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Mar 19, 2023 1:52 AM
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There is maybe 1-3 good shows a season, and yet often 5-10 of these shows end up picking up mass popularity. Which is insane, considering how many truly high quality shows from the past 2 decades often went underpopularized.

It honestly isnt too surprising that anime quality in general has been on the decline when you look at what the audience is choosing. When generic garbage like Call of the Night, Shikimori, Tokyo Revengers, Nagatoro, Fire force, Wotakoi, and practically every isekai become more popular than classic shows like Ao Haru Ride, I want to eat your pancreas, nichijou, mushishi, higurashi, NHK, Monster, Chihayafuru, Nana, and many others ever were

This new-wave anime fan trend of just watching every seasonal show has to end at some point. The average seasonal show quality is far too low for you to be wasting your time on these shows when many of you havent even seen the dozens on dozens of high quality classics that are often overlooked.
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>OP is surprised current shit is more talked about than not so current shit thread #4236
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Because people rather watch new trash than old classics and you won't get that out of their brains. Your selection of classic shows is questionable btw.
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Because people rather watch new trash than old classics and you won't get that out of their brains. Your selection of classic shows is questionable btw.
most classics are pretty popular, but like the ones listed, there are also very very high quality shows that have been seen by very few. i dont think anyone could argue a single show in the first list even rivals any of the shows in the second. and thats kinda sad considering those shows in the first list are some of the most popular (Non sequel) shows of the past 5 years.
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Homer from ancient Greece is also wondering why we are not talking about Iliad, but are talking about some newly released hot garbage like Ao Haru Ride, I want to eat your pancreas, Nichijou, Mushishi, Higurashi, NHK, Monster
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Homer from ancient Greece is also wondering why we are not talking about Iliad, but are talking about some newly released hot garbage like Ao Haru Ride, I want to eat your pancreas, Nichijou, Mushishi, Higurashi, NHK, Monster
did... you just say one of the most popular poems of all time isnt talked about lol
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RejectedApples said:
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Homer from ancient Greece is also wondering why we are not talking about Iliad, but are talking about some newly released hot garbage like Ao Haru Ride, I want to eat your pancreas, Nichijou, Mushishi, Higurashi, NHK, Monster
did... you just say one of the most popular poems of all time isnt talked about lol

Man… that joke was flying so low AND STILL flew over your head…
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RejectedApples said:
ateks said:
Because people rather watch new trash than old classics and you won't get that out of their brains. Your selection of classic shows is questionable btw.
most classics are pretty popular, but like the ones listed, there are also very very high quality shows that have been seen by very few. i dont think anyone could argue a single show in the first list even rivals any of the shows in the second. and thats kinda sad considering those shows in the first list are some of the most popular (Non sequel) shows of the past 5 years.

What do you mean seen by few? All of those are or were very popular. And yes I would totally argue there are some in the first list that are better than some in the second list and I'm certainly not watching a lot a new anime.
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ateks said:
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most classics are pretty popular, but like the ones listed, there are also very very high quality shows that have been seen by very few. i dont think anyone could argue a single show in the first list even rivals any of the shows in the second. and thats kinda sad considering those shows in the first list are some of the most popular (Non sequel) shows of the past 5 years.

What do you mean seen by few? All of those are or were very popular. And yes I would totally argue there are some in the first list that are better than some in the second list and I'm certainly not watching a lot a new anime.
a movie like i want to eat your pancreas, or a show like higurashi, may be very highly praised on an anime forum like this one... but they were certainly never popular. 

but then again if you unironically think a show in the top list rivals anything in the bottom then you are just delusional in general. its fine to think those top shows are good, but be for real lol
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did... you just say one of the most popular poems of all time isnt talked about lol

Man… that joke was flying so low AND STILL flew over your head…
you might need to brush up on your philosophy lil man
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People on this site have no taste. They just cling onto whatever is popular without actually analysing whether it’s even a quality piece of media.
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RejectedApples said:
a movie like i want to eat your pancreas, or a show like higurashi, may be very highly praised on an anime forum like this one... but they were certainly never popular.

Yes they were, you are just too new to remember.

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but then again if you unironically think a show in the top list rivals anything in the bottom then you are just delusional in general. its fine to think those top shows are good, but be for real lol

Half of the anime in the bottom list are trash, I'd rather argue they were overhyped and not underappreciated.
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Anime sites have bad ranking systems and anime is also more popular than ever.

I don't think anime will peak until normies are talking about it like it's game of thrones.
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ateks said:
Because people rather watch new trash than old classics and you won't get that out of their brains. Your selection of classic shows is questionable btw.

Ikr, there’s like only one classic on that list I liked.
Mar 19, 2023 2:46 AM

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> I want to eat your pancreas.
> Ao Haru Ride.
> classics.
Understandable, have a nice day.

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Those classics are surprisingly new for someone who complained "kids nowadays" lol.
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Most of those new shows are gonna be forgotten in a few years just like Yuri on ice.
Mar 19, 2023 3:28 AM

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Sadly because of the tastes and generation. I also don't understand why classic old series are undeservedly forgotten.
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Those classics are surprisingly new for someone who complained "kids nowadays" lol.

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Mar 19, 2023 3:39 AM
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This is probably the most intelligent question I have ever seen and I am gonna look at what everyone is saying before I answer
 

Mar 19, 2023 3:39 AM

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Stupid people think stuff like cowboy Bebop is peak literature when it flopped even in Japan and was like one of the only few stuff broadcast. People complaining about ecchi pretend like people weren't watching Gurren Lagann for Yoko's tits. Neither of which are relevant now.

Mobile suit Gundam kind of faded and relies on people having plamo addictions
Mar 19, 2023 3:40 AM
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Sadly because of the tastes and generation. I also don't understand why classic old series are undeservedly forgotten.


Ah man, I was looking forward to seeing your opinions but you just said that you don't have a clear idea which is Same as me.
 

Mar 19, 2023 3:44 AM
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It's based on the currend trends and interests. Seems that people prefer hot garbage than certified classics.

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Recency bias, certain audience and its taste... there are many factors, but mostly it's because currently popular stuff will be more discussed than older shows. The latter might have the priviledge of being seen as classics, but there might be limits of how long a lot of people may discuss about them.

To understand it better, ask somebody way, way older than you about their taste in movies and music. I can guarantee that you will hear about movies and music you might not have heard about, or at least weren't familiar with despite knowing about their existence. Different times, different trends, different stuff seen as something that seeing or listening to is considered as a must.

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>OP is surprised current shit is more talked about than not so current shit thread #4236

For real. It's hard to not notice how frequently that kind of threads appear, lol. Probably another one will appear the next week as well.
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Really tried to sneak in Ao Haru Ride like we wouldn't notice ,and it's not like those so called classic shows weren't popular when they aired.
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RejectedApples said:
Tendo_GM said:

Man… that joke was flying so low AND STILL flew over your head…
you might need to brush up on your philosophy lil man

Sure? I’m not sure what philosophy has to do with sarcasm but ok…
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I can answer this about two shows you named:
Welcome to the NHK, It's not very good if you cannot relate to the main characters, is it?
Nana, Didn't have a legal streaming option until Hidive picked it up
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Really tried to sneak in Ao Haru Ride like we wouldn't notice ,and it's not like those so called classic shows weren't popular when they aired.
If we talk about romance Ao Haru Ride is a classic and one of the best out there.
It's ALWAYS one of the first anime recommended in romance threads.
Way better than any romantic subtext bullshit for the mentally challenged.
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Memore said:
Sadly because of the tastes and generation. I also don't understand why classic old series are undeservedly forgotten.


Ah man, I was looking forward to seeing your opinions but you just said that you don't have a clear idea which is Same as me.

Sorry, I really think so. Unfortunately most people enjoy stupid romcoms and isekais with insecure and childish main heroes. I prefer cool, sharp and charismatic heroes like Gintoki, Joseph and other boys from old series.
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I see more people talking about Monster than any of those shows you mentioned, especially because it recently entered the Netflix catalog, at least in my country. I can only remember people complaining about Shikimori, being known as medical waste must be great.
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Cestlavie_ said:
Really tried to sneak in Ao Haru Ride like we wouldn't notice ,and it's not like those so called classic shows weren't popular when they aired.
If we talk about romance Ao Haru Ride is a classic and one of the best out there.
It's ALWAYS one of the first anime recommended in romance threads.
Way better than any romantic subtext bullshit for the mentally challenged.

Meh blue spring ride didn't really do much or have anything unique to its premise.
Fruit basket, Ouran, Love is war, Your Name etc are what I'll call classic romance anime
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If we talk about romance Ao Haru Ride is a classic and one of the best out there.
It's ALWAYS one of the first anime recommended in romance threads.
Way better than any romantic subtext bullshit for the mentally challenged.

Meh blue spring ride didn't really do much or have anything unique to its premise.
Fruit basket, Ouran, Love is war, Your Name etc are what I'll call classic romance anime
Meh.
Dropped Ouran because didn't like the old art and the couple of gay incestuous brothers doing their thing every 2 scenes was too much for me. 
Didn't like fruits basket that much, not even top 50 out of all the romances I have watched.
Not a fan of love is war. Not gonna go through 90 episodes of romantic subtext and jokes that will never make laugh to finally see a kiss. Not worth my time.

But that's just a matter of personal taste, not gonna go around saying they are bad.
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perfectionFound said:
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Meh blue spring ride didn't really do much or have anything unique to its premise.
Fruit basket, Ouran, Love is war, Your Name etc are what I'll call classic romance anime
Meh.
Dropped Ouran because didn't like the old art and the couple of gay incestuous brothers doing their thing every 2 scenes was too much for me. 
Didn't like fruits basket that much, not even top 50 out of all the romances I have watched.
Not a fan of love is war. Not gonna go through 90 episodes of romantic subtext and jokes that will never make laugh to finally see a kiss. Not worth my time.

But that's just a matter of personal taste, not gonna go around saying they are bad.

I get the Ouran and Love is war complaint but you really enjoyed Ao Haru Ride more than Fruit Basket?
Mar 19, 2023 4:49 AM
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clearly, you don't know the meaning of "classics"
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I think it has to do with newness and recency bias given that the anime fandom nowadays it much bigger it ever historically was.
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a movie like i want to eat your pancreas, or a show like higurashi, may be very highly praised on an anime forum like this one... but they were certainly never popular.
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is more popular than any anime movie released last year.

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Really tried to sneak in Ao Haru Ride like we wouldn't notice ,and it's not like those so called classic shows weren't popular when they aired.
If we talk about romance Ao Haru Ride is a classic and one of the best out there.
It's ALWAYS one of the first anime recommended in romance threads.
Way better than any romantic subtext bullshit for the mentally challenged.
I never heard anybody talk about it, not even when it was brand new. I'd sooner call Tonikaku Kawaii a classic.
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cringe. I've watched hundreds of anime and wouldn't consider anything op mentioned a classic. 
Most of the true classics are not that good anyway, just nostalgia and people cowardly hyping them up because they are afraid of going against the norm. 
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A lot of the "classics" you mentioned are pretty popular too. Also, all this sounds a bit too weird when I see a rating of 9 for MHA S6 from you, "low quality seasonal shows".




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My hero academia is trash and OP rated it a 9? I would like some of what they are smoking.
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Because people like to talk more about new stuff than about old stuff, it's pretty simple.

Althought some of your selections of classics are questionable, some of those aren't even 10 years old.
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This thread is so funny knowing that you gave MHA of all shows a 9. 
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"Call of the Night, Shikimori, Tokyo Revengers, Nagatoro, Fire force, Wotakoi"

But there even better shows!
For example Always Breaktime (AI-GENERATED ANIME LIVE 24/7) - https://www.twitch.tv/alwaysbreaktime which is not only newer, but AI generated, thus fresher, trendier and more advanced product!
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Well people like what they like OP, for example I really like the Adult Swim era of anime. I didn't even watch anime back then, but for some reason a lot of the shows I like come from that period. 
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Probably because they're easier to get into. Also, maybe people want to be a part of the recent community, where you can watch and talk about seasonals in hot topics. Somehow I'd like them to stop as well, I think the industry needs to realize how much garbage is being produced, but if people keep supporting this the shitstorm won't really end anytime soon.


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What people consider "good" is very subjective.
People have different tastes in shows. What you might consider good, others consider trash.
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ateks said:
RejectedApples said:
a movie like i want to eat your pancreas, or a show like higurashi, may be very highly praised on an anime forum like this one... but they were certainly never popular.

Yes they were, you are just too new to remember.

RejectedApples said:
but then again if you unironically think a show in the top list rivals anything in the bottom then you are just delusional in general. its fine to think those top shows are good, but be for real lol

Half of the anime in the bottom list are trash, I'd rather argue they were overhyped and not underappreciated.
your taste in anime seems to be involved with loli characters so it doesnt really surprise me, im sure u liked higurashi tho
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RejectedApples said:
a movie like i want to eat your pancreas, or a show like higurashi, may be very highly praised on an anime forum like this one... but they were certainly never popular.
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is more popular than any anime movie released last year.

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If we talk about romance Ao Haru Ride is a classic and one of the best out there.
It's ALWAYS one of the first anime recommended in romance threads.
Way better than any romantic subtext bullshit for the mentally challenged.
I never heard anybody talk about it, not even when it was brand new. I'd sooner call Tonikaku Kawaii a classic.
using 2022 as a baseline isnt quite far, since most 2022 films havent actually hit international theaters but.


id say JJK 0 and Film Red were far bigger than that movie. Bubble was also extremely hyped up
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I can answer this about two shows you named:
Welcome to the NHK, It's not very good if you cannot relate to the main characters, is it?
Nana, Didn't have a legal streaming option until Hidive picked it up
The specific shows in each list isnt the main point here lol

fine, i can replace nana and nhk with Kaiji, Maquia, or SEL
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Alright, in all seriousness I am not a fan of a lot of modern anime because of how "sterile" they feel. That said, seasonals are not outright horrible, it is just what is popular in Japan. You choose poor examples for good for many of what you said to be good is on par in art, animation and writing to your "bad". Now, I believe you should consider diversifying your taste and get back to me later. I await your response.
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