Comments on: Venting The Anime Disappointment – We Can’t Have Nice Things and It’s Your Fault

By: dbt

dbt — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:57 +0000

VOTOMS.

By: katie5000

katie5000 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:31:36 +0000

“Btw, I just turned 25 so I guess I’m not that old yet ;D”

You and me both :)

Frankly, the vast majority of stuff I’ve seen have been older/vintage titles. The older shows just have a certain…charm or something that the newer shows don’t have. But I felt so awkward at this past Fanime, as the shows I liked were all vintage titles and I wasn’t that familiar with some of the newer stuff.

By: Ninja-Samwray

Ninja-Samwray — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:31:35 +0000

I’ve been watching anime for a bit more than 10 years now and I’ve seen anime from 1997 and even older. Quality and drawing got much better but the cost was the quality of the plot…

But the quality has dropped in the public that watch anime. Nowadays they are more like a lot of cows that go where there is more grass, not necessarily where it’s better. And that simply because there is this emo generation that just refuses to use the brain. You can see that in the anime events like Otakon for instance… At least I have noticed this quality decrease in the audience.

Btw, I just turned 25 so I guess I’m not that old yet ;D

Great article man, made me laugh and just confirmed what I’ve been thinking for the last 2 years.

By: Xak

Xak — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:44:07 +0000

Then again it’s pretty subjective, this term of ‘back in the day’…I started anime in 2005, so to me, anything before 2005 is usually seen to be ‘old’…heck maybe even those in 2005…

By: Owen S

Owen S — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:17:18 +0000

I don’t get this. At all. Your four initial examples of good anime are Lain, LoGH, Texhnolyze, and Mushishi–yet Texhnolyze and Mushishi were made this past decade, in the 00’s. That’s 50% right there.

Either you have a really warped and twisted perception of what is “old”, or you’re moving the goalposts as you see fit. I’m sorry, this makes no sense.

For the record: Texhnolyze had a 2003 run, and Mushishi had a 2005-2006 run. Wikipedia tells you that much. At least do your research next time.

By: Jura

Jura — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:14:20 +0000

There was Oh! Edo Rocket and Kaiba not that long ago…

By: Tsubasa

Tsubasa — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:11:17 +0000

Doesn’t that theory require that each and every science fiction movie and live action TV show ever made is bad bacause it uses the visual medium?

I would rather like to see A Deepness in the Sky animated. Spiders~

By: Mura

Mura — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:55:28 +0000

Oi, i shall not criticize what you are saying, just a suggested watch for sci fi anime if you haven’t seen it yet… watch gunbuster, and if you want, watch diebuster as well, they are both good stories imho.

By: Trevor the Vampire

Trevor the Vampire — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:41:02 +0000

Sir I find your ““Why is there only shitty anime nowadays? Take a look into a mirror.” statement discriminatory towards us vampire. Are you implying that your lack of taste is somehow related to our lack of a reflection?

I will report this to the “vampire and humans for equal rights” league.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:00:53 +0000

It’s the same as any other area of film and TV: the majority of stuff is generic and forgettable while a minority is good. The reason why it seems worse now is that the crap from way back when has been forgotten about, while we still enjoy the classics. In contrast we see the good and bad of the recent shows with more clarity. I bet there was a lot of rubbish airing around the same time as Lain, but since Lain was so awesome nobody can remember what the hell it was. I know I can’t.

The definition of ‘old’ amuses me though. I call everything prior to the mid 1990s ‘old’ but that probably because I’m getting on a bit too…