| I do watch older anime, but my reason is that in the two+ months that new anime air, I have nothing to do. So I watch older series to pass the time and see if I might have missed something good. |
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| because of seasonal waifu wars.. u can't join the seasonal waifu wars if u watchin old show (personally i think this is bullsht i watch old shows a lot) |
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| Because older Anime does not have "pretty colooors and animashon" |
| I'm actually watching the original Hellsing eps.~ |
 サディスティックな考え "JUST KILL ME." サディスティックマインド |
| Because your opinion is utterly irrelevant to them? |
GlennMagusHarvey said: assyrian said: Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the reason.most people who watch seasonals are not watching it for the quality. most are just doing it for water cooler talk or something similar. Asaid16 said: You can do it like me; I neither binge nor watch seasonals. I watch maybe 1-3 eps a night, when I watch at all, and I usually stop for a while after I finish something.I don't like binging anime, seasonals are only one episode a week. No matter how bad a season is, there will at least be one decent anime anyways. People just exaggerate. Fair enough, though I want to watch seasonals, I like being part of the discussions. |
Asaid16 said: Fair point on your side too; besides, despite not watching seasonals, I agree that there's pretty much always something of interest on tap.GlennMagusHarvey said: Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the reason. You can do it like me; I neither binge nor watch seasonals. I watch maybe 1-3 eps a night, when I watch at all, and I usually stop for a while after I finish something. Fair enough, though I want to watch seasonals, I like being part of the discussions. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| I actually tend to avoid the seasonals most of the time and only watch shows that seem interesting to me |
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| To tell you honestly, I really do watch the old anime. If the current season has a bunch of crappy anime, I'd try to watch or even marathon the old ones. I don't care about the animation, I look for the good story. I care about the story. Old animes are timeless and you don't have to wait each week to watch only one episode which makes me feel bad at some point. |
| There are many plausible personal reasons to consider, the most relevant perhaps being that just because you are not into the current season doesn't mean you need to replace it with older anime. You watch anime to enjoy yourself, not as a daily obligation. |
| Crazy thought, shot in the dark here...maybe those people aren't interested in watching older anime. Or maybe some of them really love bitching about things they could easily just not watch. |
IpreferEcchi said: watched most old anime worth while.Instead of complaining whenever they don't like the current season, they should all watch and increase the popularity ranking of older anime. The inequality between the number of members for airing anime and older anime hurts my soul. |
| Yeah, even skipped stuff from 2016-2018 is worth revisiting/reconsidering...but many people are not doing that either. Shamless shout out: Watch Tsukumogami Kashimasu you guys! I liked it and I am not that much into romantic shows. It's totally underappreciated! nightcrawlercyp said: watched most old anime worth while - All the 10 of them?  - How did you know previously that they are worthy? |
| Cuz for many people it’s all about being a part of the comunity and the current conversation surrounding anime and manga. |
alshu said: When there is nothing running interesting I generally search older ones. Over a few years I have seen a lot so now is hard to find amongst old ones some I did not see that present interest to me. My MAL list currently has over 200 titles and is in no way complete. I base if they are worth watching on plot reviews and clips from the series.Yeah, even skipped stuff from 2016-2018 is worth revisiting/reconsidering...but many people are not doing that either. Shamless shout out: Watch Tsukumogami Kashimasu you guys! I liked it and I am not that much into romantic shows. It's totally underappreciated! nightcrawlercyp said: watched most old anime worth while - All the 10 of them? - How did you know previously that they are worthy? |
nightcrawlercyp said: I base if they are worth watching on plot reviews and clips from the series. This never works for me - old or new titles. Plot recaps doesn't necessary demonstrate what is good about said anime. Reviews tend to be strongly biased. The only thing that those prove is - yes, the guys how wrote them were very impressed...and nothing else. Excerpts without context could be misguiding. My point is - there is no guaranty you have found everything worthy from certain period. |
FoxFire75 said: Dragonball I don't think I can stomach a 10 minute recap every episode anymore. I fail to remember this for most of the DB episodes, it was max.1.5-2mn before the title card usually. JoyBoy_316 said: Same here I really don't understand how talking about an average show became better than watching an actually great one Exactly ! But that's the wonder of the Internet. ;) Psychedelios said: u can't join the seasonal waifu wars if u watchin old show Because it simply makes no sense to you anymore: how could any character of today be more wife-material than the "stars" of yester days |
Rei_IIIJun 12, 2019 5:18 AM
alshu said: Plot summary i.e. the main premise of the show. It may be good but ig the plot is not appealing to me I will not watch. While reviews can be biased as long as the reviewer does not outward lie you can isolate various info from them. Excerpts show how characters interact and a bit about the atmosphere. And while my method is not perfect is accurate enough.nightcrawlercyp said: I base if they are worth watching on plot reviews and clips from the series. This never works for me - old or new titles. Plot recaps doesn't necessary demonstrate what is good about said anime. Reviews tend to be strongly biased. The only thing that those prove is - yes, the guys how wrote them were very impressed...and nothing else. Excerpts without context could be misguiding. My point is - there is no guaranty you have found everything worthy from certain period. |
| some people dont like the art, the voices, the atmosphere or other things that make older anime older |
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nightcrawlercyp said: Plot summary i.e. the main premise of the show. It may be good but ig the plot is not appealing to me I will not watch. There are literal masterpieces which sound horrible on paper. nightcrawlercyp said: While reviews can be biased as long as the reviewer does not outward lie you can isolate various info from them. Yeah but people get hyped sometimes for things that they think everybody loves...and I eventually don't care about. More oftenly they dismiss thing I value high. nightcrawlercyp said: Excerpts show how characters interact and a bit about the atmosphere. I can speak from personal experience - seeing some excerpt and saying to myself "Naaah" but later watching the show anyway for some reason and concluding "Now that made sense in the context.". Sometimes those excerpts are movies or series which make no sense outside their franchise. |
FoxFire75 said: I won't go as far as to rewatch Dragonball though lol I loved it as a kid but I don't think I can stomach a 10 minute recap every episode anymore. You either didn't watch DB or you're memories are not very good then. |
| I've already seen a lot of the older shit im interested in. I've moved on to reading manga while I wait for a better season to keep up with. |
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xaow said: I've already seen a lot of the older shit im interested in. I've moved on to reading manga while I wait for a better season to keep up with. Are you open for recomendations? I know some more oldies you might like. (Okay, Blanca, now try to do it again, but this time sounding less creepy, can you do it?) |
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BlancaXLobo said: xaow said: I've already seen a lot of the older shit im interested in. I've moved on to reading manga while I wait for a better season to keep up with. Are you open for recomendations? I know some more oldies you might like. (Okay, Blanca, now try to do it again, but this time sounding less creepy, can you do it?) I'm always open for recs, although fair warning a lot of the older stuff I've seen isn't on my list. |
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xaow said: BlancaXLobo said: Are you open for recomendations? I know some more oldies you might like. (Okay, Blanca, now try to do it again, but this time sounding less creepy, can you do it?) I'm always open for recs, although fair warning a lot of the older stuff I've seen isn't on my list. Okay. Tell me if you have watched one of those: - Battle Angel Alita OVA - Shoujo Kakumei Utena - The Big O - Giant Robo The Day Earth Stood Still - Trigun - Bubblegum Crisis - Ghost in the Shell - Memories - Robot Carnival |
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Savasvania said: They do. I'm currently watching Monster along with seasonal anime. You made a great decision. Trust me. |
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BlancaXLobo said: xaow said: I'm always open for recs, although fair warning a lot of the older stuff I've seen isn't on my list. Okay. Tell me if you have watched one of those: - Battle Angel Alita OVA - Shoujo Kakumei Utena - The Big O - Giant Robo The Day Earth Stood Still - Trigun - Bubblegum Crisis - Ghost in the Shell - Memories - Robot Carnival actually, out of all those I've only seen Trigun and Ghost in the Shell. The Big O, Memories, and Robot Carnival seem interesting though, I'll check em out. Thanks for the recs. |
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| @xaow no, thanks to you, i always love to have the opportunity to recomend some oldies and find people who actually would check them out. |
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Wishywally said: Most should be available in 480p; if viewers are choosing to watch crappy bootleg-stream re-encodes of early-00s rips, that's their own fault. Plus, many of the best-known 90s anime are available in HD, thanks to remastered versions made by rescanning the original film at higher resolutions. (And some upscales.) Out of the 90 most popular 90s titles, you can get these in HD:when people say they don't like the style, I think they are implying to the 360p quality. we are so use to HD now it hurts to watch 90s anime. Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Outlaw Star, Princess Mononoke, Serial Experiments Lain, Berserk, Jin-Roh, Rurouni Kenshin Reminiscence, Escaflowne TV, Ghost in the Shell, Perfect Blue, His and Her Circumstances, Cardcaptor Sakura, Whisper of the Heart, Porco Rosso, Gundam Wing, Sailor Moon, Infinite Ryvius, Ninja Scroll, Record of Lodoss War OVA, Martian Successor Nadesico, Blue Submarine #6, Tenchi Muyo! OVA, Yu Yu Hakusho, Only Yesterday, The Slayers movies and OVAs, Gundam 08th MS Team, Nadia: Secret of Blue Water, Big O, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Magic Knight Rayearth, and (after AnimEigo's US release) Gunsmith Cats. That extends back to some 80s titles as well, like Dragonball Z, Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, Akira, and Kimagure Orange Road. So if so many older or "classic" anime actually are available in 720p and even 1080p, perhaps it's more the fact that they're made (aside from the theatrical movies) in 4:3 that damages younger viewers' perception of them. |
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| Sorry for the necropost and reviving this thread, but I do watch older anime whenever and wherever I want. I'm not going to say if current season or today's anime is crap or shit, but there are thing I like about older anime (particularly from the 1980's and 1990's) that you can't find in today's anime. I still watch modern/today's anime but that depend on the premise/plotline, genre, and that title's uniqueness. But older anime from the 80's, there's something about some anime's storyline that attract me like for example, Armored Trooper VOTOMs stood out to me hence why I bought the complete collection on blu-ray recently. On Crunchyroll & Retrocrush, I'm really happy to see older/retro anime being made available for any newer and younger anime fans to watch, there are fans out there that can appreciate the older titles. |
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