| Trigun is a good example. The reason is very simple, it slips under the radar of younger anime fans. |
| Well D.Gray-man died off because of the manga's indefinite hiatus. HxH is still popular now because the 2011 anime is still fresh in memory but will probably be in a similar state 5 years from now. |
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| They die down because they get surpassed by far better recent anime's with the same genre. D.Gray Man gets surpassed by FMA:B and HxH by popularity Full metal panic gets surpassed by Code Geass and Gurenn Lagann by popularity Some of the anime's you mentioned didn't really die down, it's just more than 10years since they were released, so there's no point talking about them other than for the great memories. In other words, they just became a classic. Then there's anime's that are popular because the manga is still ongoing, once the manga finishes, the popularity goes down. Nisekoi Tokyo ghoul Kuroko no Basuke The world god only knows Claymore As for the topic, recent anime's that come to my mind are Darling in the Franxx Goblin Slayer Slime |
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| Yuri on Ice. It was the hottest anime if the season by a large margin when it aired, but nowadays I don't see anyone even mention it anywhere. |
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| The only thing supporting MHA's popularity are the ongoing seasons. For me, the hype died down the last couple of months. |
| Not sure what the OP is trying to say but there are many objective reasons why popular stuff has suddenly declined. Let's take Haruhi and Full Metal Panic: KyoAni just stopped producing new seasons (maybe the rights holders took the better part of the money?). Other studios tried to revive them with titles like Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu and Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory but they invested way less effort with predictable results. Similar case with Index - the studio stopped producing new seasons and spinoffs waited until the hype diedout and then tried to revive the franchise with the abysmal Index III and the promises about more spinoffs...not gonna happen. Dororo was making a great job but I think this mid season drop of visual quality wouldn't good for it's popularity. On the other hand Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 is the best anime remake ever made. So for me it depends on the effort and the advertisement. New fans could be recruited from the younger generations but you should know how to appeal to them. |
| Well Index got a 3rd season after 7 years and pretty much nobody's seen it (1/10th of S2s viewers) so there's another example for you I guess. |
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| Most anime won't be mentioned frequently on the forums, aside from hyped seasonals, some classics or super popular stuff like SAO and long running battle shounen. Mediocrity dies down fast, that's just how it is. |
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| I'd say Durarara. Probably because it ended and most of the time that is the reason for an animes public downfall. |
| Hiatuses are indeed a problem for popularity, there is a reason why One Piece and Naruto the most popular series in the world.. Before 2011, no one read Hunter X Hunter, even many fans itself said that Chimera Ant arc is boring and too long, but look now after 2011 series was booming ... Hiatuses are bad for your series, except you are Miura... I don't think Code Geass and TTGL are dying though, they are like a classic, people won't easily forget them ... |
Jim_HeartApr 12, 2019 5:25 AM
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| Everything somewhat old. Not that many people stay anime for longer periods of time (like 10+ years). Many people 'grow out of it' or get tired of it and mvoe on to a new hobby after a few years. So any show that aired at any given time will bleed viewers the moment it stops airing and that bleeding of viewers never stops. The more time passes, the more extreme the discrepancy in popularity. That shouldn't be a surprise. |
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prophet_dan said: why would a studio change the visual quality for the anime that they are creating??? Is that a rhetorical question? I only can guess they putted more work toward the beginning of the show which left them behind schedule and forced them to halfassed the later episodes. Some marginal writing too. prophet_dan said: nothing has changed with dororo This is my opinion tho. Everything was perfectly fine till episode 7 where there was some off model scenes and almost lacking animation. Similar problems with episodes 8-10 tho my only problem with the later is the oddly choreographed fight with the crab monster. Nice improvement and return to the initial quality with 11-12 which were important to the plot. Fast decline with off models and lacking animation in episode 13. If this was a drama show I wouldn't even notice but it's supposed to an action too. Also I have seen MAPPA doing something similar with Punch Line. In the earlier episodes the action scenes were superb but toward the end the battles became more informative than spectacular. |
| Pretty much all sequels lose popularity. |
Optigisa said: The only thing supporting MHA's popularity are the ongoing seasons. For me, the hype died down the last couple of months. i think the third season definitely killed off most of the hype towards the end, but attack on titan definitely lost more during the second season. Only thing that is mentioned is maybe the few scenes that were “shocking”? Other than that, not much unlike when season one came out |
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DrunkenHearted said: It had a movie a few years backTrigun is a good example. The reason is very simple, it slips under the radar of younger anime fans. Digital_Shiroi said: Claymore suffered from the animators decission to have an original ending instead of waiting for the manga and many fans hated it. Also they could not bring closure as they wrote themselves into a corner.They die down because they get surpassed by far better recent anime's with the same genre. D.Gray Man gets surpassed by FMA:B and HxH by popularity Full metal panic gets surpassed by Code Geass and Gurenn Lagann by popularity Some of the anime's you mentioned didn't really die down, it's just more than 10years since they were released, so there's no point talking about them other than for the great memories. In other words, they just became a classic. Then there's anime's that are popular because the manga is still ongoing, once the manga finishes, the popularity goes down. Nisekoi Tokyo ghoul Kuroko no Basuke The world god only knows Claymore As for the topic, recent anime's that come to my mind are Darling in the Franxx Goblin Slayer Slime And to add to the list: Inuyasha Slayers Gokudou Urusei Yatsura |
DrunkenHearted said: Trigun is a good example. The reason is very simple, it slips under the radar of younger anime fans. I'm currently watching Trigun, and even if I am enjoying it, I must say it has aged pretty bad, it is difficult to see to modern viewers, made to better drawing and animation. Rurouni Kenshin anyone? It is really well known, and now it is getting a manga sequel, but I think the anime is not as popular as it was in the past. Also, the anime wasn't nearly as interesting as the manga. |
| Not sure if saying they "died down hardly" is the right word, when I see the word ''hardly' I think 'not much' even though I know OP means 'that they died down hard'. My brain hurts... Ngl, pretty much every popular anime is in this category imo; it's always about what's airing nowadays and not about what was in the past. Death Note, NGNL etc. But I think Attack on Titan had a fairly notable drop. Most in the anime community tended to continue watching the series when S2 and S3 came out, but the mainstream popularity AoT had basically dissapeared by the time the continuation came out; most people who aren't into anime but have seen AoT I know haven't watched past the first season. |
| Because we live in a time when battle shounen and isekai harem are dominating the scene. I expect the number of timeless anime to phase out from the west. But don't mix it with Japan though. Code Geass, Lucky Star, TTGL, Haruhi, ARIA Series, Bebop, CLANNAD, Gintama, CardCaptor Sakura, Sailor Moon, NGE, InuYasha, Fushigi Yuugi, Escaflowne, Original E7, Gundam 079, Gundam SEED, GITS, Utena, Versailles, FMA Original, Natsume, Toradora etc. have rode the passage of time without losing their appeal over there. Their cult status will likely never change. I am excluding OP and DC here because they are still ongoing without any hiatus even though they remain two of the biggest household names in Japan. The modern day anime that are extremely likely to enjoy their cult status in the future: K-ON, Love Live, SAO, Fate Series, Girls und Panzer, YoI, Monogatari, Madoka, SnK, S;G, T&B, AnoHana, Angel Beats, Granblue, UtaPuri etc. Maybe I am missing some titles but that's how it is. Most of the ongoing anime we are pouring with praises will eventually fail to maintain their popularity because they are simply not timeless anime. |
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| there are alot of anime that are currently dead. one of them is soul eater. |
| Attack on Titan has its fair share of die hard fans, but it's not on top of the world like it was back in 2013/14. I reckon that can be attributed to the four year gap in between seasons 1 and 2. |
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| Well you know what they say "Strike the iron while it is hot" alshu said: prophet_dan said: why would a studio change the visual quality for the anime that they are creating??? Is that a rhetorical question? I only can guess they putted more work toward the beginning of the show which left them behind schedule and forced them to halfassed the later episodes. Some marginal writing too. prophet_dan said: nothing has changed with dororo This is my opinion tho. Everything was perfectly fine till episode 7 where there was some off model scenes and almost lacking animation. Similar problems with episodes 8-10 tho my only problem with the later is the oddly choreographed fight with the crab monster. Nice improvement and return to the initial quality with 11-12 which were important to the plot. Fast decline with off models and lacking animation in episode 13. If this was a drama show I wouldn't even notice but it's supposed to an action too. Also I have seen MAPPA doing something similar with Punch Line. In the earlier episodes the action scenes were superb but toward the end the battles became more informative than spectacular. Not just with Punch line though. From what I've heard, Yuri on Ice had the same issue in the later episodes |
| You won't see much non airing anime talked except on recommendation thread. The reason is simply because there are nothing to talk about since most of the topic discussion already talked to death by the time it is airing. |
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| Someones who come to my mind right now: Akame ga Kill!: While not nearly as popular as others, here in MAL it was one of the most discussed animes during its airing time, but once it ended, everyone forgot about the series and move on. This was most likely related to the typical seasonal cycle, when an airing anime gets forgotten as soon as it ends, since, again, it wasn't as famous as other animes from this list. D. Gray Man: It was once as mainstream as other mildly famous Shounen Jump titles, but once the anime ended and the manga became the third member of the hiatus trinity (along with Berserk and HxH) the popularity of the series died down quickly. They tried to revive it with Hallow, but that failed hard, without even the DVD version being released. The manga will probably have a disappointing ending or will directly not end. Durarara: Was VERY popular around the time the first season aired (2010-2011), the show attracted lots of fans (fangirls especially) and the net started to get filled with Shizaya related shit fanarts, fics, memes and so on. But the popularity didn't seemed to last long, since by the time the sequels were made, many of the old fans lost interest in it and then it ended without much fanfare. Hetalia: Probably one of the most extremes cases. Just like with Durarara (since it was another fangirl bait show), there was a time (around 2010-2013) were you couldn't go through the internet without finding something related to Hetalia. Fanarts, fics, cosplays, videos etc. Hetalia was everywhere. But there was a point where all the hype with the series misteriously stopped, as sudden as how it started. Nowadays the fandom is completely dead. Nisekoi: The anime ended, the manga dragged off a lot and lost fans, and the ending of the series left a sour taste in the mouths of the non-Chitoge fans, so the franchise its practically done. We have Gotoubun to fill the void it left, and keep the salt wars alive, however. Soul Eater: Another battle shounen who was popular during the time where its anime was airing and was soon forgotten a few years after its end. At least we will have the Fire Squad anime. Also, while I agree that AoT has definitely lost the fame it once had in the community, is it not nearly as bad as the examples I posted. |
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| I think Bleach is a really good example. It used to be one of the shounen Big Three at the time it was airing, but the constant fillers post-Soul Society Arc really killed the hype for most people. By the time the Arrancar Saga finally finished (after many filler arc interruptions throughout), viewership dropped off so hard they cancelled it without ever getting to adapt the manga's final arc. As of today, Bleach has been dead in the water for a while now, with no brand-related new stuff coming out and no signs of the anime ever making a come-back. |
Stygian_Prisoner said: I think Bleach is a really good example. It used to be one of the shounen Big Three at the time it was airing, but the constant fillers post-Soul Society Arc really killed the hype for most people. By the time the Arrancar Saga finally finished (after many filler arc interruptions throughout), viewership dropped off so hard they cancelled it without ever getting to adapt the manga's final arc. As of today, Bleach has been dead in the water for a while now, with no brand-related new stuff coming out and no signs of the anime ever making a come-back. Bleach's popularity is still really high for a dead series m8. They just released a new mobile game, manga volumes are still selling more than lots of ongoing series, and the fact that Bleach is the 10th best selling manga of all time is no joke. And about getting the anime continued, there are a lot of rumors tho, so at least a lot of people are still talking about it. |
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Roronoa said: Optigisa said: The only thing supporting MHA's popularity are the ongoing seasons. For me, the hype died down the last couple of months. i think the third season definitely killed off most of the hype towards the end, but attack on titan definitely lost more during the second season. Only thing that is mentioned is maybe the few scenes that were “shocking”? Other than that, not much unlike when season one came out I have not watched AOT ever since I watched season 1, did not care much for it or the basement subplot. |
| Most recent ones are probably Violet Evergarden, Goblin Slayer and DiTF. Don't see too many discussions regarding those lately (especially DiTF after ep14 that was a massive shitshow) |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
PentagramShogoki said: I'm currently watching Trigun, and even if I am enjoying it, I must say it has aged pretty bad, it is difficult to see to modern viewers, made to better drawing and animation. Rurouni Kenshin anyone? It is really well known, and now it is getting a manga sequel, but I think the anime is not as popular as it was in the past. Also, the anime wasn't nearly as interesting as the manga. 90's anime in general aged worse then 80's anime in terms of art due to the low budget of anime studios caused by the financial crisis in Japan. Mainstream audience will barely watch anything that is even <10 years old, so it's interesting to think about which percentage of the anime community explore anime to the point of getting interested in older, but still critically acclaimed titles with a genuinely good story like Trigun or Rurouni Kenshin you mentioned (only till the end of Kyoto arc but that's for another discussion). |
| I think we should differentiate between anime that naturally falling into obscurity as it gets older and anime gets forgtten a couple of seasons after it ended. Most series listed here are the former. What immensely popular while being aired and then soon gets forgotten are generally the waifu shows, like recently Darling in the Franxx and Re:Zero. Almost no one'd give a shit about Re:Zero if the sequel wouldn't have been announced and I expect it to under-perform the average sequel in therms of viewership. I'd assume even the LN is lost it's popularity if they had to order an unplanned sequel to boost sales. Other that I think are fit are Bunny Girl Senpai, Goblin Slayer (it was a meme show and those die fast), Tsuki ga Kirei, Kuzu no Honkai, Erased, Grimgar, Owari no Seraph from the past few years. It's much more rare for a series to start out as adored and turn into almost universally hated. |
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DrunkenHearted said: I wouldn't say that in general. There was a huge spread in therms of art quality in the 90s, especially in the second half, but there are still plenty that holds up well.90's anime in general aged worse then 80's anime in terms of art It was never popular. The viewer count was low and excluding the troll ratings (both high and low) it's mean score is around 6.3. |
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| I feel like k-on was the go to series eletists would bitch about and point to for the downfall of anime to moe, and something loads of people latched onto, now I dont see virtually anyone mention. |
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| @JizzyHitler If anything it's status improved over the years. It's not hated, even acknowledged as a cute girls show, it's just not as relevant as it was 10 years ago. |
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DrunkenHearted said: PentagramShogoki said: I'm currently watching Trigun, and even if I am enjoying it, I must say it has aged pretty bad, it is difficult to see to modern viewers, made to better drawing and animation. Rurouni Kenshin anyone? It is really well known, and now it is getting a manga sequel, but I think the anime is not as popular as it was in the past. Also, the anime wasn't nearly as interesting as the manga. 90's anime in general aged worse then 80's anime in terms of art due to the low budget of anime studios caused by the financial crisis in Japan. Mainstream audience will barely watch anything that is even <10 years old, so it's interesting to think about which percentage of the anime community explore anime to the point of getting interested in older, but still critically acclaimed titles with a genuinely good story like Trigun or Rurouni Kenshin you mentioned (only till the end of Kyoto arc but that's for another discussion). Sure, some 90s animes look really outdated (is strange how Bebop still looks great even today), and that makes them..., unaccesible for mainstream audience, but I must say it is a shame that animes like Trigun are being forgotten, because I think that if they were remade (or released today), they would receive high audience targets. For example, Fruits Basket has a new adaptation and that's great because I didn't see the 2001 version but I am enjoying this one, and it might recover some popularity (that definately lost time ago). |
Heldengeist said: I wouldn't say that in general. There was a huge spread in therms of art quality in the 90s, especially in the second half, but there are still plenty that holds up well. Well, I guess we have a different opinions. While I agree with you that there is a lot of gems in 90's, I think that 80's are far more consistent. |
| I feel like everything that's been in the past 10 years or so that I'm seeing mentioned here has been stuff I've generally continued hearing about to some degree xP I mean, I still see fucking Rem everywhere from Re:Zero, AoT, Nisekoi, Owari no Seraph, DitF, so on, I've still at least been seeing in things like pic sharing, in some form of discussion, or even just memes. Even Trigun, so Iunno. I kind of feel like people are vastly underestimating staying power. Goblin Slayer certainly feels this way to me, though. I remember after the first episode and the following two weeks or so, it was everywhere. The forums were melting themselves down, Twitter was a shitshow, dank chat in the H&E server was overflowing with GS memes, and after that initial outburst, it feels completely and utterly forgotten. I don't see characters still being posted about or the show being referenced whatsoever. I feel like I see that to at least some degree with almost every series I've seen mentioned here, sans that single one. I'd already sort of associated it with a completely forgotten show before this thread was made, and I feel like the initial reaction it garnered was ridiculously short-lived. Like, fuck, even Shield Hero, which has a lot of dumb fucking controversy from this season, at least has been lively with it. I can go into that series' subforum and totally have my day ruined by how awful and petty it feels like people are acting, even now. I don't recall anybody really giving a fuck about Goblin Slayer beyond hyperbolic reactions and hyperbolic counter-reactions to one scene in the first episode, and after that went on for a week or two, it felt like it pretty much went "poof." Completely vanished. Never heard from again. So yeah, I guess Goblin Slayer will be my pick for a recent-yet-already-forgotten anime. It feels like it had its 5 minutes in the spotlight and then immediately burned out after that, even early on, while it was still airing. |
ManabanApr 12, 2019 1:07 PM
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DrunkenHearted said: The 80s have shown some insane improvement in visual quality. We are talking about an entire decade. If we compare things of the same kind (movies to movies, OVAs to OVAs, etc), I think the most biggest difference that the 90s had some really weird trends with character designs.Well, I guess we have a different opinions. While I agree with you that there is a lot of gems in 90's, I think that 80's are far more consistent. |
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| Well, D.Gray Man was a long-running shounen fight series that never ended, so it stands to reason that as new shows come out with better animation, there's nothing to pull audiences back to D.Gray Man. It wasn't unique enough to stand the test of time. Full Metal Panic, likewise, hasn't aged well in the art and low resolution, as indicative of anime of that time in general. But more than that, it was a parody anime with a lot of old references that people would have a hard time getting today. I don't think Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, Gurren Lagann and Code Geass are unpopular. Maybe they lost the hype from the casuals who moved on. If you ask around, Code Geass and Death Note are still 2 of the animes that many casual anime fans have seen or even started with. For just that, they have a status next to One Piece and DBZ. Manaban said: Yeah, a lot of people including myself were hoping Goblin Slayer would be the brutal show it was in the first episode. But that quickly subsided into a very generic RPG fantasy/harem. Sometime in the 3-4 episode, for absolutely no reason at all, the girl suggested that all the cool strategies that made the show stand out should not be used, and MC -- in a seemingly complete character break IMO -- agreed. I finished the season, but the show was dead to me from that point.So yeah, I guess Goblin Slayer will be my pick for a recent-yet-already-forgotten anime. It feels like it had its 5 minutes in the spotlight and then immediately burned out after that, even early on, while it was still airing. |
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| More or less any popular anime that hasn't got a new season/reboot/movie in the span of like 5/6 years. |
| i think because of too many anime shows coming out each season then popularity is also short term now recency bias is a thing too so people are more interested on newer shows |
| Slam Dunk? Would also add Trigun... |
| Every season we have that one anime that everyone watches/love. The next season, oof they're forgotten (or a few seasons past by) Anime that are already finished with the storyline will die down unless its extremely popular. I can't think of examples in my head but ik if I look into it, I can find many shows but a example is Ao no Exorcist. It's really popular and few years ago everyone used to talk about it, it had a sequel in 2017 and it didn't amount to huge success compared to the previous show. Anywhere I go, I never hear its name. Only reason I remembered it existed is because scrolling down MAL's most popular list. |
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