[ SECRET POST #2714 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2714 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I empathize with the sentiment of this secret as it's been a long time since I felt connected to an anime, even though as a kid, anime sucked me in. Or maybe I should say that anime feels sort of empty and superficial to me, when it used to have more meaning, even though I haven't had the same experience with books or movies.

And I honestly can't tell if it's entirely explainable by (1) the way I was introduced to anime (getting a glut of top anime all in a rush when anime took off in the U.S.), (2) that anime has a target audience and I suddenly find myself not in it, (3) nostalgia and/or the effect of novelty and seeing things for the first time. Is it possible anime now is different from anime then that just makes it less appealing to me? I'm really curious if something has actually changed in anime, or if I simply was more impressionable back then / have changed / am being fooled by a quality illusion. It's weird because I see people embracing newer anime, and I did really new anime like Tiger and Bunny and Kill La Kill, and think they're high-quality shows, but my like for them is pretty fleeting/superficial. Neither of them are things that will stay with me (or I suspect anyone(??)) for longer than a few years.

Now that I think about it, I have the same "disappointment" thing going on with modern American cartoons. Even the ones that get praised by the grown-up section of the Internet as good, are harder for me to relate to and love, compared to the ones I grew up with (which I wouldn't say stay with me very long, as opposed to some anime, but they felt like they had more heart in them, somehow).

[(Anonymous)]

There's been a bit of change in what's made and how much anime is made from the 90s and early 00s. Light Novel adaptations are more popular, some of which tend to have the really fanservice-y tropes. The industry has moved away from non tie in OVAs, which usually had higher production values. There's a lot more anime being made than there used to be (like there's usually 30 different shows a season, compared to maybe 10). There's a few other topical trends around, but those tend to sway year to year. And unlike what people like to say, the anime industry in Japan has actually been growing.

As for Kill la Kill, while I had fun with it, I don't really think it's a good representation of what sort of quality anime is currently out there. I can't comment on Tiger and Bunny, though.