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So it's occurred to me recently that I have lost all interest in anime.
This is a fairly common complaint I've had over the years as the number of shows I've enjoyed has dwindled - the last time I enjoyed a show unreservedly was Cross Ange - but these days I can't even rewatch my favourites without getting bored. Perhaps there's simply too much to choose from, or I've suffered one too many disappointments with shows I thought were going to be good but turned out to be garbage, but for whatever reason, I just...don't watch anime any more.
And that really bugs me. I'm fairly sure there are still some good shows airing that I've not seen yet, but I don't know what they are, and frankly I don't have time to waste on more rubbish. I've never been a huge believer in that nonsense "three episode rule" as that is often too much or not enough. Every show has a different pace, and if I followed that rule I would have missed out on a lot of good shows over the years.
I'd like some reccomendations, please. What show that has aired within the past two or three years would you recommend to someone who previously watched a ton of anime but no longer watches any? Have you ever lost interest in anime yourself? If so, what show did you watch that rekindled your interest...or at least, got you watching again? Or is this a media I should give up on? Is there a very good reason I've lost interest - that it's all garbage now?
There are only four things I know I don't want to watch:
- CGI. It's lazy and ugly. Small or subtle CGI scenes or elements are acceptable, but where it's visibly noticeable or comprises the entire show...nope.
- Manga/Light Novel promotion material. I think this is a huge contributor to what put me off in the first place: half the anime out these days is unfinished because it's based off an ongoing manga or LN I'm never going to want to read and probably will never get finished anyway because they take their sweet time getting stuff done.
- Anything like Shokugeki no Soma. Japanese food porn makes me feel ill, and I get bored when characters start going on about food anyway.
- Sports anime. This should be fairly self-explanatory.
Other than that, I'm open to whatever. I have my preferences in genre, but perhaps it's confining myself to those that has ultimately put me off - there are only so many variations on a theme, after all - and made me miss out on better shows. What I used to like is no longer a reliable indicator of what I would like now...I mean, you would think I'd be all over the new Cardcaptor Sakura anime, for instance, but that bored the hell out of me and I gave up on it. So yeah.
That's about it. Thanks for reading~
This is a fairly common complaint I've had over the years as the number of shows I've enjoyed has dwindled - the last time I enjoyed a show unreservedly was Cross Ange - but these days I can't even rewatch my favourites without getting bored. Perhaps there's simply too much to choose from, or I've suffered one too many disappointments with shows I thought were going to be good but turned out to be garbage, but for whatever reason, I just...don't watch anime any more.
And that really bugs me. I'm fairly sure there are still some good shows airing that I've not seen yet, but I don't know what they are, and frankly I don't have time to waste on more rubbish. I've never been a huge believer in that nonsense "three episode rule" as that is often too much or not enough. Every show has a different pace, and if I followed that rule I would have missed out on a lot of good shows over the years.
I'd like some reccomendations, please. What show that has aired within the past two or three years would you recommend to someone who previously watched a ton of anime but no longer watches any? Have you ever lost interest in anime yourself? If so, what show did you watch that rekindled your interest...or at least, got you watching again? Or is this a media I should give up on? Is there a very good reason I've lost interest - that it's all garbage now?
There are only four things I know I don't want to watch:
- CGI. It's lazy and ugly. Small or subtle CGI scenes or elements are acceptable, but where it's visibly noticeable or comprises the entire show...nope.
- Manga/Light Novel promotion material. I think this is a huge contributor to what put me off in the first place: half the anime out these days is unfinished because it's based off an ongoing manga or LN I'm never going to want to read and probably will never get finished anyway because they take their sweet time getting stuff done.
- Anything like Shokugeki no Soma. Japanese food porn makes me feel ill, and I get bored when characters start going on about food anyway.
- Sports anime. This should be fairly self-explanatory.
Other than that, I'm open to whatever. I have my preferences in genre, but perhaps it's confining myself to those that has ultimately put me off - there are only so many variations on a theme, after all - and made me miss out on better shows. What I used to like is no longer a reliable indicator of what I would like now...I mean, you would think I'd be all over the new Cardcaptor Sakura anime, for instance, but that bored the hell out of me and I gave up on it. So yeah.
That's about it. Thanks for reading~
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