I used to like it when I was younger but I gradually lost interest over the years. I haven't watched a new anime in many many years. However I will sometimes watch episodes or clips from ones I used to watch.
Poll: Anyone an Ex Anime fan?
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It differs for me from anime to anime. I've always hated shōnen stuff, but I love a lot of seinen and even josei shows. I particularly like stories that require you to think, and that goes for books, movies, anime, games, and everything else really.
For example, I can't stand Dragon Ball, Bleach, One Piece, or Naruto. However, I love shows like Spice & Wolf, Eve No Jikan, Koko Wa Greenwood, Maison Ikkoku, and of course all of Miyazaki's work.
For example, I can't stand Dragon Ball, Bleach, One Piece, or Naruto. However, I love shows like Spice & Wolf, Eve No Jikan, Koko Wa Greenwood, Maison Ikkoku, and of course all of Miyazaki's work.
Though not really traditionally animated I really liked the look of "Waltz With Bashir." I'm certainly going to check out the Legend of Kells, just the poster for it was drop dead gorgeous. Something about L'Illusioniste seems very familiar, I'm going to have to root around in the credits and see who crops up.Soviet Heavy said:
I watched some in college, but the only thing that stuck was Studio Ghibli. I continue to enjoy Hayao Miyazaki's films and have introduced my son to a large number of them as well.
Actually I think some of my Lodoss War mangas were purchased after graduating college, but it's been years since I've bought any new ones.
Actually I think some of my Lodoss War mangas were purchased after graduating college, but it's been years since I've bought any new ones.
I love it! Anime is awesome! Even if the stories can sorta annoy me.
Was watching Requiem of the Phantom but stopped after someone who I thought was a main character turned out not to be one.
Thinking about continuing Black Butler. Mmm... Sebastian.
Was watching Requiem of the Phantom but stopped after someone who I thought was a main character turned out not to be one.
Thinking about continuing Black Butler. Mmm... Sebastian.
Calling yourself an "ex-anime fan" is not too far removed from calling yourself an "ex-book fan" or an "ex-music fan". Anime is a medium, and while not quite as diverse as the aforementioned mediums, it doesn't have any universal flaws that should prompt anyone to dismiss the medium entirely unless you really dislike Japanese culture.
So maybe you're tired of endless flashbacks and fights that are unnecessarily prolonged to last dozens of episodes with shameless reuse of footage. This doesn't mean you're tired of anime. This means you're tired of the specific type of shounen action anime that indulges in these things. I doubt anyone who's ever seen Legend of Galactic Heroes would ever call himself/herself an "ex-anime fan".
So maybe you're tired of endless flashbacks and fights that are unnecessarily prolonged to last dozens of episodes with shameless reuse of footage. This doesn't mean you're tired of anime. This means you're tired of the specific type of shounen action anime that indulges in these things. I doubt anyone who's ever seen Legend of Galactic Heroes would ever call himself/herself an "ex-anime fan".
I used to like anime a bit more than I do now, but I wouldn't say I was ever a "fan." It's a medium with a ton of cliche's, archetypes, badly written drama, and poor humor, but then again, so are a lot of TV shows in the US (excluding HBO). There are definitely a few anime gems out there, so I won't dismiss the medium altogether.
I'd say if I had to order my entertainment mediums from favorite to least favorite, it'd be
literature > games > music > films > anime > webcomics > American TV
I'd say if I had to order my entertainment mediums from favorite to least favorite, it'd be
literature > games > music > films > anime > webcomics > American TV
Have you watched The Triplets of Belleville? I believe L'Illusioniste was made by the same person or studio.Grey Carter said:
When I was younger (middle school and High School) I was all about all types of anime, then as I hit college, my tastes grew and a lot of what I used to like stopped being so good. I still watch the occasional show nowadays but the production has to be really good.
Pretty much anything that follows a Dragonball forumula (Bleach, One Piece, Naruto and the rest of that garbage yadda yadda) I don't watch and most shows that exist in a high-school setting don't appeal to me anymore either since I'm not that age anymore.
Pretty much anything that follows a Dragonball forumula (Bleach, One Piece, Naruto and the rest of that garbage yadda yadda) I don't watch and most shows that exist in a high-school setting don't appeal to me anymore either since I'm not that age anymore.
I haven't but I'm noticing a lot of similarities between it and 101 Dalmations of all things. I'm guessing there's some influence there.Soviet Heavy said:
I'm more a sort of "never was." I had friends who showed me stuff like Akira and Ninja Scroll when I was in high school, and I had other friends (whom I thought were weird) who were into Golden Boy, and I thought I'd become a huge anime fan, but it never panned out. Because of the wimmins in my life I descovered Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop, two of my all-time favorite pop culture works, but the last dozen or so anime works I've seen any of have really really put me off.
...I take that back. Basilisk was pretty damned cool, as were the 7 minutes of anime in Kill Bill.
...I take that back. Basilisk was pretty damned cool, as were the 7 minutes of anime in Kill Bill.
Various things here and there, However I think the heaviest influence was the fact my sisters first husband, When I was smaller was a huge ass-hole, He loved anime as well, After he divorced her(Forcing her to pay for the whole thing, And being non-cooperative) He had been living off her, Playing a internet game all day. After she learned he was actually talking with another girl online, And was planning to cheat on her, So he went to that girl got her knocked up, They harassed her and all of that terribleness. Eventually he left that girl to with the child. So anyways, After the whole divorce my sister moved back in with us, At the time I had just started knowing it. And then I learned about the whole deal with him, which is the reason she despised anime (He Was obsessed with it by the way, They had only been married for about a year and a half and he was already looking and naked drawn Anime girls, From a Magazine, And he wasn't even trying to hide it.) I Always assumed that started it. But after that, I Can't really watch it.Arontala said:
I Guess I Associate it with him.
So um, "Anime" is synonymous for "Japanese culture"? If I were to say I didn't like western cartoons, it's pretty clear cut that I'm just referring to cartoons made in America, not American culture.Vegard Pompey said:
Anyways, I just looked up Legend of Galactic Heroes on yourtube and was almost immediately turned off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDpO7P65dY8
Two and a half minutes in I was introduced with an emo archetype riddled in several animes and I just had to stop watching. It was like watching an animated facebook page. I really don't want to watch an effeminate looking male possessing unlimited composure speak in monotone about deep feelings and perceptions throughout a series. It's been done, over, and over, and over.
Scrolling through the episode I see:
Standing and talking...
Standing...
Standing and talking...
A group of people standing...
A dude (I think) sitting on a table...
Standing...
Two dudes on a dinnerdate...
Not one of them yelled. Not one of the laughed, but there was slight movement. I think one of them put their hand behind their head to "think"? Even though I might have missed any signs of (real) human emotions while skipping through, my impression is that they're few and far in between. It's like they assigned everyone with the same serious, emotionless personality. I seriously doubt Japan and its culture has been taken over by robots.
