| According to their overall MAL popularity the answer is: yes |
| No i love older Anime, think the oldest one I have watched is from the 1968. If I would have a problem with older once would be the comedy, etc City Hunter, Cat Eye. I really a big fan of rose of versailles and I'm really hyped for the movie Mappa is going to work on. And the late 80 up to early 2000 would have my favorite animation style. Even if a lot of older OVA's etc have insane gore, the Animation itself is beautiful. But as we have this army of Shonen tard coming and going I don't think that many new Anime watcher is going to experince it. |
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| > Do most avoid watching older anime? The structure of this question is kinda curious, as in this case it is similar to asking "Do most people avoid traveling to New Zealand?" or "Do most people avoid eating meat painted in gold?". Like those examples, it's not like they avoid it, but rather that they either don't think about it or don't have the opportunity most of the time. If even I myself commented that one of my major issues on watching older anime was because I almost didn't know any and had no way of discovering them of the time... then imagine how it must be for people that are more casual than I am. |
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Nillwas said:
But as we have this army of Shonen tard coming and going I don't think that many new Anime watcher is going to experince it
But as we have this army of Shonen tard coming and going I don't think that many new Anime watcher is going to experince it
ah... you know it depends what anime-club you are in...
If oldys in your club are talking about some masterpiece from 70\80 ect. this way or another you will watch old anime series - Like Candy-Candy...
And then discussion dyurin your club meeting will be more productive...
| @ssvmdh I live in Sweden, Anime is here is more or less looked down at, I would say most people think it's either porn or just a cartoon that would be shown on Cartoon Network. But at least on the internet like Twitter and especielly Facebook it's always about the big 3, One Punch Man vs DragonBall. I can lay in my bead for hours and just scroll through on my phone and it's just people fighting about what shonen is best and who's the strongest. I would say, that damn it would be great, if people picked up a Anime like Candy Candy and spread it on the Internet. And it feels like I'm literally alone in watching project from world masterpiece theater. I don't think I have seen anyone here on Mal talking about it. It's just a very few internet friends that have actuallyed watch them and talked about them. |
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| I don't think it even occurs to most people that old anime exist and, you know, can be watched. The thought never crosses their minds. As for myself, I mostly watch seasonals or 2010s/2020s anime. Older stuff tends to require more effort and determination on my part, as they often feel rough and dated to me. Not saying they're worse, just different and harder for me to get into. I don't feel good about this, but it's just how I am. |
| I started watching anime in 2015, but most of the anime I watched during that time were 2000's series and I didn't start watching seasonals until mid-2018. I think that old anime can be a turn-off, because anime from each era are different in a lot of ways, but most new fans at some point will try to watch older anime, because if you focus on an era too much, you will run out of content fast. |
| I personally like a lot of old anime. |
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.  |
| I don't get the mentality of people who don't even have an exploratory look at the decades of stuff which has come before (for anime or any other medium).It would be really weird if all the best stuff had been made in the past few years. |
| I don't really care how old an anime is. If it's interesting, I'll watch it. |
| esa sonrisa despiadada |
| probably, but i don't ใ คใ ค ใ คใ คใ ค ใ ค |
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| I don't, if anything I go out of my way to watch more older anime. |
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| YESSSS , casuals almost hate it because of "animation" (they cannot difference animation and numbers of pixel on a screen lmao) |
Sofia Vergara is the absolute prettiest living being since the first apparition of any living entity on this earth and space. |
| i don't but i know people who do and that's fine, not like everything older is good anyway and i'm not bothered about what others watch as long as i get to watch what i'm interested in. |
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| Well for me is hard get into new anime because I came from old era but I watching few by few modern anime the simple answer is don't think this is old this all I have to say don't think the old anime is hard get into, think about movies isn't that hard get into even old ones. |
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@Zakatsuki_ You know Miyadzaky (i will start with the light ones) is also old... His anime is something like 20 years old or like that but still on a big screen it looks amazing, and more ofthen better than new ones...
| @ssvmdh yeah because they adjust to the screen ot technology like that , like star wars on disney + who looks really good for 50 year old movies |
| Sofia Vergara is the absolute prettiest living being since the first apparition of any living entity on this earth and space. |
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@Zakatsuki_ I think nowdays it is all about money, and becourse oldys like you and me mostly sleep hard on cementryes
producers decides to do big money on new users.
So they put us in situation when they show us Akira or NGE and say how it changed the world of animation in common
and Japaneese animation in total, like critics says - Akira is a game changer BUT AKIRA is 1988th anime-movie today is 2025
it was 40ty years ago and stil new anime cant beat it on big screen\
producers decides to do big money on new users.
So they put us in situation when they show us Akira or NGE and say how it changed the world of animation in common
and Japaneese animation in total, like critics says - Akira is a game changer BUT AKIRA is 1988th anime-movie today is 2025
it was 40ty years ago and stil new anime cant beat it on big screen\
| @ssvmdh ssvmdh said: oldys like you and me ( i am 17 years old) but i do agree with you , but i still think some people just dosent understand the differences between animation and pixels bc they are stupid asf |
| Sofia Vergara is the absolute prettiest living being since the first apparition of any living entity on this earth and space. |
| I like watching older anime more tbh. Lot of new stuff is not that good imo. |
fallout45 said: maybe but not me. I just started anime 5 years ago yet I've already seen 20 serials from the 70s and 80s.Is older anime from the 80s, 90s, and earlier 2000s a massive turn off for newer anime fans? Do people see older series as just too old? |
| I still watch older anime from the 80s and 90s. |
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| While I watched many old anime before, if I were a new anime watcher today I would check out recently popular ones first. No way I would straight up watching something like LoGH or Dragon Ball or Naruto etc as my 1st anime if I just started out today for example, those oldies could wait. |
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| I have a friend who refuses to watch older anime. I still don't get why. I, personally, appreciate old anime and just think a good story is a good story, regardless of age. |
| -Just trying my best |
| Most older anime is just not promoted to the extent that new anime is (understandably), so why would somebody with anything approaching a casual interest in the subject want to dig into something not that readily available? Also, a lot of people take part in interests in order to fit in with various social circles, and as with most things, there's more people engaging in discussion/hobby-sharing with contemporary media than that of the past. |
| I think the barrier is accessibility rather than people actively avoiding it because it's old. Older anime are unlikely to be on the mainstream streaming platforms and newer or casual watchers probably don't realize they exist. I personally am interested in watching more older anime, but I get intimidated with the number of episodes since they tend to be longer than new anime. I even get intimidated with new anime that already have so many seasons and episodes. The length and inaccessibility from the usual streaming platforms made it harder for me to start watching older anime since there need an extra push, but it's not that I'm turned off because they're old. |
| Older anime can sometimes be enjoyable to watch, too. |
| Depends on the series mainly. Like you have the staple "watched as a kid series" like Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, etc. which people have probably heard of and as a result eventually consume some media related to them. You also have the goto "must watch" shows like Cowboy Bebop and Evangelion that people see referenced a ton until they eventually just watch them. For anything outside of those categories maybe there's a genre that appeals to a person like if somebody is super into mecha anime they might go into say the Gundam franchise. Otherwise availability and ease of access just make it more tedious to find older shows especially taking into account some series that are say only available on non-official sites due to fansubs. Especially when dozens of shows are available every season through various streaming services any barrier to awareness or availability immediate alienates casual viewers. |
| Older anime is still good. It's just very different aesthetically. So when you grow watching anime from the 2010s, older anime just feels so unfamiliar. But eventually every anime fan will end up watching some old classics if they're curious enough. They'll get there soon enough. |
| I don't avoid older anime and never did. I had friends that avoided them, mostly because of the artstyle [I never get that argument] or just having no polish subtitles [which is fair, everyday I'm happy, that I'm good at english XD] |
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| Yes, it's like convincing a modern Persona fan to play old school SMT. It just wouldn't work and even if it did, it takes too much effort. |
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| My position is that I love da movies. |
| "I am the Nemesis, I am the Warlock, I am the shape of things to come, the Lord of the Flies, holder of the Sword Sinister, the Death Bringer, I am the one who waits on the edge of your dreams, I am all these things and many more." |
| The older shows are sometimes very good, too. Watch Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z. |
| I imagine some do, but I also believe alot either just don't know the older series exist, or just don't have an interest to find it (but, not like, actively avoiding it). Finally, they just might not be able to find it with decent Subs/Dubs, if at all. Newer stuff is just plain easier to find. |
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| Yes, and no. I'll take myself as an example - I just find it easier to watch modern shows. But then again, there are times when I crave for good ol' cel visuals. It's just that watching the very old shows requires that extra incentive or gut feeling which I wouldn't necessarily need to, say, watch a 2016 show or something. |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| I avoid most of new anime actually.. |
| for me it doesn't matter if it's old or new... |
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