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May 14, 5:04 PM
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I most certainly would.

Here's my cutoff. If you only found "currently airing anime" during Attack on Titan or afterwards.

Get out. I would love that even if the anime community is all olds
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May 14, 5:05 PM
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Yeah. This Gatekeeper mentality is one of the reasons why every normal person is looking at Anime Fans like we're all weirdos xD


Let them all join in! Even if you only liked AoT. Come and enjoy Anime with us.
It's great, imo.
May 14, 5:08 PM
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I came in 2022 and I sure as hell ain't leavin.

Also AoT is shit
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May 14, 5:11 PM
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It is ok to start watching anime at any time aslong as they are not being disrespectful to the medium and the culture
May 14, 5:15 PM
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It is ok to start watching anime at any time aslong as they are not being disrespectful to the medium and the culture
@MYZIC This!

Also to op

GET OUT.

I'm only half kidding. Because I would rather deal with today's crowds than yesterday's ignorant tyranny of the majority pushing us to the fringe.
May 14, 5:24 PM
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I've experienced both (got into anime in 1998, started watching "currently airing anime" in late 2003, if we're using that as some kind of "real fan" membership card), and I strongly prefer the community being larger. I don't miss the days when it was tiny and mostly homogeneous, the majority made "anime fan" their entire personality, and it was somehow even more snobby and exclusionary that it is now. It's so much better now, even if it's not perfect. Lots of variety and diversity in who makes up the community, and lots of casual fans and excited kids who just want to watch something neat and have fun with it. I'd take that over the way it used to be any day.
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It is ok to start watching anime at any time aslong as they are not being disrespectful to the medium and the culture
@MYZIC from zoomer tourist who only watches mainstream anime
May 14, 5:33 PM
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derangedx29 said:
If you only found "currently airing anime" during Attack on Titan or afterwards.

Get out.

No, I don't think I will.

If you don't like new people like me here, maybe you can remove yourself? That would be easier than removing a bunch of other people that aren't you.

I'm staying, because I'm enjoying it here, and whether you're here or not makes no difference to me.
May 14, 5:43 PM
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I mean I would certainly prefer a private community that had similar general opinions to me, so there would be less arguing about stupid things and more talking about anime.
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I prefer communities being tighter knit rather than large with conflict. Not like everyone's opinion is even worth reading anyway and it can be a lot of posts to go through in the hundreds sometimes. Larger is only useful for gathering straight information since it increases odds someone knows the answer
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May 14, 5:52 PM
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I prefer communities being tighter knit rather than large with conflict. Not like everyone's opinion is even worth reading anyway and it can be a lot of posts to go through in the hundreds sometimes. Larger is only useful for gathering straight information since it increases odds someone knows the answer
@traed right. I remember posting on gamefaqs other titles in the 2000s.

It was a lot more chill. Less culture warrior BS. If there were new fans they were at least interested in the medium. And not actually people who wanted to watch to fit in.

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No because I am not an idiot that wants to hurt the industry for no reason, beyond snobbishness, and hypocritical xenophobic fear.
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No because I am not an idiot that wants to hurt the industry for no reason, beyond snobbishness, and hypocritical xenophobic fear.
@BilboBaggins365 the long term effects of westerners trying to impose on anime will be far worse than anything you can ever imagine.

Cultural imperialism from deranged feminists and conservative Christians won't look pretty.
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@traed right. I remember posting on gamefaqs other titles in the 2000s.

It was a lot more chill. Less culture warrior BS. If there were new fans they were at least interested in the medium. And not actually people who wanted to watch to fit in.

derangedx29 said:
It was a lot more chill. Less culture warrior BS. If there were new fans they were at least interested in the medium. And not actually people who wanted to watch to fit in.


I sympathize with wanting a more "enthusiastic" and closer knit community, but this is why when populations grow, factions are formed. It's why there are clubs up in the tab up there on the website at all times.

I'm also not a fan of poseurs, but wanting to fit in is a natural human want? Even for the loners and the drifters?

When we get as bad as all of the exclusionary assholes that used to run anime fandom thinking they owned Japan back in the day (and still think they do, like Anime News Network), everyone's efforts has gone to naught.

We're gonna fight with other fans. We're gonna clash in our differences as much as we're going to accept them from others who share them. That's human nature!

The thing about having a bigger community and keeping that inclusive while dealing with growing pains is giving people space and time to grow and experience and learn from it. We're not going to be right all the time, and that's the kind of humility when accepted that allows for growth.

We're also always will and forever will be affected by what goes on in greater society and the world at large. That's how it works. I've kinda hated it myself, but I also know the freedoms and ability that comes with living in a free world that gives me the right to do things without people breathing down my neck. That's what allows me to think larger and further than the boundary, and doing that lets me to seek out that insight and put it back down here. So I can open other minds and be challenged too.

Welcome to the world.
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This kind of post is one that makes newbies keep stomping their feet and wailing arms and not talking about anime and mingling. They become that japanese girl from 12 Kingdoms planning to kill Youko because she doesn't feel accepted in the new place.

You know what was different before? We grouped with anyone because it was rare to find people into the hobby, so you put effort into connecting with most of them.
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OP clearly started JUST before AoT and deserves to be ridiculed for this take
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@BilboBaggins365 the long term effects of westerners trying to impose on anime will be far worse than anything you can ever imagine.

Cultural imperialism from deranged feminists and conservative Christians won't look pretty.
derangedx29 said:
the long term effects of westerners trying to impose on anime will be far worse than anything you can ever imagine.
Right now, 50% of the industry is being funded by international funding, please tell me what has substantially changed about anime? All I see is the same content, more sequels, more shows in general. So yeah instead, let's kill that, and ensure that the 40% of studios in the red lose half of their funding, so we can go back to the late 2000s, when I was a kid watching anime, where the narrative was the industry is dying, because it was literally contracting.

I would love to see 40% of anime studios literally close up shop. That would be awesome! Literally only anime fans would advocate for something so fucking dumb.

derangedx29 said:
Cultural imperialism from deranged feminists and conservative Christians won't look pretty.
You really think heavily politically involved people don't exist in Japan too lol? Makoto Yukimura the creative behind Vinland Saga and Planetes is more of a feminist than a lot of Western writers I have recently read. The vast majority of international anime fans, yourself include I imagine, aren't whatever strawman you want to create either.

Most of the stuff you see coming out of the West "targeting" anime isn't even targeting anime. Anime is usually just caught in the crossfire, as religious conservatives target Only Fans or some other unrelated thing. These people don't even know your Japanese cartoons exist lol.
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No, thank you. I'm actually quite contemptuous of snobby elitists and gatekeepers. So, if anything, I'd prefer the community to be flooded with more and more casuals and tourists every year, if only just because i know it pisses off the lot of you and that brings me joy.
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derangedx29 said:
the long term effects of westerners trying to impose on anime will be far worse than anything you can ever imagine.
Right now, 50% of the industry is being funded by international funding, please tell me what has substantially changed about anime? All I see is the same content, more sequels, more shows in general. So yeah instead, let's kill that, and ensure that the 40% of studios in the red lose half of their funding, so we can go back to the late 2000s, when I was a kid watching anime, where the narrative was the industry is dying, because it was literally contracting.

I would love to see 40% of anime studios literally close up shop. That would be awesome! Literally only anime fans would advocate for something so fucking dumb.

derangedx29 said:
Cultural imperialism from deranged feminists and conservative Christians won't look pretty.
You really think heavily politically involved people don't exist in Japan too lol? Makoto Yukimura the creative behind Vinland Saga and Planetes is more of a feminist than a lot of Western writers I have recently read. The vast majority of international anime fans, yourself include I imagine, aren't whatever strawman you want to create either.

Most of the stuff you see coming out of the West "targeting" anime isn't even targeting anime. Anime is usually just caught in the crossfire, as religious conservatives target Only Fans or some other unrelated thing. These people don't even know your Japanese cartoons exist lol.
@BilboBaggins365 what the fuck is the point of endless MORE? When we see quality is going down lmao. That's why popular shows get so many delays.

MORE MORE MORE. Are you going to watch them all? No you aren't.
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@BilboBaggins365 the long term effects of westerners trying to impose on anime will be far worse than anything you can ever imagine.

Cultural imperialism from deranged feminists and conservative Christians won't look pretty.
derangedx29 said:
the long term effects of westerners trying to impose on anime will be far worse than anything you can ever imagine.

Cultural imperialism from deranged feminists and conservative Christians won't look pretty.
As much as I challenge White ways of thinking (not race, white and terming people as colors was invented in Richmond, Virginia as a way to divide people in ways to ensure further justification for slavery), blaming the west for everything with the broad brush isn't going to help.

I probably am partially responsible for this, emboldening you to say these sort of things, but I say these things about the western world because they're a problem, not because I think something else is better by supremacy, and these problems are not being done anything about it. It also doesn't help that when a nation becomes a global power, the influence is very, very real. But I don't go hating everything about it, only the bad things, and especially the ones people have yet to see. That's what really makes a stupid weeaboo: pure biased hate.

I make people feel mad and uncomfortable and irritated with what I have to say because this is a problem, not merely an inconvenience, and not just to our little hobby of ours, but the world at large.

If you want to culture war, you're going to need to be more accurate and discriminating than this. Even when I fuck up and don't communicate everything I would like to say, I at least try to be consistent.
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@BilboBaggins365 what the fuck is the point of endless MORE? When we see quality is going down lmao. That's why popular shows get so many delays.

MORE MORE MORE. Are you going to watch them all? No you aren't.
derangedx29 said:
what the fuck is the point of endless MORE? When we see quality is going down lmao.
Define quality lol? You really think the shows being canned are going to be the generic isekai, battle shonen and rom coms lol? No, it's going to be works like Pluto, the Ghost in the Shell remake, new Mononoke film, Spice and Wolf remake, Vinland Saga, nicher films like Inu-Oh that are going to struggle. Committees are going to pick the safe options to weather the financial crisis and the safe options are all the stuff whiny anime fans complain about.

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MORE MORE MORE. Are you going to watch them all? No you aren't.
No I am not, however, I also realize that MORE MORE MORE is probably also allowing for content I like to actually get made, because they are seen as risk shows. The fact there is so much money though is probably allowing studios to be like eh.... why not, and make content I like. If the money dries up, is that getting made? No.

Also the solution to overwork isn't to literally torpedo the industry, so the talent literally leaves lol. People talk about the video game crash like it somehow reset the gaming industry. It didn't. The Western games industry was fucked, and the still thriving Japanese games industry saved it. If you want anime to die so Donghua, French/Western animation or a new Korean focus industry takes over, be my guest, cause that is what a severe contraction of anime would actually do lol.

Edit: Again I don't care you guys are literal morons. It's also funny the most anime obsessive fans, advocate for this shit. Look I would be upset if new anime stopped coming out consistently however, I have a backlog, I have other hobbies. You guys would be the most effected. You should stop advocating for dipshit ideas, that would only undermine the anime industry as a whole lol. There is not a fanbase out there that wants to see their hobby implode in popularity.
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what the fuck is the point of endless MORE? When we see quality is going down lmao.
Define quality lol? You really think the shows being canned are going to be the generic isekai, battle shonen and rom coms lol? No, it's going to be works like Pluto, the Ghost in the Shell remake, new Mononoke film, Spice and Wolf remake, Vinland Saga, nicher films like Inu-Oh that are going to struggle. Committees are going to pick the safe options to weather the financial crisis and the safe options are all the stuff whiny anime fans complain about.

derangedx29 said:
MORE MORE MORE. Are you going to watch them all? No you aren't.
No I am not, however, I also realize that MORE MORE MORE is probably also allowing for content I like to actually get made, because they are seen as risk shows. The fact there is so much money though is probably allowing studios to be like eh.... why not, and make content I like. If the money dries up, is that getting made? No.

Also the solution to overwork isn't to literally torpedo the industry, so the talent literally leaves lol. People talk about the video game crash like it somehow reset the gaming industry. It didn't. The Western games industry was fucked, and the still thriving Japanese games industry saved it. If you want anime to die so Donghua, French/Western animation or a new Korean focus industry takes over, be my guest, cause that is what a severe contraction of anime would actually do lol.

Edit: Again I don't care you guys are literal morons. It's also funny the most anime obsessive fans, advocate for this shit. Look I would be upset if new anime stopped coming out consistently however, I have a backlog, I have other hobbies. You guys would be the most effected. You should stop advocating for dipshit ideas, that would only undermine the anime industry as a whole lol. There is not a fanbase out there that wants to see their hobby implode in popularity.
@BilboBaggins365 you do realize danmachi rezero and now apothecary are getting delays.

That's the problem with the MORE MORE MORE mentality.

Crappy CGI is getting used more. It's pretty wild to say this with a straight face.

But MORE MORE MORE right.
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Anime community... what is your definition of it?

Is it only the MAL forums?

Does it include anitubers?

Does it include Reddit users?

Does it include the old casuals who had much more much time for anime before AoT?

Does it include offline activities like manga clubs and gaming/Japan conventions?

People leave, arrive at or return to the "community", there is no point blocking new fans from discovering the medium; it's not like they can't go and watch older series and catch up.
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gatekeepers like you are so laaaame, just let people enjoy things. you dont have to interact with every anime fan ever. if you want a "smaller community" then find a group of friends to talk about it with, its not that hard
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I would prefer a smaller medium and community but it is what it is now so the best thing to do about it is to do and be the best we can.
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Anime community... what is your definition of it?

Is it only the MAL forums?

Does it include anitubers?

Does it include Reddit users?

Does it include the old casuals who had much more much time for anime before AoT?

Does it include offline activities like manga clubs and gaming/Japan conventions?

People leave, arrive at or return to the "community", there is no point blocking new fans from discovering the medium; it's not like they can't go and watch older series and catch up.
@Eldinis all of the above and more. Newer fans have not been good imo.
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@Eldinis all of the above and more. Newer fans have not been good imo.
@derangedx29 Fuck, man. Even for someone like me, I'm gonna say you fucking need Jesus. Shit, Buddha, Mohammed, 8 Million Kami, fucking ANY good introspective religion. Start out with "treat others the way you wish to be treated" and don't pass until you get that through your thick head. I'm out of here.
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I for one do not want to return to the days of needing to prepare a thesis on what the hell an "Annie-May" is when discussing my interests and hobbies. Don't like the fans coming in? Then leave. I think it's great how much the community's grown.

Besides, who died and named your President for the entire Anime Community? Lmao
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Yes, I do think we should have an anime great reset and then live in the anime new normal.
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The only people I think are better kicked out are the ones pushing for censorship including investors and directors that bend the knee. Anyone not policing their own values on the medium are more than welcome in my book not that I have any control over them. Not everyone has to agree. Big community is good for more anime being made. I doubt most people in fandom are censor grifters.
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A few days ago we had "Anime Degrowth", now we have anime Klaus Schwab, how long until we have anime Unabomber?
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Anime community... what is your definition of it?

Is it only the MAL forums?

Does it include anitubers?

Does it include Reddit users?

Does it include the old casuals who had much more much time for anime before AoT?

Does it include offline activities like manga clubs and gaming/Japan conventions?

People leave, arrive at or return to the "community", there is no point blocking new fans from discovering the medium; it's not like they can't go and watch older series and catch up.
@Eldinis ^This.

In all honesty, and I'm directing this at myself as well, but both new and old fans take this shit way too seriously. Enjoy the medium or don't. You don't need to interact with others about anime, if you don't want to. Things won't go back to the way they used to, even if anime's popularity fades somewhat.
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I guess but to me I barely pay attention to many things the community says as I don't follow those series communities or shounen communities anyway. So to me none of it effects me. XD

Fake fans, outsiders thoughts, or those in certain communities or certain series and their narrow experiences or whatever.

I just don't look for any of it, so it isn't an issue, XD because why should I. Nothing to gain, I don't care for those series anyway, I don't care for such thoughts/opinions on them the way they get directed, I don't care to defend a series, a culture or otherwise they don't care about, us that know better about a series, and other aspects know, why bother messaging to those who don't care at all. Waste of time.

If people can't tell the difference out of their own narrow box of mentality for culture, creativity or whatever that's on them. Or mainstream only series even or whatever. Whatever the case may be.

I hear about things regardless of not even seeing them they reach that far, or when I dip into ones that do check it out.

I only follow some big series (not mainstream ones only anime fan big) and even then most are niche or whatever else of interest to me these days because I just read/watch/play what I care about, not what gets talked about for people to communicate/be on the same page and share it. I only do to a point but not go out of my way to.

So I don't mind if a small community but it's up to those who follow what for trends or genuine interest. They differ on what they talk about, opinions and so on.

Many small ones back in the day it was different, people were discovering anime and only so much access to it. Nowadays it's more widespread enough and more further sub communities for different things not just series.

So there are small ones out there then the small like it used to be with whatever series could be found before type ones.
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Dude, Young people exist? The teenagers now are obviously going to watch currently airing shows like the older people have watched older shows. And obviously they would want to talk about their experience of the shows and hence join social platforms.

I really don't get your gatekeeping+elitist mindset.



WHERE DID THE TIME GO ?
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@BilboBaggins365 you do realize danmachi rezero and now apothecary are getting delays.

That's the problem with the MORE MORE MORE mentality.

Crappy CGI is getting used more. It's pretty wild to say this with a straight face.

But MORE MORE MORE right.
@derangedx29 You know why there is "MORE MORE MORE", it's because of greedy as fuck Japanese production committees. It's not the evil West where this mentality originates. It's the nature of the industry. Those greedy as fuck production committees care about risk, and will not take it if the industry is in decline. I don't know how that is not going to your head.

Again your solution to production delays is to hope international funding collapses (it was just starting to recover when AOT came out after the late 2000s recession) so that we can ensure studio closures and a loss of talent to Donghua or Korea. So instead of "MORE MORE MORE" we will get "NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING" which sure, that fixes production delays, works will have to clear high bars of popularity to get adapted at all, and way less series see anything more than 1 season to promote the source. AWESOME!

Like again freaking dumb solution. Anime fans are literal morons lol. Like unionizing? Hope studios that have better practices take over? Hope increased anime popularity leads to more negative PR with the nature of the industry? Money that leads to better training programs or international talent to make up animator short fall? Nah.... just tank into the ground, that will fix my hobby that I LOVE so much.....freaking delusional. All because of the fears of culture war nonsense that literally have not impacted the actual industry, despite the massive increase in investment.

If you want to see anime die, because you don't like the nature of the industry fine propose it, that at least would have some logical sense.

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Newer fans have not been good imo.
I will take them over fans like you. Definition of toxicity and unpleasantness, which everyone who argues for this foolish hypocritical ideal fits. Actual good fans don't give a fuck about such trivial things and just discuss anime, you know, like we are supposed to. I like talking to fans about stuff I like, IDC they weren't watching anime, as a kid in the mid/late 2000s, like me lol.
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Jeez, I see why you were insecure about being a newbie in your other thread now. Simply because you did not feel comfortable enough to posture yourself as the ego-tripping gatekeeper yet.
Don't let others ruin things for you. Even if a toxic fan pisses in your cereal, you could just get another bowl of cereal.
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Jeez, I see why you were insecure about being a newbie in your other thread now. Simply because you did not feel comfortable enough to posture yourself as the ego-tripping gatekeeper yet.
@SignsOfSuicide i never will be even when if I finish 1000 more shows.

I'm insecure because I didn't watch enough back then but I also hate new fans.

A contradiction so I have to find ways to be elitist.

Also. Nobody considers my manga list and people don't realize i picked up most of the popular series before they were animated (Death Note, Aot, Vinland Saga).

That's easily 250 days + on anime + manga + 1000 titles overall

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@derangedx29 You see why I was insecure about being a newbie in my other thread now. Simply because I did not feel comfortable enough to posture myself as the ego-tripping gatekeeper yet.

Yes, yes, we have established that...
Don't let others ruin things for you. Even if a toxic fan pisses in your cereal, you could just get another bowl of cereal.
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@derangedx29 You see why I was insecure about being a newbie in my other thread now. Simply because I did not feel comfortable enough to posture myself as the ego-tripping gatekeeper yet.

Yes, yes, we have established that...
@SignsOfSuicide well I can still gate keep because...

I watched anime that was hard to find. There were legit titles that only had like 300 people watch them on this entire site when I was finished with them.

Not sure if that is possible today.
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@SignsOfSuicide well I can still gate keep because...

I watched anime that was hard to find. There were legit titles that only had like 300 people watch them on this entire site when I was finished with them.

Not sure if that is possible today.
@derangedx29 At least you finally stopped deluding yourself. Also, truly the weirdest of flexes.
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@SignsOfSuicide well I can still gate keep because...

I watched anime that was hard to find. There were legit titles that only had like 300 people watch them on this entire site when I was finished with them.

Not sure if that is possible today.
@derangedx29 ....You want a cookie? Also there is no such thing as "gatekeeping" you give too much importance to an irrelevant online community. Gen Alpha isn't going to stop watching anime, just because you whine about them existing on MAL.

The most hilarious thing is you are probably some older dude, immaturely whining about teens watching anime. This entire medium is made for that demographic. It's a very YA medium, frankly fans like you need to be "gatekept" and kicked out of the medium, if we are being honest.
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@derangedx29 ....You want a cookie? Also there is no such thing as "gatekeeping" you give too much importance to an irrelevant online community. Gen Alpha isn't going to stop watching anime, just because you whine about them existing on MAL.

The most hilarious thing is you are probably some older dude, immaturely whining about teens watching anime. This entire medium is made for that demographic. It's a very YA medium, frankly fans like you need to be "gatekept" and kicked out of the medium, if we are being honest.
@BilboBaggins365 do they even watch anime or do they scroll on tiktok while watching shit at 2x speed
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@BilboBaggins365 do they even watch anime or do they scroll on tiktok while watching shit at 2x speed
@derangedx29 Yeah they watch anime..... (I knew a kid who also liked watching old retro anime) I have tutored kids back in uni, they do in fact watch shows, and like to talk about it. You realize the attention deficit from social media is effecting everyone? You shouldn't care about teens watching teen media, maybe you need to grow up. We are the outsiders right now.
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@derangedx29 Yeah they watch anime..... (I knew a kid who also liked watching old retro anime) I have tutored kids back in uni, they do in fact watch shows, and like to talk about it. You realize the attention deficit from social media is effecting everyone? You shouldn't care about teens watching teen media, maybe you need to grow up. We are the outsiders right now.
@BilboBaggins365 nope. Anime wouldn't be as big as it is in the west if not for people like us. Buying merchandise in the 2000s. Word of mouth. Demand. Etc.

That spreads.
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derangedx29 said:
Anime wouldn't be as big as it is in the west if not for people like us.

so the entire complaint of your thread is actually your own fault.
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derangedx29 said:
Anime wouldn't be as big as it is in the west if not for people like us.

so the entire complaint of your thread is actually your own fault.
@valico yep.

If only I knew I wouldn't have told people anything. I would not have been on gaming message boards trying to convince people to watch anime when they all sneered at it. We fought hard to normalize it not knowing the consequences i even showed friends fansubbed anime in 2007. They were weirded out
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@BilboBaggins365 nope. Anime wouldn't be as big as it is in the west if not for people like us. Buying merchandise in the 2000s. Word of mouth. Demand. Etc.

That spreads.
Oh wow I guess gatekeeping doesn't work lol


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Anime wouldn't be as big as it is in the west if not for people like us. Buying merchandise in the 2000s.
Who cares, and it wasn't in the 2000s when anime gained steam. It was the 90s, and that is just North America. If we are talking "West" I mean Europe was fully embracing anime back in the 70s/80s.

The reality is anime was never as popular in the 2000s as it is now. That is evident when you look at how much money is being made from fans nowadays, the social media presence membership on MAL, reddit and even the culture on other places like YouTube. So if anything the current generation is doing a better job than we did as kids/teens in actually blowing up the industry, granted they have better tools to do that.

Still that isn't the point.....again you are complaining about teens largely watching shows about HSers engaging in young love, action titles largely about teens achieving their dreams and moe girls, often in HS, hanging out.....like lol. You aren't the target audience, and look I get that. I enjoy YA media occasionally, anime frankly does this demographic better than anyone else, however, true adult media is rare even in so called older target demographics. Anime is a very teenager, maybe early 20s market. Most people just grow out of it or become more casual because of that. If you don't like just YA writing anime loses its appeal, unless you just often nicher/older shows, and the rare seasonal.
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@valico yep.

If only I knew I wouldn't have told people anything. I would not have been on gaming message boards trying to convince people to watch anime when they all sneered at it. We fought hard to normalize it not knowing the consequences i even showed friends fansubbed anime in 2007. They were weirded out
@derangedx29 good job, you fucked it up for the rest of us. now either seppuku to atone for your sins or sign off the internet forever. your choice
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What's up with all of these nazis in the fanbase anyways? You even see the Kanye/Hitler fans on this site. There's a reason you gatekeep. But sure. I'm the bad guy over the gen z Christian Nazis
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What's up with all of these nazis in the fanbase anyways? You even see the Kanye/Hitler fans on this site. There's a reason you gatekeep. But sure. I'm the bad guy over the gen z Christian Nazis
@derangedx29 coming from the guy whose tying to genocide an entire generation based on his own personal agenda.......wow.
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