garbage and i enjoyed absolutely nothing from this year or last besides sequels so i'm just watching shows that have finished airing now. |
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| Idc long an anime is good, then im fine with old or new. So i care because i love new anime but idc because i'll watch any anime if i like it new or old |
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| Yeah, some of them can be quite good. Some new Anime turned out to be my favourite :D |
| Well I need to watch seasonals so that I can watch newer shows and sequels. Also I love to discuss it with others. And I also watch older shows alongside the seasonals. |
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| I like watching older stuff and wish there was more of a dedicated community/talk for older shows, though I still keep up with and cherrypick through seasonal shows. There's so much out there that I missed out on when it was brand new and would like to experience. |
| "No, son, you may not have your body pillow at the dinner table!" |
| Yeah everybody has their own preferences, I like new and old anime just the same, but I could argue that old anime is better imo. It doesn’t matter what everyone else is doing, just watch what you like :) |
| hell I have beenwatching anime upwards if fitten years, and still go back to old stuffs or rewatch..... most NEW anime unfortunately isnt as good.... a lot of isekai, romcom tsundere harem garbage. |
| Anime hasn't done much this year for me to care about, other than inuyashiki I loved that one but it was rushed at the end |
| I'm still stuck in older anime period,older shows are better |
 Life is empty without anime |
| honestly you're not losing much... |
| Once I started watching airing anime, it was impossible to not care. |
  Crying doesn't mean you're weak. Enduring doesn't mean you're strong. |
YaoiMaster said: I stopped caring about anime months and months ago. Replace" months" with "years" in my case. |
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| I've been watching every series to the 3rd episode just in case I miss out on something good. And for the past 6 years, I'm telling you, you're not missing out on much. Maybe a few good ones here and there but no masterpiece to be found anywhere. Just take a look at top anime list. Kimi no Na wa is rated number 2. The thing about new anime is that they are all feel good anime. I think that for the most part, anime fans nowadays watch anime to kill time rather than to really get into it like in the old days. They watch anime, not experience it. Anime nowadays comes with no negative emotions and no complexity at all. They're very predictable, very flashy, and everything is gone as expected to not upset the fans. It has lost the unpredictability that it once had. Not only that, it lost the negativeness that requires one to feel in order to get attach to the characters. Just take a look at the difference between Naruto and Boruto. Naruto was a loser and we all empathize with him when he was powerless to do anything compare to Sasuke. But that shows growth because despite being jealous, despite being hopeless, Naruto learn to rise above it. But with Boruto, everything he does is right and everything he does is a success. A boring, predictable, and simple feel good anime. |
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| I have to stay updated but I also want to watch older anime. |
YaoiMaster said: I stopped caring about anime months and months ago. Then why are you still frequenting this site? OT: watch what you want, keeping up with seasonals isn't fun and you forget them as soon as they finish airing. |
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Sukuchan_Niyori said: Not the new stuff, yet. DEFINE FUCKING NEW OP. You are engaging a thread with stupidly undefined parameters. You run the risk of pitting the best of a current season's lineup vs the best out of anime since the beginning and of fucking course the former will have its arse handed to it because it's a seasonal lineup against the one or two worthwhile anime every year joined together. |
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| Judging by how pathetic Winter 2018 is, yes. |
| Try some of these first, you might get surprised. I do care, it keeps things running in my mind and discussing airing anime is fun |
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| I watch seasonal to find a good one. Maybe it'll be my favourite. I also watch old anime. So it's fine. |
| Personally, I enjoy talking on forums like mal and reddit about weekly shows, as it's much easieer to generate discussion during air time then after. If I posted something in anime series section like Serei no Moribito I would probably only generate 5 or less responses, where if I did it while it was airing, I'd probably get 20+. |
| For me, the age of the series is insignificant. If it's good, I'll watch it, regardless of it being seasonal or already finished airing. |
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| Well pretty much my feelings towards new anime is the same I have with all anime, "oh here's a new show that might entertain me." |
  Ascended Taste I only came back to this site for the forum sets and to promote my RYM list... Anilist ftw still :dab: |
| I,watch random new anime and most of the time they suck. |
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